Invention Application
- Patent Title: ILLUMINATED LIGHT DUCT JOINT
- Patent Title (中): 照明灯管接头
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Application No.: US14770303Application Date: 2014-04-04
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Publication No.: US20160084458A1Publication Date: 2016-03-24
- Inventor: Karl J. L. Geisler , David G. Freier
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- International Application: PCT/US2014/032944 WO 20140404
- Main IPC: F21S11/00
- IPC: F21S11/00 ; G02B27/10 ; F21V8/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a novel construction for an illuminated light splitter in a mirror-lined light duct. In particular, the present disclosure addresses the ability to split partially collimated light travelling through a light duct into two different light ducts using light diverters, while extracting a portion of the light from each of the light ducts and also from the common intersection region. In some cases, the visual appearance of the illumination in the intersection region can appear non-uniform due to the presence of the light diverters, and the present disclosure provides an illuminated light duct splitter (100, 200, 300) configuration that homogenizes the output from the illuminated duct within the intersection region (117, 217, 317).
Public/Granted literature
- US09464773B2 Illuminated light duct joint Public/Granted day:2016-10-11
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