Downlight apparatus
A downlight apparatus includes a light source, a light housing and a stop unit. The driver box is used for storing a driver. The driver is connected to an external power source to generate a driving current to the light source. The driver box has a wall with an installation escape. The light housing has a light holder and a rim. The light source is stored in the light holder. The rim defines a light opening for a light of the light source to escape. The stop unit is fixed to the installation escape. The stop unit has a switch holder and a wire holder. A manual switch is placed in the switch holder and an enlarged wire head of an power wire is placed in the wire holder. An operation part of the manual switch is exposed outside the driver box. The manual switch is connected to the driver for adjusting a setting of the driver.
1. A downlight apparatus, comprising:
a light source;
a driver box for storing a driver, wherein the driver is connected to an external power source to generate a driving current to the light source;
a light housing with a light holder and a rim, wherein the light source is stored in the light holder, wherein the rim defines a light opening for a light of the light source to escape; and
an electrode socket, wherein the light source comprises a light source plate mounted with LED modules, wherein the light source plate has a plate hole for inserting and fixing the electrode socket, wherein the electrode socket has an insulation base with a first electrode groove and a second electrode groove, wherein the insulation base defines a first electrode hole and second electrode hole, the electrode socket has a first metal unit and a second metal unit, the first metal unit and the second metal unit respectively have elastic receivers for inserting a driver electrode electrically connecting to the driver.
2. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first metal unit and the second metal unit respectively have an elongated bar respectively extending along the first electrode groove and the second electrode groove, wherein the first metal unit and the second metal unit respectively have a contact end for electrically connecting to the LED modules on the light source plate.
3. The downlight apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first electrode groove and the second electrode groove are above a top surface of the light source plate.
4. The downlight apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the contact ends extend along an edge of the insulation to be welded to light source electrodes of the light source plate.
5. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein electrode receiver has an elastic clip for inserting the driver electrode.
6. The downlight apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the elastic clip is a reverse hook with a smaller force on attaching the driver electrode to the electrode receiver than detaching the driver electrode off the electrode receiver.
7. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein any metal part of the electrode socket and the driver electrode is kept longer than 4 mm from any metal part of the light source plate.
8. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein any metal part of the electrode socket and the driver electrode is kept longer than 1 mm from any metal part of the light source plate.
9. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the insulation base has a light reflective layer for redirecting the light of the light source.
10. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electrode socket has an antenna socket for plugging an antenna.
11. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the insulation base has a middle protrusion separating the first electrode groove and the second electrode groove.
12. The downlight apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver box has a wall with an installation escape.
13. The downlight apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a stop unit fixed to the installation escape, wherein the stop unit has a switch holder and a wire holder, wherein a manual switch is placed in the switch holder and an enlarged wire head of an power wire is placed in the wire holder, wherein an operation part of the manual switch is exposed outside the driver box, wherein the manual switch is connected to the driver for adjusting a setting of the driver.
14. The downlight apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the stop unit has two lateral grooves as tracks for sliding the two lateral edges of the first U-shape concave to attach the stop unit to the driver box.
15. The downlight apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a front plate and a back plate of the stop unit form the two lateral grooves, wherein the front plate is closer to outside of the driver box than the back plate, wherein the back plate has a larger diameter than the front plate to prevent water to move in the drive box.
16. The downlight apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the switch holder is a second concave U-shape concave of the stop unit, wherein the manual switch is inserted and fixed to the second U-shape concave.
17. The downlight apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the switch holder has two switch grooves for inserting and fixing two lateral edges of the manual switch.
18. The downlight apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the switch holder has a front space and a back space, wherein the back space is used for storing a switch board, wherein the front space is used for storing an operation unit of the manual switch.
19. The downlight apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the wire holder is a third U-shape concave of the stop unit, wherein the enlarged wire head is inserted and fixed to the third U-shape concave.