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Granted Patent B2
US 8,764,246 · App. 13/491,720 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Light unit with light guiding device

Inventors: Min-Feng Lin (Tainan, TW); Yung-Tien Cheng (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,764,246
App. No.
13/491,720
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light unit includes a light guiding body having a light entrance face. A base has a curved oval surface defined therein which has a first focus and a second focus. A light emitting unit is located at the first focus and generates light beams which pass through the second focus and enter into the light guiding body via the light entrance face. The base has a heat dissipating unit connected to outside thereof. The light beams generated from the light emitting unit are completely guided into the light guiding body to have high illumination efficiency. The heat dissipating unit brings the heat away from the light unit.

Claims (11)

1. A light unit comprising:

a light guiding body having a light entrance face, and

a base having a curved oval surface defined therein which has a first focus and a second focus, a light emitting unit located at the first focus and generating light beams which pass through the second focus and enter into the light guiding body via the light entrance face, the base having a heat dissipating unit connected to outside thereof.

2. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emitting unit is connected to a fixing unit.

3. The light unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the fixing unit is integrally made with the base.

4. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base is made integrally and an inside of the base is a half oval curved surface which is based on a short axis of the base.

5. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least one reflector which forms a portion of the curved oval surface.

6. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipating unit comprises multiple fins.

7. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second focus is located on the light entrance face.

8. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second focus is located in the light guiding body.

9. The light unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base is made by metal, plastic or ceramics.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: LIN, MIN-FENG; CHENG, YUNG-TIEN
To: TYC BROTHER INDUSTRIA CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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