Patent ID: 9310032
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: F21K,F21V,F21Y,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A light source, comprising: a housing; a window mounted in a front plane of the housing, a window length spanning a front plane-length, wherein the window comprises a front face and window sidewalls, the front face flush with the front plane, and the window sidewalls extending perpendicularly back from the front plane; and a linear array of light-emitting elements within the housing, the linear array aligned with and emitting light through the window, and the linear array spanning the window length, wherein first and last light-emitting elements of the linear array are positioned adjacent to widthwise edges of the window, the window sidewalls at the widthwise edges are aligned flush with housing sidewalls, the linear array of light-emitting elements further comprises a middle portion in between two end portions, the linear array having only a single row of elements, the middle portion comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements distributed over the middle portion with a first spacing throughout the middle portion, each of the end portions comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements distributed over the end portion with a second spacing throughout each end portion, the first spacing greater than the second spacing, a third spacing between the middle portion and each of the end portions is greater than the second spacing and less than the first spacing, the plurality of light-emitting elements in the middle portion have a first irradiance, and the plurality of light-emitting elements in each end portion have a second irradiance.