JP2012221807A - Bulb - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bulb capable of enhancing jointing precision between a body on which a light source is fixed and a blow-molded globe retained on the body covering the light source.SOLUTION: The bulb 1 is provided with a blow-molded globe 31, a body 2, and a light source 11. The globe 31 covering the light source 11 includes a globe main part 32 and an open peripheral part 33 which demarcates an opening 32a having a smaller diameter than the maximum diameter of the main part and is integrally connected to the globe main part 32. The angle made by the opening peripheral part 33 and an opening side portion 32b of the globe main part 32 continuing to the peripheral part in curvature shall be an obtuse angle. The body 2 includes a jointing cylindrical part 4 engaged on an outer side of the opening peripheral part 33 and light source fixing part 7 facing the opening 32a of the globe 31 and the light source 11 is fixed on the light source fixing part 7. A top end face 4a of the jointing cylindrical part 4 is formed so as to go along an outer face of the opening side portion 32b, and the top end face 4a is made to contact with the outer face of the opening side port 32b to retain the globe 31 on the body 2.

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a light bulb comprising a globe that covers a light source.

  2. Description of the Related Art An LED bulb in which a glove that covers an LED module and emits emitted light from the LED module to the outside is attached to a heat radiating part to which the LED module is attached is known as a conventional technique.

  In order to improve the light distribution performance around the glove compared to the hemispherical glove, the glove opening attached to the heat radiating part is formed in a glove shape, for example, a substantially ball shape, having a smaller diameter than the glove's maximum diameter part. Thus, it is preferable to secure a larger surface area of the globe. Such a glove cannot be manufactured by injection molding because of die cutting, but is manufactured by blow molding.

  In blow molding, a molding material such as a softened synthetic resin is expanded in a mold that is closed to form a predetermined molding space, and the molding material is spread along the inner surface of the mold, thereby opening the opening. A molded product having a predetermined shape is formed. However, a molded product manufactured by blow molding is greatly deformed due to molding. For example, a part indicated by a flat surface by design may be actually rounded due to the expansion of the molding material during manufacture.

  Thereby, the dimensional accuracy of the blow molded product is lower than the dimensional accuracy of the injection molded product. For this reason, the joining accuracy of the joint portion between the globe and the heat radiating portion supporting the globe is low, and it is difficult to properly join the globe to the heat radiating portion.

  Due to this, a wedge-shaped gap visually recognized from the outside may be formed in an annular shape along the circumferential direction in the joint portion. With such a configuration, the commercial value of the LED bulb is reduced. Also, if the joint accuracy of the joint between the globe and the heat radiating part that supports it is low, the wedge-shaped gap formed in the joint tends to widen, and the globe and the heat radiating part are joined in a substantially surface contact state. Is difficult. For this reason, it is inappropriate to conduct heat from the heat radiating part to the globe while the LED bulb is lit, and to radiate the heat from the globe to the outside. Therefore, it is necessary to sufficiently secure the heat radiation performance of the LED module that generates heat. Then it is disadvantageous.

JP 2010-56059 A

  An embodiment is to provide a light bulb capable of improving the joining accuracy between a main body to which a light source is attached and a blow molded glove attached to the main body so as to cover the light source.

  In order to solve the above problems, the light bulb of the embodiment includes a globe made of a blow molded product, a main body, and a light source. The globe that covers the light source has a globe main portion and an opening edge portion that is continuous with the globe main portion and defines an opening having a diameter smaller than the maximum diameter of the main portion. An obtuse angle is defined as an angle between the opening edge portion and the opening side portion of the glove main portion continuous so as to be bent at the edge portion. The main body has a joining tube portion fitted to the outside of the opening edge portion and a light source mounting portion facing the opening of the globe, and attaches the light source to the light source mounting portion. The front end surface of the joining cylinder part is formed so as to be along the outer surface of the opening side portion, and the front end surface is brought into contact with the outer surface to support the glove on the main body.

