LED light apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11022288-B2
Application number	US-201816177002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Priority date	Oct 31, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A LED light apparatus is designed to being connected to an external power source via a host connector. The light source has a LED light source, a light housing, a driver circuit and a plastic device connector housing. The plastic device connector housing has a receiver socket for detachably receiving a corresponding plastic plug of the host connector. When the plastic plug of the host connector is inserted into the receiver socket, metal terminals of the host connector engage elongate flat front ends fixed to the plastic device connector housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A LED light apparatus for being connected to an external power source via a host connector, comprising:
a LED light source;
a light housing with an opening for disposing the LED light source, the LED light source emitting light from the opening;
a driver circuit coupled to the light housing for converting the external power source to a driving current supplying to the LED light source;
a plastic device connector housing with a receiver socket for detachably receiving a corresponding plastic plug of the host connector; and
two device conductors respectively disposed inside two separate grooves of the plastic device connector housing with a surrounding wall covering the two device conductors, each device conductor having an elongated flat front end exposed for being physically engaged to a metal terminal embedded in the plastic plug of the host connector when the plastic plug of the host connector is inserted into the receiver socket, wherein when the plastic plug of the host connector is inserted into the receiver socket, the metal terminals of the host connector transmits electricity of the external power source to the elongated flat front of the device conductors, and the device conductors further transmit the electricity to the driver circuit, and wherein a portion of each device conductor is enclosed by the plastic device connector housing, wherein the receiver socket of the plastic device connector housing has a track for the plastic plug of the host connector to slide in and has a stop structure for ensuring an engagement between the metal terminals of the host connector and the elongated flat front ends of the device conductors, wherein the engagement between the metal terminals of the host connector and the elongated flat front ends form an engagement span, the elongated flat front ends and the metal terminals in the engagement span are both kept flat.

2. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each metal terminal has a main flat part and an elastic curve portion near an end of the main flat part, and the elongated flat front end is kept a tilt angle larger than 5 degrees with respect to the main part when the elongated flat front ends engage the metal terminals.

3. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each metal terminal has a main flat part and an elastic curve portion near an end of the main flat part, and the elongated front end has a cavity for receiving the elastic curve portion when the elongated flat front ends engage the metal terminals.

4. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device conductor has a tail portion exposed outside the plastic device connector housing, the tail portion is located at an opposite end of the device conductor with respect to the elongated flat front end, the electricity of the external power source is routed firstly from the elongated flat front end and then to the tail portion before moving to the driver circuit.

5. The LED light apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the tail portion is attached to a wire connecting to the driver circuit.

6. The LED light apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the tail portion is plugged into a driver socket electrically connected to the driver circuit.

7. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device conductor has a tail portion having a fixing structure for fixing the device conductor at a predetermined position of the plastic device connector housing.

8. The LED light apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the fixing structure is a bent hook with a bent angle with respect to the elongated flat front end.

9. The LED light apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plastic device connector housing has an inner cavity for engaging the bent hook of the fixed structure.

10. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of protruding bars are formed on a surface of the elongated flat front end along an elongated axis of the elongated flat front end.

11. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the elongated flat front end is smaller than a thickness of the metal terminal of the host connector.

12. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the elongated flat end is thicker than a thickness of the metal terminal of the host connector.

13. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elongated flat front end is firmly fixed to the plastic device connector housing and does not deform even being engaged with the metal terminals.

14. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elongated flat front end has a protruding bent portion deformed when engaging with the metal terminal of the host connector.

15. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light housing and the LED light source form a downlight, the light housing has a back cover, the plastic device connector housing is fixed to the back cover exposing the receiver socket for connecting to the host connector.

16. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plastic device connector housing has the same color as the host connector, and the plastic device connector has a different color from the light housing.

17. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elongated flat front end has a chamfer at an engaging end of elongated flat front end facing the host connector.

18. The LED light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elongated flat front end has a smaller hardness than the metal terminal of the host connector.

Assignees

• Xiamen Eco Lighting Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ouyang Xin
• Zhang Yi

Classifications

• H01R13/26

  Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only {(for modular jack type connectors H01R24/62)} · CPC title

• F21V23/06 Primary

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

• F21V23/002

  Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm · CPC title

• F21V23/023

  Power supplies in a casing (F21V23/003 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F21V17/08

  onto the supporting or suspending arrangements of the lighting device, e.g. power cords, standards · CPC title