IP Library Granted Patent US 11,686,436
Granted Patent B2
US 11,686,436 · App. 17/408,519 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

LED filament and light bulb using LED filament

Inventors: Aiming Xiong (Jiaxing, CN); Lin Zhou (Jiaxing, CN); Mingbin Wang (Jiaxing, CN); Chenkun Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chihshan Yu (Changhua, TW); Tao Jiang (Jiaxing, CN); Yuexing Li (Jiaxing, CN); Hayato Unagiike (Kai, JP); Yukihiro Saito (Kawasaki, JP); Zhichao Zhang (Jiaxing, CN)
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Patent No.
US 11,686,436
App. No.
17/408,519
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application relates to the field of lighting, and discloses an LED filament including: at least one LED section, each LED section including at least two LED chips, adjacent LED chips being electrically connected to each other; electrodes, electrically connected to the LED section; and a light conversion layer, wrapping the LED section and parts of the electrodes, and including a top layer and a carrying layer, the carrying layer including a base layer and a transparent layer, the base layer including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, the upper surface of the base layer being in contact with a part of the top layer, and a part of the lower surface of the base layer being in contact with the transparent layer. This application has the characteristics of uniform light emission and good heat dissipation effect.

Claims (30)

1. An LED filament, comprising:

at least one LED section, each LED section comprising at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other;

electrodes, electrically connected to the LED section; and

a light conversion layer, wrapping the LED section and parts of the electrodes, and comprising a top layer and a carrying layer, the carrying layer comprising a base layer and a transparent layer, the base layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, wherein the upper surface of the base layer being in contact with a part of the top layer, and a part of the lower surface of the base layer being in contact with the transparent layer, and the light conversion layer has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and the LED chips are located between the first end and the second end.

2. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein a total length of the transparent layer is 10-80% of the total length of the base layer.

3. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent layer comprises a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer, the first transparent layer extends from one end of the base layer, and the second transparent layer extends from the other end of the base layer.

4. The LED filament according to claim 3 , wherein a gap is formed between the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer, and in a length direction of the LED filament, a distance between the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer is greater than a length of the first transparent layer or the second transparent layer.

5. The LED filament according to claim 4 , wherein the LED chip closest to the first end is denoted as LED chip n 1 , then LED chips from the first end to the second end are sequentially LED chip n 2 , LED chip n 3 , . . . , and LED chip n m , m being an integer and m≤800, and in the length direction of the LED filament, the length of the first transparent layer or the second transparent layer is at least greater than the distance from the first end to the LED chip n 2 .

6. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein there are at least two LED chips every millimeter of a filament length on average, and a temperature of the LED filament is not greater than a junction temperature when the LED filament is lit for 15,000 h in a surrounding environment at 25° C.

7. The LED filament according to claim 1 , further comprising conductive sections connecting adjacent LED sections, a shortest distance between two LED chips respectively located in two adjacent LED sections being greater than a distance between two adjacent LED chips in the LED section.

8. An LED light bulb, comprising:

a lamp housing;

a lamp cap, connected to the lamp housing;

a stem, comprising a stand located in the lamp housing;

an LED filament, located in the lamp housing, the LED filament comprising:

at least one LED section, each LED section comprising at least two LED chips, adjacent LED chips being electrically connected to each other;

electrodes, electrically connected to the LED section; and

a light conversion layer, wrapping the LED section and parts of the electrodes, and comprising a top layer and a carrying layer, the carrying layer comprising a base layer and a transparent layer, the base layer comprising an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, the upper surface of the base layer being in contact with a part of the top layer, and a part of the lower surface of the base layer being in contact with the transparent layer; and

at least one supporting arm, each supporting arm comprising a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, the first end of each supporting arm being connected to the stand, and the second end of each supporting arm being connected to the LED filament.

9. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein a plane A divides the lamp housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lamp housing has a largest width at the plane A, when there is an intersection between the stem and the plane A, the lamp housing has a lamp housing top portion and a lamp housing bottom portion that are opposite to each other, the lamp housing bottom portion is close to the lamp cap, and a length of the LED filament located between the lamp housing top portion and the plane A is less than a length of the LED filament located between the plane A and the lamp housing bottom portion.

10. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein a plane A divides the lamp housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lamp housing has a largest width at the plane A, when there is an intersection between the stem and the plane A, the lamp housing has a lamp housing top portion and a lamp housing bottom portion that are opposite to each other, the lamp housing bottom portion is close to the lamp cap, and in a height direction of the LED light bulb, a distance from a highest point of the LED filament to the plane A is less than a distance from a lowest point of the LED filament to the plane A.

11. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein a plane A divides the lamp housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lamp housing has a largest width at the plane A, when there is a distance between the stem and the plane A, and the distance from a stem top portion to the plane A is less than a height of the stand, the stem comprises a stem bottom portion and a stem top portion opposite to each other, the stem bottom portion is connected to the lamp cap, the stem top portion extends to the direction of the lamp housing upper portion, and a length of the LED filament located between the stem top portion and the lamp housing top portion is less than a length of the LED filament located between the stem top portion and the lamp housing lower portion.

12. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein a plane A divides the lamp housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lamp housing has a largest width at the plane A, when there is a distance between the stem and the plane A, and the distance from a stem top portion to the plane A is less than a height of the stand, the stem comprises a stem bottom portion and a stem top portion, the stem bottom portion is connected to the lamp cap, the stem top portion extends to a direction of the lamp housing upper portion, and a distance between a highest point of the LED filament and the stem top portion is less than a distance between the stem top portion and a lowest point of the LED filament.

13. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein the LED section comprises a first section and a second section, the first section and the second section respectively have a first distance and a second distance to the lamp housing that are opposite to each other, and the first distance is less than the second distance.

14. The LED light bulb according to claim 13 , wherein in a first distance direction, the base layer of the LED filament is close to the lamp housing, and the top layer of the LED filament is away from the lamp housing.

15. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , a Cartesian coordinate system having an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis being oriented for the LED light bulb, wherein the Z-axis is parallel to the stem, each supporting arm has an intersection with the LED filament, and on the XY-plane, at least two intersections are located on a circumference of a circle taking the stem as a center.

16. The LED light bulb according to claim 15 , wherein the LED filament further comprises conductive sections connecting adjacent LED sections, at least one intersection and a bending point of a conductive section 130 form a straight line La, the intersection on the straight line La and the electrode of the filament form a straight line Lb, and a range of an angle α between the straight line La and the straight line Lb is 0°<α<90°.

17. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein a spectral intensity of the light emitted by the LED filament has three peaks P 1 ′, P 2 ′, and P 3 ′ between wavelengths of 400 nm to 800 nm, the peak P 1 ′ is between the wavelengths from 430 nm to 480 nm, the peak P 2 ′ is between the wavelengths from 480 nm to 530 nm, and the peak P 3 ′ is between the wavelengths from 630 nm to 680 nm.

18. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein an average color rendering index of the LED light bulb is greater than 95, and a luminous efficiency of the LED filament is greater than or equal to 100 lm/W.

19. The LED light bulb according to claim 8 , wherein there are at least two LED chips every millimeter of a top layer length on average, and a temperature of the LED filament is not greater than a junction temperature when the LED filament is lit for 15,000 hours in a surrounding environment at 25° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: XIONG, AIMING; ZHOU, LIN; WANG, MINGBIN; CHEN, CHENKUN; YU, CHIHSHAN; JIANG, TAO; LI, YUEXING; SAITO, YUKIHIRO; ZHANG, ZHICHAO
To: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 062789/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT/EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: UNAGIIKE, HAYATO
To: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 062850/0487 →
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