IP Library Granted Patent US 8,981,636
Granted Patent B2
US 8,981,636 · App. 14/234,187 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Lamp having improved insulation of the circuit unit

Inventors: Tsugihiro Matsuda (Kyoto, JP); Nobuyoshi Takeuchi (Osaka, JP); Yoshinori Kakuno (Osaka, JP); Masahiro Miki (Osaka, JP); Hideo Nagai (Osaka, JP); Takaari Uemoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
F21K9/1355F21K9/135F21K9/90
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Patent No.
US 8,981,636
App. No.
14/234,187
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a lamp: an LED module and a circuit unit for lighting are housed within an envelope composed of a globe and a case; the LED module is attached to an end of an extension member that extends from a mount, which closes an opening at one end of the case, into the globe; the circuit unit is mounted inside the case; an insulation member disposed inside the case ensures insulation between the mount, which is made of metal, and the circuit unit; the insulation member has a bottomed cylinder portion inserted into the mount, and a protrusion portion formed on an outer circumference of the based cylinder portion that protrudes toward an inner surface of the mount; and the insulation member is attached to the mount by the protrusion portion pressing against the inner surface of the mount.

Claims (33)

1. A lamp comprising:

an envelope that includes a globe and a case;

a mount made of an electrically conductive material and having a cylinder portion and a cover portion that closes one end of the cylinder portion, the mount closing an opening at one end of the case;

an extension member mounted on the cover portion of the mount and extending into the globe;

a light-emitting element attached to the extension member and disposed inside the globe;

a circuit unit disposed inside the case and configured to light the light-emitting element; and

an insulation member disposed inside the case and insulating the circuit unit from the mount, wherein

the insulation member has a cylindrical portion that is inserted into the cylinder portion of the mount and has a protrusion portion that is formed on an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion and that protrudes toward the mount, the insulation member being attached to the mount by the protrusion portion pressing on an inner surface of the cylinder portion of the mount.

2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the protrusion portion is a plurality of protrusion portions disposed in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, each protrusion portion being elongated in a direction parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical portion.

3. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the protrusion portion is a plurality of protrusion portions disposed in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, each protrusion portion having a bump shape.

4. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the insulation member has an end wall disposed at one of two ends of the cylindrical portion, and

the protrusion portion is disposed closer to the other one of the two ends of the cylindrical portion than the one end at which the end wall is disposed.

5. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein

the insulation member has an end wall disposed at one of two ends of the cylindrical portion, and

the protrusion portion is disposed closer to the other one of the two ends of the cylindrical portion than the one end at which the end wall is disposed.

6. The lamp of claim 3 , wherein

the insulation member has an end wall disposed at one of two ends of the cylindrical portion, and

the protrusion portion is disposed closer to the other one of the two ends of the cylindrical portion than the one end at which the end wall is disposed.

7. The lamp of claim 4 , wherein

the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member are in contact with each other,

a through hole passes through the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member, and

the extension member is fixed by a screw member, which has a head portion disposed inside the cylindrical portion of the insulation member and a screw portion that passes through the through hole.

8. The lamp of claim 5 , wherein

the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member are in contact with each other,

a through hole passes through the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member, and

the extension member is fixed by a screw member, which has a head portion disposed inside the cylindrical portion of the insulation member and a screw portion that passes through the through hole.

9. The lamp of claim 6 , wherein

the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member are in contact with each other,

a through hole passes through the cover portion of the mount and the end wall of the insulation member, and

the extension member is fixed by a screw member, which has a head portion disposed inside the cylindrical portion of the insulation member and a screw portion that passes through the through hole.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2014
From: MATSUDA, TSUGIHIRO; TAKEUCHI, NOBUYOSHI; KAKUNO, YOSHINORI; MIKI, MASAHIRO; NAGAI, HIDEO; UEMOTO, TAKAARI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032546/0430 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-160469 · Jul 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140152177A1 · Jun 5, 2014