IP Library Granted Patent US 8,708,527
Granted Patent B2
US 8,708,527 · App. 13/109,796 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Light module and optical lens for the light module

Inventors: Hua-tang Liu (Taichung City, TW); Ching-Shiang Wang (Taichung City, TW)
Assignee: Asia Optical Co., Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,708,527
App. No.
13/109,796
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light module includes a light source and an optical lens. The light source emits light to the optical lens. The light source is a single unit and has a parallelizing surface, a first plane, a wave surface, and a second plane in sequence. The light source emits light to the optical lens and through the parallelizing surface, the first plane, the wave surface, and the second plane in sequence to form a parallel linear light.

Claims (12)

1. A light module, comprising:

a light source for emitting light from a light side to an object side; and

an optical lens, which is a single unit, having a parallelizing surface, a first plane, a wave surface, and a second plane from the light side to said object side and where the optical lens has a cavity at a center to form the first plane and the wave surface at opposite sidewalls of the cavity and;

wherein the light from the light source enters the optical lens via the parallelizing surface and leaves the optical lens via the first plane, and then the light enters said optical lens again via the wave surface and leaves the optical lens via the second plane.

2. The light module as defined in claim 1 , wherein the light from the light source is transformed into a parallel light when it emits through the parallelizing surface and the first plane, and then is transformed into a linear light when it emits through the wave surface and the second plane.

3. The light module as defined in claim 1 , wherein the wave surface has flat portions at crests and troughs.

4. The light module as defined in claim 1 , wherein the parallelizing surface has a convex surface.

5. The light module as defined in claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is made of plastic.

6. An optical lens, which is a single unit, comprising a parallelizing surface, a first plane, a wave surface, and a second plane in sequence, wherein the light enters the optical lens via the parallelizing surface and leaves the optical lens via the first plane, and then the light enters optical lens again via the wave surface and leaves the optical lens via the second plane and where the optical lens has a cavity at a center to form the first plane and the wave surface at opposite sidewalls of the cavity.

7. The optical lens as defined in claim 6 , wherein the light is transformed into a parallel light when it emits through the parallelizing surface and the first plane, and then is transformed into a linear light when it emits through the wave surface and the second plane.

8. The optical lens as defined in claim 6 , wherein the wave surface has flat portions at crests and troughs.

9. The optical lens as defined in claim 6 , wherein the parallelizing surface has a convex surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
To: ASIA OPTICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 028842/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2011
From: LIU, HUA-TANG; WANG, CHING-SHIANG
To: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 026294/0415 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120294013A1 · Nov 22, 2012