Including Diverse Refracting Elements On One Surface Patents (Class 362/336)
  • Patent number: 8193703
    Abstract: An OLED display includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor and an OLED, and a second substrate on the first substrate and including a corner-cube pattern facing the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Chul Jeon, Woo-Suk Jung, Soon-Ryong Park, Eun-Ah Kim, Chul-Woo Jeong, Hee-Seong Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20120106168
    Abstract: An illuminating lens includes: a light entrance surface through which light emitted from a light source enters the lens; and a light exit surface through which the light that has entered the lens exits the lens. The light exit surface has: a concave portion intersecting the optical axis; and a convex portion provided around the concave portion to extend continuously from the concave portion. The light exit surface is formed in a shape such that a curvature C of micro-segments of the light exit surface in a cross section including the optical axis has a maximum value at a position outward from the midpoint of the convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daizaburo MATSUKI, Syunsuke KIMURA, Tomoko IIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120106165
    Abstract: A lens comprises a base, the base comprising a bottom face facing a light emitting side of a light source, and a top face; a first member comprising a convex part curved outward from a first portion of the top face, and a first light emergent face formed on a top of the convex part; wherein light emitted from the first light emergent face illuminates areas far away from the lens; and a second member connecting to the first member on a second portion of the top face, the second member comprising a second light emergent face; wherein the second light emergent face is at an angle from the top face, the second light emergent face is located at a lower elevation than the first light emergent face in relation to the top face, and light emitted from the second light emergent face illuminates areas near the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: HSIU-PING CHANG
  • Patent number: 8167472
    Abstract: An optical sheet (140) includes a base layer (142a) and a light condensing pattern (142b) formed on the base layer integrally with the base layer and including one or more peaks and one or more valleys. Each of the base layer and the light condensing pattern includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The dispersed phase is stretched in a main stretching direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Kim, Jin-Sung Choi, Joong-Hyun Kim, Seung-Hwan Chung, Seung-Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 8167462
    Abstract: An illumination lens including a first part being free of prismatic patterns, a second part including prismatic patterns on both sides of the first part and configured to increase light distribution in the both sides of the first part, and a lens cover covering the first and second parts with the first and second parts being disposed on a substantially same plane under the lens cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Hwa Kim, Dong Nyung Lim, Hyun Min Kim, Sung Ho Hong
  • Publication number: 20120099327
    Abstract: An illuminating lens includes: a light entrance surface through which light emitted from a light source enters the lens; and a light exit surface through which the light that has entered the lens exits the lens. The light exit surface has: a concave portion intersecting the optical axis; and a convex portion provided around the concave portion to extend continuously from the concave portion. The light exit surface is formed in a shape such that a curvature C of micro-segments of the light exit surface in a cross section including the optical axis has a maximum value at a position outward from the midpoint of the convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daizaburo MATSUKI, Syunsuke KIMURA, Tomoko IIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8152339
    Abstract: An illumination device having an optical waveguide stage to which is optically coupled a light-projecting stage. The illumination device accepts light from a small isotropic light source such as a light emitting diode or a bulb coupled to the optical waveguide stage. The illumination device spreads the light over a wide area while also collimating it to form a beam. The light-projecting stage and the optical waveguide stage are made of thin slabs of optically transmissive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Morgan Solar Inc.
