CN203453797U - Inflatable solar lamp - Google Patents

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CN203453797U
CN203453797U CN201320570977.8U CN201320570977U CN203453797U CN 203453797 U CN203453797 U CN 203453797U CN 201320570977 U CN201320570977 U CN 201320570977U CN 203453797 U CN203453797 U CN 203453797U
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J·索尔青格尔
J·范登布鲁尔
C·安德鲁斯
J·A·斯奈德
S·冈德森
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The utility model relates to an inflatable solar lamp which overcomes the defect that an inflatable solar illuminant in the prior art has an inconvenient shape and is lack of effective light scattering capability. The inflatable solar lamp is equipped with flat end parts and a semi-transparent flexible shell, so that the shell can be inflated to form a free upright cylinder. A solar panel faces outwards on one of the flat end parts and is used for charging a repeatable-charging battery at a low side; the repeatable-charging battery supplies power to an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) array under the control of a printed circuit board; and the LED array is arranged in the lamp shell. Reflecting surfaces which are opposite to each other on the opposite inner side end wall of the lamp scatter light from the LED as much as possible. The lamp is durable and portable, is a long-term lighting means, and is used for people, victims, and the like who living outside a power supply area of power grid.

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Inflatable Solar lamp
Technical field
The utility model belongs to solar-powered illuminator field.Particularly, the utility model relates to inflatable, the Solar lamp of can collapsing, this Solar lamp is not for utilizing reliably the people (resident and the victims of the disaster that comprise developing country) of electric energy that illumination is cheaply provided, and this lamp also can be for all developed countries as energy-saving and environmental protection portable lighting substitute.
Background technology
The U. S. application US2012/0120642(Shreshta being disclosed) and US2012/0224359(Chun) relate to inflatable solar energy luminous body.Disclosed device has not convenient shape and lacks effective light scattering ability.
Utility model content
For the not convenient shape of inflatable solar energy luminous body of the prior art and lack the defect of effective light scattering ability, the utility model provides a kind of inflatable Solar lamp.Described inflatable Solar lamp comprises: can collapse, translucent shell, described shell has the end wall of sidewall peace; Be used to the valve of shell inflation; Be positioned at a printed circuit board (PCB) on end wall, comprise the planar array of LED; Be attached to the recharge-able battery of described printed circuit board (PCB), be used to LED power supply; Solar panels, are suitable for recharge-able battery recharge; And described circuit board is operably connected to described recharge-able battery, described LED, described solar panels and for being switched on or switched off the switch of the power supply of LED.
Preferably, described flat end wall is circular, and described lamp is columnar under inflated condition.
Preferably, described Solar lamp also comprises the plane-reflector of the whole exposed interior surface that substantially covers each end wall.
Preferably, described shell is to be sealed as fluid-tight transparent flexible polyvinylchloride.
Preferably, the reflecting surface being arranged on one of flat end wall has the aperture that is arranged on LED top.
Preferably, each flat end wall be circular and comprise inner end wall, outer end wall and be sealed in described inner end wall and described outer end wall between reflecting plate.
Preferably, described battery is lithium ion polymer battery pack, there is the nominal operation voltage that is less than the thickness of 5mm, the capacity of 1000mAh and 3.7V, wherein, the planar array of LED is by being arranged to circle and consisting of described battery powered eight LED, and each LED has the maximum operating current of 90 lumens, 320mA.
Preferably, described Solar lamp also comprises the handle that is attached to one or two flat end wall.
According on the other hand of the present utility model, a kind of solar energy hand lamp of collapsing is provided, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing comprises: the hand lamp shell of can collapsing; Solar panels; Recharge-able battery; LED light source; And circuit board, wherein, described recharge-able battery is placed on direct sunlight by the hand lamp shell of can collapsing and to complete charging, is repeated charging in lower four hours to five hours, and described recharge-able battery can be powered for LED, and does not need charging at least eight hours.
Preferably, described recharge-able battery is lithium ion battery.
Preferably, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing is flat at one end.
Preferably, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing has wall or ceiling attachment.
In one aspect, the utility model provides a kind of solar energy hand lamp of collapsing, and comprising: the hand lamp shell of can collapsing; Solar panels; Can recharge lithium ion battery; LED light source; And circuit board.Rechargeable battery is placed on direct sunlight by the hand lamp shell of can collapsing and to complete charging, is repeated charging in lower 4 hours to 5 hours.
