Strip lighting apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US06637924B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-28

    申请号:US09993286

    申请日:2001-11-14

    IPC分类号: F21V704

    摘要: An illumination apparatus comprises an elongated waveguide having proximal and distal ends and a central longitudinal axis. The waveguide includes an elongated forward side for outputting light and an elongated rearward side having an elongated reflective surface for reflecting light towards the forward side. A light source such as a solid state light emitter may be situated on the proximal end of the waveguide introduces light into the waveguide in the form of a beam which propagates from the proximal end to the distal end. Light traveling within the waveguide is reflected from the reflective surface along the elongated rearward side towards the forward side for viewing.

    Free-Form Catadioptric Illumination Lens
    23.
    发明申请
    Free-Form Catadioptric Illumination Lens 有权
    自由形反射折射照明镜

    公开(公告)号:US20120268949A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-25

    申请号:US13452751

    申请日:2012-04-20

    申请人: William A. Parkyn

    发明人: William A. Parkyn

    IPC分类号: F21V13/04

    摘要: An illumination lens for hemispherically emitting light emitting diodes is disclosed that produces a square illumination pattern too narrow for a refractive lens to produce by itself. The lens is freeform in that it departs from circular symmetry in order to produce a square pattern. It is catadioptric in that it comprises a central refractive lens with a square output of desired angular width and a surrounding TIR prism that produces the same square output, overlapping the first for better uniformity of the sum. The central lens and circumambient TIR prism are joined in a monolithic configuration suitable for injection molding. Vector equations are disclosed for generating the shapes of the five optically active surfaces of the invention, two internal surfaces forming a central cavity surrounding the LED and three external surfaces, all five departing from circular symmetry.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于半球发射发光二极管的照明透镜,其产生对于折射透镜本身而产生的太窄的方形照明图案。 透镜是自由的,因为它偏离圆形对称,以产生正方形图案。 它是反折射的,因为它包括具有所需角度宽度的正方形输出的中心折射透镜和产生相同平方输出的周围TIR棱镜,与第一平面输出重叠以获得更高的总和均匀度。 中心透镜和圆周TIR棱镜以适合于注射成型的整体结构连接。 公开了用于产生本发明的五个光学活性表面的形状的矢量方程,两个内表面形成围绕LED的中心腔和三个外表面,所有这五个离开圆形对称。

    Neon-tube substitute using light-emitting diodes
    24.
    发明授权
    Neon-tube substitute using light-emitting diodes 有权
    使用发光二极管的氖管替代品

    公开(公告)号:US08256918B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-04

    申请号:US12682680

    申请日:2008-11-13

    IPC分类号: F21V33/00

    摘要: A tubular luminaire efficiently utilizes the light of a line of high-brightness unlensed LEDs to reproduce the homogeneous appearance of a neon tube. The transparent tube has an annular cross-section suitable for cost-effective manufacturing by extrusion. The LEDs are mounted in a line on a circuit board that can be positioned either inside or outside the tube. Their light shines into a cylindrical groove, thereby entering within the material of the tube. Above the groove, the wall of the tube has a spiral shape that reflects the light laterally so that it stays within the annular tube for a considerable path length. Volume scattering by a low density of scattering inclusions causes the light to escape as a homogenous glow. Alternatively, mild surface scattering from the inside surface can be used.

    摘要翻译: 管状灯具有效地利用高亮度未发光的LED线的光再现氖管的均匀外观。 透明管具有适于通过挤压成本有效制造的环形横截面。 LED安装在可以位于管内部或外部的电路板上的管线中。 它们的光照射成圆柱形凹槽,从而进入管的材料内。 在槽的上方,管的壁具有螺旋形状,其横向地反射光,使得其保持在环形管内相当长的路径长度。 通过低密度散射夹杂物的体积散射导致光作为均匀发光而逸出。 或者,可以使用来自内表面的温和表面散射。

    Linear lenses for LEDs
    25.
    发明授权
    Linear lenses for LEDs 失效
    LED线性透镜

    公开(公告)号:US07731395B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-08

    申请号:US11493368

    申请日:2006-07-26

    IPC分类号: F21V5/00 F21V33/00

    摘要: Various embodiments described herein comprise array of light emitting diodes and a cylindrical lens having front and rear curved surfaces. The cylindrical lens is disposed to receive light from the light emitting diodes and to redistribute the light. The cylindrical lens is located no more than about 8 inches distance from the front an illumination target, which may for example, comprise products on shelves in a refrigerator. The front and rear surfaces of the cylindrical lens are shaped to provide substantially uniform illumination across the target.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述的各种实施例包括发光二极管阵列和具有前后曲面的柱面透镜。 柱面透镜设置成从发光二极管接收光并重新分布光。 柱面透镜距离照明目标的前方距离不超过约8英寸,照明目标可以例如包括在冰箱中的货架上的产品。 圆柱形透镜的前表面和后表面成形为在目标上提供基本均匀的照明。

    Solar collector having tank and glazing construction
    26.
    发明授权
    Solar collector having tank and glazing construction 失效
    太阳能集热器有油罐和玻璃窗

    公开(公告)号:US4520795A

    公开(公告)日:1985-06-04

    申请号:US559051

    申请日:1983-12-09

    摘要: Apparatus for integral collection and storage of solar thermal energy, comprises(a) a relatively large storage vessel having side and end walls that absorb solar energy in order to heat its contents;(b) a translucent enclosure surrounding the large storage vessel, for suppression of convective heat losses;(c) structure on the vessel for the suppression of thermal radiation heat losses from said large storage vessel;the apparatus providing a ratio of thermal mass, as measured in BTU per degree Fahrenheit, to heat-loss coefficient, as measured in BTU per degree Fahrenheit per hour, exceeding 36 hours.