    Inventor: John Paul Morgan
  • Publication number: 20120051061
    Abstract: An illumination device and a lens thereof are provided. The lens includes a surrounding sidewall, a light-incident surface, a light-incident structure, and a light-emitting surface. The surrounding sidewall includes two planar portions opposite to each other and two arc-surface portions opposite to each other to surround a reference axis. The light-incident surface is located at a side of the surrounding sidewall to receive a light emitted from a point light source. The light-incident structure located on the light-incident surface includes a plurality of bar-shaped protrusions. Each bar-shaped protrusion includes a plurality of first light-diffusing surfaces not parallel to the light-incident surface. The light-emitting surface is located at the other side of the surrounding sidewall and is opposite to the light-incident surface. The light-emitting surface is substantially circular. A cross-section area of the lens gradually increases from the light-incident surface to the light-emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: WINTEK CORPORATION, WINTEK TECHNOLOGY(H.K) LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi-Ting Ye, Kuo-Jui Huang
  • Publication number: 20120014115
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an aspherical light emitting diode (LED) lens and a light emitting device including the same. The aspherical LED lens includes a light exit plane concavely depressed near a central axis, a light entrance plane including a conical plane having a vertex located on the central axis, and a plurality of protrusions arranged on a portion of a side surface of the light exit plane. The aspherical LED lens has a radially symmetrical structure with respect to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il PARK, Sang Cheol LEE, Jeong A. HAN, Woong Jun HWANG, Hee Tak OH
  • Patent number: 8038319
    Abstract: A luminaire and a method of operating a luminaire is provided. The luminaire includes a light source emitting a plurality of light rays. A collimation device is arranged to receive a portion of light from the light source and transmits the portion of light through an exit aperture towards an illuminated area. The exit aperture includes a planar portion and at least one lenslet formed thereon. The lenslet is arranged having a first profile and a second profile, where the portion of light is refracted on a plurality of angles to form a twisted profile by the lenslet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Bailey
  • Patent number: 8016459
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a light source module for emitting light and an optical lens for adjusting the light. The light source module includes a reflecting unit and LEDs. The reflecting unit includes strip-shaped grooves each extending along a first direction. The LEDs are mounted on the reflecting unit in the grooves. The optical lens includes an array of lens units each including a main body, a light diverging portion and a light converging portion. The light diverging portion is for expanding a light field of the LEDs along the first direction. The light converging portion is for compressing the light field along a second direction. The reflecting unit is for further compressing the light field along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Ping-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7997767
    Abstract: An exemplary outdoor lamp includes a light source, a light-pervious cover, and a heating element. The light source is configured for emitting light. The light-pervious cover is for transmission of the light emitted from the light source therethrough. The heating element is in thermal contact with the light-pervious cover and is configured for heating the light-pervious cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Fa Chu, Wen-Jang Jiang
  • Patent number: 7993017
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus 101 in which the light quantity adjusting means has a simple and readily interchangeable structure, and which can improve image quality by adjusting the quantity of light received by a light valve continuously, without causing illuminance irregularities, and without having unwanted light radiated onto the screen, the light quantity adjusting means 9 having light blocking members 91L, 91R for blocking light in transit to a second lens array 22, and rotational axes 91LA, 91RA for turnably supporting each of the light blocking members on an xy plane, the light blocking members 91L, 91R and rotational axes 91LA, 91RA being positioned so that the rotational axes 91LA, 91RA are disposed in positions symmetric with respect to the optical axis AX on the xy plane, and the turning range from the light blocking initiation position at which the light blocking members 91L, 91R, by being turned, start to block light in transit toward the second lens array 22 to the maximum light blocking posi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamada, Motoo Takahashi, Akira Daijogo, Tomohiro Bessho, Kenji Samejima
  • Patent number: 7988334
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a housing, a light source module, and a plurality of replaceable optical elements. The light source module is positioned in the housing for emitting light having an initial illumination range. The optical elements are configured for respectively converting the initial illumination range into different outputting illumination ranges, each of the optical elements is selectively detachably mountable to the housing for achieving a desired illumination range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 7988328
    Abstract: An optical lens (10) includes an array of lens units (11). Each lens unit includes a main body (101), a light diverging portion (112) and a light converging portion (114). The main body includes a light incident surface (110) and a light emitting surface (112) opposite to the light incident surface. The light diverging portion is used to expand a light field along an x-direction. The light converging portion is used to compress a light field along a y-direction. In specific embodiments, the light diverging portion and the light converging portion are respectively formed on the light incident surface and the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Ping-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7976175
