Bulb-shaped lamp and lighting device

1. A bulb-type lamp comprising:

a light emitting module on which at least one light emitting element is mounted;

a cylindrically-shaped housing having openings at both ends, which are first and second ends;

a mount member on a front surface of which the light emitting module is mounted, the mount member closing a corresponding one of the openings of the housing by being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first end of the housing;

a base attached to the second end of the housing; and

a circuit that is disposed inside the housing and, upon receiving power via the base, causes the at least one light emitting element to emit light, wherein

the mount member has high thermal conductivity,

the second end of the housing has smaller outer and inner diameters than the first end of the housing,

the housing is made of a metallic material,

a wall thickness of the housing is in a range of 200 μm to 500 μm inclusive, and

the wall thickness of at least one portion of the housing decreases from the first end toward the second end of the housing.

2. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a bent portion, and

a portion of the housing that lies between the bent portion and the second end of the housing extends toward a central axis of the housing.

3. The bulb-type lamp of claim 2 , wherein

the at least one portion of the housing is located between the first end and the bent portion of the housing.

4. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

an outer circumferential surface of the mount member and the inner circumferential surface of the first end of the housing are sloped at the same angle of slope with respect to a central axis of the housing.

5. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

a part of the at least one portion of the housing in proximity to the first end of the housing has a wall thickness in a range of 300 μm to 500 μm inclusive, and a part of the at least one portion of the housing in proximity to the second end of the housing has a wall thickness in a range of 250 μm to 350 μm, inclusive.

6. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the housing is made of aluminum, and an outer circumferential surface of the housing is anodized.

7. The bulb-type lamp of claim 3 , wherein

the housing has a smallest wall thickness between (i) a central area between the opening of the housing at the first end and the bent portion and (ii) the bent portion.

8. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the circuit is disposed inside a circuit holder that is (i) positioned in an internal space of the housing and (ii) made of a synthetic resin.

9. The bulb-type lamp of claim 8 , wherein

the circuit holder includes:

a holder body that is positioned inside the housing; and

a protruding cylindrical portion that is contiguous with the holder body, penetrates through the opening of the housing at the second end, and therefore protrudes from the internal space to an outside of the housing,

the holder body is composed of a cylindrical body and a cap that closes one end portion of the cylindrical body, and

the one end portion of the cylindrical body, which is closed by the cap, has larger outer and inner diameters than the other end portion of the cylindrical body, which is in proximity to the protruding cylindrical portion.

10. The bulb-type lamp of claim 9 , wherein

there is clearance (i) between a front surface of the cap and a back surface of the mount member, and (ii) between an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body and an inner circumferential surface of the housing.

11. The bulb-type lamp of claim 9 , wherein

the housing includes a cylindrical wall and a bottom wall that is contiguous with one end of the cylindrical wall,

the opening of the housing at the second end is at a center of the bottom wall,

the opening at the center of the bottom wall is smaller than the opening of the housing at the first end, and

the circuit holder further includes a contact portion that, once the protruding cylindrical portion of the circuit holder has penetrated through the opening at the center of the bottom wall and therefore protruded from the internal space to the outside of the housing, comes into contact with an inner surface of the bottom wall.

12. The bulb-type lamp of claim 11 , wherein

the contact portion is a sloped surface.

13. The bulb-type lamp of claim 11 , wherein

a part or an entirety of an outer circumferential surface of the protruding cylindrical portion has an external thread, and the base is screwed along the external thread.

14. The bulb-type lamp of claim 11 , wherein

the housing further includes at least two bent portions, and

one of the at least two bent portions is located between the bottom wall and the cylindrical wall.

15. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the light emitting module is covered by a globe that has an opening facing the light emitting module.

16. The bulb-type lamp of claim 15 , wherein

the mount member includes a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion that lie on top of each other such that the large diameter portion is closer to the second end of the housing than the small diameter portion is,

the large diameter portion has a larger outer diameter than the small diameter portion,

an outer circumferential surface of the large diameter portion is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the first end of the housing, and

a tip of the globe at the opening of the globe is inserted and secured in clearance between the inner circumferential surface of the first end of the housing and the small diameter portion.

17. The bulb-type lamp of claim 9 , wherein

the mount member and the cap are connected to each other,

a plurality of latching pawls are formed on a side surface of the cap,

the one end portion of the cylindrical body, which is closed by the cap, has a plurality of latching holes with which the latching pawls respectively latch,

each of the latching holes is an elongated hole that is elongated in a direction of a central axis of the cylindrical body, and

once the latching pawls have respectively latched with the latching holes, the cap is movable in the direction of the central axis of the cylindrical body.

18. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the mount member and the housing are made of aluminum.

19. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

a side wall of the housing is curved so as to be convex toward a central axis of the housing.

20. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes an annular reinforcement member located at the second end thereof, and

a side surface of the reinforcement member is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the housing.

21. The bulb-type lamp of claim 1 , wherein

the light emitting module includes:

a substrate;

at least one LED mounted on one main surface of the substrate; and

a sealing member that seals the at least one LED,

the substrate is made of an insulation material,

a wiring pattern lies on the one main surface of the substrate, and

the wiring pattern includes:

a connecting portion that connects to the at least one LED; and

one or more terminals that connect to the circuit.

22. The bulb-type lamp of claim 21 , wherein

the sealing member has a function of converting a wavelength of part or an entirety of light emitted from the at least one LED.

23. The bulb-type lamp of claim 21 , wherein

the substrate and the mount member are attached to each other with the other main surface of the substrate in surface contact with the mount member.

24. The bulb-type lamp of claim 23 , wherein

the mount member has a recess in which the light emitting module is positioned, and

the light emitting module is mounted on a bottom surface of the recess.

25. A lighting device comprising:

a bulb-type lamp; and

a lighting fixture to/from which the bulb-type lamp is attachable/detachable, wherein

the bulb-type lamp is the bulb-type lamp of claim 1 .