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US 2014/0159573 A1Published application
Lamp comprising active cooling device for thermal management
AssigneeGE Lighting Solutions, LLC
InventorBruce Richard ROBERTS
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Abstract
Embodiments of a lamp comprise a light source and an active cooling device that propagates airflow within the lamp to dissipate heat from the light source. In one embodiment, the lamp comprises a light emitting diode (LED) device and an inductor that couples in series with the light emitting diode (LED) device. The lamp also comprises a diaphragm magnetically coupled with the inductor, wherein the diaphragm can flex between a first position and a second position to generate the air flow.
Claims20
A lamp, comprising:
- a light source;
- a field generator electrically coupled with the light source, wherein the field generator generates a magnetic field in response to a first input signal that energizes the light source;
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- an actuator magnetically coupled with the field generator via the magnetic field.
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A lamp, comprising:
- a light emitting diode device;
- an active cooling device forming a series circuit with the light emitting diode device and a ground, wherein the active cooling device generates a magnetic field in response to a first input signal that energizes the light emitting diode device.
A lamp, comprising:
- a drive circuit generating a first input signal and a second input signal that is different from the first input signal;
- a light emitting diode device coupled with the drive circuit to receive the first input signal;
- a first inductor coupled in series with the light emitting diode device to conduct the first input signal to ground;
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- a diaphragm magnetically coupled with the first inductor, wherein the diaphragm comprises material that flexes between a first position and a second position in response to the second input signal from the drive circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.