    Abstract: A ring lamp includes a light source having a first hollow cylinder with a lighting device disposed therein. The light source has an emitting surface with a light-emitting direction oriented toward an axis of the hollow cylinder. The lamp also includes a light directing device configured to direct light emission. The light directing device includes a lens system having a lens formed as a second hollow cylinder and configured to focus light into a radial plane which is orthogonal to the axis. The lens system has a ring-shaped aperture diaphragm disposed centrally in an optical path of the light emission behind the lens. The emitting surface of the light source and the lens system have a same length, are coaxial and axially aligned with each other. A radial surface which is defined by an inner radius of the lens system and the length of the lens system spans a delimited volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut Fuer Polar- und Meeresforschung
    Inventor: Jan Schulz
  • Patent number: 7972042
    Abstract: A light guide is a quarter of cylinder in shape and includes a cylindrical emitting surface, an incident surface adjacent to and facing away from the cylindrical emitting surface, and a connecting surface connecting the cylindrical emitting surface and incident surface. The light guide defines five a number of grooves in the incident surface. Each groove is bounded by two surfaces. The inclined angle of the two surface is designed to satisfy a set of conditions to improve light uniformity of the cylindrical emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mei-Chun Lin, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Kuang-Wei Lin, Kuan-Ting Chen, Hsin-Tsung Yeh, Wei-Hsiu Chang
  • Patent number: 7963680
    Abstract: A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Gi-Cherl Kim, Jong-Seo Lee, Chun-Ho Song, Se-Ki Park, Sang-Gil Lee, Seock-Hwan Kang
  • Patent number: 7950825
    Abstract: An optical lens includes an array of lens units. Each lens unit includes a main body, a light diverging portion and a light converging portion. The main body includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface. The light diverging portion is configured for expanding a light field along a first direction, and the light converging portion is configured for compressing a light field along a second direction. The light diverging portion and the light converging portion are both formed on one of the light incident surface and the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Ping-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7942558
    Abstract: Optical device and optical component part for the targeted reproduction of light emitted by LED light sources (6). The optical device comprises at least two component parts, a first optical component part (10) in the form of a solid waveguide and another component part for connection to the LED light source (6). In a system of Cartesian co-ordinates, the first optical component part (10) has a length in the y direction shorter than or equal to its length in the z direction and shorter than or equal to its length in the x direction. An envelope of the first optical component part (10) projected in an x-y plane forms essentially a rectangle. Proceeding from an x-y plane, the optical component part (10, 10?) tapers in the z direction to maximum ¼ of the largest width measured along y (By, max), with any design of the y-z flanks of the optical component part (10, 10?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Frédéric Zweig, Thomas Bührer
  • Patent number: 7922369
    Abstract: A device having an inner surface with a combination of reflective and refractive surface facets swept about an axis of revolution perpendicular to the optical axis of the device. The outer surface has a non-planar, non-circular, non-spherical shape. This outer surface generates an appropriate intensity distribution in a direction generally parallel to the major axis of the output rectangle and may also distribute energy generally parallelly to the minor axis of the output rectangle as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: TecNiq, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Jeffrey Condon, Mark Bryan Pruss
  • Publication number: 20110080745
    Abstract: The invention discloses an optical lens for a light-emitting device. The optical lens includes a translucent body which has a concave inner surface to which light is incident. The inner surface includes a first region and a second region opposite to the first region. The first region and the second region are both substantially straight planes and extend inclinedly from the edge of the inner surface to the center of the inner surface respectively, so as to connect with each other. Thereby, the optical lens of the invention is capable of contributing to an elliptic light field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Pin-Chun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110063857
    Abstract: A composite lens plate is applied in a light emitting diode (LED) lighting device having a plurality of LEDs. The composite lens plate includes a plurality of refractive elements. The refractive elements are one-to-one corresponding to the LEDs and guide light emitted by the corresponding LEDs. Each refractive element has a refractive property. The refractive elements are classified into at least two types of lenses according to the refractive property. Lenses of the same type have substantially the same refractive property, and the refractive property of lenses of one type is different from the refractive property of lenses of another type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Chin LI, Po Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 7866855
    Abstract: A reflector (14) for a luminaire comprises a generally parabolic wall (28) having series of main right-angled prisms (16) and an interleaved series of transition prisms (18). The main and transition prisms have essentially the same shapes and follow the same overall curvature to control the illumination. The transition prisms transition into the main prisms by merging a peak of a transition prism into the valley between adjacent main prisms in a short transition zone (20). Thus, the transition zone has only a small effect on the overall lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC.