    摘要翻译: 用于整体收集和储存太阳能热能的装置包括(a)相对较大的储存容器,其具有吸收太阳能以便加热其内容物的侧壁和端壁; (b)围绕大型储存容器的半透明外壳,用于抑制对流热损失; (c)船上的结构,用于抑制来自所述大型储存容器的热辐射热损失; 该装置提供按照华氏温度BTU测量的热损失系数,以每小时华氏温度BTU测量的热损失系数超过36小时。

    Free-Form Lenses for Rectangular Illumination Zones
    27.
    发明申请
    Free-Form Lenses for Rectangular Illumination Zones 失效
    用于矩形照明区域的自由式镜头

    公开(公告)号:US20090040769A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-12

    申请号:US12126850

    申请日:2008-05-23

    IPC分类号: F21V7/00

    摘要: A light source emits light into a solid angle exceeding pi steradians with a known intensity distribution. An illumination lens has a first surface that receives at least 90% of the light of the known intensity distribution and has a shape that transforms the known intensity distribution into an intermediate intensity distribution within the transparent material of the lens. A second surface receives the intermediate intensity distribution and is shaped to transform the intermediate intensity distribution into a final intensity distribution that produces a prescribed illumination distribution upon a rectangular target zone. At least one of the shapes of the first and second surfaces is non-rotationally symmetric and is approximated by a super-ellipsoid.

    摘要翻译: 光源以已知的强度分布将光发射成超过pi平坦度的立体角。 照明透镜具有接收已知强度分布的至少90%的光的第一表面,并且具有将已知强度分布变换为透镜的透明材料内的中间强度分布的形状。 第二表面接收中间强度分布并成形为将中间强度分布变换成在矩形目标区域上产生规定照明分布的最终强度分布。 第一和第二表面的至少一个形状是非旋转对称的,并且由超椭圆体近似。

    Free-form lenses for rectangular illumination zones
    28.
    发明授权
    Free-form lenses for rectangular illumination zones 失效
    用于矩形照明区域的自由形式的镜片

    公开(公告)号:US07674019B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-09

    申请号:US12126850

    申请日:2008-05-23

    IPC分类号: F21V5/00

    摘要: A light source emits light into a solid angle exceeding pi steradians with a known intensity distribution. An illumination lens has a first surface that receives at least 90% of the light of the known intensity distribution and has a shape that transforms the known intensity distribution into an intermediate intensity distribution within the transparent material of the lens. A second surface receives the intermediate intensity distribution and is shaped to transform the intermediate intensity distribution into a final intensity distribution that produces a prescribed illumination distribution upon a rectangular target zone. At least one of the shapes of the first and second surfaces is non-rotationally symmetric and is approximated by a super-ellipsoid.

    摘要翻译: 光源以已知的强度分布将光发射成超过pi平坦度的立体角。 照明透镜具有接收已知强度分布的至少90%的光的第一表面,并且具有将已知强度分布变换为透镜的透明材料内的中间强度分布的形状。 第二表面接收中间强度分布并成形为将中间强度分布变换成在矩形目标区域上产生规定照明分布的最终强度分布。 第一和第二表面的至少一个形状是非旋转对称的,并且由超椭圆体近似。

    Irradiance-redistribution lens and its applications to LED downlights
    29.
    发明授权
    Irradiance-redistribution lens and its applications to LED downlights 有权
    辐射再分配透镜及其应用于LED筒灯

    公开(公告)号:US07618162B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-17

    申请号:US11271420

    申请日:2005-11-09

    IPC分类号: F21V5/04

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 一种照明再分布透镜,包括一个厚非球面透镜,其收集了具有准半球形图案的紧凑型LED的大部分发光输出。 在从附近的LED接收到高度不均匀的照度之后,下表面将这些光线折射成较小的发散角度图案,其导致在透镜的上表面上的均匀的照度,其本身的形状使得其倾斜角度分布折射偏转 均匀的照度分布到离开的束中,其将在远程目标(例如天花板安装的单元下方的桌子)上产生均匀的照度。 当这种透镜的方形切片部分横向排列以形成筒灯时,将在靶上产生均匀的矩形斑点。

    Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics
    30.
    发明申请
    Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics 有权
    光收集器,特别适用于太阳能光伏

    公开(公告)号:US20080223443A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-18

    申请号:US12075830

    申请日:2008-03-14

    IPC分类号: H01L31/0232 G02B17/00

    摘要: In one embodiment of a solar concentrator, a tailored aspheric lens augments the solar-concentrator performance of a concave mirror, widening its acceptance angle for easier solar tracking, making it more cost-competitive for ultra-large arrays. The molded-glass secondary lens also includes a short rod for reducing the peak concentration on a photovoltaic cell that is optically bonded to the end of the rod. The Simultaneous Multiple Surface method produces lens shapes suitable for a variety of medium and high concentrations by mirrored dishes. Besides the rotationally symmetric parabolic mirror itself, other aspheric deviations therefrom are described, including a free-form rectangular mirror that has its focal region at its edge.

    摘要翻译: 在太阳能集中器的一个实施例中,定制的非球面透镜增加了凹面镜的太阳能集中器性能,扩大了其接受角度以便于太阳能追踪,从而使其成为超大型阵列的成本优势。 模制玻璃次级透镜还包括用于降低光学电池的峰值浓度的短棒,该光伏电池光学地接合到杆的端部。 同时多面法同时产生适合各种中高浓度镜片的镜片形状。 除了旋转对称的抛物面镜本身之外,还描述了其中的非球面偏差,包括其边缘具有其焦点区域的自由矩形矩形镜。