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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Takayoshi Moriyama, Miura, JP;
Kazunari Higuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Sumio Hashimoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Shinichi Kumashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Takayoshi Moriyama, Miura, JP;
Kazunari Higuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Sumio Hashimoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Shinichi Kumashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lighting apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted thereto. The substrate includes a surface on which a plurality of light-emitting elements are mounted and stress absorbing elements arranged on imaginary straight lines connecting portions for mounting the substrate with each other. The lighting apparatus includes a main body in contact with and fixed to a back surface of the substrate. The lighting apparatus also includes a light directing member in contact with a front surface of the substrate, a plurality of openings into which the plurality of light-emitting elements of the substrate are inserted, and a plurality of reflective surfaces.