ILLUMINATING DEVICE INCORPORATING OPTICAL LENS

• US 20100254137A1
• Filed: 06/16/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: CHEN, PING-YU, CHERN, JYH-LONG, CHENG, YI-KAI
• Granted Patent: US 8,016,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/235
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/10 comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 19/0009 having refractive surfaces only
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 19/0014 at least one surface having optical power
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 19/0061 the light source comprising a LED semiconductor devices with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier specially adapted for light emission H01L33/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0961 Lens arrays lens arrays per se G02B3/0006
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/005 arranged along a single direction only, e.g. lenticular sheets G02B3/0043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0056 arranged along two different directions in a plane, e.g. honeycomb arrangement of lenses G02B3/0043 takes precedence; miniaturised objectives for electronic devices employing wafer level optics G02B13/0085
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0068 arranged in a single integral body or plate, e.g. laminates or hybrid structures with other optical elements G02B5/1885, G02B17/002, G02B30/27 take precedence

Abstract

An illuminating device includes a light source module for emitting light and an optical lens for adjusting the light. The light source module includes a reflecting unit and LEDs. The reflecting unit includes strip-shaped grooves each extending along a first direction. The LEDs are mounted on the reflecting unit in the grooves. The optical lens includes an array of lens units each including a main body, a light diverging portion and a light converging portion. The light diverging portion is for expanding a light field of the LEDs along the first direction. The light converging portion is for compressing the light field along a second direction. The reflecting unit is for further compressing the light field along the second direction.

Claims

1. An illuminating device comprising:

a light source module for emitting light, the light source module comprising a reflecting unit and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the reflecting unit, the reflecting unit comprising a plurality of strip-shaped grooves each extending along a first direction, the LEDs being mounted on the reflecting unit in the grooves; and

an optical lens configured for adjusting the light emitted from the light source module, the optical lens comprising an array of lens units, each lens unit comprising a main body, a light diverging portion and a light converging portion, the main body comprising a light incident surface and a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, the light diverging portion being configured for expanding a light field along the first direction, the light converging portion being configured for compressing a light field along a second direction, the light diverging portion and the light converging portion being formed on at least one of the light incident surface and the light emitting surface.

2. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein the grooves of the reflecting unit are parallel to each other and distributed along the second direction.

3. The illuminating device of claim 2, wherein each groove has an inverted trapeziform transverse section, each groove being cooperatively defined by a bottom wall and two sidewalls disposed opposite to each other.

4. The illuminating device of claim 3, wherein the sidewalls of the grooves each have a reflecting capability, the light emitted from the light source module being reflected by the sidewalls of the grooves to deflect towards a center of the light source module along the second direction so that the light field along the second direction being further compressed.

5. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein the light diverging portion is a concave curved surface, and the light converging portion is a convex curved surface.

6. The illuminating device of claim 5, wherein the concave curved surface is a portion of an inner side surface of a cylinder, and the convex curved surface being a portion of an outer side surface of a cylinder.

7. The illuminating device of claim 5, wherein the concave curved surface is a portion of a side surface of a cone or a portion of a spherical surface.

8. The illuminating device of claim 5, wherein the convex curved surface is a portion of a side surface of a cone or a portion of a spherical surface.

9. The illuminating device of claim 5, wherein the light diverging portion is formed on one of the light incident surface and the light emitting surface, the light converging portion being formed on the other one of the light incident surface and the light emitting surface.

10. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein the LEDs have one-to-one corresponding relationships with respect to the lens units of the optical lens.

11. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein a predetermined angle is defined between the second direction and the first direction.

12. The illuminating device of claim 11, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.