Lighting apparatus

• US 10,107,457 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2017
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Materials Company Limited (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Materials Company Limited (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohno, Hiroshi, Kato, Mitsuaki, Hayashihara, Hiromichi, Kondo, Hiroyasu, Tsuda, Ryoji, Ooya, Yasumasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Sawhney, Hargobind S
• Application Number:
  US15/482,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20170211749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/61 using light guides
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/00 Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/24 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a globe, an optical element including a scattering portion inside and transparent to visible light, and a light source disposed to be opposed to a light incident surface of the optical element. The scattering portion is disposed inside the globe.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:

a transparent globe;

a transparent optical element including a scattering portion at a first end along an axis, a light incident surface at a second end along the axis, a cylindrical side surface extending from a circumferential edge of the light incident surface along the axis, and an inclined surface continuous with the cylindrical side surface and inclined inward to surround the scattering portion;

a light source disposed to be opposed to the light incident surface of the optical element; and

a diffusion portion subjected to surface treatment to diffuse and reflect light and thermally connected with the light source,

wherein the scattering portion and the diffusion portion are disposed inside the globe.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the optical element has a rotation-symmetrical shape,

the globe has a rotation-symmetrical shape, and

a first rotation-symmetrical axis serving as the axis of the optical element agrees with a second rotation-symmetrical axis of the globe.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scattering portion is disposed opposite to the light source with respect to center of the globe.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first end portion of the scattering portion on the light source side is disposed in the center of the globe.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scattering portion is disposed in a position including center of the globe.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein center of the scattering portion agrees with the center of the globe.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scattering portion is disposed on the light source side beyond center of the globe.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first end portion of the scattering portion on a side opposite to the light source is disposed in the center of the globe.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the light source includes an LED device, and

a light emitting surface of the light source is opposed to the light incident surface of the optical element.

10. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the globe is of an ordinary bulb type.

11. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the globe is of a chandelier bulb type.

12. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the globe is of a ball bulb type.