Light reflector

• US 6,206,549 B1
• Filed: 05/27/1999
• Issued: 03/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: World Hint Limited
• Original Assignee: World Hint Limited
• Inventors: Li, Ying Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hobden, David V.
• Application Number:
  US09/318,575
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 362/297, 362/518, 362/346, 362/347, 362/348, 362/349, 362/350
• US Class Current: 362/297
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/09 with a combination of different curvatures

Abstract

A light reflector for use in a lighting device including a light bulb having a filament. The reflector includes a cup-shaped body having a parabolic internal reflective surface divided transversely into an inner portion surrounding the light bulb to focus light from the light bulb into a parallel light beam to produce a bright spot and an outer portion adjoining the inner portion. The outer portion is faceted to smooth blurring around the bright spot.

Claims

1. A light reflector having an internal reflective surface rotationally symmetrical about a central axis, a single parabolic shape in any cross-section including the central axis, a single focus on the central axis, a first opening coaxial with the central axis for insertion of a light bulb with a filament, and a second opening, larger than the first opening, at a rim of the light reflector for escape of light produced by the light bulb and reflected from the internal reflective surface, the internal reflective surface being divided by a plane orthogonal to the central axis into a first portion extending from the first opening to the plane and a second portion extending from the plane to the second opening, the plane being closer to the rim than the filament of the light bulb inserted through the first opening, the first portion having a smooth surface extending from the first opening to the plane, and the second portion having a faceted surface extending from the plane to the second opening, wherein the faceted surface includes coaxial rings of contiguous trapezoidal facets.

2. The light reflector as claimed in claim 1 wherein the coaxial rings are contiguous.

3. The light reflector as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of the rings includes an identical number of trapezoidal facets and the facets of adjacent rings are radially aligned with each other.