Light-guide type light-emitting device
View Patent ↗A light-guide type light-emitting device includes a heat-dissipating unit, a conductive unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-guiding unit. The heat-dissipating unit includes at least one heat-dissipating body. The conductive unit is disposed on a first side of the heat-dissipating body. The light-emitting unit is disposed on a second side of the heat-dissipating body, and the light-emitting unit includes a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically connected to the conductive unit. The light-guiding unit includes at least one light-guiding element disposed on the light-emitting unit for receiving light beams generated by the light-emitting unit, and the light-guiding element has a plurality of micro light-guiding structures formed on the outer surface thereof. Hence, the instant disclosure can not only mate the light-emitting unit with the light-guiding unit to solve glaring problem as a result of using LED, but also provides a wider light-emitting range.
1. A light-guide type light-emitting device, comprising:
a heat-dissipating unit including at least one heat-dissipating body;
a conductive unit disposed on a first side of the heat-dissipating body;
a light-emitting unit disposed on a second side of the heat-dissipating body, wherein the light-emitting unit includes a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically connected to the conductive unit; and
a light-guiding unit including at least one light-guiding element disposed on the light-emitting unit for receiving light beams generated by the light-emitting unit, wherein the light-guiding element has a plurality of micro light-guiding structures formed on the outer surface thereof.
2. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive unit is an electrical connector having a securing screw formed on the external surface of the electrical connector.
3. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting unit includes a circuit substrate disposed on the second side of the heat-dissipating body and electrically connected to the conductive unit, and the light-emitting elements are disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit substrate.
4. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each light-emitting element is an LED package structure for generating white or yellow light, and the LED package structure includes at least one LED chip and a packaging resin covering the LED chip.
5. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light-guiding element is a U-shaped solid light-guiding bar, and the light-guiding element has two ends facing the light-emitting elements.
6. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each micro light-guiding structure is a convex body or a concave groove, and the ratio of the height of each micro light-guiding structure to the interval between every two micro light-guiding structures is 1:0.05˜0.6.
7. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising: a positioning unit including a positioning body disposed on the light-emitting unit, a plurality of through holes passing through the positioning body and respectively corresponding to the light-emitting elements, and a plurality of retaining grooves respectively corresponding to the through holes.
8. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the light-guiding element includes two retaining portions respectively formed on two ends thereof, and each retaining portion is retained inside each retaining groove for positioning the two ends of the light-guiding element to face the light-emitting elements.
9. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising: a cover unit including a cover body mating with the heat-dissipating unit to enclose the light-emitting unit and an opening passing through the cover body, wherein the light-guiding element passes through the opening of the cover unit.
10. The light-guide type light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light-guiding element is a dual-spiral solid light-guiding bar, and the light-guiding element has two ends facing the light-emitting elements.