Illumination apparatus employing light-emitting device package

1. An illumination apparatus, comprising:

a light source unit comprising at least one light source module comprising a plurality of light-emitting device chips and a lead frame on which the light-emitting device chips are disposed and which connects the disposed light-emitting device chips;

a diffusion cover having an interior space in which the light source module is accommodated and diffusing light emitted from the light source module, the diffusion cover having at least one hole through which heat from the light source unit is emitted; and

an installation portion disposed adjacent to the diffusion cover to install the light source module,

wherein the installation portion is divided into two parts spaced apart by interposing the light source module therebetween, and each of the two parts comprises a groove with which the light source module is engaged.

2. The illumination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lead frame comprises a plurality of mounting portions on which the light-emitting device chips are mounted, a plurality of connecting portions for connecting the light-emitting device chips on a circuit, and a terminal unit extending from at least one of the connecting portions.

3. The illumination apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the connecting portions comprise an intermediate connecting portion for connecting the mounted light-emitting device chips in series, a first connecting portion electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting device chip disposed at a front end of a series circuit from among the mounted light-emitting device chips, and a second connecting portion electrically connected to a second electrode of the light-emitting device chip disposed at a rear end of the series circuit from among the mounted light-emitting device chips,

wherein the terminal unit comprises a first terminal extending from the first connecting portion and a second terminal extending from the second connecting portion.

4. The illumination apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first connecting portion, the intermediate connecting portion, and the second connecting portion are arranged in a line;

the first terminal comprises a first front terminal disposed at a front end of the arrangement and a first rear terminal disposed at a rear end of the arrangement;

the second terminal comprises a second front terminal disposed at a front end of the arrangement and a second rear terminal disposed at a rear end of the arrangement; and

the connecting portion comprises a first extending portion extending from the first connecting portion to the first rear terminal along a side of the arrangement, and a second extending portion extending from the second connecting portion to the second front terminal along the other side of the arrangement.

5. The illumination apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a region of the lead frame, other than the mounting portions, is exposed in the interior space.

6. The illumination apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the first extending portion and the second extending portion is coupled to the intermediate connecting portion with a coupling member comprising an insulating material.

7. The illumination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of through-holes are formed in the installation portion.

8. The illumination apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the diffusion cover has any one shape selected from the group consisting of a cylindrical shape, an oval shape, a polyhedral shape, and a polyhedral shape of which edges are rounded.

9. The illumination apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the installation portion extends in a direction parallel to an axis of the shape of the diffusion cover and is disposed to be lower than a center of a cross-section of the shape of the diffusion cover.

10. The illumination apparatus of claim 2 , wherein regions of the lead frame, except for the terminal unit, are coated with an insulating material.

11. The illumination apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the installation portion has a heat radiation structure.

12. The illumination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit comprises a plurality of light source modules;

a front terminal unit and a rear terminal unit are respectively disposed at both ends of each of the light source modules; and

the rear terminal unit of any one light source module from among the light source modules is coupled to the front terminal unit of the adjacent light source module.

13. An illumination apparatus, comprising:

a light source unit comprising at least one light source module comprising a plurality of light-emitting device chips and a lead frame on which the light-emitting device chips are disposed and which connects the disposed light-emitting device chips;

a diffusion cover having an interior space in which the light source module is accommodated and diffusing light emitted from the light source module; and

an installation portion disposed adjacent to the diffusion cover to install the light source module,

wherein regions of the lead frame, except for the terminal unit, are coated with an insulating material,

wherein the installation portion has a heat radiation structure,

wherein the heat radiation structure comprises:

a loading plate on which the light source module is loaded; and

two engaging portions that each comprise a groove and are formed at both sides of the loading plate so as to engage with both edges of the light source module.

14. The illumination apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a shape of the heat radiation structure comprises a part of a cylindrical shape.

15. The illumination apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a shape of the heat radiation structure comprises groove patterns.

16. The illumination apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the diffusion cover comprises a part of any one shape selected from the group consisting of a cylindrical shape, an oval shape, a polyhedral shape, and a polyhedral shape of which edges are rounded, and

the loading plate extends in a direction parallel to an axis of the shape of the diffusion cover and is disposed to be lower than a center of a cross-section of the shape of the diffusion cover.

17. An illumination apparatus, comprising:

a light source unit comprising a plurality of light source modules, at least one of which comprises a plurality of light-emitting device chips and a lead frame on which the light-emitting device chips are disposed and which connects the disposed light-emitting device chips;

a diffusion cover having an interior space in which the at least one light source module is accommodated and diffusing light emitted from the at least one light source module;

an installation portion disposed adjacent to the diffusion cover to install the light source module;

a front terminal unit having a straight line shape and a rear terminal unit having a bent shape so as to engage with the front terminal unit, an end of the bent shape of the rear terminal unit being bent to have a concave part, the front terminal unit and the rear terminal unit being respectively disposed at both ends of each of the plurality of light source modules, wherein:

the installation portion is divided into two parts spaced apart by interposing the light source module therebetween, and each of the two parts comprises a groove with which the light source module is engaged, and

the rear terminal unit of any one light source module from among the light source modules is coupled to the front terminal unit of an adjacent light source module.

18. The illumination apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the end of the bent shape of the rear terminal unit is formed in a ‘C’-shape.

19. The illumination apparatus of claim 17 , wherein when the rear terminal unit of any one light source module from among the light source modules is coupled to the front terminal unit of the adjacent light source module through soldering, the junction of the end of the bent shape of the rear terminal unit and the front terminal is soldered.