Segmented LED Heatsink Baseplate for Thermal Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing LED light heatsinks do not effectively dissipate heat, leading to suboptimal performance and reduced service life of LED lamps due to inadequate thermal conductivity and heat transfer areas.
Innovation Solution
A hollow heatsink body with oblique fins and a varying thickness baseplate, optimized through specific geometric parameters such as fin spacing, thickness, height, and baseplate thickness, to enhance thermal conductivity and convection, thereby improving heat dissipation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional heatsink designs are used, then the structure is simple, but the heat dissipation efficiency is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The heatsink baseplate is segmented into multiple regions with different thicknesses (first, second, and third thicknesses) corresponding to different LED positions. This segmentation allows each region to be optimized for its specific thermal requirements, improving overall heat dissipation efficiency while maintaining a relatively simple monolithic structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the heatsink baseplate are designed with locally optimized thicknesses. The first region has a greater thickness for high-heat LEDs, the second region has intermediate thickness for medium-heat LEDs, and the third region has lesser thickness for low-heat LEDs. This local quality variation ensures optimal thermal conductivity at each location without uniformly increasing the entire heatsink complexity.
2Reliability
If the heatsink baseplate thickness is increased uniformly, then thermal conductivity improves, but material usage and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The baseplate thickness is varied locally across different regions rather than being uniform throughout. The first region has a first thickness, the second region has a second thickness greater than the first, and the third region has a third thickness greater than the second. This local quality approach ensures adequate thermal conductivity where needed while minimizing material usage in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The thickness parameter of the baseplate is changed across different regions to optimize thermal conductivity. By adjusting the thickness parameter locally rather than uniformly, the design achieves reliable heat conduction from all LED types while reducing the total quantity of material required compared to a uniformly thick baseplate.
3Ease of manufacture
If fin spacing is increased, then manufacturing ease improves, but heat transfer area decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The fin spacing parameter is optimized to a specific range (0.5-1.5 times the fin thickness) that balances manufacturing ease with heat transfer area. This parameter change ensures that fins are spaced sufficiently for easy manufacturing and assembly while maintaining adequate surface area for efficient convective and radiative heat transfer.
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
The optimized heatsink design significantly reduces maximum temperature, improving heat dissipation efficiency and extending the service life of LED lamps by effectively transferring and dissipating heat through conduction, convection, and radiation.
Implementation Method 1
heat generated by the working LED lighting module can be rapidly transmitted to the top wall and the side wall and dispersed through the radiation fins
Implementation Method 2
The side wall of the lamp holder extends outwards to form a plurality of fins... to efficiently increase the heat-radiating area of the lamp holder
Implementation Method 3
dispersed through the radiation fins with high heat radiation efficiency
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AI summary
The present invention provides an LED-light heatsink and a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp having the same heatsink. The LED-light heatsink comprises: a hollow heatsink body; and a heatsink baseplate for enclosing one end of the heatsink body. The present invention can significantly improve the heat-dissipation effect of an LED-light.


