Lighting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11174996-B2
Application number	US-202016847318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2020
Priority date	Apr 18, 2019
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

A lighting apparatus includes a first flexible filament with a first elongated flexible substrate. The first elongated flexible substrate is mounted with a first set of LED modules. The first set of LED modules includes LED modules of multiple colors. The second flexible filament with a second elongated flexible substrate. The second elongated flexible substrate is mounted with a second set of LED modules. The second set of LED modules include LED modules of multiple color temperatures.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
a first flexible filament with a first elongated flexible substrate mounted with a first set of LED modules, the first set of LED modules comprising LED modules of multiple colors;
a second flexible filament with a second elongated flexible substrate mounted with a second set of LED modules, the second set of LED modules comprising LED modules of multiple color temperatures; and
a driver for controlling the first set of LED modules and the second set of LED modules for mixing an output light of a needed color and a needed color temperature;
a bulb shell for enclosing the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament and for allowing the output light pass through; and
a cap for installing to a socket to receive an external power source.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible filament has a module driver receiving a control signal from the driver to control the first set of LED modules to mix a first color.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the control signal is a digital value representing the first color, the module driver translates the digital value to driving currents to the first set of LED modules.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are twisted together.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein top ends of the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are connected to a top end of a central column.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the central column is a light guide for emitting a second output light.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second output light is emitted by a red LED module for enhancing red light color rendering.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein an antenna is disposed on the central column.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the central column has a rotation base connecting to bottom ends of the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament, the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are twisted to each by rotating the rotation base with respect to the central column.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the central column, the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are made as a plugging module to be plugged to a plugging base on the cap.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the central column is made of metal material.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 11 , wherein there is a reflective layer on an exterior surface of the central column.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein top ends of the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are connected and the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament are twisted and expanded as a three-dimension light source by elastic forces of the first flexible filament and the second flexible filament.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible filament has three color strips arranged in parallel and connected together forming the first flexible filament.

15. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible filament has a L shape electrode at an end of the of the first flexible filament.

16. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first set of LED modules are disposed on a first side of the first flexible substrate of the first flexible filament and a second side of the flexible filament has a reflection layer for reflecting lights.

17. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein there is a rotation switch disposed between the cap and the bulb shell for rotating the bulb shell with respect to the cap to change one of the needed color and the needed color temperature.

18. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein there is a shift switch disposed between the cap and the bulb shell for changing a relative distance between the cap and the bulb shell for changing the color and the color temperature.

19. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a color rendering switch for selecting an option from a predetermined set of color rendering parameters, each color rendering parameter corresponding to a projected object type.

20. The lighting apparatus of claim 19 , wherein a random color rendering parameter is generated and stored for future use.

Assignees

• Xiamen Eco Lighting Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yanbiao
• Jiang Hongkui
• Chen Huiwu

Classifications

• F21Y2113/17

  forming a single encapsulated light source · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title