With Reflector Patents (Class 362/245)
  • Publication number: 20110194282
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method of assembling the same are disclosed herein. The lighting device may include a lens assembly having a plurality of condensing lenses, a reflector having a plurality of openings, and a light emitting module having a plurality of LEDs. The condensing lenses, the plurality of openings, and the LEDs may be positioned to correspond to each other. The reflector may reflect light emitted from the light emitting elements to maximize light distribution efficiency of the lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Dongki Paik, Hyunha Kim
  • Publication number: 20110170293
    Abstract: An illumination device has a board, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on the board, the plurality of light emitting elements being disposed such that a light irradiation direction of each light emitting element becomes substantially perpendicular to the board, and a plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of lens is paired with one of the plurality of light emitting elements. A relative positional relationship between the light emitting element and the lens in each pair varies according to a position on the board in which the corresponding light emitting element is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Murai, Naoki Nishimori, Kosuke Sugiyama, Akira Matsui, Kenji Homma, Jun Ota, Sayuki Nakada, Rie Masuda
  • Patent number: 7976186
    Abstract: A light emitting die package includes a substrate, a reflector plate, and a lens. The substrate has traces for connecting an external electrical power source to a light emitting diode (LED) at a mounting pad. The reflector plate is coupled to the substrate and substantially surrounds the mounting pad, and includes a reflective surface to direct light from the LED in a desired direction. The lens is free to move relative to the reflector plate and is capable of being raised or lowered by the encapsulant that wets and adheres to it and is placed at an optimal distance from the LED chip(s). Heat generated by the LED during operation is drawn away from the LED by both the substrate (acting as a bottom heat sink) and the reflector plate (acting as a top heat sink).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Ban P. Loh
  • Patent number: 7972029
    Abstract: A surface mount LED lamp includes a central first section having a flat circular window that provides a direct view window to the source energy and having an angle equal to the total intended output viewing angle of the LED lamp thereby providing a smooth and relatively undistorted output intensity distribution. The window allows the energy from the wide angle LED source to exit the lamp with minimal distortion, creating a smooth generally cosine shaped light distribution through the intended viewing angle of the device. A second outer section has both refractive and internally reflective surfaces for the purpose of collecting the wider output angle light from the LED source thereby adding to the intensity at the outer edges of the distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Bryan Pruss, Patrick Jeffery Condon
  • Patent number: 7963689
    Abstract: A LED lighting fixture includes a cavity receiving a light guide board, and a plurality of LEDs mounted within two reinforcing parallel grooves formed in the light guide board along the length of corresponding opposite lateral sides. The light guide board further includes a clear base portion made of a light transmissive material, and a continuous reflective layer disposed over a surface of the clear base portion, the reflective layer having a portion protruding into the clear base portion. Light from the LEDs is injected transversely into the inside of the light guide board for reflection by the reflective layer to be ejected from the lighting fixture through a surface of the light guide board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Kun Dian Photoelectric Enterprise Co.
