Patent ID: 7083313

Claim:
A side-emitting collimating lens adapted for collimating light from an LED having an optical axis into at least one collimated beam perpendicular to said optical axis, said collimating lens comprising: first and second substantially identical collimator halves, each said collimator half comprising: a refracting surface partially defining a cavity for receiving the LED and configured to refract light from the LED into said lens; and an upper aspheric reflecting surface positioned to reflect light refracted by said refracting surface in a direction perpendicular to said optical axis, said upper aspheric reflecting surface flaring outwardly from a first end to a second end, wherein said first and second collimator halves abut each other at said first ends, are symmetrical about a common axis on one side of a plane including said common axis, and said refracting surfaces meet to define a light source cavity.