Lighting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9429295-B2
Application number	US-201213594729-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2012
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A lighting apparatus including a body having a cavity, a plurality of LEDs, a substrate provided in the cavity and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The plurality of LEDs provided on the first surface, a fan provided below the second surface to face the second surface, wherein the body includes a partition positioned between a side surface of the cavity and the substrate, the partition extending to the fan to form a first air passage between the side surface of the cavity and the partition and a second air passage between the partition and the substrate, and wherein the first air passage is in communication with a first side of the fan and the second air passage is in communication with a second side of the fan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a body having a cavity;
a plurality of LEDs;
a substrate provided over the body and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the plurality of LEDs provided on the first surface;
a fan provided below the substrate to face the second surface;
a heat sink provided over the fan;
an electric module provided in the cavity below the fan; and
a divider having a ring shape positioned between the heat sink and the fan to form a first air passage along the body and a second air passage along the substrate,
wherein the first air passage is in communication with a first side of the fan and the second air passage is in communication with a second side of the fan, and
wherein the body includes at least one opening formed on a side surface of the body such that external air introduced to an inside of the body through the at least one opening passes through the electric module,
wherein the divider has a bowl shape or cone shape, and a diameter of the divider gradually decreases from the heat sink to the fan, and
wherein the diameter of the divider is greatest where the divider contacts with the heat sink and smallest where the divider contacts with the fan,
wherein the heat sink includes a first wall provided around substrate, a second wall provided around the first wall, a third wall provided around the second wall, the first and second wall forming a portion of the second air flow passage and the second and third walls forming a portion of the first air flow passage,
wherein the first wall has a height higher than a height of the second wall, and the second wall has a height higher than a height of the third wall, and
wherein lower ends of the first wall, the second wall and the third wall are positioned on a line parallel to the substrate.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second air passages are positioned to circumferentially surround an edge of the substrate.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the divider is positioned to extend from an opening of the cavity to the fan.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is positioned on a surface of the heat sink, and the first and second air passages are positioned to surround an outer circumference of the heat sink.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and third walls of the heat sink are positioned concentric to each other.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and third walls of the heat sink are positioned concentric to a center axis of the body.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the third wall of the heat sink is mounted to an upper surface of the body and the divider is connected to the heat sink to extend from the second wall of the heat sink to the fan.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a width of the divider decreases from the heat sink to the fan.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a width of the divider is greatest at a distal end connected to the heat sink and smallest at a distal end connected to the fan.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink and the body are integrally formed.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a lens detachably mounted to the first wall of the heat sink.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fan is configured to generate air flow from the first air passage to the second air passage to blow air towards the heat sink.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fan is configured to generate air flow from the second air passage to the first air passage to blow air away from the heat sink.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the fan blows air toward the electric module.

15. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a body having a cavity;
a substrate provided over the body and having a plurality of LEDs provided on the substrate;
a heat sink provided over the body;
a light emitting module mounted on the heat sink;
a fan provided below the heat sink in the body; and
a divider positioned between the heat sink and the fan to form a first air passage along the body and a second air passage along the substrate; and
an electric module provided in the cavity below the fan,
wherein the heat sink includes
a first surface provided around the light emitting module,
a second surface provided around a circumference of the first surface and positioned a prescribed distance from the first surface, and
a third surface provided around a circumference the second surface and positioned a prescribed distance from the second surface,
wherein the fan circulates the air in the body from a first channel formed between the first and second surfaces to a second channel formed between the second and third surfaces, and
wherein the first surface has a height higher than a height of the second surface, and the height of the second surface is higher than a height of the third surface,
wherein the body includes at least one opening formed on a side surface of the body such that external air introduced to an inside of the body through the at least one opening passes through the electric module,
wherein the divider has a bowl shape or cone shape, and a diameter of the divider gradually decreases from the heat sink to the fan,
wherein the diameter of the divider is greatest where the diameter contacts with the heat sink and smallest where the diameter contacts with the fan, and
wherein lower ends of the first surface, the second surface and the third surface are positioned on a line parallel to the substrate.

Assignees

• Ahn Teajeong
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ahn Teajeong

Classifications

• F21V29/677

  the fans being used for discharging · CPC title

• F21V5/04 Primary

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21K9/233

  specially adapted for generating a spot light distribution, e.g. for substitution of reflector lamps · CPC title

• F21V29/83

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