# US 10,865,969 B2 · LED lamp having chamber located in the lamp shell

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- Number: US 10,865,969 B2
- Document ID: US10865969B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/815,019
- Filed: 2020-03-11
- Published: 2020-07-02
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-08
- Assignees: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd
- Applicants: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd
- Inventors: Tao Jiang; Mingbin Wang; Aiming Xiong; Lin Zhou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865969B2

## CPC

- F21K 9/233: specially adapted for generating a spot light distribution, e.g. for substitution of reflector lamps
- F21K 9/235: Details of bases or caps, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within bases or caps (F21K9/238 takes precedence)
- F21K 9/237: Details of housings or cases, i.e. the parts between the light-generating element and the bases; Arrangement of components within housings or cases (F21K9/238 takes precedence)
- F21K 9/238: Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
- F21K 9/66: Details of globes or covers forming part of the light source
- F21K 9/68: Details of reflectors forming part of the light source
- F21V 7/0025: {Combination of two or more reflectors for a single light source (array of reflectors for a cluster of light sources F21V7/0083)}
- F21V 23/009: {the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device}
- F21V 29/503: 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)
- F21V 29/508: of electrical circuits
- F21V 29/773: {the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis}
- F21V 29/83: the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
- H05B 45/00: Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H05B 45/37: Converter circuits
- H05B 45/395: Linear regulators
- H05B 45/56: involving measures to prevent abnormal temperature of the LEDs
- F21Y 2103/33: annular
- F21Y 2105/18: annular; polygonal other than square or rectangular, e.g. for spotlights or for generating an axially symmetrical light beam
- F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H03H 7/0115: {comprising only inductors and capacitors (H03H7/075, H03H7/09, H03H7/12, H03H7/13 take precedence)}
- H03H 11/04: Frequency selective two-port networks
- Y02B 20/00: Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps
- Y02B 20/30: Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]
- F21K: NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
- H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell including a lamp head, a lamp neck and a sleeve; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell; a power source having a first portion and a second portion; a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source; a first heat dissipating channel formed in a first chamber of the lamp shell for dissipating heat generated from the power source while the LED lamp is working, and the first chamber is located between bottom of the LED lamp and an upper portion of the lamp neck; and a second heat dissipating channel formed in the heat sink and between the fins and the base of the heat sink for dissipating the heat generated from the LED chips and transferred to the heat sink; wherein a lateral outline of the LED lamp detours around the axis of the LED lamp 360 degrees to turn around to form a contour of the LED lamp, the outline includes an outline of the lamp neck and an outline of the heat sink, the outline of the lamp neck is a concave curve, the outline of the heat sink is a convex curve, the radius of curvature of the outline of the lamp neck is greater than the radius of curvature of the outline of the heat sink.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An LED (light emitting diode) lamp comprising:
a lamp shell including a lamp head, a lamp neck and a sleeve, the lamp head connects to the lamp neck which connects to the sleeve;
a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell, wherein the heat sink comprises fins and a base, the sleeve of the lamp shell is located in the heat sink, the lamp neck projects from the heat sink, height of the lamp neck is at least 80% of height of the heat sink;
a power source having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the power source is disposed in both the lamp neck and the lamp head of the lamp shell, and the second portion of the power source is disposed in the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element;
a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source, wherein the light emitting surface and the heat sink are connected to form a heat transferring path from the LED chips to the passive heat dissipating element;
a first heat dissipating channel formed in a first chamber of the lamp shell for dissipating heat generated from the power source while the LED lamp is working, and the first chamber is located between bottom of the LED lamp and an upper portion of the lamp neck; and
a second heat dissipating channel formed in the heat sink and between the fins and the base of the heat sink for dissipating the heat generated from the LED chips and transferred to the heat sink;
wherein the first heat dissipating channel comprises a first end on the light emitting surface to allow air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into the first chamber, and a second end on the upper portion of the lamp neck of the lamp shell to allow air flowing from inside of the first chamber out to the LED lamp;
