Circuit board comprising at least one fold

• Main Authors: REBERGEN JOHANNES ALEXANDER, WEEKAMP JOHANNES WILHELMUS, SEPKHANOV RUSLAN AKHMEDOVICH, DE ZWART SIEBE TJERK, BUIJS ARNOLD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.12.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATINGELEMENTS; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUITS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; WEAPONS

A circuit board (10) for carrying at least one light source (16) of a lighting device and a method of manufacturing such a circuit board are provided. The circuit board comprises a substrate (1), wherein the substrate comprises at least one fold (9) forming a projecting portion and extending from a periphery (3) of the substrate up to an inner portion (2) of the substrate, whereby the substrate has a polygonal funnel shape. The present aspects use the concept of folding the substrate in order to obtain a polygonal funnel shape of the circuit board, whereby shaping of the substrate without requiring removal of material of the substrate is allowed.