Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110115401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A circuit for driving a light emitting diode (LED) comprises: an alternating voltage power supply, comprising a triac dimmer having a firing angle and output terminals that provide power to the LED; a zero crossing detector that detects a polarity change of the alternating voltage provided by the alternating voltage power supply and provides a zero crossing output signal indicative of the zero crossing; a timer triggered by the zero crossing output signal that generates a timer output signal during a time period of the timer; and LED power circuitry that reduces current to the light emitting diode based upon timing characteristics of the timer output signal. | 05-19-2011 |
20120001555 | TUNABLE WHITE COLOR METHODS AND USES THEREOF - A lighting apparatus includes: first, second and third groups of solid state light emitters; a first group of lumiphors; at least first, second and third power lines, the first, second and third group of solid state light emitters each being electrically coupled to at least one of the first, second and third power lines. A current controller controls the relative flux ratios of the first, second and third groups, the controller being programmed to, in response to receipt of a command, retrieve a set of data from a look-up table that contains information of the required flux output of each group of LEDs and generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals to control current supplied to each group to alter the flux output of each group in order to achieve a desired CCT and total flux output. | 01-05-2012 |
20120038285 | LED SWITCH CIRCUITRY FOR VARYING INPUT VOLTAGE SOURCE - An LED array switching apparatus, comprises: a plurality of LED segments D | 02-16-2012 |
20120038615 | LED SWITCH CIRCUITRY FOR VARYING INPUT VOLTAGE SOURCE - An LED array switching apparatus, comprises: a plurality of LED arrays arranged in a serial path; a voltage supply coupled to the plurality of LED arrays; a plurality of current sources selectively coupled to the LED arrays, each of the current sources being switchable between a current regulating state and an open state; and a controller that outputs at least one control signal. The controller, the at least one switch and current sources cooperate together such that: when the voltage of the voltage source is below the at least one reference voltage, and/or when a predetermined level of current passes through the one or more current sources, at least one switch is closed and one or more associated current sources are controlled so as to break the serial path into one or more parallel paths each including less than all of the LED arrays. | 02-16-2012 |
20120056608 | STABILIZING NETWORK FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMER DRIVEN LED DEVICES - A stabilization circuit is provided at an output of an electronic transformer driving circuit having a rectifier fed into a feedback-controlled oscillator circuit that drives an isolation transformer at an output of the electronic transformer driving circuit. The stabilization circuit includes: a current limiting portion that limits an amount of current delivered by the electronic transformer driving circuit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120195042 | NON-GLARE REFLECTIVE LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH HEAT SINK MOUNTING - A lighting apparatus contains a main housing; a reflector disposed within the main housing, and having a front side and a rear side; a heat conducting body comprising at least two heat pipes, wherein a first portion of the at least two heat pipes are parallel to a central axis of the lighting apparatus on the front side of the reflector, and a second portion of each of the at least two heat pipes is in the rear side of the reflector and is thermally coupled to the main housing; a heat conducting head located on the front side of the reflector, and is thermally coupled to the heat conducting body; at least two light-emitting diodes. (“LEDs”) thermally coupled to the heat conducting body, and being positioned to face the front side of the reflector so that light emitted from the LEDs are directed to said front side. | 08-02-2012 |
20120307498 | LIGHT BULB WITH THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE GLASS GLOBE - An LED lighting device comprises: a base having a socket connector; a housing comprising a primary heat sink, the housing being coupled to the base and having an upper annular rim; a plate having a periphery, at least the periphery of the plate being thermally coupled to the upper annular rim of the housing; at least one LED lighting source, the at least one LED lighting source being thermally coupled to the plate; a globe having a body comprising an outer surface with a light transmittable surface configured to transmit light from the LED lighting source to outside the lighting device; and a secondary heat sink thermally coupled to the plate and the housing, and comprising heat conductors arranged to take the shape of the globe. The housing, plate and secondary heat sink cooperate to conduct heat from the at least one LED lighting source to the surrounding environment. | 12-06-2012 |
20130039048 | PORCELAIN ENAMEL ON LED LIGHTING DEVICE HOUSING - An LED lighting device comprises: (a) a housing comprising: (i) a metal inner portion; and (ii) a porcelain enamel coating over at least a portion of an outer surface of the metal inner portion; and (b) at least one LED, the at least one LED being thermally coupled to the housing. The housing is configured to conduct heat from the at least one LED to the surrounding environment. | 02-14-2013 |
20130043799 | LIGHT ENGINE WITH LED SWITCHING ARRAY - An LED array switching apparatus comprises, on a single PCB substrate: a plurality of LED arrays D | 02-21-2013 |
