Led electric bulb and the manufacturing thereof
AssigneePhilips Lighting Holding B.V.
InventorJohannes Antonius Maria VAN HOUT
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Abstract
The invention relates to a LED electric bulb and a method of producing a LED electric bulb. The LED electric bulb comprises a glass bulb, a cap and a light generating module. The light generating module is at least partly received inside the glass bulb and is arranged in electrical contact with the cap. The light generating module comprises a driver PCB and a flexible, double folded strip forming two opposite legs comprising a plurality of LED's. The flexible, double folded strip is arranged to conform to and closely contact at least a portion of the interior surface of the glass bulb. The invention also relates to a semi-finished LED electric bulb and the use thereof for the production of a LED electric bulb.
Claims13
Method of producing a LED electric bulb, comprising:
- providing a light generating module comprising a driver PCB and a flexible, double folded strip forming two opposite legs comprising a plurality of LED's,
- providing a glass bulb having an open end,
- inserting the light generating module into the glass bulb via the open end thereof, with the flexible, double folded strip extending into the interior of the glass bulb whereby the two opposite legs are pressed apart to conform to and closely contact at least a portion of the interior of surface of the glass bulb as the flexible, double folded strip is inserted into the glass bulb meeting the interior surface thereof, and
- providing a cap closing the open end of the glass bulb.
Method of producing a semi-finished LED electric bulb, comprising
- providing a flexible, double folded strip forming two opposite legs comprising a plurality of LED's,
- providing a glass bulb having an open end,
- inserting the flexible, double folded strip into the glass bulb via the open end thereof, whereby the two opposite legs are pressed apart to conform to and closely contact at least a portion of the interior of surface of the glass bulb as the flexible, double folded strip is inserted into the glass bulb meeting the interior surface thereof.
LED electric bulb, comprising a glass bulb, a cap and a light generating module at least partly received inside the glass bulb and being in electrical contact with the cap, wherein the light generating module comprises a driver PCB and a flexible, double folded strip forming two opposite legs comprising a plurality of LED's, whereby the two opposite legs are pressed apart and conforming to and closely contacting at least a portion of the interior of surface of the glass bulb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.