Lighting system for a vehicle, with high-intensity power LED
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F21V-007/20
F21V-007/00
B60Q-003/00
B60Q-001/00
출원번호
US-0623997
(2007-01-17)
등록번호
US-7344284
(2008-03-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Lynam,Niall R.
Lindahl,John O.
출원인 / 주소
Donnelly Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Vandyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart LLP
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139인용 특허 :
173
초록▼
A lighting system for a vehicle comprises a sealed unitary light module including at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode operates with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt when passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps and that emits a luminous fl
A lighting system for a vehicle comprises a sealed unitary light module including at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode operates with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt when passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps and that emits a luminous flux of at least about 25 lumens when operated at its operating voltage. The sealed unitary light module is removable as a unit from the vehicle and includes a heat dissipating element and a lens.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. A lighting system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery/ignition voltage, said lighting system comprising: a sealed unitary light module disposed at one of (i) an interior portion of the vehicle and (ii) an exterior portion of the vehicle; said sealed unitary ligh
The invention claimed is: 1. A lighting system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery/ignition voltage, said lighting system comprising: a sealed unitary light module disposed at one of (i) an interior portion of the vehicle and (ii) an exterior portion of the vehicle; said sealed unitary light module comprising at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode; said high-intensity power light emitting diode emitting with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt and passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps when operated at its operating voltage; said high-intensity power light emitting diode having an operating voltage in a range of about 1 volt to about 5 volts; wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode emits white light with a luminous flux of at least about 25 lumens when operated at its operating voltage; said sealed unitary light module including a heat dissipating element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode thermally couples to said heat dissipating element; said sealed unitary light module including a lens; a voltage converter, said voltage converter comprising a DC to DC converter; and wherein said sealed unitary module is removable from said one of (i) an interior portion of the vehicle and (ii) an exterior portion of the vehicle as a unit. 2. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said heat dissipation element comprises a heat dissipation surface area of at least about 1 square inch. 3. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said heat dissipation element comprises a heat dissipation surface area of at least about 2.5 square inches. 4. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said heat dissipation element comprises a heat dissipation surface area of at least about 3.5 square inches. 5. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said heat dissipating element comprises a heat sink. 6. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode dissipates at least about 0.5 watt of power when operated. 7. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode dissipates at least about 1 watt of power when operated. 8. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode dissipates at least about 1.5 watts of power when operated. 9. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode dissipates at least about 2 watts of power when operated. 10. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode comprises an Indium Gallium Nitride light emitting diode. 11. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein a pulse width modulated duty cycle voltage is applied to power said high-intensity power light emitting diode. 12. The lighting system of claim 1, where said light module emits a beam of light having a cone angle of at least about 30 degrees. 13. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module emits a light beam providing illumination of at least about 50 lux over an area of at least about 5 square feet. 14. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module emits a light beam providing illumination of at least about 75 lux over an area of 1 foot by 1 foot at a distance of about 40 inches. 15. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the junction of said high-intensity power light emitting diode is maintained at a temperature less than about 130 degrees Celsius. 16. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the junction of said high-intensity power light emitting diode is maintained at a temperature less than about 100 degrees Celsius. 17. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the junction of said high-intensity power light emitting diode is maintained at a temperature less than about 70 degrees Celsius. 18. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module includes a light reflector. 19. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said heat dissipating element comprises a metal having high heat conductivity. 20. The lighting system of claim 19, wherein said metal comprises at least one of copper, a copper alloy, aluminum and brass. 21. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said lens comprises one of a diffractive optic and a refractive optic. 22. The lighting system of claim 21, wherein said lens comprises a lens chosen from at least one of (i) a fresnel-optic lens, (ii) a binary-optic lens, (iii) a diffusive-optic lens, (iv) a holographic-optic lens, and (v) a sinusoidal-optic lens. 23. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said voltage converter has an input voltage and an output voltage and has an input current and an output current, and wherein the ratio of said input voltage to said output voltage is at least about 2 to 1, and wherein the ratio of said input current to said output current is at least about 1 to 2. 24. The lighting system of claim 23, wherein said ratio of said input voltage to said output voltage is at least about 4 to 1. 25. The lighting system of claim 23, wherein said output current is at least about 350 milliamps. 26. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module connects to a vehicle network system. 27. The lighting system of claim 26, wherein said vehicle network system comprises a CAN network. 28. The lighting system of claim 26, wherein said vehicle network system comprises a LIN network. 29. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module includes a surround for directing light emitted by said high-intensity power light emitting diode. 30. The lighting system of claim 29, wherein said surround comprises an optical surface. 31. The lighting system of claim 29, wherein said surround comprises a light reflective surface. 32. The lighting system of claim 29, wherein said sealed unitary light module includes terminals connecting to the battery/ignition voltage of the vehicle. 33. The lighting system of claim 29, wherein said sealed unitary light module includes said voltage converter. 34. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said light module includes a light piping element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode optically couples with said light piping element. 35. The lighting system of claim 34, wherein said light piping element comprises an optical polymer material having a refractive index in a range of about 1.4 to about 1.6. 36. The lighting system of claim 35, wherein said optical polymer material comprises a polycarbonate material.
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