    Inventor: Cheng Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 7959325
    Abstract: A solid state lighting unit includes a plurality of solid state lighting tiles including a planar surface and a plurality of solid state light sources on the planar surface. The lighting unit includes a plurality of bar support members. Respective ones of the bar support members include at least two of the plurality of tiles affixed thereon to form respective bar assemblies, and respective ones of the solid state light sources on the solid state lighting tiles of a bar assembly are electrically connected in series so as to be simultaneously energized upon application of a voltage thereto. Methods of forming a solid state lighting unit are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Roberts, Paul E. Sims, Chenhua You
  • Patent number: 7959323
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a plurality of first light-reflecting parts, and a plurality of second light-reflecting parts. Each of the plurality of first light-reflecting parts has a first light reflecting surface surrounding one of the light-emitting diodes. Each of the plurality of second light-reflecting parts has a second light reflecting surface surrounding one of the light-emitting diodes. The shape of the first light reflecting surface is different from that of the second light reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Tabuchi, Hidetaka Katou
  • Patent number: 7959322
    Abstract: An optical system for an LED array includes a trough reflector in combination with an elongated lens. The reflector and lens include distinct regions dedicated to particular zones of light emanating from the LED array. The reflector includes lower, upper and end portions, each configured to redirect a particular zone of wide angle light from the LED array into a pre-determined warning light pattern. The lens includes central, side and end regions, each configured to redirect a particular zone of narrow angle light from the LED array into the pre-determined warning light pattern. The shape of the trough reflector and lens, as well as the relationship between the lens and reflector, are selected to provide an optical system with expanded illuminated surface area and a low profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110122619
    Abstract: A light-directing apparatus for off-axial preferential-side distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis, including a lens member positioned over the light emitter and a shield member. The lens member has a proximal end substantially transverse the emitter axis and an outer surface which may be configured for refracting light from the emitter. The shield member may be snugly received in a shield-receiving void of an inner surface of the lens member. Alternatively, the shield member is embedded by the lens member having been molded thereabout. Another aspect of this invention is a lighting fixture utilizing such light-directing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: RUUD LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20110110083
    Abstract: A lighting module may include a light source; a lens arranged at a distance from the light source; and a reflector; wherein the lens is configured and arranged to have a wide-angle emission characteristic and to direct a proportion of the light incident from the light source onto the reflector, wherein the proportion is at least 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG, OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Monika Pahlke, Katrin Schroll, Hartmut Billy, Julius Augustin Muschaweck
  • Patent number: 7938559
    Abstract: A LED lighting device has a number of LED's, and a multiple optical assembly defined by a number of modular units; each modular unit has a total-internal-reflection lens associated with a LED, and the modular units are connected to one another so as the lenses have respective distinct optical reflecting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventors: Marco Angelini, Natale Baraldo, Claudia Bigliati, Luca Scodes
  • Patent number: 7931383
    Abstract: An illumination device is provided on a backside of a display panel so as to irradiate a display panel with light, the illumination device including a plurality of rod-like light sources arranged in a planar configuration such that they do not cross each other, and columnar members being respectively provided adjacent to the rod-like light sources, each columnar member including a light incidence plane through which light emitted from a longitudinal direction of the rod-like light sources enters, a first light exit plane arranged to emit the incoming light from the light incidence plane toward the display panel, and a first light reflecting plane arranged to reflect the incoming light from the light incidence plane to the light exit plane. Therefore, with the illumination device applied as a direct backlight, it is possible to reduce luminance unevenness in both a front direction and oblique directions sufficiently, so as to reduce the luminance unevenness of the backlight sufficiently, as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiki Takata
  • Patent number: 7914173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp assembly for illuminating a surface comprising a cavity (5) having a substantially diffuse reflective surface (6), said cavity having an open aperture (7) facing said surface to be illuminated, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (9 A, 9B, 9C) capable of emitting visible light (LA, LB, LC). The light emitting diodes are arranged on or near said diffuse reflective surface of said cavity such that light emitted from said light emitting diodes is capable of reflecting from said diffuse reflective surface towards said surface to be illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Koninlijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Elvira Johanna Maria Paulussen, Peter Alexander Duine, Denis Joseph Carel Van Oers