    Inventor: Yaser S. Abdelsamed
  • Patent number: 7866837
    Abstract: A skew light illumination lens body mainly directs the light from a illuminant device to diffuse to a predetermined direction. The lens body includes a base with a receiving slot having a downwards opening for receiving the illuminant device. A top side of the receiving slot is covered by a concaved arc as a light incident side. An convex curved surface is formed deviated from the center axis on the top of the base with a predetermined angle. The dense light of the illuminant device will be refracted and gathered by the concaved arc to the highest point of the convex curved surface and being projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Yen-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 7841749
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light source and an optical member disposed over the light source and including a surface that has a plurality of lens-shaped portions and at least one prism-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Kim, Jung-Wook Paek, Byung-Yun Joo, Ju-Hwa Ha, Jin-Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 7837359
    Abstract: An optical device for distributing light produced by a white LED or other light-producing device includes a lens portion that refracts the light to provide a desired light intensity distribution, and a collimating portion that internally reflects light from the white LED. The optical device may be molded from an acrylic polymer material or the like. The reduced thickness of the device facilitates low cycle times and reduces warpage or other distortion that would otherwise be generated during the molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Innotec Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua M. Danek, Thomas J. Veenstra
  • Patent number: 7828453
    Abstract: An LED lamp cover structure containing luminescent material, its fabrication methods, and an LED package using the LED lamp cover are disclosed. The LED lamp cover is comprised of a first lens cap providing the outer surface of the lamp cover, a second lens cap providing the inner surface of the lamp cover, and an encapsulating layer sandwiched between the first and second lens caps. The lamp cover of the invention covering a color LED package such as blue color can provide white light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nepes LED Corporation
    Inventors: Nguyen The Tran, Yongzhi He, Frank Shi
  • Patent number: 7798678
    Abstract: An LED light source includes an LED emitter and an encapsulant that at least partially surrounds the emitter. The encapsulant includes an inner lens and an outer lens, the inner lens having a refractive index less than, and in some cases about 70 to 80% of, the refractive index of the outer lens. The inner lens and outer lens can contact each other along a curved surface, and in some cases the inner lens is substantially plano-convex and the outer lens is meniscus. The inner lens produces a first virtual image of the emitter and the outer lens produces a second virtual image, and the first virtual image is disposed between the emitter and the second virtual image. The LED light source is capable of providing uniform illumination in a compact space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Patrick R. Destain
  • Patent number: 7794127
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (10) includes an LED chip (14) and an encapsulant (16) enclosing the LED chip. The LED chip has a light emitting surface (141), and the encapsulant has a light output surface (161) over the light emitting surface. The light output surface defines a plurality of annular, concentric grooves (163). Each groove is cooperatively enclosed by a first groove wall (165) and a second groove wall (166). The first groove wall is a portion of a circumferential side surface of a cone, and a conical tip of the cone is located on the light emitting surface of the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Huang, Jer-Haur Kuo, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang, Xin-Xiang Zha
  • Patent number: 7794118
    Abstract: An LED assembly (10) includes an LED (12) and a lens (16). The lens covers on an outer periphery of the LED. The LED has an encapsulant (125) and an LED chip (121) received in the encapsulant (125) and having a light emitting surface (122). The lens has a light output surface (161) over the light emitting surface. The light output surface defines a plurality of annular, concentric grooves (163). Each groove (163) is cooperatively enclosed by a first groove wall (165) and a second groove wall (166). The first groove wall is a portion of a periphery of an imaginary cone and a conical tip of the imaginary cone is located on the light emitting surface of the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Huang, Jer-Haur Kuo, Xin-Xiang Zha, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 7794117
    Abstract: A lamp cover includes an array of lenses. Each lens includes an incidence surface for receiving light, and an emitting surface opposite to the incidence surface. One of the incidence surface and the emitting surface is a convex surface. Each lens includes a first end and an opposite second end in a column direction, a third end and an opposite fourth end in a row direction. The lenses in each row, a thickness difference between the first end and the second end of each lens is greater than a thickness difference between the third end and the fourth end thereof. An illumination lamp is also provided in this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Lai