  According to the light bulb of the embodiment, it is possible to expect the effect that it is possible to improve the joining accuracy between the main body to which the light source is attached and the blow molded product glove attached to the main body so as to cover the light source. .

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a light bulb according to Example 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a part of light bulb of FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows F3 part in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the main body with which the light bulb of FIG. 1 is provided. It is a front view which shows the main body of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the arrow F6-F6 line | wire in FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows F7 part in FIG. It is a side view which shows the glove with which the light bulb of FIG. 1 is provided. It is a top view which shows the glove of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the arrow F10-F10 line | wire in FIG.

  The light bulb according to the first embodiment has an opening edge portion that is continuous with the globe main portion by dividing the globe main portion and an opening having a diameter smaller than the maximum diameter of the main portion, and the opening edge portion. A glove made of a blow-molded product having an obtuse angle between the opening side portions of the glove main part which are continuously bent to the edge; a joining cylinder part fitted to the outer periphery of the opening edge, and the opening A main body that supports the globe by contacting the outer surface with the front end surface of the joint tube portion, the front end surface of the joint tube portion being formed along the outer surface of the opening side portion. And a light source mounted on the light source mounting portion facing the globe.

  Although Embodiment 1 can be suitably applied to an LED light bulb, it can also be applied to other light bulbs using a light emitting module or the like whose light source is not an LED light emitting module as a light source. In the first embodiment, the globe is made of a molded product formed by blow molding a translucent material. For example, even when the globe is made of a translucent synthetic resin blow molded product, the glass material is blow molded. Even a glove made of goods can be used. In the first embodiment, the opening edge of the globe refers to a portion connected to the main body, and the glove is supported on the main body by bonding the opening edge to the main body using, for example, an adhesive.

  In Embodiment 1, the main body is formed of a molded body of metal or synthetic resin, and the material forming the main body may be selected according to the type of the light source. When it is necessary to dissipate heat, the body may be made of a metal, for example, an aluminum alloy. In the first embodiment, the joining cylinder portion of the main body covers the opening edge of the globe from the outer peripheral side, and bears a portion to be joined to the globe.

  In the first embodiment, the light source mounting portion may be formed of a member that is formed separately from the main body and connected to the main body, or may be formed of a part integrated with the main body. In the first embodiment, an LED light emitting module can be suitably used as the light source, but a light emitting unit that is not an LED light emitting module, such as a light emitting module using an EL element, can also be used.

  In the first embodiment, “the tip end surface of the joining tube portion is formed so as to be along the outer surface of the opening side portion” means that the tip end surface of the joining tube portion is substantially in surface contact with the outer surface of the opening side portion of the globe. The aspect formed with such an inclined surface or a circular arc surface, or the aspect formed with the inclined surface which the corner | angular part which the outer periphery and front-end | tip surface of a joining cylinder part make at least on the outer surface of the opening side part of a glove | globe are included.

  In the first embodiment, the glove that covers the light source and is attached to the main body is made of a blow molded product, so that the angle between the opening side portion of the glove main part and the opening edge is formed as an obtuse angle. Nevertheless, since the tip surface of the joint tube portion of the main body that supports the globe is in contact with the outer surface of the opening side portion of the glove and the tip surface is provided along the outer surface of the opening side portion, the glove body It can be expected that the joining accuracy between the opening side portion of the body and the joining tube portion of the main body fitted to the outside of the opening edge of the globe is improved.

  The light bulb of the second embodiment is characterized in that, in the first embodiment, the inclination angle of the tip surface is larger than the inclination angle of the outer surface of the opening side portion.

  In the second embodiment, the inclination angle of the distal end surface refers to an angle between the horizontal plane passing through an angle formed by the outer periphery of the joining tube portion and the distal end surface and the distal end surface, and also the outer surface of the opening side portion. The inclination angle refers to an angle between a horizontal plane passing through an angle formed by the opening edge and the opening side portion and the outer surface of the opening side portion.

