ILLUMINATION DEVICE

• US 20100002434A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HUANG, SHAN-FU
• Application Number:
  US12/485,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20100002434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/235
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0008 providing for indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0091 using total internal reflection
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2111/00 Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 17/006 Systems in which light light is reflected on a plurality of parallel surfaces, e.g. louvre mirrors, total internal reflection [TIR] lenses Fresnel mirrors G02B5/09, Fresnel lenses G02B3/08
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 19/0028 refractive and reflective surfaces, e.g. non-imaging catadioptric systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 19/0066 in the form of an LED array
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0977 Reflective elements

Abstract

An illumination device includes an optical lens module, a light emitting module, and a reflective layer. The optical lens module includes a plurality of stepped optical lenses. Each of the stepped optical lenses includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface. The light emitting module includes a substrate and a plurality of light sources mounted on the substrate. Each of the light sources faces the side surface of each of the stepped optical lenses. Light emitted from the light sources travels to the side surface and is refracted from the side surface. The reflective layer is coupled to the substrate.

Claims

1. An illumination device, comprising:

an optical lens module comprising a plurality of stepped optical lenses, wherein each of the stepped optical lenses comprises an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface;

a light emitting module opposite to the optical lens module, comprising a substrate and a plurality of light sources mounted on the substrate, wherein each of the light sources faces the side surface of each of the stepped optical lenses; and

a reflective layer coupled to the substrate.

2. The illumination device of claim 1, further comprising a shell, wherein the shell and the substrate cooperatively define a receiving space therebetween, wherein the receiving space receives the optical lens module and the light sources.

3. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the shell comprises transparent plastic, translucent plastic, or glass.

4. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the stepped optical lenses superpose one by one.

5. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the side surface is a reflective surface.

6. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the side surface is a fully reflective face.

7. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the light sources comprise a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips, a plurality of LEDs, or a plurality of LED modules.

8. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein the light sources are collimated lights.

9. The illumination device of claim 1, wherein an included angle between the side surface and the lower surface is an acute angle.

10. The illumination device of claim 9, wherein the included angle ranges between 30°

and 70°

.

11. An illumination device, comprising:

an optical lens module comprising first optical lenses and second optical lenses, wherein the first optical lenses and the second optical lenses are positioned opposite to each other, wherein the first optical lenses and the second optical lenses comprise a plurality of stepped optical lenses, wherein each of the stepped optical lenses comprises an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface; and

a light emitting module comprising a first light emitting module opposite to the first optical lenses and a second light emitting module opposite to the second optical lenses, wherein the first light emitting module and the second light emitting module are positioned opposite to each other, wherein the first light emitting module comprises a first substrate and a plurality of first light sources mounted on the substrate, wherein each of the first light sources faces the side surface of each of the stepped optical lenses, wherein the second light emitting module comprises a second substrate and a plurality of second light sources mounted on the substrate, wherein each of the second light sources faces the side surface of each of the stepped optical lenses.

12. The illumination device of claim 11, further comprising a shell, wherein the shell, the first substrate, and the second substrate cooperatively define a receiving space therebetween, wherein the receiving space receives the optical lens module, the first light sources, and the second light sources.

13. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the shell comprises transparent plastic, translucent plastic, or glass.

14. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the stepped optical lenses superpose one by one.

15. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the side surface is a reflective surface.

16. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the side surface is a fully reflective face.

17. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the first light sources and the second light sources comprise a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips, a plurality of LEDs, or a plurality of LED modules.

18. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein the first light sources and the second light sources are collimated lights.

19. The illumination device of claim 11, wherein an included angle between the side surface and the lower surface is an acute angle.

20. The illumination device of claim 19, wherein the included angle is 45°

.