Lamp Base Heat Dissipation via Lampholder Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for dissipating heat in lamps are either inefficient or complex and bulky, lacking effective space-saving solutions.
Innovation Solution
A lamp design featuring a thermally conductive base with heat dissipation surfaces connected to a lampholder, utilizing materials with high thermal conductivity, such as Cr—Ni steel or copper, to efficiently transfer heat without active cooling elements, and incorporating heat pipes or thermally conductive adhesives for enhanced heat dissipation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If thermoelectric cooling or air cooling with a fan is used to dissipate heat, then heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but device complexity and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the heat dissipation function from the lamp itself and transfers it to the lampholder. The base of the lamp serves as a heat source that thermally conducts heat to the lampholder, which then dissipates the heat to the surrounding environment. This eliminates the need for complex active cooling elements within the lamp structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The lampholder acts as an intermediary heat sink between the lamp base and the environment. The base of the lamp is thermally conductively connected to the lampholder, transferring heat away from the light source. This intermediary structure enables passive heat dissipation without requiring active cooling components in the lamp.
2Temperature
If active cooling elements are used to dissipate heat, then heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but lamp volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes active cooling elements from the lamp structure entirely, extracting the heat dissipation function and relocating it to the lampholder. This allows the lamp to maintain a compact form factor while still achieving effective heat dissipation through the thermally conductive base-lampholder connection.
3Temperature
If conventional heat dissipation methods are used, then heat can be dissipated, but the solution is not space-saving
Solution Approach 1:
The lampholder serves multiple functions: it provides electrical connection, mechanical support, and heat dissipation. By making the lampholder thermally conductively connected to the lamp base, it acts as both an electrical connector and a heat sink, eliminating the need for separate cooling components and achieving space-efficient heat management.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design allows for efficient heat dissipation from the lamp to the luminaire, eliminating the need for bulky active cooling systems while maintaining a compact form factor, effectively managing heat generated by light sources like LEDs or discharge lamps.
Implementation Method 1
at least one heat source is thermally conductively connected to at least one heat dissipation surface... a connection which has a thermal conductivity coefficient of at least 5 W/(m·K)... The thermal conductivity makes it possible to dissipate a significant quantity of heat from the heat source
Implementation Method 2
incorporating heat pipes or thermally conductive adhesives for enhanced heat dissipation
Implementation Method 3
The thermal conductivity makes it possible to dissipate a significant quantity of heat from the heat source... including the thermal conductivities of thermally conductive pastes, films and adhesives
Data Source
AI summary
A lamp may include at least one housing; a heat source connected thereto; and a base for connection to a lampholder, wherein the base has at least one heat dissipation surface, and wherein at least one heat source is thermally conductively connected to at least one heat dissipation surface.