IP Library Granted Patent US 11,149,923
Granted Patent B2
US 11,149,923 · App. 16/998,427 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Lighting fixture

Inventors: David J. Kinzer (Middleton, WI); Frank Tornyai (Santa Maria, CA)
Assignee: Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
F21V14/06F21K9/62F21V5/007F21V7/0008F21V15/01
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Patent No.
US 11,149,923
App. No.
16/998,427
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting fixture including a light source having an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a reflector having an input end adjacent the array of LEDs and an output end opposite the input end such that the light source emits light through the reflector from the input end through the output end; and a tandem lens array adjacent the output end of the reflector. The tandem lens array includes a first side that faces toward the array of LEDs and a second side that is opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes an array of lenses and the second side includes an array of lenses.

Claims (39)

1. A lighting fixture comprising:

a light source including a multi-color array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) including at least one LED configured to project light of a first color and at least one LED configured to project light of a second color;

a reflector having

an input end adjacent the array of LEDs, the input end receiving light of the first color and light of the second color,

an output end opposite the input end such that light of the first color and light of the second color are received through the input end and travel through the reflector from the input end through the output end, thereby mixing light of the first color and light of the second color, and

at least one sidewall, each sidewall extending in a straight line between the input end and the output end; and

a tandem lens array adjacent the output end of the reflector, and

wherein the tandem lens array includes a first side that faces toward the array of LEDs and a second side that is opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes an array of lenses and the second side includes an array of lenses.

2. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the reflector has a hexagonal cross-section.

3. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the array of lenses on the first side includes an array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses.

4. The lighting fixture of claim 3 , wherein the array of lenses on the second side includes an array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses.

5. The lighting fixture of claim 3 , wherein the array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses is arranged in a repeating pattern.

6. The lighting fixture of claim 3 , wherein the array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses is arranged in a randomized pattern.

7. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the lenses on the first side have corresponding lenses on the second side with a common axis that extends centrally through the corresponding lenses.

8. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the lenses on the first side form a repeating hexagonal pattern.

9. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the lenses on the first side are arranged in a circular pattern around a center of the tandem lens array.

10. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the reflector includes a longitudinal axis that extends centrally through the input end and the output end, the lighting fixture further comprising a Fresnel lens moveable along the longitudinal axis to alter a beam angle of a light beam from the lighting fixture.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one sidewall of the reflector further includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth sidewall that extend from the input end to the output end, and

the first, the second, the third, and the fourth sidewalls each includes an interior surface that is specular.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the reflector includes a taper angle between about 5 degrees and 20 degrees.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the array of LEDs is disposed within a perimeter of the input end of the reflector.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the array of lenses on the first side of the tandem lens array is disposed within a perimeter of the output end of the reflector.

15. A lighting fixture comprising:

a light source including an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs);

a reflector having

an input end adjacent the array of LEDs that receives light from a plurality of LEDs of the array of LEDs,

an output end opposite the input end such that light is received through the input end from the plurality of LEDs and travels through the reflector from the input end through the output end, and

a plurality of sidewalls, each sidewall extending in a straight line between the input end and the output end, the plurality of sidewalls forming a hexagonal cross-section defined between the input end and the output end

a tandem lens array adjacent the output end of the reflector, and

wherein the tandem lens array includes a first side that faces toward the array of LEDs and a second side that is opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes an array of lenses and the second side includes an array of lenses.

16. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein the array of LEDs is disposed within a perimeter of the input end of the reflector, and the input end of the reflector receives light from an entirety of the array of LEDs.

17. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein the array of lenses on the first side of the tandem lens array is disposed within a perimeter of the output end of the reflector.

18. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein

the array of lenses on the first side of the tandem lens array includes an array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses,

the array of lenses on the second side of the tandem lens array includes an array of approximately semi-sphere shaped lenses, and

the lenses on the first side of the tandem lens array have corresponding lenses on the second side of the tandem lens array with a common axis that extends centrally through the corresponding lenses.

19. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein the reflector includes a longitudinal axis that extends centrally through the input end and the output end, the lighting fixture further comprising a Fresnel lens moveable along the longitudinal axis to alter a beam angle of a light beam from the lighting fixture.

20. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein the reflector is a single reflector configured to receive light from all LEDs of the array of LEDs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: KINZER, DAVID J.; TORNYAI, FRANK
To: ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053553/0076 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16587176 · Sep 30, 2019
Provisional Application 62740010 · Oct 2, 2018
Related Publication 20200378580A1 · Dec 3, 2020