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Timestamp: 2019-06-16 02:32:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 583904', 'Application No. 2008312668', 'Application No. 08166681', 'Application No. 10157195', 'Application No. 2010200941', 'Application No. 583904', 'Application No. 583904', 'Application No. 2010200941', 'Application No. 583904', 'Application No. 583904', 'Application No. 2010200941']

US Patent for Modular light reflectors and assemblies for luminaire Patent (Patent # 8,042,968 issued October 25, 2011) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents With ModifierUS Patent for Modular light reflectors and assemblies for luminaire Patent (Patent # 8,042,968)
Nov 10, 2009 - LSI Industries, Inc.
Uncontrolled light can be wasted in lighting areas around the target area to be lighted, and contributes to unwanted “night lighting” which can interfere with the preservation and protection of the nighttime environment and our heritage of dark skies at night. Uncontrolled light also necessitates generation of greater amounts of light to meet the lighting requirements in the target area requiring higher power equipment and energy consumption to provide the target area with the desired amount of light.
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (“IESNA”) defines various light distribution patterns for various applications. For example, the IESNA defines Roadway Luminaire Classification Types I-V for luminaires providing roadway and area lighting. The IESNA defines other informal classifications for light distribution patterns provided by roadway and area luminaires as well as light distribution patterns for other applications. These and other light distribution patterns can be obtained by directing light emitted from the one or more light sources in a luminaire. This holds true regardless of light source.
Improvements in LED lighting technology have led to the development by Osram Sylvania of an LED having an integral optic that emits a significant portion of the LED light bilaterally and at high angle α (about 60°) from nadir, which is available as the Golden DRAGON® LED with Lens (hereinafter, “bilateral, high angular LED”). FIG. 1A is a representation of the bilateral, high angular LED 252 showing the direction and angle of the lines 255 of maximum light intensity emitted by the LED, substantially in opposed designated ±Z axes. Progressively and significantly lower levels of light intensity are emitted at angles in the Y-Z plane diverging from lines 255 and along vectors directed toward the transverse direction (±X axes) normal to the image of the figure. The radiation characteristics of the LED 252 are shown in FIG. 1B. These or other LEDs (or other light sources) can be arranged in a lighting apparatus in conjunction with a reflector system to distribute the light emitted from the light sources (which include, by definition, LEDs) to efficiently meet the light distribution needs of various applications with a minimum of wasted light.
FIG. 3 depicts a lighting apparatus 10 comprising a housing 12 of the type disclosed in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/236,243 filed Sep. 23, 2008, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference. Lighting apparatus 10 has a base 14 having a plurality of light sources 16. The lighting sources 16 are depicted as LEDs, but may be any other light source and the term “light source” as used herein generically refers to LEDs or any other light sources known to date or hereinafter created. The lighting apparatus 10 has a reflector assembly 18 comprised of reflector modules 20. The reflector assembly 18 of the lighting apparatus 10 is depicted as having four reflector modules 20. However, a reflector assembly could be comprised of any number of reflector modules. It is contemplated that any size reflector assembly could be created by piecing together a sufficient number and/or size of reflector modules. Similarly, despite the fact that the reflector assembly 18 is depicted as comprising reflector modules 20 that are each identically configured to the others, it is contemplated that a reflector assembly can be comprised of reflector modules of two or more different size and/or configurations in order to meet sizing requirements, light distribution requirements or other requirements.
The reflector modules 20 of the depicted embodiment comprise lateral reflectors 30 protruding out of the cover plate 22 and extending laterally along the length of the cover plate 22. In one embodiment, the reflector modules 20 are comprised of formed sheet metal and the lateral reflectors 30 are formed of the same sheet as the cover plate 22 as described in copending U.S. application Ser. No. 12/166,536, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference. The lateral reflectors 30 can be of any form to create the desired reflecting surfaces necessary for the light distribution sought. In the depicted reflector module 20, the lateral reflectors 30 comprise a first side 32 and a second side 34 with each side 32, 34 being substantially straight and forming an angle at their union. In the depicted embodiment, the first side 32 forms an angle θ1 with the cover plate 22 and the second side 34 forms an angle θ2 with the cover plate 22. In the depicted embodiment, θ1 is 135° and θ2 is 100°. Other angles, curved sides 32, 34 and/or additional surface characteristics are all contemplated as appropriate to create desired light distributions or otherwise.
The reflector modules 20 of the depicted embodiment also comprise overhead reflectors 36, each disposed over a column of light source apertures 24. The depicted reflector modules 20 have overhead reflectors 36 disposed over alternating columns of light source apertures 24 rather than every such column. Fewer or more overhead reflectors 36 are contemplated. For example, an overhead reflector could be located over every column of light source apertures 24, every third column, etc. or over individual light sources. As disclosed in copending U.S. application Ser. No. 12/166,536, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference, the overhead reflectors 36 (referenced as “directional members” and given the reference number 122 in copending U.S. application Ser. No. 12/166,536) direct a portion of the light emanating from a light source 16 immediately adjacent thereto laterally. In particular, the light emanating from a light source 16 substantially in the +Z direction is reflected laterally by the overhead reflector 36. The depicted overhead reflectors 30 are configured in substantially a V-shape having a first side 38 and a second side 40 of the V forming a vertex, the outside of which is located over the light source apertures 24, as depicted, to laterally reflect some of the light from the a light source 16 associated with the light source aperture 24. The overhead reflector first and second sides 38, 40 form an angle θ3 with each other which, in the depicted embodiment, is 84°. Other angles, curved sides 38, 40 and/or additional surface characteristics are all contemplated as appropriate to create desired light distributions or otherwise. The overhead reflectors 36 can be of any form to create the desired reflecting surfaces necessary for the light distribution sought.
