Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light guide and light-output device
- Patent Title (中): 导光灯和光输出装置
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Application No.: US12594639Application Date: 2008-04-09
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Publication No.: US08414162B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Fetze Pijlman , Willem Lubertus Ijzerman , Hugo Johan Cornelissen , Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn , Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom , Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen , Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg
- Applicant: Fetze Pijlman , Willem Lubertus Ijzerman , Hugo Johan Cornelissen , Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn , Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom , Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen , Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent John F. Salazar; Mark L. Beloborodov
- Priority: EP07106023 20070412
- International Application: PCT/IB2008/051338 WO 20080409
- International Announcement: WO2008/126011 WO 20081023
- Main IPC: F21V5/02
- IPC: F21V5/02

Abstract:
A light guide (11; 101; 111) comprising first and second oppositely arranged faces, an in-coupling portion (13a-f) for in-coupling of light from a light-source (12a-f; 95a-f; 102; 106a-c; 112a-f), and an out-coupling portion (15a-f; 103; 113a-f) located adjacent to the in-coupling portion (13a-f). The out-coupling portion (15a-f; 103; 113a-f) is configured to out-couple a primary light beam having a direction of propagation directed from a position in the in-coupling portion (13a-f) with a lower out-coupling efficiency than a secondary light beam having a direction of propagation directed from a position in the light guide (11; 101; 111) outside the in-coupling portion (13a-f). In this manner, a good mixing of light in the light guide can be achieved without imposing any particular requirements on the collimation of the in-coupled light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100046219A1 LIGHT GUIDE AND LIGHT-OUTPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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