Method for installing LED light bar into light bulb and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10247364-B2
Application number	US-201715435296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Oct 21, 2016
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A method for installing a LED light bar into a light bulb. First, place a light module into bulb shell. The light bar module has a plurality of LED light bars and expansion structure. The expansion structure is unexpanded and disposed between the plurality of LED light bars. Each LED light bar has a certain bending property. Expending the expansion structure could make the plurality of LED light bars bent to the direction of bulb shell individually. And then, remove the expansion module and install the other components of the bulb.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for installing a light bar module into a light bulb, comprising:
placing an expansion structure into the light bar module;
placing the light bar module into a bulb shell, wherein said light bar module having a plurality of LED light bars, unexpanded and disposed between the plurality of LED light bars, each LED light bar having a certain bending property;
expanding the expansion structure to make the plurality of LED light bars bent toward the bulb shell;
reducing said expansion structure;
separating said expansion structure from said light bar module; and
mounting other elements of the light bulb.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said expansion structure is a balloon, and said balloon is inflated to expand said expansion structure, and said balloon is exhausted to reduce said expansion structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the LED light bar has at least two light bar sections, there is a partitioned portion located between two adjacent light bar sections, the LED light bars is bent at the partitioned portions when said expansion structure is deformed against said light bar module.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said partitioned portion maintains a shape when no force is applied on said portioned portion.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a substrate of the LED light bar is a flexible circuit board, bent under a certain external force, but maintained a shape after an external force is removed.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising gluing at a predetermined position of said LED light bar for fixing relative positions between said LED light bar and said bulb shell.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a corresponding clamping structure on said bulb shell and said LED light bar, when said bulb shell is contacted to said LED light bar, said bulb shell and said LED light bar is engaged with each other through said corresponding clamping structure.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said mounting other elements includes mounting a driving circuit connecting to said light bar module.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of LED light bars of the light bar module are connected at a top portion of the light bar module.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting a cooling element on said LED light bar facing the back of the bulb shell.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising mounting another light emitting module into said bulb shell, wherein said another light emitting module is surrounded by said plurality of LED light bars.

Assignees

• Xiamen Eco Lighting Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cao Liangliang
• Su Lilei
• Li Wanzhen

Classifications

• F21K9/238

  Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source · CPC title

• F21V23/06

  the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} · CPC title

• F21Y2107/70

  on flexible or deformable supports or substrates, e.g. for changing the light source into a desired form · CPC title

• F21K9/232

  specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb · CPC title

• F21V29/89

  Metals · CPC title