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Granted Patent B2
US 9,702,527 · App. 13/705,910 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Light emitting device

Inventors: Shih-Chang Wang (Taoyuan Hsien, TW); Po-Chang Li (Taoyuan Hsien, TW); Pin-Hao Hsu (Taoyuan Hsien, TW); Kun-Tsai Wu (Taoyuan Hsien, TW)
Assignee: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited
F21V15/01F21V23/0464F21V29/507F21W2131/103F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 9,702,527
App. No.
13/705,910
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device comprises a housing and a LED module. The housing comprises a first part and a second part connecting the first part, wherein the first part comprises a first side, a second side and a middle portion connecting the first side and the second side, and a thickness of the first side and a thickness of the second side are thinner than that of the middle portion. The LED module is disposed on the housing for emitting light.

Claims (50)

1. A housing of a light emitting device, comprising:

a first part, wherein the first part comprises a first side, a second side and a middle portion connecting the first side and the second side, and a thickness of the first side and a thickness of the second side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion and wherein the first part has a first recess and an LED module is disposed within the first recess and disposed on the middle portion; and

a second part connecting the first part and having a second recess within which at least one electronic element is disposed to control the LED module,

wherein the thickness of the first side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a first free end of the first side, and the thickness of the second side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a second free end of the second side, and

wherein the first free end of the first side and the second free end of the second side are extended downward.

2. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first side is substantially equal to that of the second side.

3. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the first side and the second side are formed as a symmetrical structure.

4. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the first side is extended downward, and the second side is extended downward.

5. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the first side, the second side and the middle portion are extended along a first direction, and the first part comprises a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side, wherein the middle portion connects the third side and the fourth side, and the third side, the fourth side and the middle portion are extended along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

6. The housing according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the third side and a thickness of the fourth side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion.

7. The housing according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the third side is substantially equal to that of the fourth side.

8. The housing according to claim 5 , wherein the third side is extended downward and gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion, and the fourth side is extended upward and gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion.

9. The housing according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the fourth side is substantially equal to that of the middle portion, and the thickness of the second part is thinner than that of the fourth side.

10. The housing according to claim 5 , wherein the third side and the fourth side are formed as an asymmetrical structure.

11. A light emitting device, comprising:

a housing comprising a first part and a second part connecting the first part, wherein the first part comprising a first side, a second side and a middle portion connecting the first side and the second side, and a thickness of the first side and a thickness of the second side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion and wherein the first part has a first recess; and

an LED module disposed within the first recess and disposed on the middle portion of the first part of the housing for emitting light,

wherein the second part has a second recess within which at least one electronic element is disposed to control the LED module,

wherein the thickness of the first side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a first free end of the first side, and the thickness of the second side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a second free end of the second side, and

wherein the first free end of the first side and the second free end of the second side are extended downward.

12. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the first side is substantially equal to that of the second side.

13. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first side and the second side are formed as a symmetrical structure.

14. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first side is extended downward, and the second side is extended downward.

15. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first side, the second side and the middle portion are extended along a first direction, and the first part comprises a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side, wherein the middle portion connects the third side and the fourth side, and the third side, the fourth side and the middle portion are extended along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

16. The light emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the third side and a thickness of the fourth side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion.

17. The light emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the third side is substantially equal to that of the fourth side.

18. The light emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the third side is extended downward and gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion, and the fourth side is extended upward and gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion.

19. The light emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the fourth side is substantially equal to that of the middle portion, and the thickness of the second part is thinner than that of the fourth side.

20. The light emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the third side and the fourth side are formed as an asymmetrical structure.

21. A housing of a light emitting device, comprising:

a first part, wherein the first part comprises a first side, a second side and a middle portion connecting the first side and the second side, and a thickness of the first side and a thickness of the second side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion and wherein the first part has a first recess and an LED module is disposed within the first recess and disposed on the middle portion; and

a second part connected to the first part and having a second recess within which at least one electronic element is disposed to control the LED module,

wherein the first side, the second side and the middle portion extend along a first direction, and the first part further comprises a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side,

wherein the thickness of the first side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a first free end of the first side, and the thickness of the second side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a second free end of the second side,

wherein the first free end of the first side and the second free end of the second side are extended downward

wherein the middle portion connects the third side and the fourth side, and the third side, the fourth side and the middle portion extend along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and

wherein the third side extends downward below a bottom surface of the middle portion and becomes thinner from an edge of the middle portion, and the fourth side extends upward above a top surface of the middle portion and becomes thinner from an edge of the middle portion.

22. A light emitting device, comprising:

a housing comprising a first part and a second part connected to the first part, wherein the first part comprises a first side, a second side and a middle portion connecting the first side and the second side, and a thickness of the first side and a thickness of the second side are thinner than a thickness of the middle portion and wherein the first part has a first recess; and

an LED module disposed within the first recess and disposed on the middle portion of the first part of the housing for emitting light,

wherein the second part has a second recess within which at least one electronic element is disposed to control the LED module,

wherein the first side, the second side and the middle portion extend along a first direction, and the first part further comprises a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side,

wherein the thickness of the first side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a first free end of the first side, and the thickness of the second side gets thinner from an edge of the middle portion to a second free end of the second side,

wherein the first free end of the first side and the second free end of the second side are extended downward,

wherein the middle portion connects the third side and the fourth side, and the third side, the fourth side and the middle portion extend along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and

wherein the third side extends downward below a bottom surface of the middle portion and becomes thinner from an edge of the middle portion, and the fourth side extends upward above a top surface of the middle portion and becomes thinner from an edge of the middle portion.

23. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made from thermal conductive material and an extra heat spreader is not provided at a top surface of the first part or a top surface of the second part.

24. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the middle portion has a bottom plane, the first side has a first inner cambered surface which extends continuously downward, the second side has a second inner cambered surface which extends continuously downward, and the bottom plane connects the first inner cambered surface to the second inner cambered surface.

25. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the housing is made from thermal conductive material and an extra heat spreader is not provided at a top surface of the first part or a top surface of the second part.

26. The light emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the middle portion has a bottom plane, the first side has a first inner cambered surface which extends continuously downward, the second side has a second inner cambered surface which extends continuously downward, and the bottom plane connects the first inner cambered surface and the second inner cambered surface.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED; LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: LEOTEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059804/0526 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2017
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042457/0545 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE/ASSIGNOR TRANSPOSED IN THE ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033166 FRAME: 0246. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 27, 2014
From: LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033247/0135 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2014
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033166/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2012
From: WANG, SHIH-CHANG; LI, PO-CHANG; HSU, PIN-HAO; WU, KUN- TSAI
To: LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029498/0052 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61614019 · Mar 22, 2012
Related Publication 20130250584A1 · Sep 26, 2013