  • Patent number: 7901096
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for illuminating an object and projecting its image on a ground glass screen. Optical comparators conventionally use incandescent illumination, either mercury arc or halogen. The use of an array of high intensity LED devices, provides many options for packaging the required optical components used in comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Dorsey Metrology International
    Inventor: Peter Donald Klepp
  • Patent number: 7896524
    Abstract: The invention provides a light irradiation apparatus that can adjust widening/narrowing of a light irradiation area and can guide almost whole of light emitted from an LED to the light irradiation area. The apparatus has an LED 11 and an optical unit 2 for making light for the LED 11 pass through itself and emit from its apical surface 21, and is equipped further with a supporting body 1A for holding the LED on the apical surface and a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position of the optical unit 2 to the LED 11 along an optical axis C direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: CCS, Inc., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yoneda, Mitsuru Saito
  • Patent number: 7891835
    Abstract: A light-directing apparatus for off-axial preferential-side distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis, including a lensing member positioned over the light emitter a shield member embedded within the lensing member in a position in the path of light emitted toward a non-preferential side. The lensing member having a proximal end substantially transverse the emitter axis and an outer surface configured for refracting light from the emitter. The shield member may be snugly received in a shield-receiving void of an inner surface of the lensing member. Alternatively, the shield member is embedded by the lensing member having been molded thereabout. Another aspect of this invention is a lighting fixture utilizing such light-directing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ruud Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Patent number: 7883232
    Abstract: An LCD device includes an LED backlight assembly, a liquid crystal display panel over the LED backlight assembly, a bottom cover covering a rear side of the LED backlight assembly, a reflecting sheet on an inner side of the bottom cover, the reflecting sheet having a plurality of through-holes corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, a main cover enclosing edges of the liquid crystal display panel and the LED backlight assembly, and a top cover covering edges of a front side of the liquid crystal display panel and combined with the main cover. The LED backlight assembly includes a plurality of LED lamps, a diffusion plate spaced apart from the plurality of LED lamps and having a light transmittance within a range of about 50% to about 90%, and a plurality of optical sheets over the diffusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Young Bang
  • Patent number: 7878682
    Abstract: A mixed light apparatus for mixing light emitted from a first light source and a second light source includes a body, a first light reflecting element, a second light reflecting element and a field lens. The body has a light emitting surface. A first reflecting element extends from the light emitting surface. The first light reflecting element has a first emanating point and a first focal point. The first light source is disposed at the first focal point. A second light reflecting element extends from the light emitting surface. The second light reflecting element has a second emanating point and a second focal point. The second light source is disposed at the second focal point. The first emanating point and the second emanating point overlap at the light emitting surface. The field lens is disposed on the light emitting surface and corresponds to the first and second emanating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, He Zhang, Guo-Fan Jin
  • Patent number: 7866849
    Abstract: A light-emitting device (100) is provided, comprising four light sources (101, 102, 103, 104) and a collimating element (105) for collimating and mixing the light from the light sources. The light-collimating element comprises three V-shaped profile surfaces (110, 120, 130) arranged with their edges (115, 125, 135) towards the light sources. The V-shaped profile surfaces are provided with dichroic filters that transmits light from the light sources that they are arranged in front of, and reflects light from the remaining light sources. Such a device is capable of collimating and mixing the light from the four light sources, such that essentially the same degree of collimation is achieved for all four light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom
  • Patent number: 7841739
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coupling lens system, which comprises a collimation lens for collimating light from light source to a first direction; a first lens surface for total internal reflecting light from light source to the first direction; and a second lens surface for total internal reflecting light from the first direction to a second direction. Wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction can be larger than, smaller than or equal to 90 degrees, and preferably between 70 to 100 degrees. Additionally, the system further comprises at least one extra surface parallel to the second lens surface, wherein at least one extra surface has a length L and is parallel to each other. At the same time, each surface and another surface has a distance D in between, and the length L can be equaled to or larger than the distance D according to purposes and further modifies a shape of the coupling lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Liu, Chen-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 7832913
