With Corrugated, Faceted Or Fluted Reflector And/or Lens Patents (Class 362/215)
  • Patent number: 9429298
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a fixture housing and at least one adjustable lighting head assembly coupled thereto. Each lighting head assembly includes a lighting head and a mounting assembly that couples the lighting head to the fixture housing. The lighting head includes a housing, a light source inserted therein, a cover coupled to the distal end of the housing, and an optic lens rotatably disposed between the housing and the cover which produces an asymmetric light output. The mounting assembly includes a rotatable mounting base, a pin head, and a pin extending from the mounting base to the pin head. The pin is inserted through a slot formed within the housing and the pin head slides within the housing along the length of the slot. Hence, the asymmetric light output is adjustable using the rotation of each of the optic lens, the sliding pin head, and the rotatable mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Westly Davis Hetrick, Christopher Ladewig
  • Patent number: 8891171
    Abstract: The high sag thick lens is for use in an illumination apparatus, such as a solid state light source. The lens is made of a first lens part having an optical active surface and a series of elongated baffles, the baffles having a top portion, the top portions defining a line that follows the curvature of the optical active surface to create a second lens part of uniform thickness. A second lens part is fused to the first lens part to create the lens. The second lens part has an optical active surface and a series of elongated baffles, the baffles having a thickness comparable to the thickness of the corresponding optical active surfaces. The first and the second baffles are intertwined along the entire length of their lateral surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: DBM Reflex Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Choquet, George Iatan
  • Patent number: 8519418
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting device package and a lighting system. The light emitting device package includes a sub-mount including a cavity, a light emitting device chip provided in the cavity, an electrode electrically connected to the light emitting chip, a reflective layer formed on a surface of the cavity, a dielectric pattern on the reflective layer, and an encapsulant filled in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 7993033
    Abstract: A reflector built in a down light includes a plurality of floodlight openings respectively exposing a plurality of light-emitting elements to a front surface side, a plurality of radial partition walls which respectively partition and surround these floodlight openings, and an inner circumferential partition wall. Each of the partition walls has a ridge line, and the reflector includes a plurality of reflection concave surfaces each which open and widen from a respective one of the plurality of floodlight openings towards ridge lines of the plurality of partition walls which respectively surround the plurality of floodlight openings. The plurality of radial partition walls extend from the center of the reflector towards the outer circumference, and the inner circumferential partition wall is located between the center and the outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayoshi Moriyama, Kazunari Higuchi, Sumio Hashimoto, Shinichi Kumashiro
  • Patent number: 7722210
    Abstract: An advanced forward lighting system may be made with a lamp having a first filament and a second filament extending perpendicular to the first filament. The second filament is partially hidden rearward and above the first filament. A reflector forms a main beam from the first filament light and a right or left cast supplemental beam from the second filament light. The second filament's position minimizes glare, and enables a simple advanced forward lighting system from a single standard lamp fitting both right and left side reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Joseph C. Swadel, Daniel D. Devir, Richard D. Holland, Edward P. Otto, Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 7494240
    Abstract: A lighting fixture assembly includes a base having a plate and a peripheral wall which has recesses defined in an inner periphery thereof. The plate has connection slots in which V-shaped clamp members are respectively received. Each clamp member has a C-shaped connection end which includes an opening and two extensions extend from two ends of the connection end at an angle. Two parts each have an insertion and a frame is connected on the insertion. Each frame is connected with light tubes thereon. Each insertion has protrusions for being engaged with the recesses and positioning rods for being slidably inserted through the connection slots and engaged with the V-shaped clamp members. The two parts can be replaced by different shapes of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Inventor: Tung Hsiung Lin
  • Patent number: 7397176
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a light source body, first and second electrodes, a light reflecting layer, and a fluorescent layer. The light source body is configured to generate light. The first and second electrodes are each disposed adjacent to a corresponding opposite end portion of the light source body. The first and second electrodes receive a discharge voltage that creates a potential difference across the light source body. The light reflecting layer is disposed at an internal surface of the light source body. The light reflecting layer includes light diffusing particles having at least two sizes. The fluorescent layer is disposed at selected regions of the light source body. Therefore, the light reflecting layer is not deformed by heat and enhances reflectivity without changing a color coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong-Hyun Kim, Hae-Soo Ha, Sang-Yu Lee, Seog-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 7178958
