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Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,578 · App. 18/470,379 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Light emitting module

Inventor: Norimasa Yoshida (Komatsushima, JP)
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
G02B7/023F21V14/006F21V14/06G02B3/08G02B3/14F21Y2115/10G02B2207/113
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Patent No.
US 12,222,578
App. No.
18/470,379
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting module includes a light source, a first lens configured to transmit light from the light source and including at least a portion that is elastically deformable, and an actuator configured to move the first lens in a direction along an optical axis of the first lens. The light source includes a contact portion with which the first lens comes into contact. The actuator is configured to move the first lens to change a state of the first lens relative to the contact portion of the light source.

Claims (26)

1. A light emitting module comprising:

a light source;

a first lens configured to transmit light from the light source; and

an actuator configured to move the first lens in a direction along an optical axis of the first lens, wherein

the light source includes a contact portion with which the first lens comes into contact,

the first lens includes a first portion and a reflective portion,

the first portion is elastically deformable by contacting the contact portion, and the reflective portion is provided around the first portion in a top view, and

the actuator is configured to move the first lens to change a state of the first lens relative to the contact portion of the light source.

2. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein the state of the first lens relative to the contact portion of the light source includes a first state in which a first air layer is present between the contact portion and the first lens, and a second state in which a height of the first air layer between the contact portion and the first lens is reduced as compared to the first state.

3. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lens further includes a second portion, and

the second portion has a higher hardness than a hardness of the first portion.

4. The light emitting module according to claim 3 , wherein the contact portion of the light source has a higher hardness than the hardness of the first portion of the first lens.

5. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source includes

a light emitting surface, and

an optical member defining the contact portion and disposed between the light emitting surface and the first lens, the optical member being configured to transmit light from the light emitting surface.

6. The light emitting module according to claim 5 , wherein the light source has a second air layer between the light emitting surface and the optical member in the direction along the optical axis of the first lens.

7. The light emitting module according to claim 5 , wherein the optical member has, at a position opposite the contact portion, one of a Fresnel lens surface, a convex surface that protrudes toward the light emitting surface, and a concave surface that is recessed in a direction away from the light emitting surface.

8. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source includes a plurality of light sources aligned in either a first direction or a second direction or both in the first direction and the second direction, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, and

the first lens includes a plurality of first lenses disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light sources, and the plurality of first lenses are integrated with one another.

9. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second lens disposed above the first lens and configured to transmit light from the first lens.

10. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a light emitting element, the light emitting element being a light emitting diode or a laser diode.

11. The light emitting module according to claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a plurality of light emitting parts configured to emit light having different chromaticity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2023
From: YOSHIDA, NORIMASA
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064961/0542 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-154098 · Sep 27, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240103248A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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