IP Library Granted Patent US 8,801,224
Granted Patent B2
US 8,801,224 · App. 13/156,965 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

LED illumination device

Inventors: Tang-Chieh Huang (Tainan, TW); Yu-Tang Yen (Tainan, TW); Ching-Hao Chang (Tainan, TW); Bing-You Weng (Tainan, TW); Sunao Hsu (Tainan, TW); Yao-Wen Liu (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Parlux Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,801,224
App. No.
13/156,965
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an LED illumination device including a base, at least one flexible circuit board and a plurality of LEDs. The at least one flexible circuit board is used for covering the base. The LEDs are mounted on the flexible circuit board. The present invention utilizes a flexible circuit board that can conform to the base having a 360 degree curved surface and a 3D solid structure to efficiently change the viewing angle of the LEDs so as to provide 360 degree viewing angle. Furthermore, a single flexible circuit board can be utilized to cover the base to provide a 360 degree viewing angle. Therefore, the LED illumination device of the present invention can reduce manufacturing cost and simplify the manufacturing process.

Claims (27)

1. An LED illumination device, comprising:

a base, comprising a supporting body formed as a spheral shape, the supporting body comprising a plurality of supporting portions;

at least one flexible circuit board, formed as a petal shape, and comprising a plurality of petal portions for covering the supporting portions of the base; and

a plurality of LEDs, mounted on the flexible circuit board;

wherein the supporting body formed as a hollow spheral shape; a plurality of heat dissipating holes are disposed between the supporting portions; the flexible circuit board is formed as a cross shape to cover the supporting portions.

2. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , further comprising a lamp cover and a lamp holder, the lamp cover having an accommodating space and an opening portion, the lamp holder being connected to the opening portion, and the lamp holder being electrically connected to a power source.

3. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible circuit board is flexible printed circuit board.

4. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the base is formed as an oval body.

5. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the base is formed as a bulb body.

6. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a plurality of taper portions extending outwardly.

7. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible circuit board is formed as a cross shape.

8. The LED illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the base further comprises a plurality of heat dissipating pillars downwards extending from an edge of the supporting body.

9. The LED illumination device of claim 8 , wherein the base further comprises a plurality of first connecting portions connected to the heat dissipating pillars respectively and downwards extending from the heat dissipating pillars.

10. The LED illumination device of claim 9 , further comprising a lamp cover, a heat dissipating body and a lamp holder, wherein the heat dissipating body is mounted between the lamp cover and the lamp holder; the heat dissipating body comprises a plurality of heat dissipating fins and a plurality of second connecting portions, the heat dissipating fins are disposed on the peripheral of the heat dissipating body; the second connecting portions correspond to the first connecting portions, and are connected to the first connecting portions.

11. The LED illumination device of claim 10 , wherein each first connecting portion comprises a first hook portion; the lamp holder comprises a plurality of second hook portions corresponding to the first hook portions, the second hook portions are connected to the first hook portions.

12. An LED illumination device, comprising:

a base;

at least one flexible circuit board, for covering the base;

a plurality of LEDs, mounted on the flexible circuit board; and

a lamp cover and a lamp holder, the lamp cover having an accommodating space and an opening portion, the lamp holder being connected to the opening portion, and the lamp holder being electrically connected to a power source;

wherein the base is mounted on the lamp holder, and is disposed in the accommodating space of the lamp cover, the base has a 360 degree curved surface, and is formed as a hollow spheral shape; an axis is defined by traversing the center of the lamp holder and the lamp cover; the at least one flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of flexible circuit boards surrounding the axis averagely; each flexible circuit board is an eye-shaped plate having a wide middle portion and two sharp end portions; the flexible circuit board is bent to conform to the base; two sharp end portions comprise a first end portion and a second end portion; the first end portion is close to the lamp holder; the second end portion is far away from the lamp holder, and corresponds to the first end portion; the wide middle portion is disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion; the flexible circuit board is bent from the first end portion to the wide middle portion along a first direction far away from the axis, and from the wide middle portion to the second end portion along a second direction close to the axis.

13. An LED illumination device, comprising:

a base;

at least one flexible circuit board, for covering the base;

a plurality of LEDs, mounted on the flexible circuit board; and

a lamp cover and a lamp holder, the lamp cover having an accommodating space and an opening portion, the lamp holder being connected to the opening portion, and the lamp holder being electrically connected to a power source;

wherein the base is mounted on the lamp holder, and is disposed in the accommodating space of the lamp cover, the base has a 360 degree curved surface, and is formed as a hollow cylindrical shape; the curved surface comprises a hollow cylindrical surface portion and a circular surface portion; the circular surface portion is disposed on one side of the hollow cylindrical surface portion, and is far away from the lamp holder; the at least one flexible circuit board comprise a first flexible circuit board and a second flexible circuit board; the first flexible circuit board is disposed on the hollow cylindrical surface portion of the base; the second flexible circuit board is disposed on the circle surface portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: PARLUX OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: MICROCOSM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036950/0722 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2011
From: HUANG, TANG-CHIEH; YEN, YU-TANG; CHANG, CHING-HAO; WENG, BING-YOU; HSU, SUNAO; LIU, YAO-WEN
To: PARLUX OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026693/0494 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99221089 U · Nov 1, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120106153A1 · May 3, 2012