IP Library Granted Patent US 7,722,213
Granted Patent B2
US 7,722,213 · App. 12/205,460 · Granted May 25, 2010

Lighting apparatus

Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,722,213
App. No.
12/205,460
Granted
May 25, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting apparatus comprises a housing and a first reflector. The first reflector is mounted beneath the light source and includes a plurality of segmented reflectors, each having at its top, a installation hole and at its bottom, an opening wider than the installation hole. A second reflector is positioned beneath the first reflector. The height of the second reflector causes a first light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the installation hole and the bottom edge of the corresponding segmented reflector to be larger than a second light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the bottom edge of the segmented reflector and the bottom edge of the second reflector.

Claims (16)

1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

a first reflector, which is mounted beneath the light source and comprises a plurality of segmented reflectors, each having on its top, a installation hole and on its bottom, an opening wider than the installation hole; and

a second reflector positioned beneath the first reflector,

wherein the height of the second reflector causes a first light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the installation hole and the bottom edge of the corresponding segmented reflector to be larger than a second light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the bottom edge of the segmented reflector and the bottom edge of the second reflector.

2. A lighting apparatus, comprising

a housing;

a light source comprising a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, and positioned in the housing so that the semiconductor light emitting devices are directed downwardly;

a first reflector, which is mounted beneath the light source and comprises a plurality of segmented reflectors, each having on its top, a installation hole for arranging one of the plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices and on its bottom, an opening wider than the installation hole; and

a second reflector having openings at its top and bottom, which is positioned beneath the first reflector so that the open top of the second reflector is connected to the bottom edge of the first reflector,

wherein adjacent segmented reflectors form a downward crest beneath the installation hole, and the installation hole is allocated between adjacent crests at an obliquely upward recess from the crest, and

wherein the height of the second reflector causes a first light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through one of the semiconductor light emitting devices and the crest of the corresponding segmented reflector to be larger than a second light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the bottom edge of the segmented reflector and the bottom edge of the second reflector.

3. A lighting apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a light-transmissive insulation cover disposed adjacent the bottom edge of first reflector,

wherein the top opening of the second reflector is smaller than the bottom opening of the second reflector, and

the light-transmissive insulation cover is positioned adjacent the top opening of the second reflector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: INOUE, MASARU; SHIMIZU, KEIICHI; HASHIMOTO, SUMIO; OTAKE, HIROKAZU; NISHIIE, MITSUHIKO; HIRAMATSU, TAKURO; KUMAGAI, MASATOSHI
To: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-230701 · Sep 5, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090067172A1 · Mar 12, 2009