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Granted Patent B2
US 12,066,732 · App. 18/539,538 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Lighting device and vehicle lamp having same

Inventors: Yeong Seok Yu (Seoul, KR); Do Yub Kim (Seoul, KR); Se Yeon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G02F1/13718G02F1/133507G02F1/1357
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Patent No.
US 12,066,732
App. No.
18/539,538
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The lighting device disclosed in the embodiment includes a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on a lower surface of the substrate, a reflective layer disposed to face a light emitting surface of the light emitting device, a first resin layer disposed between the substrate and the reflective layer, and a light-transmission control layer disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the light-transmission control layer may include a liquid crystal layer including a cholesteric liquid crystal, and light emitted through the light emitting surface of the light emitting device may be reflected by the reflective layer and be provided to the light-transmission control layer through the substrate.

Claims (41)

1. A lighting device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate;

a reflective layer spaced apart from the substrate;

a first resin layer disposed between the substrate and the reflective layer and sealing the plurality of light emitting devices,

wherein the reflective layer includes a plurality of reflective patterns, and

wherein the first resin layer is disposed between the plurality of light emitting devices and the plurality of reflective patterns of the reflective layer.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed of light-transmissive material.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting devices overlaps the reflective layer in a vertical direction,

wherein the plurality of reflective patterns of the reflective layer is disposed in regions that do not overlap each of the light emitting devices in the vertical direction, and

wherein the vertical direction is a direction from the reflective layer toward the substrate.

4. The lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising a second resin layer disposed on an upper surface of the substrate,

wherein the substrate is disposed between the first resin layer and the second resin layer.

5. The lighting device of claim 4 , wherein a thickness of second resin layer is smaller than a thickness of the first resin layer.

6. The lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising a light-transmission control layer disposed on an upper surface of the substrate.

7. The lighting device of claim 6 , further comprising a second resin layer disposed between the light-transmission control layer and the substrate,

wherein the light-transmission control layer includes a liquid crystal layer including cholesteric liquid crystal.

8. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first resin layer is in a range of 0.5 mm to 4 mm, and

wherein a minimum distance between the reflective layer and the light emitting devices is smaller than the thickness of the first resin layer.

9. The lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising a light blocking sheet disposed on the substrate.

10. The lighting device of claim 9 , wherein the light blocking sheet includes a plurality of light blocking patterns,

wherein each of the light emitting devices overlaps a portion of the plurality of light blocking patterns in a vertical direction, and

wherein the vertical direction is a direction from the reflective layer toward the substrate.

11. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein a density of the plurality of light blocking patterns decreases as a distance from a region overlapping each of the light emitting devices in the vertical direction increases.

12. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of reflective patterns is disposed in a region that does not overlap with each of the light emitting devices in the vertical direction, and

wherein a width of each of the plurality of reflective patterns increases as a distance in a horizontal direction from an optical axis of each of the light emitting devices increases.

13. The lighting device of claim 12 , wherein a portion of the light blocking patterns is disposed in a region overlapping the reflective patterns in the vertical direction.

14. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode connected to each of the plurality of light emitting devices,

wherein the first electrode includes a first pad and a first electrode pattern connected to different regions of the first pad,

wherein the second electrode includes a second pad and a second electrode pattern connected to different regions of the second pad, and

wherein each of the light emitting device is disposed on the first and second pads of the substrate.

15. The lighting device of claim 14 , wherein the first electrode pattern has a plurality of first opening regions therein, and

wherein the second electrode pattern has a plurality of second opening regions therein.

16. The lighting device of claim 14 , wherein an area of a region where the first electrode pattern is arranged is larger than an area of the first pad, and

wherein an area of a region where the second electrode pattern is arranged is larger than an area of the second pad.

17. The lighting device of claim 14 , wherein the first electrode pattern has a plurality of first sub-wires that intersect each other and are connected to the different regions of the first pad, and

wherein the second electrode pattern has a plurality of first sub-wires that intersect each other and are connected to the different regions of the second pad.

18. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the first resin layer is made of a thermosetting resin material.

19. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein light generated from the light emitting devices is transmitted into the first resin layer and the substrate.

20. The lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the substrate, and a second resin layer disposed between the substrate and the wavelength conversion layer,

wherein a thickness of the wavelength conversion layer is smaller than a thickness of the first resin layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0100399 · Aug 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18019327
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