Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical device and lighting device
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Application No.: US16670415Application Date: 2019-10-31
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Publication No.: US10753573B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Itahana , Akira Nagahashi
- Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Anan-Shi
- Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Anan-Shi
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@464598c8
- Main IPC: F21V7/04
- IPC: F21V7/04 ; F21V7/10 ; F21Y115/10 ; F21V29/70

Abstract:
An optical device includes: a plurality of walls disposed to meet along a first axis and having reflecting surfaces facing a space interposed between the walls; and a plurality of partitions, each having a funnel-like shape and each having an outer surface that includes a curved reflecting surface, the partitions disposed in the space interposed between the walls coaxially with the first axis at multiple levels along the first axis; wherein the outer surface of a first of the partitions located at an upper level is configured to receive at least some light through an opening of a second of the partitions located at lower level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200149708A1 OPTICAL DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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