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Lighting device

US8482186B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 2010
Grant dateJul 9, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0016
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lighting device includes a light guide body and at least one light-emitting unit. The light guide body has a light guide channel and a local roughened surface on the light guide channel as a scattering region. The at least one light-emitting unit is capable of emitting a light into the light guide channel, wherein at least one portion of the light is guided to the scattering region, and the scattering region scatters the light as a local light source region.

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