Patent ID: 8602590
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A light engine comprising: a condenser, wherein the condenser returns a gaseous substance located therein to a liquid substance; an evaporation chamber, wherein the evaporation chamber includes: at least one connecting element that joins the condenser to the evaporation chamber, such that when the at least one solid state light source in the evaporation chamber generates heat, a portion of the working liquid evaporates, becoming a gaseous substance, wherein the gaseous substance travels through the at least one connecting element to the condenser, and upon being returned to a liquid substance, wherein the liquid substance travels through the at least one connecting element back to the evaporation chamber; wherein the evaporation chamber comprises a plurality of sub-chambers, wherein each sub-chamber in the plurality of sub-chambers includes a solid state light source, a working liquid, and an optical element, and wherein the working liquid of a given sub-chamber is unable to pass into another sub-chamber in liquid form.