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Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,404 · App. 18/629,187 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Lighting module, lighting device and taillight

Inventors: Eay Jin Lim (Seoul, KR); Gyeong Il Jin (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
F21S43/242F21S43/14F21S43/31
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Patent No.
US 12,352,404
App. No.
18/629,187
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a reflective member disposed on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the reflective member; and an optical pattern portion having a plurality of concave portions concavely formed on an upper surface of the resin layer, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices is spaced apart in a first direction in which light is emitted, wherein the optical pattern portion includes a pattern portion in which a width of the concave portions is reduced from a position overlapping a center of each of the plurality of light emitting devices in the first direction, wherein the optical pattern portion includes a pattern portion in which a width of the concave portions is reduced from the center of the optical pattern portion toward both sides of a second direction.

Claims (58)

1. A lighting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting device disposed on the substrate;

a resin layer disposed on the substrate and covering the light emitting device; and

an optical pattern portion disposed on the resin layer,

wherein the optical pattern portion includes a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions arranged in first and second directions orthogonal to each other and disposed on an upper surface of the resin layer,

wherein the light emitting device emit light of highest intensity in the first direction,

wherein the first direction is a direction from the light emitting device toward an outer side between the upper surface and a lower surface of the resin layer,

wherein each of the plurality of concave portions has a concave shape from the upper surface of the resin layer toward the substrate,

wherein the optical pattern portion includes a first portion and a second portion on a peripheral region of the first portion,

wherein the first and second portions include concave portions and convex portions,

wherein the first portion overlaps the light emitting device in a vertical direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, and

wherein the plurality of concave portions includes a first region in which concave portions adjacent have a first interval and a second region in which concave portions adjacent have a second interval different from the first interval.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein an interval between the plurality of concave portions in the first direction is different with an interval between the plurality of concave portions in the second direction.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the concave portions of the first region have the first interval in the first direction.

4. The lighting device of claim 3 ,

wherein the concave portions of the second region have the second interval in the second direction.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of convex portions includes convex portions connected to each other.

6. The lighting device of claim 5 ,

wherein at least one of the plurality of concave portions has a recessed shape from an upper surface of the convex portions connected to each other to a bottom surface.

7. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein an inner surface of each of the plurality of concave portions include a curved surface.

8. The lighting device of claim 7 ,

wherein a curvature of the curved surface of the concave portion is in a range of 0.08 to 0.12.

9. The lighting device of claim 7 ,

wherein the curved surface of the concave portion includes a surface between a bottom surface of the concave portion and a side surface of the concave portion.

10. The lighting device of claim 7 ,

wherein the curved surface of the concave portion includes a surface between side surfaces of the concave portion.

11. The lighting device of claim 7 ,

wherein a width of the concave portion is 0.25 mm or more.

12. The lighting device of claim 7 ,

wherein a depth of the concave portion is 0.25 mm or more.

13. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein a bottom surface of each of the plurality of concave portions includes a curved surface.

14. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein a width of at least one of the concave portions in the first direction or the second direction is different from a depth of at least one of the concave portions.

15. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein an upper surface of a convex portion disposed between adjacent concave portions includes a region with a same width or different widths in the first direction or the second direction.

16. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein an upper width of at last one of the plurality of concave portions is greater than a lower width of at least one of the plurality of concave portions.

17. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein a side cross-section of each of the plurality of concave portions has a columnar shape.

18. The lighting device of claim 1 , comprising:

a reflective member disposed between the substrate and the resin layer,

wherein a length of each of the light emitting devices in the second direction is longer than a length in the first direction, and

wherein the optical pattern portion includes a pattern portion in which a width of concave portions arranged in the first direction at a position overlapping a center of the plurality of light emitting device is reduced.

19. The lighting device of claim 1 , comprising:

a reflective member disposed between the substrate and the resin layer,

wherein a length of each of the light emitting devices in the second direction is longer than a length in the first direction, and

wherein the optical pattern portion includes a pattern portion in which a width of concave portions arranged toward both sides of the second direction at a center of the optical pattern portion is reduced.

20. The lighting device of claim 1 , comprising:

a reflective member disposed between the substrate and the resin layer,

wherein a length of each of the light emitting devices in the second direction is longer than a length in the first direction,

wherein the plurality of concave portions has different depths from the upper surface of the resin layer, and

wherein a depth of the concave portions of the first portion disposed on an upper portion of the light emitting device is a largest among depths of the plurality of the concave portions and a depth of the concave portions of the second portion is a smallest among depths of the plurality of concave portions.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0060350 · May 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17925626
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