Side reflector for illumination using light emitting diode
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1. An illumination unit, comprising:
- a first curved reflector comprising a first reflecting surface that defines a first reflector axis; and
a first light emitting diode (LED) positioned to emit light generally along an LED axis non-parallel to the first reflector axis, light from the first LED being reflectingly converged by the first reflecting surface towards a first target focus;
wherein a first plane formed by the first reflector axis and the LED axis intersects the reflecting surface at an intersection region, the intersection region of the first reflecting surface extending closer towards the first focus than regions of the first reflecting surface outside the intersecting region.
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Abstract
An LED illumination unit uses a first reflector comprising a reflecting surface formed as a surface of revolution about a first revolution axis. The LED emits light about a first LED axis towards the reflecting surface of the first reflector. The first LED axis is non-parallel to the first revolution axis and the light emitting area of the first LED unit is positioned substantially at a focus of the reflecting surface. The reflector may also have two or more reflecting surfaces for collecting and directing light from two or more respective LEDs.
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56 Claims
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1. An illumination unit, comprising:
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a first curved reflector comprising a first reflecting surface that defines a first reflector axis; and a first light emitting diode (LED) positioned to emit light generally along an LED axis non-parallel to the first reflector axis, light from the first LED being reflectingly converged by the first reflecting surface towards a first target focus; wherein a first plane formed by the first reflector axis and the LED axis intersects the reflecting surface at an intersection region, the intersection region of the first reflecting surface extending closer towards the first focus than regions of the first reflecting surface outside the intersecting region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An illumination unit, comprising:
a reflector body having a body axis, the reflector body comprising a first reflecting surface having a first axis and a first focus, the first reflecting surface having a shape such that light from the first focus is convergingly reflected by first reflecting surface; and a second reflecting surface disposed adjacent to the first reflecting surface, the second reflecting surface having a second axis a second focus, the second reflecting surface being shaped such that light from the second focus is convergingly reflected by the second reflecting surface; wherein the first and second reflecting surfaces are positioned transversally about the body axis and the second axis is non-parallel with the first axis so that light from the first focus that is convergingly reflected by the first reflecting surface overlaps with light from the second focus that is convergingly reflected by the second reflecting surface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 55, 56)
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39. A device for producing a beam of light, comprising:
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a reflective module comprising a first reflecting surface, the first reflecting surface having a first reflector axis and a first reflector focus and also comprises at least a second reflecting surface having a second reflector axis and a second reflector focus; a first light emitting diode (LED) positioned approximately at the first reflector focus and directing light along a first LED axis, generally transverse to the first reflector axis, towards the first reflecting surface, light from the first LED incident on the first reflecting surface being converged by the reflective module to a target focus located outside the reflective module; and a second LED being positioned approximately at the second reflector focus and directing light towards the second reflecting surface. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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