Lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12410901-B2
Application number	US-202318849054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2023
Priority date	Apr 4, 2022
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention comprises a substrate; a plurality of light sources arranged in a second direction on the substrate; a lighting module having a light guide portion disposed on the substrate and the light sources; an optical lens disposed on the lighting module, the optical lens having an incident surface having a width greater than a width of the lighting module in a first direction, and an exit surface from which light incident on the incident surface is emitted; and a reflecting member having an insertion hole in which the light guide portion is disposed, a reflective portion extending to both sides of the insertion hole and covering both sides of the light guide portion, and a supporting portion supporting a lower edge of the optical lens, wherein the light guide portion and the insertion hole have a width in the first direction smaller than a length in the second direction, and an upper end of the reflective portion may be positioned higher than an upper end of the light guide portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising:
a lighting module including a substrate having a length in a second direction longer than a width in a first direction; a plurality of light sources arranged in the second direction on the substrate; a light guide portion disposed on the substrate and the light sources;
an optical lens disposed on the lighting module, the optical lens having an incident surface having a width greater than a width in the first direction of the lighting module, and an exit surface from which light incident on the incident surface is emitted; and
a reflective member including an insertion hole in which the light guide portion is disposed, a reflective portion to both sides of the insertion hole and covering both sides of the light guide portion, and a support member supporting a lower edge of the optical lens,
wherein the light guide portion and the insertion hole have a width in the first direction smaller than a length in the second direction, and
wherein an upper end of the reflective portion is positioned higher than an upper end of the light guide portion.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the exit surface of the optical lens refracts light incident on the incident surface into parallel light.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 , comprising a diffusion layer that diffuses light on the light guide portion,
wherein an upper end of the diffusion layer is positioned higher than the upper end of the reflective portion.

4. The lighting device of claim 3 , wherein the diffusion layer is spaced apart from the incident surface of the light guide portion, and
wherein a width of the diffusion layer in the first direction is the same as the width of the light guide portion in the first direction, and a length in the second direction is the same as the length of the light guide portion in the second direction.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the incident surface is any one of a concave curved surface, a convex curved surface, or a flat surface in a short axis direction.

6. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the width of the light guide portion in the first direction is in a range of 3 mm to 7 mm,
wherein the length of the light guide portion in the second direction is 50 times or more the width in the first direction.

7. A lighting device comprising:
a lighting module including a substrate; a plurality of light sources arranged in one direction on the substrate; a light guide portion covering the plurality of light sources and having a length longer than a width; and a diffusion layer disposed on the light guide portion;
an optical lens disposed on the lighting module, the optical lens having an incident surface having a width greater than the width of the lighting module, and an exit surface from which light incident on the incident surface is emitted; and
a reflective member including an insertion hole in which the light guide portion is disposed, a reflective member extending to both sides of the insertion hole and disposed along a periphery of the light guide portion, and a support member supporting a lower edge of the optical lens,
wherein the light guide portion and the insertion hole have a length greater than twice a width,
wherein the reflective portion of the reflective member is disposed along both long sides and both short sides of the light guide portion, and
wherein the lighting module and the optical lens have flexibility in a thickness direction and a width direction of the lighting module with respect to a length direction.

8. The lighting device of claim 7 , wherein and upper end of the reflective member is positioned higher than an upper end of the light guide portion and lower than the upper end of the diffusion layer.

9. The lighting device of claim 7 , wherein the reflective member has a concave groove between both outer sides of the reflective member at an inner side and both inner sides of the support member at an outer side.

10. A lighting device comprising:
a substrate including a length in a second direction longer than a width in a first direction;
a plurality of light sources arranged in the second direction on the substrate;
a light guide portion disposed on the substrate and covering the plurality of light sources;
a diffusion layer disposed on the light guide portion;
an optical lens having an incident surface spaced apart from the diffusion layer and having a width larger than a width of the diffusion layer in the first direction, and an exit surface from which light incident on the incident surface is emitted; and
a reflective member having an insertion hole in which the light guide portion and the diffusion layer are disposed inside, first and second reflective portions extending to both sides of the insertion hole and covering both sides of the light guide portion and the diffusion layer, and a support portion supporting both edges of the optical lens, wherein the diffusion layer has an upper width in the first direction smaller than a width of a lower surface.

11. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the diffusion layer includes a first region having a width equal to a width of the light guide portion, and a second region having a width smaller than the width of the light guide portion on the first region,
wherein an outer surface of the second region of the diffusion layer includes a curved or inclined surface.

12. The lighting device of claim 11 , wherein a width of the first direction of the incident surface of the optical lens in a range of 1.5 to 4.5 times the upper width of the diffusion layer.

13. The lighting device of claim 11 , wherein the optical lens provides a line light having the width of 30 mm or less in the first direction, and
wherein the exit surface of the optical lens has a convex hemispherical shape with respect to the first direction of the optical lens.

14. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the optical lens and the light guide portion have flexibility with respect to at least one of the first and second directions.

15. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein upper surfaces of the light sources is positioned higher than the lower surface of the light guide portion.

16. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein a width of the substrate in the first direction greater than a width of the light guide portion in the first direction.

17. The lighting device of claim 11 , wherein the diffusion layer is adhered to an upper surface of the light guide portion.

18. The lighting device of claim 10 , comprising:
a first recess in which the substrate is inserted on a bottom of the reflective member.

19. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the reflective member includes a concave portion facing the incident surface of the optical lens and disposed between the first and second reflective portions and the support portion.

20. The lighting device of claim 10 , comprising:
a housing disposed under the reflective member and the substrate.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Eay Jin
• Ko Kwang Hyun
• Yang Hyun Duck
• Lee Dong Hyun

Classifications

• F21S43/26241

  diffusing, scattering or spreading · CPC title

• F21S43/31

  Optical layout thereof · CPC title

• F21W2103/55

  Daytime running lights [DRL] · CPC title

• F21S43/14

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21S43/249

  with two or more light sources being coupled into the light guide · CPC title