Patent ID: 8602590

Claim:
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 solid state light source that emits light and generates heat upon activation; a working liquid into which at least a portion of the solid state light source is immersed, wherein the working liquid is capable of being changed into a gaseous substance upon the application of heat to the working liquid; and an optical element, wherein the optical element beam shapes light emitted by the at least one solid state light source; and 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.