Indirect luminaire

• US 10,732,342 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2017
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Inventors: Li, Qin, Luo, Qun, Li, Kang, Zheng, Zhengyi, Chen, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jong-Suk (James)
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunay, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US16/323,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20190170927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0001 specially adapted for lighting devices or systems lighting or signalling on vehicles using light guides B60Q1/00; lighting devices for vehicle dashboards B60Q3/10; lighting devices for vehicle interior using light guides B60Q3/62; lighting devices mounted on the vehicle rear part using light guides F21S43/235; measuring arrangements having light conducting pointers G01D13/265; illumination of liquid crystal displays G02F1/1336; illuminated signs G09F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0045 by shaping at least a portion of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0068 Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package

Abstract

A luminaire (1) is disclosed comprising at least one optical chamber (10) delimited by a light exit window (11) and a curved reflective surface (15) extending from the light exit window to a mounting surface (17) extending from the curved reflective surface towards the light exit window. Each optical chamber comprises a light source (20) mounted on the mounting surface; and a light guide (30) extending across part of the optical chamber. The light guide comprises a total internal reflection major surface (40) facing the light exit window; a further major surface (50) facing the curved reflective surface, said further major surface comprising a light outcoupling portion (51) comprising a plurality of light outcoupling structures (53); a first edge surface (60) optically coupled to the light source; and a further edge surface (70) opposite the first edge surface arranged to direct light towards the curved reflective surface.

Claims

1. A luminaire comprising:

at least one optical chamber delimited by a light exit window and a 5 curved reflective surface extending from the light exit window to a mounting surface extending from the curved reflective surface towards the light exit window, each optical chamber comprising;

a light source mounted on the mounting surface; and

a light guide extending across part of the optical chamber, comprising;

a total internal reflection major surface facing the light exit window;

a further major surface facing the curved reflective surface, said further major surface comprising a light outcoupling portion comprising a plurality of light outcoupling structures;

a first edge surface optically coupled to the light source; and

a further edge surface opposite the first edge surface arranged to direct light towards the curved reflective surface;

wherein;

the optical chamber has a width (W) defined from a light emission surface of the light source to an end point of the curved reflective surface proximal to the light exit window;

the light guide has a length (L) between the first edge surface and the further edge surface;

a ratio between the width (W) and the length (L) is in a range of 2;

15;

1; and

the light guide is spatially away from the curved reflective surface at a substantial distance (H1) along direction of the mounting surface, wherein the substantial distance (H1) is equal to or larger than thickness of the light guide.

2. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the further major surface further comprises a total internal reflection portion in between the mounting surface and the light outcoupling portion.

3. The luminaire of claim 2, wherein a ratio of the length (L1) of the light outcoupling portion and the length (L2) of the total internal reflection portion is in a range 1:

5-1;

30.

4. The luminaire of any claim 1, wherein the light outcoupling structures are prisms such as Fresnel prisms.

5. The luminaire of claim 4, wherein each prism has a width in a range of 1-4 mm and/or a vertex angle in a range of 70-105°

.

6. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the light outcoupling structures are scattering dots.

7. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the further edge surface 15 comprises a micro lens.

8. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the further edge surface comprises a freeform surface.

9. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the further edge surface comprises a slanted surface portion under an angle (θ

) in a range of 60-80°

with the total internal reflection surface.

10. The luminaire of claim 9, wherein the further edge surface comprises a further 25 slanted surface portion under an angle (α

) in a range of 120-160°

with the slanted surface portion, the further slanted surface portion extending from the total internal reflection surface and the slanted surface portion extending from the further slanted surface portion to the further major surface.

11. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein:

the distance (H1) between the light guide and the curved reflective surface is larger than a distance (H2) between the light guide and the light exit window.

12. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein:

the optical chamber has a width (W) defined from a light emission surface of the light source to an end point of the curved reflective surface proximal to the light exit window;

the mounting surface has a height (H); and

a ratio between the width (W) and the height (H) is in a range of 1;

1-5;

1.

13. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the light source is a solid state light source.

14. The luminaire of claim 1, comprising a pair of optical chambers separated by a compartment for housing one or more luminaire components, optionally wherein the optical chambers are mirror images of each other.

15. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the luminaire is a troffer.