    Abstract: A vehicle light includes a light source, a main-reflector, and a sub-reflector. The sub-reflector is arranged around the light source. The main-reflector is arranged around the light source and the sub-reflector. The main-reflector includes a reflection surface that reflects light from the light source in a predetermined direction, avoiding the sub-reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Masafumi Kobayashi, Kazunori Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 7144143
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit. The first lamp unit includes a light source and a reflector. The light source includes a first filament, a second filament, and a shade. The reflector includes a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and a third reflection surface. The third reflection surface reflects light from the first filament to obtain a first condensing light-distribution-pattern, and reflects light from the second filament to obtain a second condensing light-distribution-pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6764209
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight comprises a support, a lamp with two light sources, and a reflector with a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. These surfaces reflect light from the lamp to give a first light beam and a second light beam. The first reflective surface is rotatable about an axis with respect to the support, in such a way as to direct the first beam towards the inside of the bend being followed by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: RĂ©gis Nouet, Philippe Hidden
  • Patent number: 6722775
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp including a headlamp unit and an auxiliary lamp in which the brightness of an end portion of the low beam light distribution pattern formed by the beam irradiation from the headlamp unit is reinforced by the auxiliary light distribution pattern formed by the beam irradiation from the auxiliary lamp unit. The high luminous intensity area of the auxiliary light distribution pattern partly overlaps the high luminous intensity area of the low beam light distribution pattern, thus allowing the low beam light distribution pattern and the auxiliary light distribution pattern to be combined. Further, by way of controlling the beam irradiation intensity of the auxiliary lamp unit by a light control unit, the brightness of the low beam light distribution pattern is reinforced by the auxiliary light distribution pattern that has brightness in response to the vehicle running condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motohiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 6693514
    Abstract: A signaling device for annunciating in a hallway of a building a status of a monitored person or object is provided. The signaling device includes at least two vertically stacked sections for announcing a status of the monitored person or object with each section announcing a status of a different condition. Each section includes a solid-state, light-emitting device (LED) that is supported such that when the device is mounted to the wall of the hallway a beam of light from the LED is substantially aimed at a wall opposing the wall to which the device is mounted. A pair of opposing planar surfaces extends along diverging planes and is supported over each LED to receive the LED's beam of light. Each of the planar surfaces extends at an angle approximately equal to a characteristic optical beam angle of the beam of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Rauland-Borg Corporation
    Inventors: Levi J. Perea, Jr., Steven J. Grabowski, Michael C. Perkins
  • Patent number: 6520668
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight has a light source cooperating with a reflector to produce a light beam. The reflector has an active base region immediately behind the light source, and is arranged to reflect the radiation from the source to produce a beam of given photometry. The said base region includes, in at least one zone from which light would, in the absence of the invention, be reflected back to the close vicinity of the light source, a corrected reflective surface which produces corrected radiation that remains spaced away from the vicinity of the source without disturbing the photometry. Reflection back to the source, and consequently the danger of overheating the source and/or production of parasitic images, are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoit Reiss
  • Patent number: 6414795
    Abstract: In an illumination apparatus for illuminating a display device with a light beam from a light source through an illumination optical system, the illumination optical system includes a first lens array unit having a plurality of positive lens portions juxtaposed with each other, a second lens array unit having a plurality of negative lens portions juxtaposed with each other, and a third lens array unit having a plurality of positive lens portions juxtaposed with each other. The first to third lens array units are sequentially arranged from the light source side. The image-side focal point of the combined system of lens portions of the first and second lens array units is located at the third lens array unit. The object-side focal point of the combined system of lens portions of the second and third lens array units is located at the first lens array unit, thereby attaining a reduction in the size of the illumination apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Saburo Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6401767
