Lamp and air-guiding ring thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10060617-B2
Application number	US-201414230079-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 19, 2013
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A lamp includes a lamp unit and an air-guiding ring. The lamp unit has a housing receiving a light-emitting element, as well as a fitted portion formed on an outer periphery of the housing. The air-guiding ring has an inner periphery forming a fitting hole and is fitted around the fitted portion of the lamp unit via the fitting hole. The air-guiding ring comprises a venting portion extending from an outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lamp comprising: a lamp unit having a housing, wherein a fitted portion is formed on an outer periphery of the housing; a light-emitting element received in the housing and located inside the fitted portion of the housing; and an air-guiding ring having an inner periphery forming a fitting hole, wherein the air-guiding ring comprises a venting portion extending from an outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring and a plurality of air channels extending from the outer periphery to the inner periphery and in fluid communication with the fitting hole, wherein the fitting hole of the air-guiding ring is fit around the fitted portion with the fitted portion blocking fluid communication between the plurality of air channels and the fitted portion to prevent air from flowing through the plurality of air channels into the fitted portion.

2. The lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the venting portion is in a form of a plurality of openings defining the plurality of air channels, wherein a plurality of protrusions protrudes from a face of the air-guiding ring extending between the inner periphery and the outer periphery, wherein the plurality of protrusions is spaced from each other to form a respective one of the plurality of openings between each two adjacent protrusions, and wherein the plurality of openings extends from the outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring.

3. The lamp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a plurality of positioning members is arranged on the air-guiding ring, wherein the plurality of positioning members is located on the plurality of protrusions, wherein each of the plurality of positioning members has an abutting face and a coupling face between the abutting face and the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring, wherein the abutting face abuts with the fitted portion of the housing, and wherein the coupling face is adapted to abut with an inner periphery of an installation hole of a ceiling.

4. The lamp as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the abutting face is an arc-liking face.

5. The lamp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of protrusions includes an abutting protrusion, and wherein the abutting protrusion is closer to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring than to the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring.

6. The lamp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of protrusions includes a radial extension extending outwards from the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring in a radial direction.

7. The lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner periphery and the outer periphery terminate in an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge, wherein the venting portion is in a form of a plurality of slits defining the plurality of air channels and extending from the outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring, and wherein each of the plurality of slits is located between and spaced from the upper peripheral edge and the lower peripheral edge.

8. The lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lamp unit is coupled with a fan in fluid communication with the fitted portion and the plurality of air channels.

9. The lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the housing comprises a decorative protrusion adjoining the fitted portion and covering the air-guiding ring.

10. The lamp as claimed in claim 9 , wherein an outer cover is arranged on the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring, wherein the outer cover is coupled with the decorative protrusion of the housing, wherein the outer cover extends away from the fan in an axial direction of the air-guiding ring, and wherein the outer cover is configured to guide air flow into the plurality of air channels.

11. The lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an outer cover is arranged on the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring, wherein the outer cover extends away from the fan in an axial direction of the air-guiding ring, and wherein the outer cover is configured to guide air flow into the plurality of air channels.

12. A lamp comprising:
a housing having a fitted portion and an annular protrusion extending radially from the fitted portion, with the fitted portion being annular and extending away from a first side of the annular protrusion in a first axial direction, and with the annular protrusion including an annular outer edge radially spaced from the fitted portion;
a light-emitting element received in the housing and located inside the fitted portion of the housing; and
an air-guiding ring having an inner periphery forming a fitting hole and an outer periphery, with the air-guiding ring fit around the fitted portion of the lamp unit via the fitting hole and located in the first axial direction of and axially abutting with the first side of the annular protrusion in the first axial direction, and with the air-guiding ring including a venting portion extending from the outer periphery to the fitting hole of the air-guiding ring and a plurality of channels extending from the annular outer edge of the annular protrusion to the fitting hole of the air-guiding ring and in fluid communication with the fitting hole.

13. The lamp as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the venting portion is in a form of a plurality of openings defining the plurality of air channels, wherein a plurality of protrusions protrudes from a face of the air-guiding ring in the first axial direction and between the inner periphery and the outer periphery, wherein the plurality of protrusions is spaced from each other to form a plurality of openings between each two adjacent protrusions, and wherein the plurality of openings extends from the outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring.

14. The lamp as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a plurality of positioning members is arranged on the air-guiding ring, wherein the plurality of positioning members is located on the plurality of protrusions, wherein each of the plurality of positioning members has an abutting face and a coupling face between the abutting face and the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring, wherein the abutting face abuts with the fitted portion of the housing, and wherein the coupling face is adapted to abut with an inner periphery of an installation hole of a ceiling.

15. The lamp as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the inner periphery and the outer periphery terminate in an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge, wherein the venting portion is in a form of a plurality of slits defining the plurality of air channels and extending from the outer periphery to the inner periphery of the air-guiding ring, and wherein each of the plurality of slits is located between and spaced from the upper peripheral edge and the lower peripheral edge.

16. The lamp as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a fan in fluid communication with the fitted portion and the plurality of air channels.

17. The lamp as claimed in claim 16 , further comprising an outer cover arranged on the outer periphery of the air-guiding ring, wherein the outer cover is coupled with the annular protrusion of the housing, wherein the outer cover extends away from the fan in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction, and wherein the outer cover is configured to guide air flow into the plurality of air channels.

18. The lamp as claimed in claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of channels extends radially parallel to the annular protrusion.

Assignees

• Sunonwealth Electric Machine Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Horng Alex
• Chen Chien-Chih

Classifications

• F21S8/026

  intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling · CPC title

• F21V15/01

  Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) · CPC title

• F24F13/078 Primary

  combined with lighting fixtures · CPC title

• F21V33/0088 Primary

  Ventilating systems (lighting fixtures combined with outlets for air treatment systems F24F13/078) · CPC title

• F21V33/0096

  Fans, e.g. ceiling fans (forced cooling of lighting devices characterised by the arrangement of fans F21V29/67) · CPC title