Systems, methods and apparatus for programmable light fixtures

• US 10,060,599 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Integrated Illumination Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Integrated Illumination Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Zampini, Mark Alphonse
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Application Number:
  US15/166,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20160348875A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 362223
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/033 the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/04 intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures F21S8/02 takes precedence; details of ceiling bases F21V21/03
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/003 the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0008 providing for indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/005 with an elongated shape to cooperate with linear light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/24 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/28 characterised by coatings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a light fixture attached to a wall or a ceiling to illuminate at least a portion of the ceiling. The light fixture can include a light source enclosed within the light fixture and configured to emanate light directionally away from the wall. The light fixture can include a protrusion. The protrusion can extend away from and below the light source. The protrusion can include a bent end that is bent upwards to direct light at a predetermined angle towards a ceiling. The light fixture can include an optic attached above the light source and extending above and externally towards the bent end of the protrusion. The optic can be configured to direct a portion of light towards the bent end.

Claims

1. A system to illuminate at least a portion of a ceiling, comprising:

a light fixture, supported at a wall or a ceiling, comprising a light source enclosed within the light fixture and configured to emanate light directionally away from the wall towards at least a portion of the ceiling;

a protrusion of the light fixture extending away from and below the light source, wherein a bent end of the protrusion is bent upwards to direct light at a predetermined angle towards a ceiling, a first end of the protrusion positioned at the light source, and the bent end of the protrusion is opposite the first end of the protrusion and thinner than the first end of the protrusion; and

an optic attached above the light source and extending above and externally towards the bent end of the protrusion, wherein the optic is configured to direct a portion of light towards the bent end.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bent end directs the light towards the ceiling at the predetermined angle.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle of the bent end and the optic are configured to spread light across at least the portion of the ceiling a predetermined distance away from the light fixture.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising a gap between an end of the optic and the bent end.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein an end of the optic meets the bent end.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the light fixture is attached to the wall or the ceiling and extends perpendicular from the wall and parallel from the ceiling.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a linear light source having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs).

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a linear light source having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and the optic provides a light mixing chamber configured to mix light emitted by the plurality of LEDs.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the optic comprises an asymmetric optic having a first portion at the light source thicker than a second portion at the bent end.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the optic is formed from a translucent acrylic.

11. A method of illuminating a ceiling, comprising:

providing a light fixture at a wall or a ceiling, the light fixture comprising a light source enclosed within the light fixture and configured to emanate light directionally away from the wall, wherein the light fixture includes;

a protrusion of the light fixture extending away from and below the light source, wherein a bent end of the protrusion is bent upwards to direct light at a predetermined angle towards the ceiling, a first end of the protrusion positioned at the light source, and the bent end of the protrusion is opposite the first end of the protrusion and thinner than the first end of the protrusion; and

an optic attached above the light source and extending above and externally towards the bent end of the protrusion, wherein the optic is configured to direct a portion of light towards the bent end.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the bent end directs the light towards the ceiling at the predetermined angle.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined angle of the bent end and the optic are configured to direct a spread of light across the ceiling a predetermined distance from away from the light fixture.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the light fixture comprises a gap between the optic and the bent end.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the optic meets the bent end.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising attaching the light fixture to the wall such that the light fixture extends perpendicular from the wall and parallel from the ceiling.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the light source comprises a linear light source having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs).

18. A method of illuminating a ceiling, comprising:

emanating, by a linear light source of a light fixture attached to a wall or a ceiling, light;

directing, by an optic attached above the linear light source and extending above and externally towards a bent end of a protrusion of the light fixture extending away from and below the linear light source, a portion of the light towards the bent end, a first end of the protrusion positioned at the linear light source, and the bent end of the protrusion is opposite the first end of the protrusion and thinner than the first end of the protrusion; and

projecting, by the bent end, the directed light at a predetermined angle towards the ceiling.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the linear light sources comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and the optic provides a light mixing chamber configured to mix light emitted by the plurality of LEDs.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the optic comprises an asymmetric optic formed from translucent acrylic and having a first portion at the linear light source thicker than a second portion at the bent end.