  In the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, the glove is supported by the main body by making the corner formed by the tip end surface of the bonded cylinder portion and the outer periphery of the bonded cylinder portion reliably contact the outer surface of the opening side portion of the glove. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a gap that is visible from the outside from being formed at the joint between the opening edge of the globe and the joint cylinder of the main body. For this reason, it can be expected to improve the appearance quality of the light bulb.

  Hereinafter, the light bulb of Example 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a light bulb. The light bulb 1 includes a main body 2, a light source 11, an insulating case 15, a lighting circuit 21, a base 25, a globe 31, and the like. .

  The main body 2 is made of a die-cast product of metal, for example, aluminum, and is formed in a substantially bowl shape as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 and the like, and a through hole 3 is formed in a central portion whose diameter is reduced. The main body 2 has a joined cylindrical portion 4 having a circular shape in plan view (see FIGS. 4 and 5) that partitions the circular opening. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, etc., the main body 2 is provided with a circular groove 5 continuous with the opening thereof, with the joining cylinder portion 4 extending from the inner peripheral side.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, a corner 4 c formed by the distal end surface 4 a of the joining tube portion 4 and the outer periphery 4 b of the joining tube portion 4 is, for example, an acute angle. The front end surface 4a is formed as an oblique surface that follows the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b described later, for example, a slope that gradually approaches the groove 5 as it approaches the opening from the corner 4c. The inclination angle of the front end surface 4a is indicated by reference sign θ1 in FIG. This inclination angle θ1 is an angle sandwiched between a horizontal plane passing through the corner 4c and the tip surface 4a. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, notches 4 d that open to the opening of the main body 2 are provided at equal intervals at a plurality of, for example, three locations of the joining tube portion 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, etc., the main body 2 has an annular step 2a facing the opening. The stepped portion 2 a protrudes toward the center side of the main body 2 from the inner periphery of the joining tube portion 4. A plurality of screw receiving portions 6 are formed at equal intervals on the inner periphery of the stepped portion 2 a, and screw holes 6 a that open toward the opening of the main body 2 are formed in these screw receiving portions 6. The surface of the stepped portion 2a facing the opening of the main body 2 and the surface of each screw receiving portion 6 facing the opening of the main body 2 and the side surface of the groove 5 continuous to the base of the joining cylinder portion 4 are flush with each other. It is continuous at the same height. The tip surface 4a, the groove 5, the stepped portion 2a of the joining tube portion 4, the surface of the screw receiving portion 6 facing the opening of the main body 2, and the notch portion 4d all cut the die cast product. It was provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body 2 has a light source mounting portion 7. The light source mounting portion 7 of the first embodiment is made of a heat sink that is separate from the main body 2 and made of the same metal as the main body 2 and has a circular shape. The diameter of the light source mounting portion 7 is smaller than the diameter of the opening of the main body 2.

  The light source mounting portion 7 has a peripheral portion thereof in contact with the stepped portion 2a and the screw receiving portion 6 and passes through the peripheral portion and is screwed into a screw hole 6a of each screw receiving portion 6 with a screw (not shown). It is fixed to. For this reason, the light source attachment part 7 is connected to the main body 2 so as to be able to conduct heat via a close part between the peripheral part and the step part 2a. The light source mounting portion 7 has a hole 7a at a position deviated from the central portion thereof.

  For example, an LED light emitting module is used as the light source 11. For this reason, the light bulb 1 is configured as an LED light bulb.

