IP Library Granted Patent US 9,336,966
Granted Patent B2
US 9,336,966 · App. 14/417,816 · Granted May 10, 2016

Indicator lamp

Inventors: Jindrich Halama (Trutnov, CZ); Vit Ledl (Liberec, CZ); Radek Melich (Lisny, CZ); Jiri Varak (Radvanice, CZ)
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
H01H13/023F21V5/008F21V13/04F21W2111/00H01H2219/036H01H2219/06H01H2219/066
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Patent No.
US 9,336,966
App. No.
14/417,816
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An indicator lamp is disclosed, in particular for an electromechanical command device. The indicator lamp includes a housing and a light source, which is arranged in the housing and emits light when supplied with energy. Furthermore, a lens arrangement is provided, including a first lens unit, which is arranged in the propagation direction of the light emitted by the light source and is built such that light beams emitted by the light source exit substantially parallel from a side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source. The lens arrangement includes a second lens, which is arranged on the side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source and is built such that some of the light beams exiting from the first lens unit are directed with respect to the propagation direction towards a transparent side surface of the housing.

Claims (28)

1. An indicator lamp, comprising:

a housing;

a light source arranged in the housing, to emit light when supplied with energy; and

a lens arrangement including

a first lens unit, arranged in a propagation direction of the light emitted by the light source and configured such that light beams emitted by the light source emerge substantially in parallel from a side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source, and

a second lens, arranged on a side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source and configured such that some of the light beams emerging from the first lens unit are directed with respect to the parallel propagation direction toward a transparent side surface of the housing, wherein the second lens is a prismatic ring, an entry surface of which at least partly overlaps an exit surface of the light beams from the first lens unit.

2. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit includes at least one Fresnel lens.

3. The indicator lamp of claim 2 , wherein the first lens unit includes at least one aspherical Fresnel lens.

4. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the second lens reflects and deflects the light beams entering it completely.

5. The indicator lamp of claim 4 , wherein the entry surface of the second lens and the exit surface of the first lens unit run parallel to each other.

6. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the entry surface of the second lens and the exit surface of the first lens unit run parallel to each other.

7. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein an exit surface of the second lens is arranged parallel to a transparent surface section of a transparent covering cap.

8. The indicator lamp of claim 7 , wherein the exit surface of the second lens is arranged parallel to the transparent surface section of a transparent and colored covering cap.

9. The indicator lamp of claim 8 , wherein the exit surface of the second lens is arranged parallel to and adjoins the transparent surface section of a transparent and colored covering cap.

10. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the housing between the light source and the first lens unit comprises a light reflection element, to reflect light at least one of emitted by the light source and light reflected by the first lens unit.

11. The indicator lamp of claim 10 , wherein the light reflection element is formed from a light and diffusive material.

12. The indicator lamp of claim 11 , wherein the light reflection element widens conically from the light source toward the first lens unit.

13. The indicator lamp of claim 10 , wherein the light reflection element widens conically from the light source toward the first lens unit.

14. An electromechanical command device comprising:

a pushbutton, the pushbutton comprising the indicator lamp of claim 1 .

15. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the indicator lamp is for an electromechanical command device.

16. The indicator lamp of claim 1 , wherein the entry surface of the second lens and the exit surface of the first lens unit run parallel to each other and adjoin each other.

17. An indicator lamp, comprising:

a housing;

a light source arranged in the housing, to emit light when supplied with energy; and

a lens arrangement including

a first lens unit, arranged in a propagation direction of the light emitted by the light source and configured such that light beams emitted by the light source emerge substantially in parallel from a side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source, and

a second lens, arranged on a side of the first lens unit that faces away from the light source and configured such that some of the light beams emerging from the first lens unit emerge substantially in parallel from the indicator lamp via a side of the first lens unit and some of the light beams are directed with respect to the parallel propagation direction toward a transparent side surface of the housing.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2015
From: SIEMENS S.R.O.
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 036754/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: USTAV FYZIKY PLAZMATU AVCR
To: SIEMENS S.R.O.
Reel/Frame 036690/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2015
From: LEDL, VIT; MELICH, RADEK
To: USTAV FYZIKY PLAZMATU AV CR
Reel/Frame 036664/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2015
From: HALAMA, JINDRICH; VARAK, JIRI
To: SIEMENS S.R.O.
Reel/Frame 036664/0814 →
Continuity (1)
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