    Abstract: A safety system for grounding an operator at a fueling station prior to removing a fuel fill nozzle from a fuel tank upon completion of a fuel filling operation is provided which includes a fuel tank port in communication with the fuel tank for receiving and retaining the nozzle during the fuel filling operation and a grounding device adjacent to the fuel tank port which includes a grounding switch having a contact member that receives physical contact by the operator and where physical contact of the contact member activates the grounding switch. A releasable interlock is included that provides a lock position wherein the nozzle is locked into the port upon insertion of the nozzle into the port and a release position wherein the nozzle is releasable from the port upon completion of the fuel filling operation and after physical contact of the contact member is accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Perry Cohen, David John Farese, Jianguo Xu
  • Patent number: 6254257
    Abstract: A reflector for a light fixture having elongated light elements, wherein the light fixture opens at the ceiling surface and is recessed thereabove, includes a generally cylindrical bottom section defining a circular opening. A substantially enclosed top section defines a generally rectangular, corrugated top surface and a side portion tapering inwardly from the bottom section to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Progress Lighting
    Inventor: Philip Sieczkowski
  • Patent number: 6238059
    Abstract: A various color light refraction bulb is disclosed. The bulb includes a lamp tube, tungsten silks and a core pillar. A concave ring is formed at a middle section of the lamp tube, so as to divide the core tube into an upper tube and a lower tube. The concave ring serves to refract light from the upper and lower tubes so as to present various colors. A cone shape surface is used to seal the lower side of the lower tube and is used as a reflecting region so as to project light toward the lamp tube; and therefore, a various light refraction bulb is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Jsiang-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 5931575
    Abstract: A light emitting reference point is set for a light source attached to a reflecting mirror having an opening on one end thereof, and it is assumed that a point light source is set on the reference point. Then, a reference surface formed as a set of half lines extending from the reference point to an arbitrary point on a front end edge of a socket arranged so as to interrupt rays of light from the point light source. Then, a partial surface of the basic surface of a reflective surface around the socket is arranged so that the partial surface projects more frontward than the reference surface, and a curved form of the partial surface is arranged so that the rays of light emitted from the point reach everywhere on the surface. Then, a group of paraboloids of revolution formed by a number of paraboloids of revolution whose focal distances are different from one another, is prepared, and intersecting lines between the basic surface and the group of paraboloids of revolution are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Norihiro Nishitani, Yoshiaki Furuya
  • Patent number: 5695276
    Abstract: A bulb 14 is arranged in such a manner that the lower end of a filament 16 of the bulb 14 coincides with an optical axis Ax of a reflector 10. Horizontal cut line forming steps 12aH out of a plurality of light distribution steps 12a constituting a reflecting surface 12 extend over such upper and lower areas as to interpose phantom lines Lh1, Lh2 on the reflecting surface 12 therebetween. The phantom lines will correspond to the horizontal cut lines. Vertical sections of these horizontal cut line forming steps in both upper and lower areas are set to parabolas, each having a short focus, and to parabolas, each having a long focus, respectively. The horizontal cut lines are formed by taking advantage of the luminous fluxes of reflecting light from both areas. Each parabola having a short focus is connected to the corresponding parabola having a long focus at the apex thereof smoothly. As a result, the horizontal cut line forming steps 12aH can be reduced into a single step without steps and bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Tatsukawa
  • Patent number: 5406464
    Abstract: A reflector for a vehicular headlamp in which glare formed by light reflected from a stepped part at the boundary of the adjacent segments constituting a reflector is reduced. Of the distribution control segmental areas on the reflecting surface, a first reflecting area consisting of an aggregation of hyperbolic paraboloid segments forms a pattern widely diffused in the horizontal direction. Second reflecting areas each consisting of elliptic paraboloid segments form a pattern contributing to the formation of the luminous-intensity center of a distribution pattern. A third reflecting area consisting of an aggregation of paraboloid-of-revolution segments forms a pattern contributing to the formation of a cut line tilted a given angle with respect to the horizontal line in the distribution pattern of a passing beam. The focal distance of the reference surface for the paraboloid-of-revolution surface changes for each segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norikazu Saito
  • Patent number: 5253150
    Abstract: A warning light (100) is provided that includes a base member (4) having at least one electroluminescent panel (14) mounted thereon that is enclosed by an upper housing (2) secured to base member (4) and of which at least a portion comprises a lens member preferably in the form of at least one panel section (8) that includes fluorescent material operative to fluoresce upon exposure to light incident thereupon emitted by electroluminescent panel (14). Warning light (100) is preferably powered by a rechargeable battery (20) that is charged by at least one solar cell (28) mounted on upper housing (2) in a manner operative to enable solar energy to be incident thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Inventor: Robert R. Vanni
  • Patent number: 5008781
