EP1747702B1 - Chapelet, guirlande et dispositif lumineux a diodes electroluminescentes et support de diode electroluminescente - Google Patents

Chapelet, guirlande et dispositif lumineux a diodes electroluminescentes et support de diode electroluminescente Download PDF

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EP1747702B1
EP1747702B1 EP05717472A EP05717472A EP1747702B1 EP 1747702 B1 EP1747702 B1 EP 1747702B1 EP 05717472 A EP05717472 A EP 05717472A EP 05717472 A EP05717472 A EP 05717472A EP 1747702 B1 EP1747702 B1 EP 1747702B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V19/00—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
    • F21V19/0005—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders of sources having contact pins, wires or blades, e.g. pinch sealed lamp
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S4/00—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
    • F21S4/10—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • G09F13/20—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising with luminescent surfaces or parts
    • G09F13/22—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising with luminescent surfaces or parts electroluminescent
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/05—Two-pole devices
    • H01R33/06—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other
    • H01R33/09—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other for baseless lamp bulb
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/965—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof holders
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S362/00—Illumination
    • Y10S362/806—Ornamental or decorative

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  • the present invention relates to the general field of visual display devices, signaling or presentation of light-emitting diode information and in particular the field of light-emitting diode signs.
  • light-emitting diodes are fixed on a printed circuit board in a particular arrangement corresponding to a desired two-dimensional light representation. Such devices require to design a printed circuit by desired representation and to individually mount the diodes on this circuit.
  • ramps of light-emitting diodes mounted in a rectilinear manner are produced on a common support which is then fixed on a support, the ramps being connected by electrical connection wires to an electrical supply component.
  • Such devices require supports adapted to the attachment of the ramps and only obtain representations having rectilinear portions corresponding to the length of the ramps.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose light-emitting diode means making it possible to produce desired representations of arbitrary shapes and / or to simplify the diode mounting operations, in particular the production of such representations.
  • the present invention relates to a string of electroluminescent diodes electrically connected in series between portions of flexible electrical connection wires sheathed and having a capsule and, at a rear end of this capsule, electrical connection pins.
  • said string comprises encapsulation blocks of the light emitting diodes, respectively comprising a cup-shaped box whose bottom has a through passage through which is engaged without play the capsule of the diode, so that box is open on the pin side of this diode and a cast coating material at least partially filling said box and coating the rear part of the capsule of the diode, said pins, the end portions of the connection wires connected to these pins and the adjacent end portions of the sheaths enclosing these wires, the boxes comprising a front portion of smaller section than its rear portion so as to have a peripheral shoulder, at least this front part having at least one annular rib or lip of jamming or tight fit.
  • the present invention also relates to a light-emitting diode support having a capsule and, at a rear end of this capsule, electrical connection pins connected to portions of flexible sheathed electrical connection wires.
  • connection wires preferably exit from a rear face of said encapsulation blocks.
  • At least some of said encapsulation blocks may advantageously be at least partly of the color or a color close to that of the associated diode, in the luminous state.
  • the present invention also relates to a string of light-emitting diodes.
  • said string comprises sheathed flexible power supply wires and a multiplicity of strings whose end wires are respectively connected to said supply wires.
  • said garland preferably comprises encapsulation means respectively covering the connections between the end wires of the rosaries and the wires. feeding and encapsulating the adjacent end portions of their sheaths.
  • said string or said string may comprise at least one electrical or electronic component integrated or embedded in at least some of said encapsulation means.
  • the present invention also relates to a light-emitting diode device.
  • this device comprises at least one plate having a multiplicity of through holes, at least one string of light emitting diodes as defined above and / or at least one string of diodes as defined above, whose diodes are engaged respectively in at least some of said holes of the plate, by one side of the latter, and held.
  • the diodes are preferably engaged in the holes of the plate until said encapsulation blocks abut against this plate.
  • the holes of the plate are preferably dimensioned so that the diodes fit tightly.
  • said boxes of said encapsulation blocks preferably have a shoulder abutting against said plate.
  • said boxes of said encapsulation blocks are preferably engaged in the holes of the plate, the latter being dimensioned so that the encapsulation blocks fit in these holes by tight fit.
  • the diodes and / or the encapsulation blocks may advantageously be glued to said plate.
  • a support 1 of a light emitting diode 2 comprising a cylindrical capsule 3 and, at the rear of this capsule 3, electrical connection pins 4 on which are welded the stripped ends of the son of electrical connection 5 wrapped with sheaths 6 of flexible electric cables 7.
