Patent ID: 8075157

Claim:
An LED module comprising: an LED having an optic axis extending through a center thereof along a top to bottom direction; and a lens fixed over the LED for refracting light emitted by the LED, the lens having a configuration of a block with a curved top side, two opposite curved lateral sides and a bottom side, a cross section of the lens along a front to rear direction being the same, the lens having an inner incidence surface recessed from the bottom side and facing the LED and an outer emission surface at the top side, the inner incidence surface defining a groove receiving the LED therein, the inner incidence surface being concave toward the emission surface, the emission surface having a middle part around the optic axis of the LED concave toward the incidence surface, and two convex lateral parts off the optic axis of the LED; wherein a peak intensity for light generated by the LED and penetrating through the lens occurs at the convex lateral parts of the emission surface; wherein the groove defined by the incidence surface has an inverted V-shaped configuration; and wherein the incidence surface has two lateral planar, inclined parts, and an included angle between the inclined parts is 130-140 degrees.