IP Library Granted Patent US 9,689,555
Granted Patent B2
US 9,689,555 · App. 14/438,643 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Lighting device and lighting system

Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens (Eindhoven, NL); Dragan Sekulovski (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
F21V7/0016F21S8/026F21S8/061F21V14/003F21Y2105/10F21Y2105/12F21Y2107/50F21Y2113/13F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 9,689,555
App. No.
14/438,643
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting device ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 3 ) with a light emission window ( 5 ) and, opposite thereto, a reflector ( 7 ). A planar light transmissive carrier ( 9 ) arranged in between the light emission window and the reflector and comprising, at least on a side ( 11 ) facing towards the reflector, a grid ( 13 ) of a plurality of light sources ( 15,17 ). The plurality of light sources comprise a first group ( 19 ) of first light sources ( 15 ) and a second group ( 21 ) of second light sources ( 19 ). Each first light source has a respective first emission orientation ( 23 ) in a respective first direction ( 25 ) away from the reflector and each second light source has a respective second emission orientation ( 31 ) to issue light towards the reflector, which light, after reflection, is redirected into a respective first direction ( 25 a ). The lighting device is able to provide accent lighting and/or diffuse lighting issued by light sources arranged on one planar carrier.

Claims (14)

1. A lighting device comprising:

a housing comprising a light emission window and, opposite thereto, a reflector,

a planar carrier between the light emission window and the reflector, the planar carrier being light transmissive and comprising, at least on a side facing the reflector, a grid of a plurality of light sources,

the plurality of light sources comprising a first group of first light sources and a second group of second light sources, wherein each of the first light sources has a respective first emission orientation in a respective first direction away from the reflector, and each of the second light sources has a respective second emission orientation to issue light towards the reflector, wherein the light issued from the second light sources, after reflection by the reflector, is redirected substantially into the respective first direction;

wherein the light emission window has openings with a first end on the side facing the reflector and a second end on a side of the planar carrier facing away from the reflector, each of the first light sources being located at a respective one of the openings.

2. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second groups are independently controllable.

3. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a respective one of the first light sources is disposed in a stacked arrangement with a respective one of the second light sources along a respective first direction, said respective one of the second light sources being located between said respective one of the first light sources and the reflector.

4. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first light sources is located at the first end of said respective one of the openings.

5. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first light sources and the second light sources is located at a respective one of the openings in a stacked arrangement and between the reflector and the side of the carrier plate facing away from the reflector, each of the second light sources being located between the first light sources and the reflector.

6. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the first and second light sources is in a ratio of 6:1 to 1:6.

7. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first light sources have a color temperature tunable between 2,000-6,000K and the second light sources have a color temperature tunable between 4,000-20,000K.

8. The Lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflector is made of an electronically switchable material.

9. A Lighting system comprising at least two of the lighting devices as claimed in claim 1 .

10. The Lighting system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the lighting devices are arranged next to each other to form at least a part of a false ceiling.

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 13, 2016
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 040060/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: BAAIJENS, JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS; SEKULOVSKI, DRAGAN
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N V
Reel/Frame 035497/0713 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61718824 · Oct 26, 2012
Related Publication 20150300597A1 · Oct 22, 2015