Support for light-emitting elements and lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11274819-B2
Application number	US-202016923767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2020
Priority date	Jul 8, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A support for light-emitting elements is disclosed. The support comprises a mounting section comprising at least one mounting face. The at least one mounting face has an arrangement direction and is configured to accommodate at least one light-emitting element along the arrangement direction. The support comprises a body section adjacent to the mounting section and having a length that extends parallel to the arrangement direction. The body section protrudes sidewards from the at least one mounting face. The support comprises a plurality of conductors connecting the body section to the at least one mounting face. Each contact section corresponds to a conductor. The plurality of conductors are a layered structure of conductors. An extension direction of the layered structure of the conductors extends substantially perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the at least one mounting face. The layered structure of conductors comprises an angled section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A support for light-emitting elements, the support comprising:
a mounting section comprising at least one mounting face, the at least one mounting face having an arrangement direction, being configured to accommodate at least one light-emitting element along the arrangement direction, and comprising at least two contact sections along the arrangement direction;
a body section adjacent to the mounting section and having a length that extends parallel to the arrangement direction, such that the body section protrudes sidewards from the at least one mounting face; and
a plurality of conductors connecting the body section to the at least one mounting face, such that each contact section corresponds to a conductor, the plurality of conductors being a layered structure of conductors such that an extension direction of the layered structure of the conductors extends substantially perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the at least one mounting face, the layered structure of conductors comprising an angled section.

2. The support of claim 1 further comprising:
an insulating section separating two neighboring contact sections of the at least two contact sections.

3. The support of claim 1 , wherein a voltage is applied between any of the at least two contact sections when the body section is connected to a power source.

4. The support of claim 3 , wherein a further voltage is applied between any of at least two further contact sections of the at least two contact sections when the body section is connected to a power source.

5. The support of claim 1 , wherein at least one contact section is not connected so that a voltage is not applied to the at least one contact section when the body section is connected to a power source.

6. The support of claim 1 wherein:
the body section further comprises at least one sensor and is coupled to at least two contact sections so that information gathered by the at least one sensor is at least readable via the coupling.

7. The support of claim 6 , wherein the at least one sensor is located on a top side, or on at least one side, or on both a top side and at least one side of at least three sides of the body section connected at least partially via the top side with each other.

8. The support of claim 7 , wherein the at least one sensor is at least one temperature sensor configured to gather a temperature of the support.

9. The support of claim 1 , wherein the at least one mounting face is configured for accommodating multiple light-emitting elements arranged along the arrangement direction.

10. The support of claim 1 , wherein the mounting section comprises at least two mounting faces being arranged adjacent to each other;
and wherein at least two mounting faces are arranged at an angle to each other or substantially parallel to each other.

11. The support of claim 1 , wherein the mounting section comprises at least two mounting faces being arranged at an angle to each other or substantially parallel to each other.

12. The support of claim 1 , wherein the mounting section comprises three mounting faces, one of the three mounting faces being arranged between the other two mounting faces.

13. The support of claim 12 , wherein the one of the three mounting faces is arranged between the other two mounting faces with an enclosing angle of 45° to 135°.

14. The support of claim 12 , wherein the one of the three mounting faces is arranged substantially perpendicular to the other two mounting faces.

15. The support of claim 1 , wherein the support comprised at least two light-emitting elements, wherein at least one light-emitting element is configured to emit a light of different wavelength than another light-emitting element.

16. The support of claim 15 , wherein the at least one light-emitting element configured to emit a light of different wavelength is further configured to emit a light with a wavelength representing a color of yellow or blue.

Assignees

• Lumileds Llc

Inventors

• Epmeier Matthias
• Weber Carsten
• Wellmeier Petra
• Giese Frank

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H20/857

  Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls · CPC title

• F21V23/06

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

• F21V23/008

  the casing being outside the housing of the lighting device · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title