  The LED light emitting module of the light bulb 1 is formed by mounting a plurality of semiconductor light emitting portions, for example, SMD type LEDs 13 on a wiring board 12 as shown in FIG. The wiring board 12 has a heat diffusion layer provided on the back surface opposite to the LED mounting surface in surface contact with the light source mounting portion 7, and the LED mounting surface is opposed to the opening of the main body 2. 7 is fixed to the central portion. For this reason, the heat generated by the LED 13 can be directly conducted (released) to the light source mounting portion 7 via the wiring board 12. Further, the heat of the light source mounting portion 7 is conducted to the main body 2 and is released from the outer surface of the main body 2 to the atmosphere.

  The SMD type LED 13 has a reflector having a truncated cone-shaped hole on a base provided with an electrode, and an LED chip that is a semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on the base that forms the bottom surface of the reflector. The LED chip is formed by connecting the LED chip to the electrode by wire bonding or the like, and further filling the hole of the reflector with a translucent sealing member mixed with a phosphor and sealing the LED chip. The SMD type LED 13 is disposed at a predetermined position by connecting an electrode drawn on the back surface of the base to the pattern layer of the wiring board 12.

  The LED chip is formed of a bare chip that emits blue light, for example, and the chip generates heat when the light is emitted. The phosphor mixed in the sealing member is a yellow phosphor that emits yellow light when excited by blue light emitted from the LED chip so that, for example, white light is emitted from the LED 13. Is used. An LED chip is a semiconductor that directly converts electrical energy into light, and its light emission is realized by passing a forward current through a pn junction of the semiconductor. A semiconductor light-emitting element that emits light based on such a light emission principle has an energy saving effect as compared with an incandescent bulb that inclines a filament to a high temperature by energization and emits visible light by its thermal radiation.

  The insulating case 15 is made of an electrically insulating material such as a synthetic resin molding. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the insulating case 15 is provided so as to cover the inner surface of the main body 2, a cylindrical protruding portion 15 a that protrudes outside the main body 2, and a receiving portion positioned in the main body 2. 15b. The protruding portion 15 a is passed through the through hole 3 of the main body 2. An annular locking groove (not shown) is formed on the outer periphery of the protruding portion 15a, and a synthetic resin coupling ring 19 is fitted and attached to the locking groove. The coupling ring 19 and the receiving portion 15b sandwich the cylindrical end 2b of the main body 2 that defines the through hole 3. Thereby, the main body 2 and the insulating case 15 are connected.

  The insulating case 15 has a substrate cover portion 16 that protrudes toward the back surface of the light source mounting portion 7, and a through hole opening 16 a is provided in the substrate cover portion 16. Further, the insulating case 15 has a line cover portion 17. The line cover portion 17 has a substantially U-shape in plan view from a pair of opposing wall portions and another wall portion (not shown) extending over these wall portions, and is formed on one of the pair of wall portions. A through groove 17a (see FIG. 2) is provided. The line cover portion 17 is inserted into the hole 7 a of the light source attachment portion 7.

  The lighting circuit 21 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed by mounting a plurality of circuit components (not shown) on a circuit board 21a. The lighting circuit 21 is supported over the protruding portion 15 a and the substrate cover portion 16 and is built in the insulating case 15.

  The lighting circuit 21 is electrically connected to the light source 11. Specifically, an insulation covered electric wire (not shown) connected to the lighting circuit 21 is routed through the wiring opening 16a and the wiring groove 17a, and is also passed through the line cover portion 17 so that the light source mounting portion 7 It is drawn out to the surface (the lower surface in FIGS. 1 and 2). The electrical connection is made by connecting a wire-side electrical connector connected to the tip of the wire to a light source-side electrical connector (not shown) attached to the light source 11.

  A base 25 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) for supplying power to the lighting circuit 21 is, for example, an E type having a spiral groove on a metal peripheral surface portion, and is attached to the outside of the protruding portion 15a of the insulating case 15. ing. The base 25 is connected to the lighting circuit 21 via an insulation coated electric wire (not shown). The base 25 is removably screwed into a lamp socket (not shown).