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    Patent number: 7789537
    Abstract: An LED (10) includes a chip with a light-emitting surface (140) and an encapsulation on the chip. The encapsulation has a light output surface (110) facing the light-emitting surface of the chip and has a convex surface (112) surrounding a concave surface (114). A portion of light (30) emitted by the light-emitting surface is refracted divergently via the concave surface to a predetermined area above and around the concave surface, and another portion of light (40) emitted by the light-emitting surface is refracted convergently via the convex surface to the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Shun-Yuan Jan
  • Patent number: 7771074
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for projecting a linear optical marking onto at least one boundary of a room, such as floor surface for example, comprising a light source (12) that emits laser radiation along an optical axis (16) as well as a cuboid lens (14) connected in series with the light source, penetrated by the optical axis and reflecting as well as refracting the radiation. To facilitate fanning and reflecting of light originating from the light source through constructively simple means, the invention proposes that provided in the frontal surface (20) is a channel-shaped depression (40) and provided in the rear surface (22) is a projection (24), both of which are geometrically designed and arranged so that the radiation can be totally reflected and that totally reflected radiation striking the depression can be fanned out, where the optical marking runs to both transverse surfaces of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Stabila Messgerate Gustav Ullrich GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriel Kallabis, Daniel Busam
  • Patent number: 7762697
    Abstract: A light-emitting element is disposed to face the front side such that an end point of a rectangular or square light-emitting chip corresponding to the vehicle's own lane is positioned at a rear focal point of a convex lens. An additional lens is disposed to surround the convex lens. The additional lens includes an incident surface, a reflection surface, and an emitting surface. The additional lens is divided into a-plurality of fan-shaped areas in a circumferential direction with respect to an optical axis Ax. The division is performed for each angular range where a corner point of the light-emitting chip, which is positioned at an uppermost end of an image of the light-emitting chip formed on the reflection surface by the light emitted from the light-emitting element, becomes the same corner point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 7758209
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device capable of improving an efficiency of acquiring light emitted by light emitting diodes, which are provided in a light source module and used as a light source, and capable of achieving a uniform luminance distribution, and provides a liquid crystal display device using the illumination device. The illumination device includes a circuit board, red, green and blue light emitting diodes, and a lens body. Each red, green and blue light emitting diode is mounted on the circuit board and connected with a wiring pattern formed on the circuit board. The lens covers the red, green and blue light emitting diodes, and includes first portions each having two first side surfaces and second portions each having two second side surfaces. The first and second portions are alternately arranged. A distance between the first side surfaces is larger than a distance between the second side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Hiroki Kaneko, Makoto Abe, Akitoyo Konno
  • Patent number: 7753564
    Abstract: An illumination lamp (40) includes at least one solid-state lighting member (41) for radiating light, and a lampshade (10) being arranged corresponding to the at least one solid-state lighting member. The lampshade includes an array of lenses (11). Each lens has an incidence surface (110) for incidence of the light into the lampshade, and an opposite emitting surface (112) for emission of the light from the lampshade into ambient. At least one of the incidence surface and the emitting surface is a concave surface. The concave surface extends along a first direction. At least one micro-structure (111) is formed on the concave surface. The at least one micro-structure is long and narrow, and extends along the first direction. The micro-structure is configured for increasing radiating area of the light entering into the lampshade along a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Lai
  • Publication number: 20100165640
    Abstract: An optical member of lighting device is revealed. The optical member consists at least one emergent surface that is a spherical surface or an aspherical surface, and at least one incident surface with a V-shaped groove or a V-shaped like groove. The V-shaped groove is formed by two symmetrical or asymmetrical slants while the V-shaped like groove is formed by a plurality of curves. Moreover, axes of the emergent surface and the incident surface can be overlapped, shift relatively, slanted relatively to each other or combinations of them. When the optical member is used in combination with at least one solid state lighting element, an asymmetrical batwing light distribution pattern that features on non-zero maximum light intensity is generated. Thus the area being emitted is with uniform luminance and the availability of light is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Lung-Sheng LIN, Chun-Wei SUN, Ching-Tsung NI