    Abstract: A motor vehicle light comprising an equipped flexible electronic support that comprises: a flat flexible insulating support equipped on a first face with a plurality of flat conductive tracks; at least one light source of the light emitting diode type disposed on the first face of the flexible insulating support; wherein a second face of the flexible insulating support is covered with a layer of thermally conductive material for dissipating the heat produced by the light emitting diodes, the layer comprising an area of contact with the diode and an extended area extending out of this contact area, the dissipation of the heat taking place essentially at this extended area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Veleo Vision
    Inventors: Vincent Biarne, Gérard Billot
  • Patent number: 7828448
    Abstract: An illumination unit and an image projection apparatus employing the same. The illumination unit includes: a first reflective surface reflecting light incident thereon; a light-emitting device generating and emitting illuminating light; and a second reflective surface reflecting light emitted from the light-emitting device to a light source surface that includes the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hoi Kim, Won-yong Lee, Young-chol Lee, Kye-hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 7815340
    Abstract: Provided is an optical element (dichroic mirror) including a mirror surface transmitting a part of an incident light beam therethrough and reflecting the other part of the incident light beam. A target cutoff wavelength, which indicates a boundary wavelength between a wavelength band of a desired transmission light beam and a wavelength band of a desired reflection light beam, is defined, the mirror surface includes a plurality of slant regions, each of the plurality of slant regions includes a reference position at which a cutoff wavelength reference value, which determines whether a light beam having a reference incidence angle should be transmitted or reflected, indicates the target cutoff wavelength, and in each of the plurality of slant regions, the cutoff wavelength reference value is set to be a shorter or a longer wavelength than the target cutoff wavelength, based on a distance from the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Arai
  • Patent number: 7791274
    Abstract: An LED lamp 100 includes: an LED chip 10; a phosphor resin portion 12 that covers the LED chip 10; and a light-transmissive member 20 that covers the phosphor resin portion 12. The phosphor resin portion 12 includes: a phosphor for converting the emission of the LED chip 10 into light that has a longer wavelength than the emission; and a resin in which the phosphor is dispersed. The surface of the light-transmissive member 20 includes an upper surface portion 22 located over the LED chip 10 and a side surface portion 24 located around and below the upper surface portion 22. At least a part (low-transmittance part 26) of the side surface portion 24 of the light-transmissive member 20 has lower transmittance than the upper surface portion 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Yano, Masanori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7789661
    Abstract: Light Emitting Diode Light Sources for Dental Curing are disclosed. Some embodiments of the invention include structures such as Light Emitting Diode Array(s), heat sink, heat dissipation, heat pipe, and control circuitry are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V
    Inventors: Calvin D. Ostler, Kevin D. Ostler, Bruce R. Walker, Marc C. Cimolino, Miles F. Elledge
  • Patent number: 7775687
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a simple structure and high decorating characteristics is provided. The light emitting device comprises an emission source for outputting lights having different colors from different emission parts; and a transmitting resin having a conically shaped reflection surface for reflecting lights output from each of the emission parts, and covering the light emitting source, wherein the emission source is provided so that one or more of the emission parts are located away from a central axis of the conical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Nishi, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7744246
    Abstract: A portable luminaire includes an optical module, a power source and a housing. The optical module has at least one light emitting diode (LED) that emits light with a wide divergence, a non-imaging optical element and a transparent window. The non-imaging optical element (NIO) has a refractive member located around a LED optical axis and a total internal reflection member located around the refractive member. The refractive member and the total internal reflection member are integrated in a single transparent element having a mutual focal point. The NIO element collects a significant amount of light emitted by the LED with wide divergence located at the focal point to compress the collected light with high efficiency into a required pattern with a generally different angular distribution in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane, and to direct the compressed light outside of the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Farlight, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Rizkin, Robert H. Tudhope
  • Patent number: 7744248
    Abstract: A compact lighting fixture having various functions can be achieved at low cost. The lighting fixture can provide a high degree of freedom for space utilization, can provide a comfortable illumination space with designed light distribution, can be configured to require a smaller space for installation, and can have an appearance that is not so different from its surroundings. As a component constituting the illumination optical system, a polygonal frustum portion can be located at a center and can have tapered side reflecting portions. When assuming that three concentric imaginary circles have respective radii of R1, R2 and R3 (R1<R2<R3) and a center positioned at a center axis of the frustum portion, individual lens portions can be located at respective intersections where the imaginary circle having the radius of R1 and lines extending radially from the center at regular center angles of ? intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Kobinata, Katsuya Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 7736020