In each embodiment, hand lamp is the form of the lamp with shell that can collapse, transparent, and described shell has the circular end wall of sidewall peace.Adopt in this way, lamp can vertically be placed (laid on its side), makes this lamp form upon deployment the cylindrical shape of free-standing.Be provided with the shell inflation of valve for making to collapse.The planar array of LED is arranged in and is positioned on a printed circuit board (PCB) on end wall.Printed circuit board (PCB) is operationally connected with the recharge-able battery for LED power supply; Solar panels are suitable for for recharge-able battery recharge; And for opening and disconnect the switch of the power supply of LED.In a preferred embodiment, the reflecting surface on end wall faces with each other to strengthen the scattered light from device.
Solar lamp of the present utility model is not for utilizing reliably the people (resident and the victims of the disaster that comprise developing country) of electric energy that illumination is cheaply provided, and this lamp also can be for all developed countries as energy-saving and environmental protection portable lighting substitute.
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Figure 1A is the perspective view according to Solar lamp of the present utility model.
Figure 1B is the perspective view of the Solar lamp of Figure 1A of seeing from bottom side.
Fig. 2 is the decomposition view of the Solar lamp of Figure 1A.
The specific embodiment
The application requires the rights and interests of the U.S. Provisional Application No.61/721285 that submits on November 1st, 2012, this application this by reference integral body be incorporated to.
Embodiment with reference to figure 1, can collapse shell 100 by translucent and transparent plastic material preferably, and for example polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made, although the material adopting is unessential, and also can use another kind of suitable translucent flexible material, for example polyethylene.Shell 100 comprises the circular base end wall 16 of cylinder side wall 14, flat circular top end wall 13 peace.Flat top end wall and base end wall are enough hard so that lamp forms the cylinder of free-standing upon deployment.Handle 17(is preferably made by the flexible plastic material identical with shell equally) allow lamp to be easily attached to wall or ceiling, or carry when needed.In most preferred embodiment, second handle 172 is arranged in opposite end walls 16, as shown in Figure 1B.
As shown at the decomposition view of Fig. 2, top end wall 13 preferably includes inside top 134 and exterior top 132.Base end wall 16 comprises interior bottom portion 162 and exterior base 164.Inside top 132 and exterior top 134 adopt fluid-tight mode to be sealed to sidewall 14 and to seal each other to seal top reflector 125.Conventionally preferably, shell is sealed to the intrusion level of protection that is known as IP67, this means protectedly to avoid the intrusion of dust and pollution, and protectedly to avoid temporarily invading in the water of 15cm to 1m, continues the impact of 30 minutes.Top reflector 125 has directly in the face of being arranged in the reflecting surface of the LED28 in base end wall, and can make by being coated with the PVC of reflectance coating, the cardstock with reflectance coating or other suitable material, think that shell end wall 13 provides rigidity and from LED28 reverberation.
Similar layout is set in base end wall 16, there is the bottom reflector 166 being formed by reflection coating material.Bottom reflector is provided with the aperture 44 that is arranged in LED light source 28 tops.Aperture 44 can be provided with scattering scrim material, to seal opening.
LED light source 28 is also arranged on the printed circuit board (PCB) 200 on the end wall that is positioned at device.Be suitable for being arranged on the printed circuit board (PCB) 200 relative with solar panels 202 (as shown in Figure 1B) for the recharge-able battery 40 of LED power supply, these solar panels are suitable for recharge-able battery 40 recharges.Solar panels are exposed to sunshine by transparent exterior base 164 and by the aperture in under(-)chassis 160.Printed circuit board (PCB) adopts two-sided tape 202 to be attached to bottom frame members 166.
For solar panels of the present utility model can be selected from well known in the prior art, be suitable for the solar panels to the power supply of little LED array.Suitable solar panels are the polycrystalline 5V/130mA array with 4.3V open-circuit voltage, about short circuit current of 3.5A and the optimum operation voltage of 2.6V.Generally, when solar panels lie in direct sunlight lower time, recharge-able battery was charged completely in 4 to 8 hours, once and charged completely, enough electric charges can produce more than the light of six hours and preferably surpass the light of 8 hours.Although can adopt any amount of LED in scope of the present utility model, six to ten LED are preferred, and eight is most preferred.LED provides 4000mcd light source, adopts available light source to be enough used for illuminating the area of 10 square feet.In each embodiment, can adopt multi-colored led.Adopt multi-colored led can be functional, for example red or yellow, with indicating emergency situation or ornamental.
