Patent ID: 7703950
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B29C,C03B,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G02B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A side-emitting lens for a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, the lens having a central lens axis about which the lens is symmetrically disposed, the lens serving to redirect light generated by the LED lamp which is initially directed along the central lens axis to a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the central lens axis, the lens comprising: a base section having, an internal reflecting surface that terminates in a rim and a vertex, said internal reflecting surface being spaced apart from said cavity and symmetrically disposed about the central lens axis; and a side surface attached to said rim and joining said base external refracting surface, said side surface being substantially parallel to the central lens axis.