IP Library Granted Patent US 10,066,793
Granted Patent B2
US 10,066,793 · App. 15/116,986 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

LED luminaire

Inventor: Hugo Johan Cornelissen (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
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Patent No.
US 10,066,793
App. No.
15/116,986
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A LED luminaire ( 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 ) is provided. The LED luminaire ( 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 ) comprises a LED light source ( 102 ) arranged to emit light into a light guide ( 104 ), the light guide ( 104 ) is arranged to guide the light from the LED light source ( 102 ) to a light out-coupling element ( 106 ). A reflector ( 108 ) forms a partly enclosed space ( 110 ) and comprises a slot ( 112 ), wherein the light guide ( 104 ) extends through the slot ( 112 ), the light out-coupling element ( 106 ) is arranged in the partly enclosed space ( 110 ) of the reflector ( 108 ), and the LED light source ( 102 ) is arranged outside the partly enclosed space ( 110 ) of the reflector ( 108 ) wherein the reflector ( 108 ) is arranged such that light exiting the reflector ( 108 ) has an angle different from zero with respect to a propagation direction of light in the light guide ( 104 ). This provides for a compact LED luminaire.

Claims (19)

1. A LED luminaire comprising:

a LED light source arranged to emit light into a light guide, the light guide being arranged to guide the light from the LED light source to a light out-coupling element, and

a reflector forming a partly enclosed space, the reflector comprising a slot, wherein the light guide extends through the slot, the light out-coupling element is arranged in the partly enclosed space of the reflector and the LED light source is arranged outside the partly enclosed space of the reflector, wherein the reflector is arranged such that light exiting the reflector has an angle different from zero with respect to a propagation direction of light in the light guide, wherein the light out-coupling element is arranged completely within the partly enclosed space of the reflector and the LED light source is arranged completely outside the partly enclosed space of the reflector.

2. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light exiting the reflector has an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the light propagation direction in the light guide.

3. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector is a parabolic reflector.

4. The LED luminaire according to claim 3 , wherein the light out-coupling element is arranged in a focal point of the parabolic reflector.

5. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector comprises a plurality of parabolic structures for which the focal points coincide.

6. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light out-coupling element is arranged at an edge portion of the light guide.

7. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , comprising a light out-coupling element arranged on the light guide at a location separated from an edge portion of the light guide.

8. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light out-coupling element comprises a wavelength converting material.

9. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide is shaped as a disk or a rectangular plate.

10. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector extends along a surface of the light guide.

11. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector comprises a refractive element.

12. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the LED light source is arranged inside a cavity in the light guide.

13. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the LED luminaire ( 100 ) comprises an interference filter arranged to provide angular filtering light emitted from the LED light source before the light is emitted into the light guide.

14. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide is shaped as a rectangular plate, light out-coupling elements are arranged at two opposite edge portions of the light guide and reflectors extend along two opposite surfaces of the light guide.

15. The LED luminaire according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide comprises a translucent material for reducing shadowing or blocking effects caused by the light guide within the reflector.

16. A LED luminaire comprising:

a LED light source arranged to emit light into a light guide, the light guide being arranged to guide the light from the LED light source to a light out-coupling element, and a reflector forming a partly enclosed space, the light out-coupling element is arranged in the partly enclosed space of the reflector and the LED light source is arranged outside the partly enclosed space of the reflector, wherein the reflector is arranged such that light exiting the reflector has an angle different from zero with respect to a propagation direction of light in the light guide, wherein the light out-coupling element is arranged completely within the partly enclosed space of the reflector and the LED light source is arranged completely outside the partly enclosed space of the reflector.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
To: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 050837/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 050429/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2018
From: CORNELISSEN, HUGO JOHAN
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 044894/0244 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14154962 · Feb 13, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
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