Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for horticultural lighting and associated optic systems
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Application No.: US17219346Application Date: 2021-03-31
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Publication No.: US11357173B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Stephen P. Adams , Brent R. Perkins , Johnathan J. Heiner
- Applicant: Illum Horticulture LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Mesa
- Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
- Current Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Mesa
- Agent Michael T. Wallace
- Main IPC: A01G7/04
- IPC: A01G7/04 ; F21V5/00 ; F21V17/00 ; F21Y105/10 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light that projects either a substantially uniform target illuminance onto a flat surface or an increasing target illuminance onto a flat surface. The horticultural light uses a refractor to receive the raw light distribution from one or more LEDs and then distributes an optically varied distribution having a minimized intensity at centerbeam with an increasing beam intensity as the beam width increases. The horticultural light utilizes both ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and non-UV LEDs arranged as an array to produce the optically varied distribution. A lens array is disposed in relation to the LED array and is comprised of UV compatible lenses and non-UV compatible lenses. A device may be disposed in relation to the UV compatible lenses to disallow incidence of UV radiation onto non-UV compatible lenses.
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