20130113375 | TRIAC DIMMABLE POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR LED - A power-factor-corrected power supply adapted to supply power to one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs), comprises: a triac dimmer electrically connected between an alternating current source and a bridge rectifier; a damping circuit electrically connected between the alternating current source and the bridge rectifier; a bleeder circuit configured to conduct current between a supply terminal of the bridge rectifier and ground only when a triac in the triac dimmer is not conducting current; a fast startup circuit configured to conduct current between the supply terminal of the bridge rectifier and a voltage supply terminal of a power-factor-corrected controller when the triac dimmer is initially turned on until a supply voltage capacitor coupled to the voltage supply terminal of the power-factor-corrected controller has charged; a dimming slope control circuit configured to reduce a first voltage sensed at a current sensing terminal of the power-factor-corrected controller, such that a reduced amount of current is supplied to the one or more LEDs at a given firing angle, wherein the first voltage is representative of a current flowing through a primary winding of a flyback transformer; and a dummy load circuit provided in parallel with the one or more LEDs to draw a holding current for the triac only after the triac is turned on. | 05-09-2013 |
20130223081 | POLYHEDRAL SECONDARY OPTICAL LENS - The present invention relates to a secondary optical lens for a light emitting diode (“LED”) light projector, comprising at least one lens unit, wherein the lens unit consists of a refraction portion in the centre and a total internal reflection portion on the outer ring; the central refraction portion has a convex surface on the bottom and is attached with a plurality of micro lenses; the bottom attached with a micro lens array; the total internal reflection portion on the outer ring of the lens unit comprises a cylindrical light incident surface with a slight draft angle, and a total internal reflection surface on the outer side, which adopts a diamondoid polyhedral flake design; and the top of the lens unit is a smooth plane surface used as the light emitting surface. | 08-29-2013 |
20140339984 | LED Switch Circuitry for Varying Input Voltage Source - An LED array switching apparatus, comprises: a plurality of LED segments D | 11-20-2014 |
20150015142 | LED LIGHT BULB WITH LEDS MOUNTED ON ANGLED CIRCUIT BOARD - An LED light bulb has a lamp base for a lamp socket, a heat sink, and a globe. Within the globe on the heat sink is a printed circuit board having tabs or legs projecting from the circuit board. The tabs or legs have one or more LEDs mounted thereon and are angled relative to the circuit board so as to be directed away from the axis of the light bulb. the circuit board may either be ring-shaped with inwardly extending tabs, or may have outwardly extending tabs. Methods of making such LED light bulb and methods of distributing light from the LED light bulb, which involves directing light output by a plurality of LEDs in a plurality of radially outward directions relative to an axis of the light bulb, are also disclosed herein. | 01-15-2015 |
20150029726 | NON-GLARE REFLECTIVE LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH HEAT SINK MOUNTING - A lighting apparatus haying an axial heat pipe, will a light source, e.g., light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”), mounted on a proximate end of the axial heat pipe so as to face a reflector, the heat pipe passing through the reflector, and the distal end of the heat pipe on the other side of the reflector having a heat sink for dissipating the heat generated by the LEDs, with the heat sink haying multiple heat dissipating fins. | 01-29-2015 |
20150042236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A circuit for driving a light emitting diode (LED) comprises: an alternating voltage power supply, comprising a triac dimmer having a firing angle and output terminals that provide power to the LED: a zero crossing detector that detects a polarity change of the alternating voltage provided by the alternating voltage power supply and provides a zero crossing output signal indicative of the zero crossing; a timer triggered by the zero crossing output signal that generates a timer output signal, during a time period of the timer; and LED power circuitry that reduces current to the light emitting diode based upon timing characteristics of the timer output signal. | 02-12-2015 |
20150078011 | FACETED LED STREET LAMP LENS - A lens for an LED street lamp has an external curved surface that has a concave surface portion on one side thereof. A back surface of the lens has a micro-prism array and retainer feet. A recess in the back surface receives an LED light source. The outer surface of the lens has facets or windows that provide overlapping projections of light from adjacent facets. The lens is generally cushion shaped with an indentation at one side. The lens directs light in an asymmetrical distribution transverse to the lens and to direct light symmetrically over a wide area in a longitudinal direction of the lens. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELLING OUTPUT CURRENT RIPPLES IN LED DRIVING CIRCUITS - A device and method for reducing current ripple to a light emitting diode array having a single stage power factor correction driver with an output voltage ripple that is reduced by using a linear current regulator connected in series between the single stage power factor correction driver and the light emitting diode array, which actively adjusts an equivalent impedance of the linear current regulator in correspondence with the output voltage ripple of the single stage power factor correction driver. | 03-26-2015 |