Modular Ceramic LED Light Source Module for Independent Cooling and Repair

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current LED lighting devices have a one-piece LED light source circuit structure, making them costly and inconvenient to maintain, as replacing a single damaged light source chip requires replacing the entire circuit, and the cooling efficiency is low due to the packaging of LED chips on circuit boards.

Innovation Solution

A modular light source design featuring a support member, a light source mounting member, and a lens member, where the light source mounting member is made of ceramic with a bearing surface for the LED component, and a sealant is used to create a sealed space, allowing for independent replacement of modules and improved cooling through protruding structures and clamping connections.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If LED light source circuit modules have a one-piece structure, then the structure is simple, but when one light source chip is damaged the whole LED light source circuit needs to be replaced resulting in high cost and inconvenient maintenance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidmaintenance convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the LED light source circuit into multiple independent circuit boards, each carrying one or more light source chips. These circuit boards are independently replaceable modules connected to the housing. When a light source chip is damaged, only the specific circuit board module needs to be replaced rather than the entire circuit, thereby reducing maintenance cost and improving repair convenience while maintaining structural simplicity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If LED chip is packaged on a circuit board and then the circuit board is brought into contact with a cooling structure, then the structure is simple, but the cooling efficiency is low affecting service life and luminous efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecooling structure simplicityVSAvoidcooling efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the cooling function by providing each circuit board module with an independent cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a cooling cavity formed in the housing and a heat dissipation component in contact with the circuit board. This modular cooling approach allows each LED module to be cooled independently, significantly improving cooling efficiency and thereby enhancing service life and luminous efficiency without overly complicating the overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11486569B2Light source module and applied illuminating device thereof
Publication Date: 2022.11.01 SHANGHAI SANSI ELECTRONICS ENG
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a light source module and a lighting device using the same. The light source module includes: a support member, to be disposed on a lighting device and provided with a first positioning portion; a light source mounting member, having a second positioning portion to be jointed with the first positioning portion through shape matching, where the light source mounting member has a bearing surface for disposing a light source electronic component; and a lens member, covering the bearing surface and connected to the support member in a positioned manner.