IP Library Granted Patent US 11,137,118
Granted Patent B2
US 11,137,118 · App. 17/069,156 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

LED lamp

Inventors: Xiaojun Ren (Shanghai, CN); Kun Xiao (Shanghai, CN); Jon Mallery (Bucyrus, OH); Hai Huang (Shanghai, CN); Chunxiao Gao (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
F21K9/238F21V23/005F21V23/006F21V23/06F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 11,137,118
App. No.
17/069,156
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a LED lamp, wherein the LED lamp comprises: a lighting assembly comprises a lamp post, rigid wires are provided at the bottom of the lamp post; a driving unit comprises a PCB, a connector is provided on the PCB and is electrically connected with the PCB; and a base component is provided at the bottom of the lighting assembly, accommodates the driving unit, and electrically connected with the driving unit by connection wires extended from the driving unit, wherein, the LED lamp further comprises a bracket positioned in the base component, wire guiding holes are provided on the bracket, so that the rigid wires pass through the wire guiding holes to electrically connected with the connector. By such arrangement, automatic and high-speed assembly of the LED lamp may be achieved.

Claims (35)

1. A LED lamp, wherein the LED lamp comprises:

a lighting assembly comprising a lamp post at a bottom of which rigid wires are provided;

a driving unit comprising a PCB on which a connector is provided, and is electrically connected with the PCB;

a base component provided at a bottom of the lighting assembly, accommodates the driving unit, and electrically connected with the driving unit by connection wires extended from the driving unit;

an insulating sleeve provided inside the base component, the driving unit provided inside the insulating sleeve, and a gap defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve; and

a bracket positioned in the base component, on which wire guiding holes are provided so that the rigid wires pass through the wire guiding holes to be electrically connected with the connector,

wherein the bracket comprises a horizontal body portion and two legs vertically extended from two ends of the body portion, and the legs are snapped and fixed in the gap defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve.

2. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rigid wires comprise a positive electrode wire and a negative electrode wire, and the wire guiding holes comprise a positive electrode wire guiding hole and a negative electrode wire guiding hole to accommodate the positive electrode wire and the negative electrode wire respectively.

3. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the positive electrode wire and the negative electrode wire have different colors.

4. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an indicator is provided near one of the positive electrode wire guiding hole and the negative electrode wire guiding hole.

5. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wire guiding holes are funnel-shaped, so that the rigid wires are guided to pass through the wire guiding holes.

6. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the legs have a first end connected with the body portion and a second end opposite to the first end, a hook portion stretched inward is provided at the second end so that while the legs are snapped and fixed in the gap, the hook portion is connected to a bottom surface of the PCB departing from the lighting assembly.

7. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the driving unit, the base component, the bracket and the insulating sleeve are assembled together to form an integrated base assembly.

8. A LED lamp, wherein the LED lamp comprises:

a lighting assembly, at a bottom of which rigid wires are provided; and

an integrated base assembly connected to a bottom of the lighting assembly and accommodates the rigid wires;

a driving unit and an insulating sleeve inside the integrated base assembly, with the driving unit provided inside the insulating sleeve, and a gap defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve,

wherein the integrated base assembly comprises a bracket on which wire guiding holes are provided so that the rigid wires pass through the wire guiding holes to be electrically connected with the driving unit, and

wherein the bracket comprises a horizontal body portion and two legs vertically extended from two ends of the body portion, and the legs are snapped and fixed in the gap defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve.

9. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the integrated base assembly further comprises a base component which accommodates the rigid wires, the driving unit and the bracket, and is electrically connected with the driving unit by connection wires extended from the driving unit.

10. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the wire guiding holes are funnel-shaped, so that the rigid wires are guided to pass through the wire guiding holes.

11. A method for producing a LED lamp, the LED lamp comprising a lighting assembly, a driving unit, a base component, a bracket and an insulating sleeve, wherein the insulating sleeve is provided inside the base component, the driving unit is provided inside the insulating sleeve, a gap is defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve, wire guiding holes are provided on the bracket, and the bracket comprises a horizontal body portion and two legs vertically extended from two ends of the body portion,

the method comprising:

preparing the lighting assembly to have rigid wires provided at a bottom of the lighting assembly;

pre-assembling the driving unit, the base component, the bracket and the insulating sleeve into an integrated base assembly by snapping and fixing the two legs of the bracket into the gap defined between the driving unit and the insulating sleeve; and

passing the rigid wires through the wire guiding holes to be electrically connected with the driving unit, so that the lighting assembly and the integrated base assembly are assembled together.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the base component accommodates the rigid wires, the driving unit, the bracket and the insulating sleeve, and is electrically connected with the driving unit by connection wires extended from the driving unit.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the wire guiding holes are funnel-shaped, so that the rigid wires are guided to pass through the wire guiding holes.

14. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the rigid wires comprise a positive electrode wire and a negative electrode wire, and the wire guiding holes comprise a positive electrode wire guiding hole and a negative electrode wire guiding hole to accommodate the positive electrode wire and the negative electrode wire respectively and wherein an optional indicator is provided near one of the positive electrode wire guiding hole and the negative electrode wire guiding hole.

15. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the driving unit further comprising a PCB.

16. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the legs have a first end connected with the body portion and a second end opposite to the first end, a hook portion stretched inward is provided at the second end so that while the legs are snapped and fixed in the gap, the hook portion is connected to a bottom surface of the PCB departing from the lighting assembly.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the rigid wires comprise a positive electrode wire and a negative electrode wire, and the wire guiding holes comprise a positive electrode wire guiding hole and a negative electrode wire guiding hole to accommodate the positive electrode wire and the negative electrode wire respectively and wherein an optional indicator is provided near one of the positive electrode wire guiding hole and the negative electrode wire guiding hole.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein an indicator is provided near one of the positive electrode wire guiding hole and the negative electrode wire guiding hole.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the driving unit further comprising a PCB.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the LED lamp further comprising a hook portion stretched inward provided at the second end and the method further comprising connecting the hook portion to a bottom surface of the PCB departing from the lighting assembly while the legs are snapped and fixed in the gap.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 060271/0854 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.), LLC
To: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 054384/0322 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2020
From: REN, XIAOJUN; XIAO, KUN; MALLERY, JON; HUANG, HAI; GAO, CHUNXIAO
To: CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.), LLC
Reel/Frame 054038/0773 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201921987944.7 · Nov 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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