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Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens

US5150966A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1990
Grant dateSep 29, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B3/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a light fixture having a catadioptric lens designed to discard preselected amounts of light from a light source. The percentage of the light discarded will vary over the surface of the reflector in order to provide a predetermined output intensity distribution.

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