IP Library Granted Patent US 8,835,944
Granted Patent B2
US 8,835,944 · App. 13/726,986 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Lighting device

Inventor: Sadato Imai (Minamitsuru-gun, JP)
Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.; Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
H01L33/48H05K2201/017H01L25/0753H05K1/053H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48137H01L33/644H01L33/08H05K2201/10106
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Patent No.
US 8,835,944
App. No.
13/726,986
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a first aspect of the present invention, a lighting device including a metal plate, an electrical insulation layer that is smaller in size than an outline of the metal plate and arranged on an upper surface of the metal plate, a light-emitting element mounted on the electrical insulation layer, and a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting element and arranged on the electrical insulation layer.

Claims (46)

1. A lighting device, comprising:

a metal plate;

an electrical insulation layer that is smaller in size than an outline of the metal plate and arranged on an upper surface of the metal plate;

a light-emitting element mounted on the electrical insulation layer;

a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting element and arranged on the electrical insulation layer.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer is square in shape on the upper surface of the metal plate.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer is rectangular in shape on the upper surface of the metal plate.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal plate comprises an aluminum plate.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer comprises a ceramic ink layer.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-emitting element at a lower surface of the light-emitting element is in contact with the electrical insulation layer.

7. The lighting device according to claim 6 , wherein

the lower surface of the light-emitting element is buried in the electrical insulation layer.

8. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the upper surface of the metal plate appears around a periphery of the electrical insulation layer.

9. The lighting device according to claim 5 , wherein

the metal plate further comprises a cut portion cut into a periphery of the metal plate and passing from the upper surface to a lower surface of the metal plate.

10. A lighting device, comprising:

a metal plate;

an electrical insulation layer that is smaller in size than an outline of the metal plate and arranged on an upper surface of the metal plate;

a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in lines and mounted at a central area of the electrical insulation layer;

a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode arranged on the electrical insulation layer; and

the light-emitting elements positioned between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode and electrically connected to the first connecting electrode and to the second connecting electrode.

11. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer is square in shape on the upper surface of the metal plate.

12. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer is rectangular in shape on the upper surface of the metal plate.

13. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the lines of light-emitting elements are extended parallel to one another of the lines between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode, and the light-emitting elements included in each of the lines between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode are electrically connected in series to one another by metallic wires.

14. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein the metal plate comprises an aluminum plate.

15. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer comprises a ceramic ink layer.

16. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the light-emitting elements at lower surfaces of the light-emitting elements are in contact with the electrical insulation layer.

17. The lighting device according to claim 16 , wherein

the lower surfaces of the light-emitting elements are buried in the electrical insulation layer.

18. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the upper surface of the metal plate appears around a periphery of the electrical insulation layer.

19. The lighting device according to claim 5 , wherein

the metal plate further comprises a first cut portion cut into a periphery of the metal plate and passing from the upper surface to a lower surface of the metal plate and a second cut portion cut into a periphery of the metal plate and passing from the upper surface to a lower surface of the metal plate, and the second cut portion is positioned at an opposite side of the first cut portion.

20. The lighting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the electrical insulation layer comprises a ceramic ink layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO. LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042527/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2012
From: IMAI, SADATO
To: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029527/0154 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-282673 · Dec 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130161662A1 · Jun 27, 2013