Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes a solar plate, a battery, a driver module, a light source, a lens tube, a main housing and a plugging bar. The solar plate converts a sunlight to an electricity. The battery stores the electricity. The driver module converts the electricity stored in the battery to a driving current. The solar plate is placed on a top side of the driver module and the light source is placed on a bottom side of the driver module. The lens tube has a top opening and a bottom opening. The top opening has a larger size than the bottom opening. The top opening is closer to the light source than the bottom opening. A light of the light source is emitted via a lateral lens surface of the lens tube between the top opening and the bottom opening.
1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
a solar plate for converting a sunlight to an electricity;
a battery for storing the electricity;
a driver module for converting the electricity stored in the battery to a driving current;
a light source, wherein the solar plate is placed on a top side of the driver module and the light source is placed on a bottom side of the driver module;
a lens tube with a top opening and a bottom opening, wherein the top opening has a larger size than the bottom opening, wherein the top opening is closer to the light source than the bottom opening, wherein a light of the light source is emitted via a lateral lens surface of the lens tube between the top opening and the bottom opening;
a main housing for holding the lens tube and the driver module; and
a plugging bar with a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is partly inserting into a ground, wherein the top end is attached to the main housing.
2. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a lampshade attached to the main housing for enclosing the lens tube.
3. The a lighting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the lampshade is partly transparent allowing the light to escape outside the lampshade.
4. The a lighting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the lampshade is replaceable to generate a different light pattern.
5. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lens tube has multiple bars extended from the top opening to the bottom opening.
6. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plugging bar has a first part and a second part, wherein the top end is at the first part, wherein the bottom end is at the second part, wherein there is a plugging structure for attaching the first part to the second part.
7. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver module has a driver box with a top cover and a bottom cover, wherein the solar plate is attached on the top cover, wherein the light source is attached on the bottom cover.
8. The a lighting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the main housing has a cavity for inserting the driver box.
9. The a lighting apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the main housing has a waterproof wall surrounding the driver box.
10. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver is connected to a light sensor for detecting an ambient light level, wherein the driver automatically turns on the light source when the ambient light level is below a threshold.
11. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver is connected to a clock for automatically turns on the light source when a current time of the clock reaches a predetermined time.
12. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lens tube is replaceable by removing the driver module temporarily for changing a light output pattern of the light.
13. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lens tube is replaceable by removing the driver module temporarily for changing a light output color.
14. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver has a wireless circuit for receiving a turn-on command from a neighbor light device, wherein the wireless circuit forwards the turn-on command outwardly to turn on other neighbor light devices.
15. The a lighting apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the driver has a turn-on switch for turning on the light source, wherein the driver generates the turn-on command to be transmitted by the wireless circuit when the turn-switch is turned on.
16. The a lighting apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the turn-on command comprises a light parameter for the driver to control the light source to render the light with the light parameter.
17. The a lighting apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the light parameter comprises a color temperature.
18. The a lighting apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the other neighbor light devices outputs a neighbor light with the light parameter.
19. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lens tube has a reflective layer for reflecting a part of the light to the top side of the driver module.
20. The a lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the solar plate has an antenna connected to the driver.