Lens and LED retrofit lamp
View Patent ↗Various embodiments may relate to a lens for a lighting assembly. The lens includes a bottom surface, a top surface and a side surface joining the bottom surface and the top surface. The bottom surface includes an incident surface, and the top surface includes an emergent surface, wherein the side surface includes a first side surface part and a second side surface part arranged in sequence in a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface, and the first side surface part and the second side surface part are defined by different curved surfaces and both are configured as reflection surfaces.
1. A lens for a lighting assembly, the lens comprising:
a bottom surface,
a top surface and
a side surface joining the bottom surface and the top surface,
wherein the bottom surface comprises an incident surface, and the top surface comprises an emergent surface, wherein the side surface comprises a first side surface part and a second side surface part arranged in sequence in a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface, and the first side surface part and the second side surface part are defined by different curved surfaces and both are configured as reflection surfaces,
wherein the first side surface part receives first incident light beams from the incident surface and reflects the same to the emergent surface to form first emergent light beams, and the second side surface part receives second incident light beams from the incident surface and reflects the same to the emergent surface to form second emergent light beams, the emergent surface receives third incident light beams from the incident surface and emerges the same directly to form third emergent light beams, the first, second and third emergent light beams jointly form scallop-shaped light distribution, wherein the second emergent light beams and the third emergent light beams form a central part of the scallop-shaped light distribution, and the first emergent light beams form edge parts at two sides of the central part of the scallop-shaped light distribution.
2. The lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first side surface part and the second side surface part are both configured as total internal reflection surfaces.
3. The lens according to claim 2 ,
wherein a slope of a line tangent to each point on an outline on a cross section of the first side surface part is greater than a slope of a line tangent to each point on an outline on a cross section of the second side surface part.
4. The lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first side surface part is an oblique straight line in cross section.
5. The lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second side surface part is a quadratic rational Bezier curve, a spline curve or a quadratic curve in cross section.
6. The lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top surface is a horizontal plane.
7. The lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein the incident surface defines an accommodation cavity, and comprises a first incident surface section that defines a bottom of the accommodation cavity, and a second incident surface section that defines a side wall of the accommodation cavity, wherein the first incident surface section receives the third incident light beams, and the second incident surface section receives the first and second incident light beams.
8. The lens according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first incident surface section is a spline curve, a circular arc or a quadratic curve in cross section, and the second incident surface section is a straight line in cross section.
9. The lens according to claim 7 ,
wherein an angle between the second incident surface section and a vertical direction is 2°-5°.
10. An LED retrofit lamp, comprising a lens,
the lens comprising:
a bottom surface,
a top surface, and
a side surface joining the bottom surface and the top surface,
wherein the bottom surface comprises an incident surface, and the top surface comprises an emergent surface, wherein the side surface comprises a first side surface part and a second side surface part arranged in sequence in a direction from the top surface to the bottom surface, and the first side surface part and the second side surface part are defined by different curved surfaces and both are configured as reflection surfaces,
wherein the first side surface part receives first incident light beams from the incident surface and reflects the same to the emergent surface to form first emergent light beams, and the second side surface part receives second incident light beams from the incident surface and reflects the same to the emergent surface to form second emergent light beams, the emergent surface receives third incident light beams from the incident surface and emerges the same directly to form third emergent light beams, the first, second and third emergent light beams jointly form scallop-shaped light distribution, wherein the second emergent light beams and the third emergent light beams form a central part of the scallop-shaped light distribution, and the first emergent light beams form edge parts at two sides of the central part of the scallop-shaped light distribution.