  • Patent number: 7736029
    Abstract: A lens array includes a first lens group with rows of first lenses having first optical surfaces, a second lens group with rows of second lenses having second optical surfaces, and a reference plane. Each first and second lenses extend along a first axis. The second lenses are disposed at two sides of the first lens group along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. An optical axis of the second optical surface is perpendicular to the first and second axis. An optical axis of the first optical surface is perpendicular to the first axis and has an angle larger than 0 degree and smaller than 6 degrees with the optical axis of the second optical surface. The reference plane perpendicular to the second axis passes through the first lens group. A normal vector of each first optical surface on the optical axis points away from the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ko-Shun Chen, Ching-Chuan Wei
  • Patent number: 7712930
    Abstract: An optical module for projecting a light beam comprises a solid body of transparent material into which a light source is sunk and which is delimited by an annular surface and by a central surface, and a substantially annular reflecting surface arranged around the solid body. The central and annular surfaces are suitable for receiving respective distinct portions of the luminous flux produced by the source. The reflecting surface may have a reflecting coating or may form part of a transparent body, in which case it works by total internal reflection. The reflecting surface reflects a portion of luminous flux refracted by the annular surface and shapes the flux into a predetermined distribution of luminous intensity about the principal axis. The annular surface is designed in a manner such as to reduce the overall thickness of the module by moving the refracted ray away from the principal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Piermario Repetto, Denis Bollea, Stefano Bernard, Davide Capello
  • Patent number: 7703950
    Abstract: A side-emitting lens for use with an LED lamp provides a distribution of emitted light that is substantially normal to an axis of symmetry of the lens; the light can also be symmetrical with respect to a plane normal to the lens axis. The lens has a cavity in which the LED lamp can reside, having a cavity refracting surface with a central section and a stepped cavity sidewall. The lens also has a base external refracting surface surrounding the cavity, an internal reflecting surface spaced apart from the cavity, and a side surface; these surfaces redirect light that enters the lens through the cavity refracting surface. For many applications, the lens axis is vertical in service and the lens is configured to provide a narrow distribution of light in the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: C-R Control Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen E. Ewert, Robert L. Seidler, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100053981
    Abstract: A light distribution board having multiple light gratings each with many arciform (convex or concave) lenses, the light distribution board is used on a light outputting surface of a lamp shade of an illuminating lamp set, in which at least a transparent board is provided on at least its one surface with a plurality of light gratings, each of these light gratings with many arciform lenses are strip like, annular or arc shaped light gratings in combination and arranged in steps, thus a light distribution board able to provide an effect of uniformly distributing light beams can be formed. With such a structure, light beams can be uniformly distributed and can avoid the phenomenon of Gauss distribution that makes the area below the lamp set especially bright, and can be under control to irradiate a district to be illuminated to get an effect of having wide illumination areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Pin-Han Chuang
  • Patent number: 7659552
    Abstract: An exemplary optical lens (300) includes a top surface (301), a base portion (304) opposite to the top surface, and a peripheral side surface defining a first refractive portion (302). The top surface is a generally funnel-shaped top surface. The first refractive portion is corrugated with a plurality of protruding ridge structures, and each of the ridge structures includes a refractive surface (3021). An exemplary light emitting device incorporating the optical lens is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shao-Han Chang
  • Patent number: 7654713
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a projection lens with an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and a light source with a light emission portion. The light emission portion is directly incident to the projection lens. The projection lens has a plurality of lens areas with different focal points, with the lens areas centered on the optical axis and disposed on generally concentric circles. The focal points corresponding to the plurality of lens areas have respectively different positions on the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tendo, Takehiko Tajima
