IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,732,852
Granted Patent B2
US 11,732,852 · App. 17/470,922 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Downlight apparatus

Inventors: Huiyong Huang (Xiamen, CN); Zhenyu Tang (Xiamen, CN); Shuxing Gao (Xiamen, CN)
Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,732,852
App. No.
17/470,922
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A downlight apparatus includes a driver box, a light source, a light housing, multiple leaf springs, multiple shaft connectors and multiple pads. The light housing has a light holder and a rim. The light holder has a holder plate and a holder wall defining a holder cavity. The multiple leaf springs are placed between the driver box and the light holder. Each pad has a pad hole and a pad scraper surrounding the pad hole. The pad scraper has a protruding part engaging an electric insulation layer on a top side of the holder plate. The shaft connector sequentially passes through a spring hole of the leaf spring, the pad hole and the top plate of the light holder. The protruding part of the pad scraper scraps a portion of the electric insulation layer of the holder plate for connecting the holder plate to ground.

Claims (26)

1. A downlight apparatus, comprising:

a driver box;

a light source;

a light housing with a light holder and a rim, wherein the light holder has a holder plate and a holder wall defining a holder cavity, wherein the light source is placed on an inner side of the holder plate in the holder cavity;

multiple leaf springs, wherein the multiple leaf springs are placed between the driver box and the light holder;

multiple shaft connectors; and

multiple pads, wherein each pad has a pad hole and a pad scraper surrounding the pad hole, wherein the pad scraper has a protruding part engaging an electric insulation layer on a top side of the holder plate, wherein the shaft connector sequentially passes through a spring hole of the leaf spring, the pad hole and the top plate of the light holder, wherein the protruding part of the pad scraper scrapes a portion of the electric insulation layer of the holder plate for connecting the holder plate to ground.

2. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the leaf spring has a spring head and spring tail, wherein the spring tail is rotated to extend outside the light holder.

3. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shaft connector is a first screw.

4. The downlight apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first screw is rotated to carry the pad scraper to move for removing the portion of the electric insulation layer.

5. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the leaf spring is rotated, the pad scraper is moved to erase the portion of the electric insulation layer.

6. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a bottom edge of the driver box has multiple rotation grooves for the spring tails to extend and moving the multiple rotation grooves.

7. The downlight apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a limiting unit is placed between the driver box and the light holder for limiting rotation of the leaf springs.

8. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pad scraper is a circular wave structure.

9. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the protruding part is roughened to increase friction.

10. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pads and the shaft connectors are made of metal material.

11. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spring tail is extended for engaging a platform cavity for keeping the downlight apparatus in the platform cavity.

12. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a driver plate is placed inside the driver box, wherein the driver plate is kept a distance from a bottom of the driver box and the light holder.

13. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light source has a light source plate mounted with LED modules, wherein the light source plate is connected to the light holder to connect to the ground.

14. The downlight apparatus of claim 13 , wherein multiple metal shafts are used for electrically connecting the light source plate and the light holder.

15. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the leaf spring engages a junction box to connect to the ground.

16. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shaft connector is electrically connected to a ground electrode disposed inside the driver box.

17. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a top plate of the driver box has a wire socket and a manual switch, wherein the wire socket is connected to a power wire and the manual switch is used for adjusting a setting of the light source.

18. The downlight apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the top plate of the driver box further has a rotation switch for continuously setting a maximum light intensity of the light source.

19. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a heat dissipation plate is placed between the light holder and the driver box for carrying away both heat of the driver box and the light source.

20. The downlight apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the heat dissipation plate has a portion not covered by the light holder and the driver box.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2021
From: HUANG, HUIYONG; TANG, ZHENYU; GAO, SHUXING
To: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 057432/0868 →
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