FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to street light structure where LED lights
are used to produce lighting, resulting in lesser consumption of electricity and lesser
need for maintenance and thus substantial cost-saving.
[0002] Traditionally, street lighting is done by incandescent lighting, halogen lighting,
sodium vapor lighting, or fluorescent lighting. Incandescent lighting consumes lot
of power and generates substantial heat. Moreover, not enough lighting is produced
by this traditional method.
[0003] Halogen lighting, though producing strong lighting effect, also consumes a lot of
electricity.
[0004] Fluorescent lighting uses less electricity, but requires a lot more monitoring and
maintenance to replace burnout lights.
[0005] Sodium vapor lighting, though consuming less electricity compared to incandescent
light, contains mercury in some version and is a source of pollution to the environment.
SUMMARY OF PRESENT INVENTION
[0006] Present invention provides a multi-sided structure, such as a hexagonal structure,
that uses a number of low wattage LED light, each is around 0.5 W - 3W, so that they
are arranged on the "fan" part of the multi-sided structure, which has an aluminum
plate that houses the LED lights, where a layer of water-proofing is situated between
the fan part and the aluminum plate.
[0007] A lens is used on the outside surface of said LED lights, so that the lighting effect
is focused and adjusted more effectively for lighting purpose.
[0008] LED light is the new trend for general lighting, since it uses roughly 20% of the
electricity used to produce equivalent amount of lighting by a high-pressure Sodium
light. Besides, LED light is more environmentally friendly because it contains no
lead or mercury and thus not create the pollution associated with the two types of
metal that are known to be harmful to the environment and to human health.
[0009] The street lighting based upon the LED lights allows working temperature between
-20 °C and +65 °C and has a wide range of applicability than other type of lighting,
in addition to the save electricity cost.
[0010] Also, the use of aluminum plate provides a light-weight yet heavy-duty structure
for long-term use, and thus is good for street lighting purpose.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this
specification, illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention and together
with the description, serve to the principles of the invention, but are not to limit
the scope of present invention to the extent present invention is applicable.
[0012] Fig. 1 shows the main side view of present LED street light structure.
[0013] Fig. 2 shows the structural cross-sectional view of present LED street light, along
the A-A orientation in Fig. 1.
[0014] Fig. 3 shows the exploded view of present LED street light, with components drawn
out for numbering identification.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0015] The high power LED street light of present invention primarily consists of a head
portion 1, which connected to a head connector 2 to a main chassis 3, which is then
attached to a multi-sided body 7 (here in this particular embodiment, it is a hexagonal
body, having 6 fan portions), via heat ring 4, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
[0016] A printed circuit board (PCB) 5 is located inside said main chassis 3, to provide
the electrical connection to a plurality of LED lights 6 placed on the outside surface
of the "fan" on said hexagonal body 7.
[0017] The A-A line in Fig. 1 forms the reference plane for the profile image of the Fig.
2, showing the 6-sided structure of the hexagonal body 7.
[0018] As shown in Fig. 2, on each "fan" portion of said hexagonal body 7, a string of LED
lights 6 is placed on an aluminum plate 8. An optical lens 9 is located on the outside
surface of each of the LED light 6.
[0019] A layer of washer piece 10 is sandwiched between said aluminum plate 8 and each one
of the six "fan" portion of said hexagonal body 7, to provide for a water-proof structure,
as exemplified in Fig. 3, which is an exploded view of the components.
[0020] Although the present disclosure uses the example of a hexagonal body, the same principle
can be applied to alternative embodiment of high power LED light wherein the string
of LED lights can be placed on a four-sided, eight-side, ten-sided or twelve-sidled
structure, depending implementation.
1. A high power LED street light, comprising:
A head portion (1);
A head connector (2);
A main chassis (3) containing a printed circuit board (5) inside;
A heat ring (4); characterized in that it further comprises
A plurality of LED lights (6);
A hexagonal body (7) forming six fan portions where each of said six fan
portions has a washer piece (10) sandwiched between said fan surface and an aluminum
plate (8) upon which said LED lights (6) are located, so that said washer piece (10)
serves to provide water- proofing function; and,
A cover lens (9) on the outside surface of each LED light (6).
2. The street light of claim 1, wherein each of the LED lights (6) has power rating between
0.5W to 3W.
3. A high power LED street light, comprising:
A head portion (1);
A head connector (2);
A main chassis (3) containing a printed circuit board (5) inside;
A heat ring (4); characterized in that it further comprises
A plurality of LED lights (6);
A multi-sided body (7), where each side forms a fan portion, each fan
portion having a washer piece (10) sandwiched between said fan surface and an aluminum
plate (10) upon which said LED lights (6) are located, so that said washer piece (10)
serves to provide water-proofing function; and,
A cover lens (9) on the outside surface of each LED light (6).
4. The street light of claim 3 wherein the multi-sided body (7) can be four, six, eight,
ten or twelve-sided, containing the amount of fans accordingly.