    Abstract: An illumination device and method of making the device uses a three-dimensional (3D) substrate on which a number of light-emitting dies are mounted. The 3D substrate is configured to define an interior region. The illumination device includes electrical traces on at least one of the exterior surface and the interior surface of the 3D substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tajul Arosh Baroky, Janet Bee Yin Chua
  • Patent number: 7731388
    Abstract: A light source (100) comprises a number of optical components aligned concentrically along an optical axis (115). The optical components include an array of light emitting diodes (101), a dielectric collimator (109) having surfaces configured to provide total internal reflection of light emitted from the array of diodes, and a second stage reflector (113) to further collimate the beam and which also may be based on total internal reflection by a prism structure on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Gerard August Hoelen, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems
  • Patent number: 7722236
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided with an upper stage light source unit, a middle stage light source unit, and a lower stage light source unit. The upper stage light source unit, the middle stage light source unit, and the lower stage light source unit are provided at a lamp body constituting a lamp member by way of a support member. A low beam light distribution pattern is formed on a front side of a vehicle by overlapping light from the respective light source units. The lower stage light source unit includes two subunits, the two subunits commonly share a single cylindrical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Naganawa, Michio Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20100118533
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting apparatus for illuminating large spaces and configured to enclose a surveillance camera within. The light emitting apparatus includes a plurality of chambers disposed on a perimeter of said housing along a horizontal plane directing outwardly, and substantially vertically, light generated within. The chambers include light emitting elements for generating the light and a lens for directing the generated light. Exemplary embodiments may be attached to a structure such as a light pole, a wall, or a ceiling. The light emitting apparatus may have a hollow center to enclose the surveillance camera, and may also have an opening at the bottom, covered by a transparent cover, through which the camera may capture images of the outside of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: William Hemby
  • Patent number: 7703964
    Abstract: An illumination device for a display apparatus provided on a rear side of a display panel of the display apparatus includes a plurality of rod-like light sources arranged substantially parallel to each other; and a light scattering member for scattering light, the light scattering member being provided between two adjacent rod-like light sources among the plurality of rod-like light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiki Takata
  • Patent number: 7699490
    Abstract: A light-emitting structure for generating an annular illumination effect includes a light-guiding module, a cover module, and a first light-emitting module. The light-guiding module has a hollow light-guiding body and a reflecting layer formed on an inner surface of the hollow light-guiding body. The cover module has a first cover body disposed on one end side of the hollow light-guiding body and a second cover body disposed on the other opposite end side of the hollow light-guiding body. The first light-emitting module has a plurality of first light-emitting elements disposed between the hollow light-guiding body and the first cover body. Therefore, first light beams generated by the first light-emitting elements are projected onto the hollow light-guiding body, and the first light beams are guided by the hollow light-guiding body and are reflected by the reflecting layer in order to make the hollow light-guiding body generate the annular illumination effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Ledtech Electronics Corp., Energyled Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Yao-I Wang, Pei-Hung Meng, Wei-Jen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100091492
    Abstract: A luminaire for providing broad uniform surface illumination and sharp cutoff which has at least one quasi point light source, such as an LED, located on an optical axis. There is at least one collimating ring lens which, at least partially surrounds the quasi point light source. The collimating ring projects a radial collimated beam and there is at least one reflective ring, at least partially surrounding the collimating ring lens. The reflecting ring reflects and redirects the collimated radial beam as a canted radial beam through the optical axis. In another embodiment at least one off axis collimating ring lens at least partially surrounds at least one quasi point light source, and projects a canted radial beam away from the optical axis. There is at least one ring reflector which at least partially surrounds the optical axis and is positioned to reflect the canted radial beam toward and through the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Jerome H. Simon
  • Publication number: 20100079995