  The globe 31 is made of, for example, a blow-molded product obtained by blow-molding a translucent synthetic resin, specifically, a diffuse translucent white polycarbonate resin. The globe 31 has a glove main portion 32 and an opening edge 33 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 in order to secure a larger surface area, in other words, an emission area of diffused and transmitted light. It is molded into a shape.

  Specifically, the glove main portion 32 is directed to a hemispherical portion (a portion below the maximum diameter portion in FIG. 1) that gradually decreases in diameter from the maximum diameter portion toward the tip, and to the opposite side to the tip. A gradually reduced diameter portion (in FIG. 1, a portion above the maximum diameter portion) is continuously formed. The maximum diameter of the glove main portion 32 is indicated by a symbol D in FIGS.

  The opening edge portion 33 defines a circular opening 32 a and is continuous continuously with the reduced diameter portion of the globe main portion 32. Therefore, the opening 32 a has a smaller diameter than the maximum diameter of the globe main part 32. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, the opening edge portion 33 has a short cylindrical portion 33a and a plurality of protrusions 33b that are integrally projected at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the cylindrical portion 33a. ing.

  The diameter of the cylindrical portion 33 a is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the bonded cylinder portion 4. Each protrusion 33b can pass through the notch 4d, and the diameter of a circle drawn through the tips of the protrusions 33b is larger than the inner diameter of the joining cylinder part 4, that is, the diameter of the opening 32a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the opening side portion 32 b of the globe main portion 32 is continuous with the cylindrical portion 33 a of the opening edge portion 33 so as to be bent from now on. The inclination angle θ2 of the opening side portion 32b is an angle between the opening side portion 32b and a horizontal plane passing through an angle formed by the opening side portion 32b and the cylindrical portion 33a. This inclination angle θ2 approximates to the inclination angle θ1 of the distal end surface 4a of the joining tube portion 4 and is smaller than the inclination angle θ1. In other words, the inclination angle θ1 of the distal end surface 4a of the joining tube portion 4 formed in an oblique shape along the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b is larger than the inclination angle θ2 of the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b.

  Furthermore, the angle θ3 between the cylindrical portion 33a and the opening side portion 32b is an obtuse angle. This is because it is difficult to form the opening side portion 32b strictly horizontally with respect to the cylindrical portion 33a because the globe 31 is blow molded, and the opening side portion 32b is formed from the inside of the globe main portion 32 after blow molding. It is the structure formed resulting from swelling toward the outside.

  Next, a procedure for attaching the globe 31 to the main body 2 to which all parts other than the globe 31 are attached will be described.

  First, the main body 2 is held so that the opening of the main body 2 faces upward, and, for example, a heat-resistant adhesive 37 (see FIG. 3) is applied to the entire groove 5 or several places. In this case, an annular gap is formed as an adhesive reservoir between the peripheral surface of the light source mounting portion 7 and the inner circumference of the groove 5, and an uncured adhesive 37 is applied to the gap.

  Next, the projections 33 b of the globe 31 are aligned with the notches 4 d of the joining tube portion 4, and are passed through the notches 4 d from above, and the opening edge 33 is inserted inside the joining tube portion 4. That is, relatively, the joining tube portion 4 is fitted to the outside of the opening edge portion 33. By such fitting, the tip portion of the opening edge 33 is buried in the uncured adhesive 37. At the same time, the light source mounting part 7 faces the opening 32a of the globe 31, for example, a part of the light source mounting part 7 enters the opening 32a.

  Subsequently, the globe 31 is rotated by a predetermined angle. Thereby, each protrusion 33b is disposed at a position where it can be caught on the back surface of the joining tube portion 4 facing the groove 5. Therefore, if there is an adhesion failure, the glove 31 can be prevented from inadvertently falling off the main body 2 even if the glove is directed downward 31 after the bulb 1 is assembled.

