Patent ID: 9057493
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21Y,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing light in more than one direction from an LED light for use in a fluorescent light fixture having a reflector comprising: emanating light in a first direction from at least one LED positioned on a circuit board facing an illumination area; emitting a portion of the light emanated in the first direction from a housing at least partially enclosing the circuit board and the at least one LED through a first portion of the housing facing the at least one LED; deflecting a portion of the light emanated in the first direction in a second direction with the first portion of the housing; passing the deflected light through apertures in the circuit board that are in communication with a second portion of the housing; emitting a portion of the passed light from the housing through the second portion of the housing; and reflecting the portion of the light emitted from the housing through the second portion of the housing back toward the illumination area with the reflector.