Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optic and apparatus for making an optic
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Application No.: US14702477Application Date: 2015-05-01
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Publication No.: US10041646B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Anthony Ryan Gibbs
- Applicant: Anthony Ryan Gibbs
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
- Current Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: King & Spalding LLP
- Main IPC: F21V5/00
- IPC: F21V5/00 ; F21V5/02 ; B29C39/00 ; B29C45/26 ; B29D11/00 ; F21V5/04 ; F21Y115/10 ; B29L11/00 ; B29L31/00 ; B29K69/00

Abstract:
An optic can manage light emitted by a light emitting diode. The optic can comprise a backside that faces the light emitting diode and a front side opposite the backside. The front side can be convex. The backside can have a central region that is adjacent the light emitting diode and that is either concave or convex. One or more grooves can extend peripherally about the central region. An injection molding system can produce optics in which the backside comprises the concave central region as well as optics in which the backside comprises the convex central region. The molding system can utilize one molding member shaped according to the front side of the optic. That molding member can be compatible with two other molding members that are shaped according to the different backsides of the optic. Thus, two different optic forms can be produced with three molding members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160320018A1 Optic and Apparatus for Making an Optic Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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