  • Patent number: 7651246
    Abstract: An optical element and module for the projection of a light beam, and motor vehicle lamp including a plurality of such modules An optical element for the projection of a light beam comprises a solid body (1) of transparent material in which is formed a cavity (13) able to receive a light source (10), the cavity (13) extending along the principal axis (z) of the transparent body (1) and being delimited by a radially inner surface (3) and a terminal surface (2) of the transparent body (1). The surfaces (2, 3) are able to receive separate respective portions (I, II) of the light flux generated by the source (10). The transparent body (1) further has a radially outer surface (4) which surrounds the radially inner surface (3). The radially outer surface (4) reflects the portion of the light flux (I) coming from the radially inner surface (3) along a direction substantially parallel to the principal axis (z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Denis Bollea, Piermario Repetto, Stefano Bernard, Davide Capello, Sabino Sinesi, Gianluca Rotaris
  • Patent number: 7621657
    Abstract: Light from light emitting element enters into a flux control member through a recess on an inner face of the light flux control member, being emitted from an emission control face (outer face). At least so far as light falls within a half-intensity-angular-range, the light satisfies Condition 1 ((?5/?1)>1 except for light in the vicinity of a normal direction of the emission control face) and Condition 2 (Value of ?5/?1>1 gets smaller gradually with increasing of ?1). It is noted that ?1, ?5 are angles made at being inner-incident to the emission control face and at being emitting from the same, respectively. The emission control face has a planar outline shape which is anisotropic around optical axis L, thereby causing value of ?5 /?1 to have a change depending on direction angle ? around optical axis L, with the result that highly uniform light is supplied to a required anisotropic irradiation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 7621658
    Abstract: A light-emitting module is specified that comprises a light source, a carrier for said light source, and an optical element, wherein the optical element comprises dowel pins that engage in corresponding recesses in the carrier. The light-emitting module is particularly well suited for use in optical projection apparatuses and in motor vehicle projection lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Grötsch, Moritz Engl, Florin Oswald, Michael Sailer, Alexander Wilm
  • Patent number: 7618162
    Abstract: An illumination-redistribution lens comprising a thick aspheric lens collecting a high proportion of the luminous output of a compact LED with a quasi-hemispheric pattern. After receiving the highly nonuniform illuminance from the nearby LED, the lower surface refractively deflects these rays into a less diverging angular pattern that results in uniform illuminance on the upper surface of the lens, which itself is shaped so its distribution of slope angles refractively deflects the uniform illuminance distribution into an exiting beam that will produce uniform illuminance on a distant target, such as a table below a ceiling-mounted unit. When square-cut sections of such lenses are laterally arrayed to form a downlight, a uniform rectangular spot will be produced on the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: InteLED Corp.
    Inventors: William A. Parkyn, David G. Pelka
  • Patent number: 7618163
    Abstract: LED apparatus for illumination toward a preferential side, including a light emitter having at least one LED on a base, a primary lens positioned over the light emitter and having a central axis, and a secondary lens placed with an inner surface surrounding the primary lens. The secondary lens has a base-adjacent lower end defining a main plane substantially perpendicular to the central axis, and a compound outer lens surface with a middle-region reference point defining a reference axis parallel to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ruud Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Patent number: 7585097
    Abstract: A light pipe is configured to provide a wide effective angle of illumination while simultaneously providing a substantially uniform distribution of light along a length of the light pipe. One or more reflective surfaces not aligned with an inner surface are disposed such that when at least one reflective surface is illuminated, light is emitted from the light pipe at one or more specified angles of light emission. A plurality of reflection points are formed on the inner surface to cause the specified angles when at least one of the reflective surfaces is illuminated. A light pipe is also provided having one or more exterior protrusions configured to function as a secondary light source. A second portion of an outer surface of the light pipe has a radius of curvature which differs from the radius of curvature of the first portion of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Canada ULC
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Dragos Luca, Salvatore Alesio