  Thereafter, the globe 31 is pushed downward with a jig (not shown). Thereby, the outer surface of the opening side part 32b of the globe 31 is in contact with the distal end surface 4a of the joining cylinder part 4 which the main body 2 has. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer surface of the opening side portion 32 b comes into contact with the corner portion 4 c located on the outermost peripheral side of the joining cylinder portion 4. At the same time, the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b is close to the distal end surface 4a of the joining tube portion 4, and a slight gap is formed between them. In other words, the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b is provided along the tip surface 4a.

  Finally, the adhesive 37 is cured by passing it through a heating furnace while the globe 31 is pressed with the above-described jig. Thereby, the globe 31 is attached to the main body 2 by adhesion, and the light source 11 is covered by the globe 31 as shown in FIG.

  In the light bulb 1 configured as described above, the front end surface 4a of the joining tube portion 4 of the main body 2 that supports the globe 31 is brought into contact with the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b of the glove main portion 32, and this front end surface 4a It is provided along the outer surface. For this reason, it is possible to improve the joining accuracy between the opening side portion 32 b of the globe main portion 32 and the joining tube portion 4 of the main body 2 fitted to the outside of the opening edge portion 33 of the globe 31.

  Furthermore, since the inclination angle θ1 of the front end surface 4a of the joining cylinder part 4 is larger than the inclination angle θ2 of the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b of the glove main part 32, as described above, The glove 31 can be supported on the main body 2 in a state in which the corner 4c formed by the outer periphery 4b of the joining cylinder portion 4 is in contact with the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b. For this reason, it is possible to reliably suppress the formation of a wedge-shaped gap that is visible from the outside in an annular shape along the circumferential direction at the joint between the opening edge 33 of the globe 31 and the joint cylinder 4 of the main body 2. is there. Therefore, it is possible to improve the appearance quality of the light bulb 1.

  Moreover, even when a gap formed in the joint is formed due to the improvement of the joining accuracy, the gap can be extremely narrowed, so that the heat of the main body 2 passes through the joint in the lighting state of the LED bulb. Easy to be conducted to the globe 31. For this reason, in addition to heat radiation in the atmosphere from the outer surface of the main body 2, it can be expected that heat is also emitted from the globe 31. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently ensure the heat dissipation performance for the light source 11 composed of the LED module, and accordingly, it is possible to suppress a decrease in light emission efficiency or a change in light emission color due to an excessive temperature rise of the light source 11.

  Further, due to the thermal expansion accompanying the temperature rise of the main body 2 and the globe 31 to be thermally conducted from now on, the extremely narrow gap disappears, and the distal end surface 4a of the joining tube portion 4 and the outer surface of the opening side portion 32b are substantially in surface contact. It can be expected to be joined to the finished state. When such a situation is reached, the heat dissipation from the main body 2 to the globe 31 can be further improved.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Light bulb, 2 ... Main body, 4 ... Joint cylinder part, 4a ... Tip surface, 7 ... Light source attachment part, 11 ... Light source, 31 ... Globe, 32 ... Globe main part, 32a ... Opening, 32b ... Opening side part, 33 ... opening edge, 33a ... cylindrical part, .theta.1 ... tilt angle of the tip surface, .theta.2 ... tilt angle of the opening side part, .theta.3 ... obtuse angle.

Claims (2)

A glove main part, and an opening edge that is divided into an opening smaller than the maximum diameter of the main part and is integrally continuous with the glove main part, and is bent to the opening edge and the edge. A blow-molded product glove having an obtuse angle between the continuous opening side portions of the glove main part;
It has a joining cylinder part fitted to the outside of the opening edge part and a light source mounting part facing the opening, and is formed so that the front end surface of the joining cylinder part is along the outer surface of the opening side part, A main body that supports the globe by bringing the tip surface into contact with the outer surface;
A light source attached to the light source mounting portion facing the globe;
A light bulb characterized by comprising:   The light bulb according to claim 1, wherein an inclination angle of the tip surface is larger than an inclination angle of an outer surface of the opening side portion.

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