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Optical receiving body for at least one LED

US5704709A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Hubert Zwick · Stuttgart, DE
Hellfried Sandig · Jeffery Road, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 23, 1996
Grant date	Jan 6, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S362/80
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The optical receiving body for at least one LED has an optical member with a receiving chamber for receiving the at least one LED. The LED emits light in a main direction of light emission. The receiving chamber has an inner wall with a parabolic wall section. The parabolic wall section is a first reflective surface for light beams emitted by the at least one LED. The exterior surface of the optical member is provided with at least one second reflective surface.

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