IP Library Granted Patent US 10,295,141
Granted Patent B2
US 10,295,141 · App. 15/735,143 · Granted May 21, 2019

Lighting strip and lighting device

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Patent No.
US 10,295,141
App. No.
15/735,143
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a lighting strip, comprising a flexible printed circuit strip which comprises a plurality of wiring portions and a plurality of respective carrying portions, the wiring portions are used to supply electrical power to electric elements disposed on the carrying portions, and the carrying portions protrude from the wiring portions and are adapted to be bent around the wiring portions; a plurality of solid-state lighting elements respectively mounted on the carrying portions; wherein the wiring portion is provided with at least one pitch adjusting portion for adjusting a pitch between two adjacent carrying portions. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to a lighting device. According to the lighting strip and lighting device of the present disclosure, the positions of the solid-state lighting elements on the carrying portions, particularly the positions relative to the lighting elements, can be conveniently and precisely adjusted, thereby achieving a desired three-dimensional illumination shaping.

Claims (24)

1. A lighting strip, comprising:

a flexible printed circuit strip comprising a plurality of wiring portions and a plurality of carrying portions, the plurality of wiring portions configured to supply electrical power to the plurality of carrying portions;

a plurality of solid-state lighting elements respectively disposed on the plurality of carrying portions,

the plurality of wiring portions including at least one pitch adjusting portion configured to adjust a pitch between two adjacent carrying portions and to enable the flexible printed circuit strip to be arranged in a three-dimensional shape.

2. The lighting strip according to claim 1 , wherein:

at least one wiring portion of the plurality of wiring portions comprises a main body portion and at least one flexible arm protruding from the main body portion, the pitch adjusting portion comprising at least one flexible arm.

3. The lighting strip according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one flexible arm is disposed between two adjacent wiring portions of the plurality of wiring portions and includes an opening.

4. The lighting strip according to claim 3 , wherein a direction of the opening is identical with or opposite to a direction in which each carrying portion protrudes from the wiring portion.

5. The lighting strip according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one flexible arm is U-shaped.

6. A The lighting strip, comprising:

a flexible printed circuit strip comprising a plurality of wiring portions and a plurality of carrying portions, the plurality of wiring portions configured to supply electrical power to the plurality of carrying portions; and

a plurality of solid-state lighting elements respectively disposed on the carrying portions, the plurality of wiring portions including at least one pitch adjusting portion configured to adjust a pitch between two adjacent carrying portions and to enable the flexible printed circuit strip to be arranged in a three-dimensional shape,

at least one wiring portion of the plurality of wiring portions comprising a main body portion and at least one flexible arm protruding from the main body portion, the pitch adjusting portion comprising at least one flexible arm disposed between two adjacent wiring portions and having an opening, and

a portion of the at least one flexible arm configured to fold in a horizontal or vertical direction to change a degree of the opening to adjust the pitch between two adjacent carrying portions and to adjust a light transmitting direction of the solid-state lighting elements mounted on the carrying portions.

7. The lighting strip according to claim 2 , further comprising a welding pad for line connection.

8. The lighting strip according to claim 1 , wherein the solid-state lighting element is a light-emitting diode.

9. A lighting device, comprising:

a light guide member; and

a lighting strip comprising:

a flexible printed circuit strip comprising a plurality of wiring portions and a plurality of carrying portions, the plurality of wiring portions being configured to supply electrical power to the plurality of carrying portions; and

a plurality of solid-state light emitting elements respectively disposed on the carrying portions,

the plurality of wiring portions including at least one pitch adjusting portion configured to adjust a pitch between two adjacent carrying portions, and to position the carrying portions in a three-dimensional shape relative to the light guide member.

10. A vehicle lamp comprising the lighting device of claim 9 .

11. The lighting strip according to claim 2 , further comprising a contact for an individual connector electrically coupled to the wiring portions.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: LUMILEDS LLC
To: LUMILEDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071888/0086 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
To: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 070046/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 062299/0338 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: LUMILEDS, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
Reel/Frame 062114/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 052898/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2019
From: TAN, COON CHOW; TAN, SU PING; ISHIKAWA, TOMONARI; PALANIANDY, SELVAKUMAR
To: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 051162/0448 →