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Led lamp having a prismatically-cut modifier

US6296376A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1999
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21V5/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An LED lamp includes a first optical member and a second optical member. The first optical member is for providing light from an LED chip, provided with at least one of a concave mirror and a dome lens, at an appropriate illumination angle. The second optical member is a lens positioned to receive light from the first optical part via an air layer. At least one surface of the second optical member is a prismatically cut surface.

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