IP Library Granted Patent US 9,303,846
Granted Patent B2
US 9,303,846 · App. 13/906,387 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Directional lamp with adjustable beam spread

Inventors: Jeyachandrabose Chinniah (Willoughby Hills, OH); Benjamin Lee Yoder (Cleveland Heights, OH); Thomas Clynne (East Cleveland, OH)
Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
F21V14/06F21K9/58F21V5/007F21V5/008F21V13/04F21Y2101/02
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Patent No.
US 9,303,846
App. No.
13/906,387
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lamp having a lamp base and a longitudinal axis, with a first lens with more than one segment having optic elements located distal from the lamp base. Where optic elements within a segment have similar optical properties and at least two of the segments have optic elements with different optical properties. A second lens located between the distal lens and the lamp base, the second lens having a plurality of total internal reflection (TIR) lens elements each having a focal point, with a finite light source is positioned at about each of the TIR lens element focal points. At least one of the first lens or the second lens is moveable about the longitudinal axis so as to change an alignment between the optic element segments, the TIR lens elements, and the finite light sources.

Claims (17)

1. A lamp comprising:

a lamp base and a longitudinal axis;

a first lens located distal from the lamp base, the first lens including a plurality of segments having optic elements, wherein each of the optic elements within a segment have similar optical properties; at least two of the segments having optic elements with different optical properties; wherein said first lens is a circular shaped first lens with triangular shaped segments having an apex at a center of the circular shape;

a second lens located intermediate between the distal lens and the lamp base, the second lens including a plurality of total internal reflection (TIR) lens elements each having a focal point, the second lens including at least one set of TIR lens elements positioned along a radius of the circular shape; and

a plurality of finite light sources, each of the plurality of finite light sources located at about a respective one of the TIR lens element focal points.

2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first lens and the second lens is moveable about the longitudinal axis so as to change an alignment between the optic element segments and the TIR lens elements.

3. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein a size of each TIR lens element within the at least one set of TIR lens elements decreases along the radius from a circumference of the first lens inwards to the center.

4. The lamp of claim 1 , including a finite light source board having mounted thereon the finite light sources.

5. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the finite light sources are light emitting diodes.

6. The lamp of claim 1 , including a single lens element containing in combination the first lens and the second lens, the single lens element repositionable about a longitudinal axis of the lamp by at least one of rotating and sliding to change a position of the single lens element with respect to the finite light sources.

7. A lamp comprising:

a lamp base and a longitudinal axis;

a single lens element containing in combination a first lens and a second lens;

the first lens located on a first surface of the single lens element distal from the lamp base, the first lens including a plurality of segments having optic elements, wherein each of the optic elements within a segment have similar optical properties, at least two of the segments having optic elements with different optical properties;

the second lens located on a second surface of the single lens element intermediate between the first lens and the lamp base, the second lens including a plurality of total internal reflection (TIR) lens elements each having a focal point;

a plurality of finite light sources, each of the plurality of finite light sources located at about a respective one of the TIR lens element focal points; and

the single lens element repositionable about a longitudinal axis of the lamp by at least one of rotating and sliding to change a position of the single lens element with respect to the finite light sources.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2026
From: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075090/0369 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060390/0276 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2022
From: CONSUMER LIGHTING LLC
To: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 059721/0943 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2022
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.; SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 059910/0312 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2022
From: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC (FKA - GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC)
To: CONSUMER LIGHTING, LLC
Reel/Frame 059582/0748 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2020
From: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.; CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.), LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 053095/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2013
From: CHINNIAH, JEYACHANDRABOSE; YODER, BENJAMIN LEE; CLYNNE, THOMAS
To: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 030519/0431 →
Continuity (1)
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