Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical device for modifying light distribution
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Application No.: US16977564Application Date: 2018-11-01
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Publication No.: US11255511B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Yrjö-Sakari Matikainen
- Applicant: LEDIL OY
- Applicant Address: FI Salo
- Assignee: LEDIL OY
- Current Assignee: LEDIL OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Salo
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye
- Priority: FI20185212 20180307
- International Application: PCT/FI2018/050796 WO 20181101
- International Announcement: WO2019/170956 WO 20190912
- Main IPC: F21V5/04
- IPC: F21V5/04 ; B29D11/00 ; C03B19/02 ; G02B19/00 ; F21Y115/10 ; F21V7/00

Abstract:
An optical device includes a center section having a lens portion for modifying distribution of a first part of light emitted by a light source, and a peripheral section surrounding the center section and including a conical surface for modifying distribution of a second part of the light emitted by the light source. The conical surface includes ridges where total internal reflection takes place when a light beam arrives from the light source at one of side surfaces of each ridge, and surface penetration takes place when the reflected light beam arrives at the other side surface of the ridge under consideration. Thus, the conical surface acts both as a reflective surface and as a refractive surface for achieving a desired light distribution pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210003266A1 AN OPTICAL DEVICE FOR MODIFYING LIGHT DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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