  • the support 1 comprises a bowl-shaped box 8 which has a substantially cylindrical wall 9 and a bottom 10, this box being for example made of a rigid plastic material.
  • the bottom 10 of the box 8 has a central through passage 11 in which is engaged axially, preferably without play, the capsule 3 of the diode 2 so that the box is open on the side of the pins 4 and 5.
  • the support 1 constitutes a sealed encapsulation block.
  • the stripped ends of the electrical connection wires 5 are soldered to the pins 4 of the diode 2.
  • the coating material 12 is poured into the box 8.
  • This coating material may consist of a resin which hardens at room temperature or under the effect of the heat.
  • this material 12 is chosen so as to adhere to the box 8, the capsule 3 of the diode 2 and the sheaths 6 of the cables 7 so as to ensure a perfect seal.
  • the box 8 and / or the coating material 12 may be of color or a color similar to that of the diode 2, in the luminous state.
  • this embodiment can be facilitated by using a suitable tool for holding and / or positioning.
  • a flexible and deformable string 17 of diodes 2 connected in series is then obtained.
  • one of the cables 7 can be cut so as to mount in series on this cable an electrical or electronic component 18, for example an electrical resistance.
  • a garland 19 which comprises flexible electric power supply cables to which the free ends of the end electric cables 7 of a plurality of strings 17, respectively, are connected at locations of their length. so as to constitute a parallel assembly of these strings 17 on these cables 20.
  • the free ends of the end cables 7 of the strings 17 can be stripped and stripped of spaced short portions of the supply cables 20, and then soldered respectively. Then, a coating material 21 such as a resin coating the stripped parts of the corresponding wires 5 and 20a of the cables 7 and 20 and the adjacent end portions of the sheaths 6 and 20b of the cables 7 and 20 are embedded in a coating material 21 to get waterproof connections.
  • a coating material 21 such as a resin coating the stripped parts of the corresponding wires 5 and 20a of the cables 7 and 20 and the adjacent end portions of the sheaths 6 and 20b of the cables 7 and 20 are embedded in a coating material 21 to get waterproof connections.
  • a light device 22 which comprises a plate 23, for example a plastic material, in which is formed a multiplicity of through holes 24 formed so as to form a visual representation by points and which comprises at minus a garland 19 mounted on the plate 23.
  • the light-emitting diodes 2 of this garland are respectively engaged on one side in the holes 24 of the plate 23, until their support 1 comes into abutment against this plate, the diodes 2 protruding from the other side of the latter.
  • the supports 1 could be engaged in the holes 24.
  • the holes 24 could then be dimensioned to receive the supports 1 without play so that these supports would be held for example by tight fit.
  • an adhesive could be interposed between the plate 23 and the supports 1.
  • the supports 1 comprise a cylindrical front portion 25, engaged in a hole 24 of the plate 23, and a cylindrical rear portion 26 between them an annular shoulder 27 abutting or abutting against the plate 23.
  • the cylindrical front portion 25 whose thickness substantially corresponds to the thickness of the plate 23, has ribs or peripheral annular lips, axially spaced, which are dimensioned to ensure the aforementioned tight fit or jamming.
  • the annular shoulder 27 is in fact made on the peripheral wall 9 of the aforementioned box.
  • the diodes 2 of the garland 19 are installed one by one respectively in the holes 24 of the plate 23.
  • the device 22 can be installed in a housing that is not shown, for example having a transparent plate forward and away from the front ends of the diodes 2 and connecting the supply wires 20 to a current source.
  • This current source may optionally be associated with an electronic control circuit, not shown, for controlling the intensity of light emitted by the diodes 2 so as to produce light effects.
  • the different holes 24 of the plate 23 may also be associated with several strings 19, strings 17 or strings 19 with light-emitting diodes of different colors, each of which may be controlled independently so as to produce different light effects.
  • the aforementioned provision that the supports are approximately the color of associated diodes is a visual cue to facilitate the mounting of strings 17 or strings 19 LEDs of different colors.
  • Strings 17 and / or strings 19 may also be mounted on non-flat plates so as to produce three-dimensional representations.
  • strings and strings having on each support 1 several light emitting diodes arranged next to each other, possibly of different colors and in this case connected to different electrical connection wires possibly grouped together and different power supply son possibly grouped, this in order to obtain visual representations whose colors would be likely to vary.
  • the means described above with reference to the appended figures can advantageously be applied to the manufacture visual display devices, signaling or presentation of information such as illuminated signs.

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EP05717472A 2004-05-10 2005-01-21 Chapelet, guirlande et dispositif lumineux a diodes electroluminescentes et support de diode electroluminescente Expired - Lifetime EP1747702B1 (fr)

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DK1747702T3 (da) 2008-11-24
ES2311215T3 (es) 2009-02-01
US20080285278A1 (en) 2008-11-20
ATE402589T1 (de) 2008-08-15
DE602005008421D1 (de) 2008-09-04
PT1747702E (pt) 2008-10-31
EP1747702A1 (fr) 2007-01-31
EA200602086A1 (ru) 2007-06-29
CN1998268B (zh) 2010-06-16
PL1747702T3 (pl) 2009-05-29
WO2005122647A1 (fr) 2005-12-22
FR2870080A1 (fr) 2005-11-11
CN1998268A (zh) 2007-07-11

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