Abstract: A hollow light guide luminaire where a light source conveys light through a light ingress surface of a nominally hollow light guide with a narrow portion and a wide portion. The light guide provides means of transporting light via total internal reflection within the light guide from the light source positioned at one of the narrow portion or the wide portion to the other of the wide portion or the narrow portion wherefrom light is emitted from the light guide into the environment surrounding the luminaire.
Abstract: A lighting waveguide and its assembly in an LED lighting fixture. LED waveguide technology offers a novel approach to the design of a lighting fixture that still retains a typical appearance of a lamp shade and lighting fixture. A nominally transparent plastic or glass waveguide is fashioned into the shape of a lamp shade with a slot at one side that defines a gap between two edges or ends of the waveguide, and possess perturbations on the surface of the waveguide to facilitate the extraction and provide usable light from the lighting fixture. An LED PCB board, with side-mounted LEDs, is mounted to the lighting fixture between the slot in the waveguide such that the light emitting surfaces of the LEDs are proximal to and face towards the edges of the waveguide, Illuminating the waveguide and providing light from the light fixture via the perturbations that provide a light extraction.
Abstract: A flexible organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) and method of assembly to facilitate the use in a lighting luminaire and appear like a traditional cone shaped lamp shade. Flexible OLED panels, manufactured with a certain pattern or design resembling an unrolled and flattened conic frustum, allow the flexible panel to be curled, during assembly, to create a cone shape by bringing two ends of the panel together and resemble a traditional cone shaped light shade. Auxiliary frames or tensioning ties can be placed on the cone shaped OLED panel to retain the shape of the cone or, in instances where a portion of the OLED panel extends beyond the cone form in assembly, a lap joint can be made with two ends of the panel and secured with an adhesive. Frames may aid in the suspension of the OLED panel, as desired, to serve as a luminaire or lighting fixture.
Abstract: A lighting waveguide and its assembly in an LED lighting fixture. LED waveguide technology offers a novel approach to the design of a lighting fixture that still retains a typical appearance of a lamp shade and lighting fixture. A nominally transparent plastic or glass waveguide is fashioned into the shape of a lamp shade with a slot at one side that defines a gap between two edges or ends of the waveguide, and possess perturbations on the surface of the waveguide to facilitate the extraction and provide usable light from the lighting fixture. An LED PCB board, with side-mounted LEDs, is mounted to the lighting fixture between the slot in the waveguide such that the light emitting surfaces of the LEDs are proximal to and face towards the edges of the waveguide, Illuminating the waveguide and providing light from the light fixture via the perturbations that provide a light extraction.
Abstract: A luminaire which includes a body having a substantially vertical axis. A suspension support frame is secured asymmetrically to the body. The suspension support frame has a suspension portion that is vertically in-line with a center of mass of the luminaire and offset from the axis of the body.