EP1583398B1 - Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche Geräte - Google Patents
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- EP1583398B1 EP1583398B1 EP04425118A EP04425118A EP1583398B1 EP 1583398 B1 EP1583398 B1 EP 1583398B1 EP 04425118 A EP04425118 A EP 04425118A EP 04425118 A EP04425118 A EP 04425118A EP 1583398 B1 EP1583398 B1 EP 1583398B1
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- the present invention relates to a lighted status indicator for electric, electronic and similar equipment.
- a lighted status indicator has the function of making a user aware of the state of electric or electronic equipment: for example, a green light may indicate a correct operation, a red light a failure, etc..
- Lighted indicators of the type in reference are present on household appliances, such as refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, on light switches, on personal computers.
- a first type of light source may consist of microlamps of a 3-6 mm diameter which contain a gas and in which an electric discharge takes place.
- microlamps are connected in an alternating-current circuit the supply voltage of which, included between standard values of 110V and 380V at 50 Hz, is reduced to the necessary flashover voltage of said microlamps, usually of about 90V, by an appropriate resistor having a resistance of a value approximately included between 48 and 270Kohm.
- microlamps are able to supply a light intensity of about 8-13 millicandles (mcd) and have an average lifetime of about 15 thousand hours.
- the average lifetime of said microlamps can be inappropriate for some applications, also because brightness of same has a tendency to be reduced with use, due to formation of deposits on the inner surface of the small transparent bulbs forming the lamp bodies, and to lose steadiness due to arising of flickering phenomena.
- a second type of light source which is based on use of LEDs, i.e. light-emitting diodes, of the type capable of supplying a light intensity of about 10mcd.
- LEDs not only offer availability of a wide range of colours among which white, but also have an average lifetime of about 50 thousand hours, i.e. a lifetime that is more than three times higher than the lifetime of gas-discharge microlamps, while maintaining a steady light with a constant intensity.
- the capacitor and first resistor perform the function of reducing voltage and current to the values required by the LED, 2V and 20mA (milliampere) for example, whereas the second resistor and second diode discharge possible voltage peaks present in the network.
- the technical task underlying the present invention is to devise a lighted status indicator for electric, electronic and similar equipment that is capable of substantially obviating the mentioned drawbacks.
- a lighted status indicator that, in addition to enabling a constantly steady light emission devoid of flickering phenomena, which can be of any colour and therefore also white, is of very high useful lifetime too, much higher than that obtainable with standard LEDs, but at much more reduced production costs as compared with those of said LEDs.
- the lighted status indicator in accordance with the invention is generally identified with reference numeral 1.
- It comprises at least one LED 2 of the super bright type, also called “high-efficiency LED", that, as known, is able to ensure an average duration of about three hundred thousand hours.
- LED 2 can be selected from the LEDs of the above mentioned type with a diameter of 3 to 5 mm and characterised by a maximum light emission included between 50 and 16000 mcd when said LEDs are passed through by a standard current intensity of about 20mA.
- LED 2 is submitted to passage of a current therethrough which has an operating intensity equal to a fraction of said standard intensity obtained by a simple feeding circuit 3.
- an operating current intensity is a light intensity that is reduced to few units or some tens of millicandles adapted for use in the indicators being the object of the invention.
- the feeding circuit comprises a resistor 4 and a diode 5 set in series with respect to LED 2 and consisting of components provided with rheophores (see Fig. 2) or disposed internally of an integrated circuit (see Fig. 1) and consisting of components suitable for surface mounting.
- resistor 4 may have a resistance included between 50 and 200Kohm, preferably of about 120kohm.
- LED 2 preferably selected from LEDs with a 3 mm diameter and capable of approximately supplying a 340mcd current with 20mA, is in this case passed through by an operating current intensity of few milliamperes.
- the current intensity is included between 0.2 and 5mA.
- the current intensity is of about 1mA to which, just as an indication, a light emission of 17mcd corresponds, which value is adequate for a standard status indicator.
- the invention achieves important advantages.
- the status indicator in accordance with the invention has a very high operating lifetime, without any reduction in light emission, not only higher than that of indicators with gas-discharge microlamps, but also higher than when light sources formed of LEDs of standard type are used, which LEDs in any case cannot be used for said status indicators due to their sizes.
- the status indicator in accordance with the invention comprises a very simple feeding circuit, only formed of one diode and one resistor.
- This structural simplicity is made possible by the fact that operation of said LED takes place with a much lower current intensity than that considered as the standard operating current and therefore under operating conditions that do not require additional components to protect the LED from possible voltage and current peaks present in the network, and this practically results in very reduced and competitive production costs as compared with other types of status indicators.
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- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche Geräte, umfassend mindestens eine LED (2) und eine Speiseschaltung (3), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die mindestens eine LED (2) nach der Art mit hoher Lichtausstrahlung ist, gewählt unter den LED, die eine Lichtausstrahlung zwischen 50 und 16000 mcd mit einer Standardstromstärke von etwa 20 mA aufweisen und die Speiseschaltung (3) fähig ist, die LED (2) einem Stromdurchfluss auszusetzen, der eine Stromstärke zwischen 0,2 und 5 mA aufweist.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Speiseschaltung (3) einen Widerstand (4) und eine Diode (5) umfasst, die gegenüber der LED (2) in Reihe geschaltet sind.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Widerstand (4) und die Diode (5) aus Bestandteilen mit Leitungen besteht.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Widerstand (4) und die Diode (5) aus Bestandteilen bestehen, die für die Montage an der Oberfläche geeignet sind.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Widerstand (4) und die Diode (5) innerhalb einer Leiterplatte eingebaut sind.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stromstärke, der die LED selbst ausgesetzt ist, gleich 1 mA ist.
- Zustandsleuchtanzeiger nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Widerstand (4) einen Widerstandswert zwischen 50 und 200 Kohm, bevorzugter Weise gleich 120 Kohm aufweist.
- Verwendung eines LED (2) und einer Speiseschaltung (3) nach Anspruch 1 bis 7, als Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für Haushaltsgeräte, Lichtschalter, Personalcomputer.
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EP04425118A EP1583398B1 (de) | 2004-02-26 | 2004-02-26 | Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche Geräte |
ES04425118T ES2249755T3 (es) | 2004-02-26 | 2004-02-26 | Indicador luminoso de estado de funcionamiento para equipo electrico, electronico y similares. |
AT04425118T ATE308223T1 (de) | 2004-02-26 | 2004-02-26 | Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche geräte |
DE602004000161T DE602004000161T2 (de) | 2004-02-26 | 2004-02-26 | Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche Geräte |
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EP04425118A EP1583398B1 (de) | 2004-02-26 | 2004-02-26 | Zustandsleuchtanzeiger für elektrische, elektronische und ähnliche Geräte |
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