Internal envelope infrastructure for electrical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9920887-B2
Application number	US-201314403200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2013
Priority date	May 29, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing ( 1 ) for an electrical device wherein an inner surface ( 2 ) of said housing has a conductive pattern ( 3 ) providing at least one conductive track, said track being arranged to provide local electric interconnection from the housing to at least one enclosed electrical component of said electrical device and/or vice versa, wherein the conductive pattern is fixedly fastened to said inner surface ( 2 ) of said housing so that said conductive pattern will break if the housing wall is broken where the conductive pattern is fastened.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical device comprising:
a tubular shaped housing wherein a conductive pattern, comprising at least one conductive track, is attached on an inner surface of the tubular shaped housing;
a sheet arranged in the tubular shaped housing as a roll; and
at least one light source comprising electrical terminals and arranged on the sheet and enclosed in the tubular shaped housing,
wherein the conductive pattern is a discontinuous coating and the electric terminals of the at least one light source are electrically connected to the conductive pattern of the housing, thereby providing an electric routing for driving the at least one light source, wherein said conductive track provides a local electric bridging interconnection between the housing and the at least one light source and wherein the conductive pattern is structured such that breakage of the housing causes breakage of the conductive pattern.

2. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet provides a spring force that presses the electrical terminals against the conductive pattern.

3. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric terminals are provided on a side of the sheet that is opposite to a side of the sheet where the at least one light source is provided.

4. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive track is a plurality of conductive tracks that are respectively disposed on the inner surface of the tubular shaped housing and wherein each conductive track of the plurality of conductive tracks is electrically isolated from each other conductive track of the plurality of conductive tracks.

5. The electrical device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one light source comprises a series of isolated light sources, each of the isolated light sources including respective electric terminals, and wherein the electric terminals of the series of light sources are aligned with and in contact with the plurality of electrically isolated conductive tracks, which form the electric routing for driving the series of light sources.

6. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet is made of a transparent or diffuse material.

7. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is transparent.

8. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of glass.

9. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of plastic.

10. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein said conductive track is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of: chromium, copper, silver, gold, aluminum, or a conductive composite or paste.

11. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one conductive track(s) is arranged to provide at least one of heat-spreading or heat-sinking for said light source.

12. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source is at least one LED-unit.

13. The electrical device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source is configured as an electrical bridge for at least one downstream light source such that any loss of electrical connection to the conductive track by the at least one light source induces a loss of power to the at least one downstream light source.

14. The electrical device according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one conductive track is a plurality of conductive tracks, wherein each of the conductive tracks is electrically isolated from each other conductive track of the plurality of conductive tracks in said conducive pattern, wherein a first electric terminal of the electric terminals is directly coupled to a first track of the plurality of conductive tracks, wherein a second electric terminal of the electric terminals is directly coupled to a second track of the plurality of conductive tracks, and wherein the at least one downstream light source includes a third electric terminal that is distinct from said first and second electric terminals and is directly coupled to said second track.

15. A method for producing an electrical device comprising a housing for at least one light source comprising the steps of:
discontinuously coating an inner surface of said housing with a conductive pattern coating providing at least one conductive track, wherein said conductive track is arranged to provide a local electric bridging interconnection between the housing and said light source, wherein the conductive pattern is structured such that breakage of the housing causes breakage of the conductive pattern;
providing the at least one light source on a sheet; and
inserting the sheet as a roll in said tubular shaped housing such that electric terminals of the at least one light source are electrically connected to the conductive pattern coating, thereby providing an electric routing for driving the at least one light source.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one light source is configured as an electrical bridge for at least one downstream light source such that any loss of electrical connection to the conductive track by the at least one light source induces a loss of power to the at least one downstream light source.

17. An electrical device comprising:
a tubular shaped housing wherein a conductive pattern, comprising at least one conductive track, is attached on an inner surface of the tubular shaped housing;
a sheet arranged in the tubular shaped housing as a roll; and
at least one light source comprising electrical terminals and arranged on the sheet and enclosed in the tubular shaped housing,
wherein the conductive pattern is a discontinuous coating and the electric terminals of the at least one light source are electrically connected to the conductive pattern of the housing, thereby providing an electric routing for driving the at least one light source, wherein said conductive track provides a local electric bridging interconnection between the housing and the at least one light source, wherein a surface area of a side of said conductive track that provides the interconnection is larger than a light emitting surface area of said at least one light source, and wherein the conductive pattern is structured such that breakage of the housing causes breakage of the conductive pattern.

18. The electrical device according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one light source is configured as an electrical bridge for at least one downstream light source such that any loss of electrical connection to the conductive track by the at least one light source induces a loss of power to the at least one downstream light source.

19. The electrical device according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one conductive track is a plurality of conductive tracks, wherein each of the conductive tracks is electrically isolated from each other conductive track of the plurality of conductive tracks in said conducive pattern, wherein a first electric terminal of the electric terminals is directly coupled to a first track of the plurality of conductive tracks, wherein a second electric terminal of the electric terminals is directly coupled to a second track of the plurality of conductive tracks, and wherein the at least one downstream light source includes a third electric terminal that is distinct from said first and second electric terminals and is directly coupled to said second track.

20. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one conductive track is a plural

Assignees

• Philips Lighting Holding Bv

Inventors

• Van Delden Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria

Classifications

• F21V25/02

  coming into action when lighting device is disturbed, dismounted, or broken · CPC title

• F21V19/003

  Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources · CPC title

• F21K9/275 Primary

  Details of bases or housings, i.e. the parts between the light-generating element and the end caps; Arrangement of components within bases or housings (F21K9/278 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T29/4913

  Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor, etc. · CPC title

• F21V3/062

  the material being plastics · CPC title