IP Library Granted Patent US 10,132,449
Granted Patent B2
US 10,132,449 · App. 15/128,115 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Lamp device, LED lamp and luminaire

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Patent No.
US 10,132,449
App. No.
15/128,115
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present application provide a lamp device, an LED lamp, and a luminaire. The lamp device according to the embodiments of the present utility mode comprises: a lamp cap having a central pin ( 21, 211 ) for providing an electrical connection to the lamp device; and a printed circuit board at least partially located within the lamp cap, wherein a lamp driver ( 12 ) is mounted on the printed circuit board; characterized in that a bottom edge of said printed circuit board includes a notch ( 16, 161 ) comprising a first contact electrically contacting said central pin. The lamp device according to the present application improves the assembly of the lamp device and enhances the production efficiency.

Claims (19)

1. A lamp device, comprising:

a lamp cap having a central pin for providing an electrical connection to the lamp device; and

a printed circuit board at least partially located within the lamp cap, wherein a lamp driver is mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein a bottom edge of said printed circuit board includes a notch configured to receive the central pin, wherein the notch comprises a first contact electrically contacting said central pin;

wherein a vertical side edge of said printed circuit board comprises a second contact capable of electrically contacting a side wall of the lamp cap,

wherein the vertical side edge comprises a pattern of protrusions that at least partially matches a thread of the lamp cap, and

wherein the second contact of the vertical side edge is electrically connected to the side wall of the lamp cap only if the pattern of protrusions of the vertical side edge is rotated relative to the thread of the lamp cap to a predetermined position.

2. The lamp device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact is formed by part of the notch or by the whole notch.

3. The lamp device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact is a metal contact such as a copper contact.

4. The lamp device of claim 3 , wherein the metal contact is formed on a bottom portion or on a side part of the notch.

5. The lamp device of claim 1 , wherein the notch is formed as a resilient element for receiving the central pin.

6. The lamp device of claim 1 , wherein the second contact is formed by metal deposited in a predetermined position on said side edge or on the protrusion of the side edge.

7. The lamp device of claim 5 , characterized in that a side edge of said printed circuit board comprises a second contact, in electrically contact with a side wall of the lamp cap, is provided at a side edge of said printed circuit board, wherein the second contact is formed as a resilient element.

8. The lamp device of claim 5 , wherein the resilient element is a leaf spring.

9. The lamp device according to claim 1 , characterized in that:

the lamp cap has a further central pin for providing an electrical connection to the lamp device; and

the bottom edge of said printed circuit board includes a further notch comprising a second contact electrically contacting said further central pin.

10. The lamp device of claim 5 , wherein the first contact forms a live pole of the driver and the second contact forms a neutral pole of the driver.

11. A LED lamp comprising the lamp device according to claim 1 .

12. A luminaire comprising the LED lamp according to claim 11 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
To: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 050837/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 050429/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: WANG, BAO; DUAN, XIAOQUING; XIONG, YAN
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 041861/0240 →