Patent ID: 9435510
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G02B

Claim Text:
1. An illumination system comprising: an optic comprising an inner surface that forms a cavity and an outer surface; and a light emitting diode that is oriented to emit light into the cavity and that has an optical axis, wherein the inner surface and the outer surface are asymmetrical with respect to the optical axis, wherein the inner surface comprises a refractive surface that is located on a first side of the optical axis, that bulges into the cavity, and that forms a beam within the optic, and wherein the outer surface comprises a total internally reflective surface that is located on the first side of the optical axis and that is positioned to receive the formed beam and to reflect the formed beam across the optical axis to a second side of the optical axis.