Patent ID: 8789969

Claim:
A directional lamp comprising: a light engine comprising a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) devices and a corresponding plurality of reflector cups wherein each LED device is disposed in a corresponding reflector cup, each cup having an LED end and an opposed exit opening end; an imaging lens arranged to generate an image of the light engine at about infinity; and a collecting reflector defining sidewalls of the directional lamp extending between a periphery of the light engine and a periphery of the optically active area of the imaging lens, the collecting reflector having an entrance aperture at which the light engine is disposed and an exit aperture at which the imaging lens is disposed and said reflector cup exit opening end being disposed relatively closer to said LED devices than said exit aperture; wherein some light rays emanating directly from the LED devices reflect off the collecting reflector into the imaging lens and some light rays emanating directly from the LED devices reflect off the reflecting cups into the imaging lens.