    Abstract: Disclosued herein is a headlamp unit. The unit comprises a multi-surface concave reflector having a beam axis along which a light beam projects forward to produce a beam pattern, the reflector including upper and lower concave light reflecting parts which are respectively located at upper and lower positions with respect to a given portion of the reflector, and left and right concave light reflecting parts which are respectively located at left and right positions with respect to the given portion and have respective focuses on their respective optical axes, the optical axes being inclined with respect to the beam axis, each of the left and right concave light reflecting parts having respective curves of second degree when cut by vertical and horizontal planes; and first and second filaments of an electric bulb which are located on the beam axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naohi Nino
  • Patent number: 4821154
    Abstract: A light source for use in traffic signals has a plurality of light bulbs, in which each bulb is used in turn until it burns out, at which time power is switched to an operable bulb. By means of lenses and mirrors in the light source, a substantially identical pattern of light rays is produced regardless of which bulb is lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Trio Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Ireneusz J. Kotecki, Slawomir Patocki
  • Patent number: 4772988
    Abstract: A dipped headlight for a motor vehicle, comprises: a reflector (200) including two sectors (201, 202) in the form of paraboloids of revolution about a common axis, said sectors being disposed symmetrically about said axis and being delimited by two axial planes, one of which planes is horizontal and the other of which planes is at an angle to said horizontal plane equal to the lift angle (.alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Cibie Projecteurs
    Inventor: Norbert Brun
  • Patent number: 4772987
    Abstract: In a headlight for antidazzle lamps for motor vehicles, a reflector and a shield or screen, and an objective form a light beam illuminating a roadway in accordance with law requirements. The lower portion of the reflector forms a paraboloid-ellipsoid-shaped section which generates an additional light beam below the screen and the objective. The additional light beam is received by horizontal scattering prisms on a transparent pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Kretschmer, Gerhard Lindae, Ernst Merkl, Peter Perthus
  • Patent number: 4755711
    Abstract: An electric lamp of compact, rugged design capable of high temperature operation in such applications as down lighting, display lighting, track lighting, etc. The lamp includes a ceramic reflector having therein a capsule (e.g., tungsten halogen or arc discharge) which serves as the lamp's light source. A base member of conventional external design is secured to the reflector to enable positioning of the lamp in existing socket configurations. At least one part of the capsule engages the internal surface of the reflector's central opening to assure stabilization of the capsule. The lamp further includes a cover which is capable of outward flexing during lamp operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: Larry R. Fields, George B. Kendrick, Merle E. Morris
  • Patent number: 4351018
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle headlamp or the like, the required distribution of the light rays is achieved entirely by selecting an appropriate configuration for the reflector; the front glass is a plain glass having smooth front and rear surfaces. The reflector surface is, as far as possible, a plain paraboloidal surface, but is provided with elongate ribs in selected zones, to produce a spreading of the light rays reflected from these ribs; the light is spread transversely to the length of the ribs. The reflector surface also has offset portions which, like the basic reflector shape, are paraboloidal, but have their focus or foci displaced from the focus of the basic reflector shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: Cibie Projecteurs
    Inventor: Hector Fratty
  • Patent number: 4175244
    Abstract: The improvement in a filament system in a lamp for use in a drum lens of a navigational light in which a plurality of vertically positioned similar filaments are spaced about but away from a vertical axis adapted to be placed at the focal point of the lens. The filaments are positioned in a horizontal plane relative to each other whereby no more than two filaments are aligned in any horizontal direction. In using four filaments, three of the filaments are positioned at the corners of a horizontal square and the fourth filament is positioned outside of tne unoccupied corner of the square and in line with the diagonal of the square through the unoccupied corner thereby minimizing shadowing of one filament by other filaments in any horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1979
    Assignee: Tideland Signal Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Klein, William V. Burns
  • Patent number: 4128864
    Abstract: An improved pressed glass lens member for a sealed beam lamp unit is provided to include an outer sealing rim of varying thickness to compensate for thermal contraction of the lens member when molded in a predetermined manner. Specifically, the ordinary warped condition encountered with thermal contraction of the pressed glass article when initially formed is compensated for so as to permit subsequent heat sealing with a pressed glass reflector member by thermally fusing the glass material of both members in the sealing regions and without encountering the manufacturing defects now being experienced. The preferred embodiments illustrate such controlled thickness variation of the body section in the outer sealing rim region of a pressed glass lens member for both circular-shaped and rectangular-shaped lens configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Warren T. Brussee, William G. Ferris