Lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9249965-B2
Application number	US-201213978549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2012
Priority date	Jan 14, 2011
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a lighting device 100 comprising a light source, a driver arranged for powering the light source, which is separated in space from the light source. The lighting device has two separate heat sinks, a light source heat sink 112 to which the light source is thermally coupled, and a driver heat sink 115 to which the driver is thermally coupled. The light source heat sink and the driver heat sink are separated by an air gap 114 to provide thermal decoupling of the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising:
a light source;
a driver spatially separated from and configured for powering said light source;
a light source heat sink to which said light source is thermally coupled; and
a driver heat sink to which said driver is thermally coupled;

wherein the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink are separated by an air gap to provide thermal decoupling of the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink,
an envelope for enclosing said light source, the envelope defining a cooling channel extending from an air inlet to said air gap such that the air gap is arranged in fluid communication with ambient air via the cooling channel, wherein said cooling channel is arranged in a reflector of said envelope or in the envelope itself.

2. A lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein said driver heat sink further comprises a protruding portion arranged to extend inside said cooling channel.

3. A lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein said protruding portion of the driver heat sink is pole-shaped.

4. A lighting device according to claim 1 , the light source heat sink and the driver heat sink are arranged having a respective preselected cooling surface selected to meet the respective cooling requirements of the light source and the driver.

5. A lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein said light source heat sink and/or said driver heat sink further comprises cooling fins.

6. A lighting device according to claim 5 , wherein said lighting device further comprises a reflector onto which cooling fins are arranged.

7. A lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein said light source comprises at least one light emitting diode.

8. A lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one separating body, said separating body providing said air gap.

Assignees

• Ter Weeme Berend Jan Willem
• Van De Moesdijk Remco Yuri
• Van Den Bosch Marcus Joannes
• Xiong Yan
• Duan Xiaoqing
• Koninkl Philips Nv

Inventors

• Ter Weeme Berend Jan Willem
• Van De Moesdijk Remco Yuri
• Van Den Bosch Marcus Joannes
• Xiong Yan
• Duan Xiaoqing

Classifications

• F21V29/77

  with essentially identical diverging planar fins or blades, e.g. with fan-like or star-like cross-section · CPC title

• F21V29/508

  of electrical circuits · CPC title

• F21V29/503

  of light sources (cooling arrangements structurally associated with gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps H01J61/52; cooling arrangements structurally associated with electric incandescent lamps H01K1/58; cooling arrangements structurally associated with light-emitting diodes H10H20/858) · CPC title

• F21V29/506

  of globes, bowls or cover glasses · CPC title

• F21V29/83

  the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes · CPC title