    Abstract: A light projection device of a stack of at least 2 LED light projection modules. Each module shares a common optical axis and each includes an LED at least partially surrounded by an off-axis collimating optic and each projects a radially collimated canted beam towards and onto. There is a refracting plate for redirecting and changing the angle in respect to the optical axis of at least one of the radially collimated canted beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Jerome H. Simon
  • Publication number: 20100073928
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens for an LED outdoor lamp, and a road lamp, a security lamp, a tunnel lamp, a park lamp, a guard lamp, an industrial flood lamp, and an outdoor lamp using the lens. There is an advantage in that the shape of a light field can be a square shape by controlling light distribution. Brightness is very uniform within a available illumination range, and stray light is hardly generated outside of the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-ok Kim, Byung-oh Kim, Min-jin Cho
  • Patent number: 7682040
    Abstract: An optical system is usable to form an illuminating strip on a surface of a material. The optical system includes an illuminating device which contains several light sources which are located at a distance from the surface of the material. The illuminating device uses its light sources to generate the illuminating strip on the surface of the material, which is displaced in relation to the device. The illuminating device includes a mirror which focuses the light emitted by the light source into the illuminating strip, a diffusion body on the light emission side facing the surface of the material. The light sources feed their light into the reflector module. That module, the diffusion body, and the mirror are configured as a single component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Rüdiger Stöber
  • Patent number: 7677776
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicle include a housing body, an outer lens provided on the housing body, a decorating wall provided between the housing body and the outer lens and a plurality of light emitting devices which are provided between the housing body and the decorating wall and disposed with intervals to each other. The decorating wall includes a plurality of light transmitting portions, each of which is disposed to face each of the plurality of light emitting devices. The light transmitting portion is disposed to set light emitted from the corresponding light emitting device within a range of a predetermined light distribution angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yajima, Satoru Okada
  • Patent number: 7677760
    Abstract: Light projecting devices for integrating the light output from multiple light emitting quasi point sources into unified predetermined light patterns. The multiple light emitting quasi point sources (such as LEDs [Light Emitting Diodes]) are generally stacked with a common optical axis, each of the light emitting quasi point light sources further surrounded by a ring collimator designed to collect and project a radial beam of light away from the optical axis. In some embodiments, a series of individual collimators surround each of the light emitting quasi point sources and substitutions for the ring collimator forming an array of beams projected away from the optical axis. Further, either of the systems, whether incorporating a ring collimator or a series of individual collimators, may use reflecting surfaces to intercept and redirect the radiating collimated light into distribution patterns ranging from focused beams to ambient broad light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Jerome H. Simon
  • Patent number: 7667223
    Abstract: A solid-state optical device includes a solid-state element, a power supplying/retrieving portion on which the solid-state element is mounted, the power supplying/retrieving portion supplying or retrieving electric power to/from the solid-state element, and a glass sealing material that seals the solid-state element. The glass sealing material has a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to that of the power supplying/retrieving portion. The glass sealing material includes a P2O5—Al2O3—ZnO-based low-melting glass that includes 55 to 62 wt % of P2O5, 5 to 12 wt % of Al2O3 and 20 to 40 wt % of ZnO in weight %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Sumita Optical Glass, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Seiji Yamaguchi, Naruhito Sawanobori, Masaaki Ohtsuka, Hiroki Watanabe, Kazuya Aida
  • Publication number: 20100027259
    Abstract: An LED-based light for replacing a conventional fluorescent tube in a fixture is provided. The LED-based light includes an elongate light transmitting rod defining a bore and at least one LED positioned at one or both ends of the rod and oriented to produce light longitudinally into a portion of the rod radially outward of the bore. At least one connector is physically coupled to an end of the rod and electrically coupled to the at least one LED. The at least one connector is adapted for physical and electrical connection to the fixture. In operation, the directional light produced by the at least one LED is dispersed by way of reflection, refraction, and/or diffusion while traveling longitudinally through the rod to reduce the appearance of bright spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: David L. Simon, John Ivey
  • Patent number: 7654690
    Abstract: An improved lampshade of an LED lamp, assembled onto the port of hold tank on the main body of LED lamp so that light-reflection modules located between port of hold tank and LED modules in the hold tank are positioned securely. The lampshade has a circumferential locating surface and a limitation surface. The circumferential locating surface is adapted with the wall edge of hold tank to define an inner edge and an external edge. The limitation surface is recessed into the circumferential locating. A snapping portion is placed at the coupling portion of the circumferential locating surface and wall edge of the hold tank for positioning of the lampshade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Tang Shih Chuan
