Light

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9091398-B2
Application number	US-201214118595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	May 20, 2011
Publication date	Jul 28, 2015
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015

Abstract

A lamp includes an LED module, a drive unit supplying power to the LED module, and a base via which power is fed from an external power supply to the drive unit. The drive unit is located between the LED module and the base. The drive unit includes a circuit board having a main surface on which lead-type electronic components are mounted, lead wires (first lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the LED module, and lead wires (second lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the base. The circuit board has a through-hole extending from the main surface to an opposite surface thereof. The lead wires pass through the through-hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lamp comprising:
a feed unit configured to receive power from an external power supply;
a light source;
a drive unit located between the feed unit and the light source; and
a support member located between the drive unit and the light source, supporting the light source, wherein
the drive unit includes:
a circuit board having a first main surface facing the feed unit, a second main surface facing the light source, and a through-hole at a central part of the circuit board, extending from the first main surface to the second main surface, an electric component being mounted on the first main surface;
a first lead wire connected to an edge part of the first main surface at one end and connected to the light source at the other end; and
a second lead wire extending from the first main surface and connected to the feed unit,

the support member is located opposite the second main surface of the circuit board and has a through-hole at a central part of the support member,
a minimum distance between the through-hole of the circuit board and the edge part of the first main surface where the first lead wire is connected is at least a distance determined based on flex resistance of the first lead wire, and
the first lead wire passes through the through-hole of the circuit board and the through-hole of the support member.

2. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the through-hole has a wide part and two narrow parts extending from the wide part in different directions in plan view.

3. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the through-hole is in a T shape.

4. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the feed unit is a base.

5. The lamp according to claim 4 , further comprising
a housing that is tubular and houses the drive unit therein, wherein
the base is in a shape of a closed-end tube, and is attached to the housing so as to cover an opening of the housing, and
a space is defined by the first main surface of the circuit board, an inner surface of the housing, and an inner surface of the base, and, in the space, a distance between the first main surface and a bottom of the base is equal to or greater than a minimum bend radius of the first lead wire determined based on the flex resistance of the first lead wire.

6. The lamp according to claim 5 , wherein
the housing is cylindrical, and a first end and a second end of the housing along a central axis of the housing differ in diameter such that the first end has a smaller diameter than the second end,
the base is attached to the first end of the housing,
the central axis of the housing intersects with the circuit board, and
the circuit board is located closer to the second end of the housing than a central part of the housing along the central axis of the housing.

7. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the electric component is mounted on the first main surface of the circuit board by soldering the second main surface using a flow soldering method.

8. The lamp according to claim 6 , wherein
the electric component is mounted on the first main surface of the circuit board by soldering the second main surface using a flow soldering method.

9. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the light source is an LED module.

10. The lamp according to claim 8 , wherein
the light source is an LED module.

Assignees

• Ueda Yasuhisa
• Kawabata Kazuhiro
• Miki Masahiro
• Uemoto Takaari
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Yasuhisa
• Kawabata Kazuhiro
• Miki Masahiro
• Uemoto Takaari

Classifications

• F21V23/002 Primary

  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

• F21K9/1355 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21Y2101/02

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21V23/02

  the elements being transformers, impedances {or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier} · CPC title

• H05K2201/10287

  Metal wires as connectors or conductors · CPC title