In a further exemplary embodiment, it is printing opacity that plastic casing is made shell by frost, but sees from the outside and be opaque and can not see the inside of hand lamp.The surface of frostization can also have texture, to strengthen scattering of light, passes through.LED in this embodiment can be red, green, combinations blue or these colors.In this embodiment, the processor of driving LED can make that the LED of different colours recycles, flicker, low-power, high power, identical with the embodiment of monochromatic LED.
Recharge-able battery 40 preferably has the lithium ion polymer battery that can be easily positioned on the thin profile on printed circuit board (PCB).In most of preferred embodiments, recharge-able battery has the nominal operation voltage of the thickness, 1000mAh capacity and the 3.7V that are no more than about 5mm.Wherein the planar array of LED is by arranging that conglobate eight LED form and battery-powered.In a preferred embodiment, each LED has 90 lumens, 320mA(high power) maximum operating current and 70 lumens, 220mA(low-power) maximum operating current.
Printed circuit board (PCB) 200 is controlled the power supply of LED by battery 40.User starts the power switch 204 on the outside that is positioned at lamp, thinks LED power supply.In each embodiment, circuit board is controlled three levels of illumination: low-power, high power and intermittent illumination.Can be by pressing the illumination that realizes each level with the identical power switch of opening device for closing.For example, switch can be arranged to press once for low-power, press twice for high power, press three times for intermittent illumination, press four times for shutoff device.Those skilled in the art can find this suitable microchip for this object.
Shell be can collapse and by being arranged to run through the valve 123 of top end wall 13, be preferably inflatable.Aperture is arranged in the top reflector and inside top in enclosure, and shell can be inflated, and realizes cheaply, lightweight and durable luminous means, for the people in critical.
The foregoing description of preferred embodiment is not intended to limit the utility model, and the utility model is defined by the following claims.More than describe and be intended to for those skilled in the art provide enough information, to realize the various distortion of described embodiment.The feature of describing about an embodiment and improvement can be combined with other embodiment, and do not depart from scope of the present utility model.

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1. an inflatable Solar lamp, is characterized in that, described inflatable Solar lamp comprises:
Can collapse, translucent shell, described shell has the end wall of sidewall peace;
Be used to the valve of shell inflation;
Be positioned at a printed circuit board (PCB) on end wall, comprise the planar array of LED;
Be attached to the recharge-able battery of described printed circuit board (PCB), be used to LED power supply;
Solar panels, are suitable for recharge-able battery recharge; And
Described circuit board is operably connected to described recharge-able battery, described LED, described solar panels and for being switched on or switched off the switch of the power supply of LED.
2. Solar lamp according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described flat end wall is circular, and described lamp is columnar under inflated condition.
3. Solar lamp according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises the plane-reflector of the whole exposed interior surface that substantially covers each end wall.
4. Solar lamp according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described shell is to be sealed as fluid-tight transparent flexible polyvinylchloride.
5. Solar lamp according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the reflecting surface being arranged on one of flat end wall has the aperture that is arranged on LED top.
6. Solar lamp according to claim 1, is characterized in that, each flat end wall be circular and comprise inner end wall, outer end wall and be sealed in described inner end wall and described outer end wall between reflecting plate.
7. Solar lamp according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described battery is lithium ion polymer battery pack, there is the nominal operation voltage that is less than the thickness of 5mm, the capacity of 1000mAh and 3.7V, wherein, the planar array of LED is by being arranged to circle and consisting of described battery powered eight LED, and each LED has the maximum operating current of 90 lumens, 320mA.
8. Solar lamp according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising the handle that is attached to one or two flat end wall.
9. the solar energy hand lamp of can collapsing, is characterized in that, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing comprises:
The hand lamp shell of can collapsing;
Solar panels;
Recharge-able battery;
LED light source; With
Circuit board, wherein, described recharge-able battery is placed on direct sunlight by the hand lamp shell of can collapsing and to complete charging, is repeated charging in lower four hours to five hours, and described recharge-able battery can be powered for LED, and does not need charging at least eight hours.
10. the solar energy hand lamp of collapsing according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described recharge-able battery is lithium ion battery.
The 11. solar energy hand lamps of collapsing according to claim 9, is characterized in that, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing is flat at one end.
The 12. solar energy hand lamps of collapsing according to claim 9, is characterized in that, the described solar energy hand lamp of collapsing has wall or ceiling attachment.
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Conclusion of examination: Declaring that the claims 201320570977.8, 5-7 and 9-12 of the utility model of the No. 1 are invalid, and continue to maintain the validity of the patent on the basis of the claim 2-4, 8.

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