Apparatuses and methods for assembling luminaires

    公开(公告)号:US10801679B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US16154308

    申请日:2018-10-08

    Abstract: Example embodiments include modular lighting fixtures and methods for forming the same. Some include light emitters and base members with mounting locations for the light emitters, the light emitters and base members being combinable in varying combinations with each combination producing a different lighting effect. Some embodiments include a light guide, such as a planar light guide, that receives and redirects light from the light emitters. Additional embodiments include a reflector with portions that are positioned near a mounting location where no light emitter is mounted when the reflector is mounted to a base member. Further embodiments include a reflector with portions that are positioned near the mounting locations when mounted to a base member, the portions being easily removed, such as with an unpowered hand tool, to avoid interference with a light emitting member mounted adjacent to where the removable portion would be if not removed from the reflector.

    Apparatuses and methods for efficiently directing light toward and away from a mounting surface

    公开(公告)号:US10739513B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US16118954

    申请日:2018-08-31

    Abstract: Luminaires that simultaneously illuminate a support surface (for example, a floor) and the surface to which the luminaires are mounted (for example, a ceiling) and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Embodiments include luminaires that divide the light from a single light emitter (which may include one or more light sources such as LEDs) into a portion directed toward the luminaire's mounting surface and a portion directed toward the support surface. Some embodiments utilize a planar light guide with the light emitter mounted adjacent one edge, which in some embodiments is the internal edge of an aperture formed in the planar light guide. In some embodiments, one surface of the light guide includes grooves that internally reflect light toward the support surface while allowing a smaller amount of light to exit the light guide toward the mounting surface, and may be grouped according to the distance separating adjacent grooves.

    ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190342982A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16402385

    申请日:2019-05-03

    Abstract: Illumination control systems and methods, including those for influencing circadian rhythm, are disclosed. Embodiments include a control device capable of obtaining desired color temperature (e.g., local daylight) information, generating a color temperature value, and outputting a signal including the color temperature value. Embodiments further include a server having means for obtaining at least one of geographical location information and time of day information relative to the server, a processor to determine local daylight information, and a wireless transmitter to broadcast the signal within a site system. Embodiments further include one or more lighting control devices to control lighting devices, each lighting control having a wireless receiver to continuously listen for and receive the signal broadcasted by the server, and a lighting driver to change the lighting output of the coupled lighting device according to the detected signal.

    LENSES AND METHODS FOR DIRECTING LIGHT TOWARD A SIDE OF A LUMINAIRE

    公开(公告)号:US20190011110A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15644413

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Inventor: Brian Kim

    Abstract: Lenses and methods for directing light toward a side of light fixture, and methods for manufacturing the same, are disclosed. Embodiments include lenses with an optical axis and a first (e.g., upper) portion that is rotationally symmetric about the optical axis and a second (e.g., lower) portion that is rotationally asymmetric. The first/upper portion can include a cavity that receives an LED and directs light toward the second/lower portion. The asymmetric side can include a convex surface where the light exits the lens, the convex surface extending across the optical axis. Additional embodiments include a planar surface adjacent the convex surface, where the height of the lens decreases along the portion of the convex surface near the planar surface and along the planar surface as the distance from the optical axis increases. In further embodiments, the maximum height of the lens occurs between two horizontal sides of the lens.

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