  • Publication number: 20100020540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two-sided illumination LED lens and LED module and an LED two-sided illumination system using the same; and, more particularly, to two-sided illumination LED lens and LED module including an incidence unit on which light impinges; a first exit unit corresponding to the incidence unit and transmitting a portion of the light upward; a reflection unit extended from the first exit unit and reflecting another portion of the light; and a second exit unit facing the first exit unit and transmitting the light reflected at the reflection unit downward, and an LED two-sided illumination system using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Ariyoshi TETSUO, Choul Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20100014286
    Abstract: The invention provides a light irradiation apparatus that can adjust widening/narrowing of a light irradiation area and can guide almost whole of light emitted from an LED to the light irradiation area. The apparatus has an LED 11 and an optical unit 2 for making light for the LED 11 pass through itself and emit from its apical surface 21, and is equipped further with a supporting body 1A for holding the LED on the apical surface and a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position of the optical unit 2 to the LED 11 along an optical axis C direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Kenji Yoneda, Mitsuru Saito
  • Patent number: 7597453
    Abstract: A luminaire for providing broad uniform surface illumination and sharp cutoff which has at least one quasi point light source, such as an LED, located on an optical axis. There is at least one collimating ring lens which, at least partially surrounds the quasi point light source. The collimating ring projects a radial collimated beam and there is at least one reflective ring, at least partially surrounding the collimating ring lens. The reflecting ring reflects and redirects the collimated radial beam as a canted radial beam through the optical axis. In another embodiment at least one off axis collimating ring lens at least partially surrounds at least one quasi point light source, and projects a canted radial beam away from the optical axis. There is at least one ring reflector which at least partially surrounds the optical axis and is positioned to reflect the canted radial beam toward and through the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventor: Jerome H. Simon
  • Patent number: 7594733
    Abstract: A converging sheet includes a light-emerging-side lens member formed of a plurality of unit lenses of convex shape that are arranged on a light-emerging side, and a scattering layer that is formed along a surface of each unit lens and scatters light. The scattering layer includes light diffusing particles. A thickness t of the scattering layer is equal to or more than one-tenth the lens pitch p. The converging sheet satisfies the following relationships: d×((t+h+p)/?)>50% and d×(t/?)<50%, in which d represents a volume ratio (%) of the light diffusing particles mixed in the scattering layer relative to the scattering layer, ? represents an average grain diameter (mm) of the light diffusing particles, and h represents a height from the apex to a bottom of the convex shape of the unit lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Goto
  • Patent number: 7588345
    Abstract: A lumenaire including a light fixture housing for supporting a lamp and a reflector disposed over the lamp. A diffuser is arranged under the lamp and has a lower arch-shaped portion for supporting a liner with a predetermined pattern for both reflecting and transmitting incident light from the lamp. The diffuser also includes upper end portions comprised of a material for refracting incident light from the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Arch Lighting Group Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Davis, Mikael Robbins
  • Patent number: 7588360
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an LED lighting equipment and heat radiating structure, which primarily consists of a lamp holder/bracket and a heat conduction base, wherein, the lamp holder/bracket comprising a light-transferring pole and an LED circuit board, and thereat, an LED lamp is fastened via the LED circuit board, so that the light emitted from light source could be reflected outward by a light reflective film installed inside the light-transferring pole, to generate light for the purpose of illumination; in addition, said heat conduction base is combined with the LED circuit board, and thereat the top of the heat conductor is pushing against a heat-transfer material extending from the back of the LED lamp, in order to absorb the high temperature generated by the LED lamp, afterward, high temperature would be rapidly radiated via an outer edge of the main body of the heat conduction base, and hence, achieving the effects of energy saving and safety with function of temperature reduction t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yao Hui Huang, Guan Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 7585083
    Abstract: A backlight for a display device includes a board, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the board, and a light guiding plate that is provided on the LEDs and has light reflecting grooves formed directly on respective LEDs. The light reflecting grooves are formed at an upper surface of the light guiding plate, having a shape of a reversed cone. In this backlight, the light traveling directly upward from the LED is efficiently reflected by total internal reflection and then recycled, resulting in a uniform light distribution of the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Cherl Kim, Seock-Hwan Kang, Sang-Yu Lee, Ju-Young Yoon, Chun-Ho Song