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Granted Patent B2
US 9,557,042 · App. 14/533,275 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

LED illumination system having a plurality of alterable light source elements

Inventor: Tatsuya Motoike (Kanzaki-gun, JP)
Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F21V23/02F21S4/10F21V19/0005F21Y2101/00H01R13/639H01R33/06H01R33/94
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Patent No.
US 9,557,042
App. No.
14/533,275
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination system includes an illumination base. The illumination base has two common lines, a plurality of parallel branching lines extending between the common lines respectively, and a plurality of sockets disposed on the branching lines. The same number of sockets are disposed on each branching line, and the sockets are connected in series. The illumination system also includes light source elements. Each light source element has a first plug portion to be received in one of the sockets, and an LED lamp to be electrically connected to the illumination base when the first plug portion is received in the associated socket. The illumination system also includes resistor elements. Each resistor element has a second plug portion to be received in one of the sockets, and a resistor to be electrically connected to the illumination base when the second plug portion is received in the associated socket.

Claims (24)

1. An illumination system comprising:

an LED circuit assembly having an illumination base, said illumination base including:

a pair of common lines; and

a plurality of branching lines extending between the pair of common lines respectively, the plurality of branching lines being parallel to each other, each of the plurality of branching lines being formed by a same number of sockets connected in series, said plurality of sockets being divided into a first group of sockets and a second group of sockets;

a plurality of light source elements, each said light source element having a first plug portion to be received in one of said sockets in said first group and also having an LED lamp a part of the LED circuit assembly; the first plug portion is received in said one of said sockets in said first group; and

a plurality of resistor elements, each said resistor element having a second plug portion to be received in one of said sockets in said second group and also having a resistor a part of the LED circuit assembly; the second plug portion is received in said one of said sockets in said second group.

2. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein the resistors in the plurality of resistor elements have a same resistance value.

3. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein the resistors in the plurality of resistor elements have different resistance values.

4. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein the sockets of each said branching line are spaced from each other at equal intervals.

5. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein the sockets of each said branching line are spaced from each other at different intervals.

6. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein each said LED lamp has a reflector unit to reflect light emitted from the LED lamp concerned.

7. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the sockets in said first group has a same configuration as each of the sockets in said second group.

8. An illumination system comprising:

an illumination base including:

a pair of common lines;

a plurality of branching lines extending between the pair of common lines respectively, the plurality of branching lines being parallel to each other; and

a plurality of sockets disposed on the plurality of branching lines such that a same number of sockets are disposed on each said branching line and connected in series, said plurality of sockets being divided into a first group of sockets and a second group of sockets, the first group of sockets having a same configuration as the second group of sockets;

a plurality of light source elements, each said light source element having a first plug portion to be received in one of said sockets in said first group and also having an LED lamp electrically connected to the illumination base, the first plug portion is received in said one of said sockets in said first group; and

a plurality of resistor elements, each said resistor element having a second plug portion to be received in one of said sockets in said second group and also having a resistor electrically connected to the illumination base; the second plug portion is received in said one of said sockets in said second group.

9. The illumination system according to claim 8 , wherein the resistors in the plurality of resistor elements have a same resistance value.

10. The illumination system according to claim 8 , wherein the resistors in the plurality of resistor elements have different resistance values.

11. The illumination system according to claim 8 , wherein the sockets on each said branching line are spaced from each other at equal intervals.

12. The illumination system according to claim 8 , wherein the sockets on each said branching line are spaced from each other at different intervals.

13. The illumination system according to claim 8 , wherein each said LED lamp has a reflector unit to reflect light emitted from the LED lamp concerned.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2014
From: MOTOIKE, TATSUYA
To: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-235065 · Nov 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150131279A1 · May 14, 2015