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Granted Patent B2
US 11,543,083 · App. 17/377,341 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

LED filament and LED light bulb

Inventors: Tao Jiang (Jiaxing, CN); Zhichao Zhang (Jiaxing, CN); Yukihiro Saito (Kawasaki, JP); Hayato Unagiike (Kai, JP)
Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
F21K9/232C08G73/106C08G73/1071C08G73/1078C08J5/18F21K9/238H01L25/0753H01L33/504H01L33/507H01L33/56H01L33/62C08J2379/08F21Y2103/30F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 11,543,083
App. No.
17/377,341
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED filament and an LED light bulb applying the same are provided. The LED filament includes a at least one LED section, wherein the at least one LED section comprises at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other through a first wire, and at least two conductive electrodes, wherein each of the at least two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to corresponding one of the at least one LED section; and a light conversion layer, covering the at least one LED section and a portion of each of the at least two conductive electrodes, a portion of the first wire is exposed outside the light conversion layer.

Claims (43)

1. An LED filament, comprising:

at least one LED section, wherein the at least one LED section comprises at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other through a first wire;

at least two conductive electrodes, wherein each of the at least two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the at least one LED section; and

a light conversion layer, covering the at least one LED section and a portion of each of the at least two conductive electrodes;

wherein a portion of the first wire is exposed outside the light conversion layer;

wherein the light conversion layer comprises a base layer, the base layer has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface comprises a first area and a second area, the second area comprises a cell, and a surface roughness of the first area is less than a surface roughness of the second area, wherein the lower surface comprises a third area, and a surface roughness of the third area is higher than the surface roughness of the first area, and wherein the LED chips are positioned in the first area or the third area.

2. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein the light conversion layer comprises a top layer, and the at least two LED chips and the at least two conductive electrodes are between the top layer and the base layer.

3. The LED filament according to claim 2 , wherein the LED filament comprises at least two LED sections and a conductive section connected to the at least two LED sections, the conductive section is attached to a surface of the base layer and contacts the top layer.

4. The LED filament according to claim 2 , wherein the top layer and the base layer are composed with different particles or particle densities.

5. The LED filament according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive section comprises a conductor connected to an LED chip of the at least two LED chips through a second wire, and a portion of the second wire is exposed outside the light conversion layer.

6. The LED filament according to claim 5 , wherein a diameter of the top layer is gradually decreased from each of the at least two LED sections to the conductive section, and a portion of the conductor is not covered by the top layer.

7. The LED filament according to claim 6 , wherein a portion of the conductor is not covered by the base layer.

8. The LED filament according to claim 5 , wherein a portion of the conductor is not covered by the base layer.

9. The LED filament according to claim 7 , wherein the portion of the conductor not covered by the top layer corresponds to the portion of the conductor not covered by the base layer.

10. The LED filament according to claim 5 , wherein the top layer has a largest diameter in a radial direction of the LED filament, a diameter of the top layer is gradually decreased from each of the at least two LED sections to the conductive section, and a portion of the conductor is not covered by the top layer.

11. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein the LED filament comprises at least two LED sections, a shortest distance between two LED chips in adjacent two LED sections of the at least two LED sections is greater than a distance between two adjacent LED chips in each of the at least two LED sections.

12. The LED filament according to claim 1 , wherein the lower surface further comprises a fourth area, and the surface roughness of the third area is higher than a surface roughness of the fourth area.

13. An LED light bulb, comprising:

a lamp housing;

a bulb base connected with the lamp housing;

at least two conductive brackets disposed in the lamp housing;

a driving circuit disposed in the bulb base and electrically connected to the at least two conductive brackets and the bulb base; and

a light emitting part disposed in the lamp housing, wherein the light emitting part comprises:

at least one LED section, wherein the at least one LED section comprises at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other through a wire;

a light conversion layer, covering the at least one LED section; and

wherein a portion of the wire is exposed outside the light conversion layer;

wherein the light conversion layer comprises a base layer, the base layer has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface comprises a first area and a second area, the second area comprises a cell, and a surface roughness of the first area is less than a surface roughness of the second area, wherein the lower surface comprises a third area, and a surface roughness of the third area is higher than the surface roughness of the first area, and wherein the LED chips are positioned in the first area of the third area.

14. The LED light bulb according to claim 13 , wherein the light emitting part further comprises at least two conductive electrodes, wherein each of the at least two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the at least one LED section.

15. The LED light bulb according to claim 14 , wherein a portion of each of the at least two conductive electrodes is exposed outside the light conversion layer.

16. The LED light bulb according to claim 14 , wherein the light emitting part comprises at least two LED sections and a conductive section connected to the at least two LED sections, the conductive section is higher than the at least two conductive electrodes in a Z direction of the LED light bulb, and the at least two LED sections are respectively shaped upward from the at least two conductive electrodes to a highest point of the light emitting part and then are bent down to connect with the conductive section.

17. The LED light bulb according to claim 14 , wherein the light emitting part comprises at least two LED sections and a conductive section connected to the at least two LED sections, each of the at least two LED sections respectively has a circular arc at a highest point of the light emitting part, and the conductive section has a circular arc at a low point of the light emitting part.

18. The LED light bulb according to claim 14 , wherein the light emitting part comprises at least two LED sections and a conductive section connected to the at least two LED sections, the at least two LED sections are respectively bent at a high point of the light emitting part to be formed in a shape like an inverted deformed U letter and has a bending radius value at R1, and the conductive section is bent at a low point of the light emitting part and has a bending radius value at R2, and wherein R1 is equal to or greater than R2.

19. The LED light bulb according to claim 13 , wherein the light emitting part has a contour in a shape like a V letter in an XZ plane of the LED light bulb.

20. The LED light bulb according to claim 13 , wherein the light emitting part has a contour in a shape like an S letter in an XY plane of the LED light bulb.

21. An LED filament, comprising:

at least one LED section, wherein the at least one LED section comprises at least two LED chips electrically connected to each other through a first wire;

at least two conductive electrodes, wherein each of the at least two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to corresponding one of the at least one LED section; and

a light conversion layer, covering the LED chips, a portion of each of the at least two conductive electrodes, and a portion of the first wire;

wherein the light conversion layer comprises a base layer, the base layer has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface comprises a first area and a second area, the second area comprises a cell, and a surface roughness of the first area is less than a surface roughness of the second area, wherein the lower surface comprises a third area, and a surface roughness of the third area is higher than the surface roughness of the first area, and wherein the LED chips are positioned in the first area or the third area.

22. The LED filament according to claim 21 , wherein the LED filament comprises at least two LED sections, a shortest distance between two LED chips in adjacent two LED sections of the at least two LED sections is greater than a distance between two adjacent LED chips in each of the at least two LED sections.

23. The LED filament according to claim 21 , wherein the lower surface further comprises a fourth area, and the surface roughness of the third area is higher than a surface roughness of the fourth area.

24. The LED filament according to claim 21 , wherein the light conversion layer comprises a top layer, and the at least two LED chips and the at least two conductive electrodes are between the top layer and the base layer.

25. The LED filament according to claim 24 , wherein the top layer and the base layer are composed with different particles or particle densities.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2022
From: JIANG, TAO; ZHANG, ZHICHAO; SAITO, YUKIHIRO
To: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061216/0308 →
ASSIGNMENT/EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 19, 2022
From: UNAGIIKE, HAYATO
To: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061216/0758 →
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