wherein the second heat dissipating channel comprises a third end on the light emitting surface to allow air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into the second heat dissipating channel, and flowing out from spaces between every adjacent two of the fins;
wherein a third aperture is located in a central region of the light emitting surface, and the third aperture forms an air intake of both the first heat dissipating channel and the second heat dissipating channel;
wherein a lateral outline of the LED lamp detours around the axis of the LED lamp 360 degrees to turn around to form a contour of the LED lamp, the outline includes an outline of the lamp neck and an outline of the heat sink, the outline of the lamp neck is a concave curve, the outline of the heat sink is a convex curve, the radius of curvature of the outline of the lamp neck is greater than the radius of curvature of the outline of the heat sink;
wherein the ratio of power of the LED lamp to heat dissipating area of the heat sink is 1:20˜30.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The LED lamp of claim 1, wherein width of the LED lamp is L, then the radius of curvature of the outline of the lamp neck is 0.6 L˜15 L.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The LED lamp of claim 2, wherein the radius of curvature of the outline of the heat sink is 0.15 L˜0.75 L.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The LED lamp of claim 3, wherein a center angle occupied by the outline of the lamp neck is 10˜50 degrees.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The LED lamp of claim 4, wherein a center angle occupied by the outline of the heat sink is 40˜120 degrees.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The LED lamp of claim 5, wherein the center angle occupied by the outline of the lamp neck is 20˜35 degrees.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The LED lamp of claim 6, wherein the center angle occupied by the outline of the heat sink is 55˜90 degrees.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The LED lamp of claim 7, wherein cross-sectional area of the lamp neck axially upward tapers off.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The LED lamp of claim 8, wherein the outline of the LED lamp is a substantially S-shaped or an inverted S-shaped including a curve on the lamp neck and a curve on the heat sink.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The LED lamp of claim 9, further comprising a lamp cover with a light output surface and an end surface, wherein the end surface is formed with a vent to let air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into both the first channel and the second channel through the vent.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The LED lamp of claim 10, wherein the first end is projected onto the end surface in the axis of the LED lamp to occupy an area on the end surface, which is defined as a first portion, another area on the end surface is defined as a second portion, and the vent in the first portion is greater than the vent in the second portion in area.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The LED lamp of claim 11, wherein the heat sink comprises first fins and second fins, bottoms of both the first fins and the second fins in the axis of the LED lamp connect to the base, the first fins interlace with the second fins at regular intervals, and one of the second fins includes a third portion and two fourth portions, the two fourth portions are symmetrical about the third portion.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The LED lamp of claim 12, wherein each of the first fins is divided into two portions in a radial direction of the LED lamp, the two portions are divided with a gap portion, the third portion is connected to the fourth portion through a transition portion, the transition portion has a buffer section and a guide section, a direction of any tangent of the guide section is separate from the gap portion.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The LED lamp of claim 13, wherein the second end on the upper portion of the lamp neck of the lamp shell is formed with a venting hole, the lamp shell has an airflow limiting surface which extends radially outwardly and is located away from the venting hole, the airflow limiting surface cloaks at least part of the fins.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The LED lamp of claim 14, wherein upper portions of at least part of the fins in the axial direction of the LED lamp correspond to the airflow limiting surface.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The LED lamp of claim 15, wherein the sleeve has an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion is connected to the lower portion through an air guiding surface, a diameter of cross-section of the air guiding surface downward tapers off along the axis of the LED lamp.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The LED lamp of claim 16, wherein the sleeve includes a first portion and a second portion in the axial direction, the second portion is a part of the sleeve below the air guiding surface, electronic components of the power source, which are located in the second portion of the sleeve, include electrolytic capacitors.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The LED lamp of claim 17, wherein the power source includes a heat-generating element, the heat-generating element is in contact with the lamp head through a thermal conductor and the heat-generating element is fastened to the lamp head through the thermal conductor.