Thread transmission structure, optical system and spotlight using the thread transmission structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268677-B2
Application number	US-201916599400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2017
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a thread transmission structure, and an optical system and a spotlight using the transmission structure. The thread transmission structure includes a sliding element and a rotation adjustment ring sleeved on an outer ring of the sliding element, the rotation adjustment ring being sleeved on an outer side of the sliding element and coupled to the sliding element, the rotation adjustment ring includes an internal thread, the sliding element includes an external thread, the sliding element includes a plurality of thread segments spaced along a circumferential direction, the plurality of thread segments forming at least one round of interrupted external thread, a thread form of the internal thread and the external thread being trapezoidal or rectangular, and the rotation adjustment ring being rotatable relative to the sliding element to push the sliding element to slide in an axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thread transmission structure, comprising a sliding element and a rotation adjustment ring sleeved on an outer ring of the sliding element, wherein:
the rotation adjustment ring is sleeved on an outer side of the sliding element and is coupled to the sliding element by thread,
the rotation adjustment ring comprises an internal thread and the sliding element comprises an external thread,
the sliding element comprises a plurality of thread segments spaced along a circumferential direction, and the plurality of thread segments form at least one round of interrupted external thread,
a thread form of the internal thread and the external thread are trapezoidal or rectangular,
the rotation adjustment ring is rotatable relative to the sliding element to push the sliding element to slide in the axial direction, and
an outer wall surface of the rotation adjustment ring is provided with a rotation portion, and the rotation portion comprises a plurality of vertical anti-slip grooves configured to prevent slipping upon manually rotating the rotation adjustment ring;
wherein the lamp body is cylindrical, and the lamp body comprises a side wall and a plurality of sliding grooves extending in the axial direction on the side wall wherein the plurality of sliding grooves penetrate the side wall, and the sliding element slides in the plurality of sliding grooves;
wherein a focal length adjustment structure exists and the focal length adjustment structure comprises a supporting member connected to the front end of the lamp body, and the supporting member comprises a plurality of supporting blocks snapped into the sliding grooves.

2. The thread transmission structure according to claim 1 , wherein a stroke of the sliding element is 2-4 times of a pitch of the internal thread or the external thread.

3. The thread transmission structure according to claim 2 , wherein the pitch of the internal thread or the external thread is 4 mm, and upon the rotation adjustment ring being rotated one round, the stroke of the sliding element is 8 mm.

4. The thread transmission structure according to claim 2 , wherein the pitch of the internal thread or the external thread is 2 mm, and upon the rotation adjustment ring being rotated one round, the stroke of the sliding element is 8 mm.

5. The thread transmission structure according to claim 1 , wherein the thread transmission structure further comprises a sliding groove structure wherein the sliding element slides within the sliding groove structure, and the plurality of thread segments extend from an inner side of the sliding groove structure out of an outer side of the sliding groove structure and are coupled to the rotation adjustment ring by thread.

6. The thread transmission structure according to claim 1 , wherein positions of the plurality of thread segments are sequentially advanced or retreated in an axial direction.

7. The thread transmission structure according to claim 1 , wherein an optical system using the thread transmission structure exists, wherein the optical system comprises a light emitting assembly fixed at a front end of the sliding element, a first lens covering the light emitting assembly and a second lens that keeps a certain distance from the first lens and is fixed, and a beam angle of the optical system can be adjusted by pushing the sliding element to slide in the axial direction by the rotation adjustment ring.

8. The thread transmission structure according to claim 7 , wherein an adjustment range of the beam angle of the light emitting assembly by the first lens and the second lens ranges from 8° to 40°.

9. A spotlight, comprising:
a lamp body,
a sliding element being in the lamp body and slidable along an axial direction of the lamp body,
a light emitting assembly fixed at a front end of the sliding element and linked with the sliding element,
a first lens located at a front end of the lamp body and a rotation adjustment ring sleeved on an outer ring of the lamp body, wherein the rotation adjustment ring is coupled to the sliding element by thread, and is rotatable relative to the sliding element and drives the sliding element to slide in the lamp body in the axial direction, and to adjust a distance between the light emitting assembly and the first lens, and wherein an outer wall surface of the rotation adjustment ring is provided with a rotation portion, and the rotation portion comprises a plurality of vertical anti-slip grooves configured to prevent slipping upon manually rotating the rotation adjustment ring;
wherein the lamp body is cylindrical, and the lamp body comprises a side wall and a plurality of sliding grooves extending in the axial direction on the side wall wherein the plurality of sliding grooves penetrate the side wall, and the sliding element slides in the plurality of sliding grooves;
wherein a focal length adjustment structure exists and the focal length adjustment structure comprises a supporting member connected to the front end of the lamp body, and the supporting member comprises a plurality of supporting blocks snapped into the sliding grooves.

10. The spotlight according to claim 9 , wherein the sliding element comprises a plurality of sliders arranged annularly, and the plurality of sliders are located in the plurality of sliding grooves and are movable within the plurality of sliding grooves.

11. The spotlight according to claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of sliders is provided with a thread segment, and the thread segment forms at least one round of interrupted external thread.

12. The spotlight according to claim 11 , wherein an inner wall surface of the rotation adjustment ring is provided with an internal thread, and the external thread and the internal thread are coupled to each other.

13. The spotlight according to claim 11 , wherein a thread form of the internal thread and the external thread is trapezoidal.

14. The spotlight according to claim 9 , wherein the spotlight further comprises
a sliding lens fixed to the front end of the sliding element that covers the light emitting assembly, and
a front cover connected to the lamp body.

15. The spotlight according to claim 14 , wherein the first lens abuts between the front cover and the lamp body.

16. The spotlight according to claim 14 , wherein the front cover is cylindrical, and the front cover is sleeved on an outer side of the rotation adjustment ring.

Assignees

• Opple Lighting Co Ltd
• Suzhou opple lighting co ltd

Inventors

• Mei Jie
• Wang Yueping
• Chen Dun

Classifications

• F21V14/02 Primary

  by movement of light sources {(in vehicle head lamps F21S41/657)} · CPC title

• F21V5/048

  the lens being a simple lens adapted to cooperate with a point-like source for emitting mainly in one direction and having an axis coincident with the main light transmission direction, e.g. convergent or divergent lenses, plano-concave or plano-convex lenses · CPC title

• F21V5/045

  the lens having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses · CPC title

• F21V14/06 Primary

  by movement of refractors {(in vehicle head lamps F21S41/635)} · CPC title