The instant disclosure provides the exemplary embodiment reflector module 20 having both lateral reflectors 30 and overhead reflectors 36. A reflector module is contemplated, however, having only one of these two types of reflectors and the term “reflector” when used alone (e.g. without “assembly”, “lateral” or “reflector” associated therewith) shall refer generically to either a lateral reflector 30 or an overhead reflector 36 or other types of reflectors. When the term is used in the plural (i.e. “reflectors”), it may also refer to a combination of overhead or lateral reflectors or other types of reflectors.
The depicted embodiment of the reflector module 20 further comprises first and second lateral walls 42, 44 and first and second end walls 46, 48. The first and second lateral walls 42, 44 extend upward from the cover plate 22 at an angle θ4 therewith. In the depicted embodiment θ4 is 100°, but could be any desired angle to accomplish the desired light distribution and the two angles θ4 could differ. The first end wall 46 forms an angle θ5 with the cover plate 22 and can vary depending on the desire light distribution. In the depicted embodiment, θ5 is 135° to provide the same reflective angle as the second side 34 of the lateral reflectors 30. Similarly, the second end wall 48 forms an angle θ6 with the cover plate 22 that is 100° in the depicted embodiment to conform with the angle between the first side 32 of the lateral reflectors 30. Other angles θ1-θ6 may be used as necessary to accomplish the desire light distribution.
When employing LEDs such as the depicted light sources 16, the base 14 may be comprised of one or more light boards, and more typically a printed circuit board (“PCB”). The circuitry for controlling and powering the LEDs can also be mounted on the PCB, or remotely. In one suitable embodiment, the LEDs 16 are white LEDs each comprising a gallium nitride (GaN)-based light emitting semiconductor device coupled to a coating containing one or more phosphors. The GaN-based semiconductor device emits light in the blue and/or ultraviolet range, and excites the phosphor coating to produce longer wavelength light. The combined light output approximates a white output. For example, a GaN-based semiconductor device generating blue light can be combined with a yellow phosphor to produce white light. Alternatively, a GaN-based semiconductor device generating ultraviolet light can be combined with red, green, and blue phosphors in a ratio and arrangement that produces white light. In yet another suitable embodiment, colored LEDs are used, such are phosphide-based semiconductor devices emitting red or green light, in which case the LEDs as a group produce light of the corresponding color. In still yet another suitable embodiment, if desired, the LED light board includes red, green, and blue LEDs distributed on the PCB in a selected pattern to produce light of a selected color using a red-green-blue (RGB) color composition arrangement. In this latter exemplary embodiment, the LED light board can be configured to emit a selectable color by selective operation of the red, green, and blue LEDs at selected optical intensities.
When one or more of the light sources 16 comprise an LED, that light source may be a unit consisting of the light-generating diode and an associated optic or the light-generating diode without the optic. When present, the associated optic can be affixed directly to the diode, can be affixed to the substrate in a position next to or in contact with the diode by separate positioning and orientation means, or located or held without the assistance of the substrate or diode. The LED can be of any kind and capacity, though in a preferred embodiment, each LED provides a wide-angle light distribution pattern. A typical LED used in the present disclosure is the wide-angle LED known herein as the bilateral, high angular LED, such as Golden DRAGON® LED manufactured by Osram Sylvania or a Nichia 083B LED. Spacing between these adjacent LED lighting assemblies may be dependent upon the angle α of the bilateral, high angular LED.
6. The reflector assembly of claim 1, the at least one reflector having a reflective surface facing the adjacent light source and each reflective surface defining a plane oriented at an angle of about 0° to about 45° from perpendicular to a plane defined by the two or more reflector modules.
18. The luminaire of claim 13, the at least one reflector having a reflective surface facing the adjacent light source and each reflective surface defining a plane oriented at an angle of about 0° to about 45° from perpendicular to a plane defined by the two or more reflector modules.
28. The luminaire of claim 13 wherein the first light distribution is different from the second light distribution.
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Patent Publication Number: 20110110080
Inventors: John D. Boyer (Lebanon, OH), James G. Vanden Eynden (Hamilton, OH), Larry A. Akers (Clarksville, OH)
Application Number: 12/615,851
Current U.S. Class: With Modifier (362/235); With Ventilating Or Cooling (362/345); Louvered Or Grid-type Modifier (362/217.03); Louvered Or Grid Type Modifier Movable As A Unit (362/279); Reflector (362/341); Including Reflector (362/296.01)