Wall wash luminaire with light guide and optical element therefore

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10267979-B2
Application number	US-201615162319-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Nov 18, 2014
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A light shaping article includes a solid optic having a cross-sectional profile including an input interface; a convex output surface opposite the input interface; a concave first side surface extending between the input interface and the convex output surface; and a second side surface opposite the concave first side surface extending from between input interface to the convex output surface. The concave first side surface and the convex output surface are configured such that, when the solid optic receives input light having an input angular range in a plane of the cross-sectional profile, the solid optic guides the light to and emits the light from the output surface in an output angular range in the plane. A prevalent propagation direction of output light in the output angular range is tilted toward the second side surface relative to a prevalent propagation direction of input light in the input angular range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illumination device comprising:
a luminaire module comprising:
a plurality of LEEs distributed along a transverse direction;
a light guide comprising opposing first and second ends and a pair of opposing lateral surfaces elongated along the transverse direction and extending in a forward direction orthogonal to the transverse direction, from the first end to the second end, the light guide configured to receive at the first end light from the LEEs and guide the received light in the forward direction to the second end; and
a solid optic coupled with the second end of the light guide at an input interface to receive the guided light as input light in an input angular range, a prevalent propagation direction of the input light in the input angular range corresponding to the forward direction of the light guide, the solid optic having a cross-sectional profile comprising:
the input interface;
a convex output surface opposite the input interface;
a concave first side surface extending between the input interface and the convex output surface; and
a second side surface opposite the concave first side surface extending between the input interface and the convex output surface,
wherein the concave first side surface and the convex output surface are shaped and arranged such that, when the solid optic receives at the input interface the input light with the input angular range in a plane of the cross-sectional profile, the solid optic guides the light to and emits the light from the output surface in an output angular range in the plane, where a prevalent propagation direction of output light in the output angular range is tilted by a tilt angle α toward the second side surface relative to the prevalent propagation direction of the input light in the input angular range, and
wherein the solid optic has an elongate extension extending from the plane of the cross-sectional profile along the transverse direction; and

an adjustable orientation reflector that comprises
a reflector support coupled with the luminaire module,
a reflector element pivotally connected to the reflector support and configured to form a reflector pivot parallel to the transverse direction, the reflector pivot configured to allow swinging the reflector element into paths of at least some of the output light and to allow tilting the reflector element relative to the light guide by a reflector tilt angle φ/2 in the same angular direction as the tilt angle α between the prevalent propagation direction of output light in the output angular range and the prevalent propagation direction of input light in the input angular range.

2. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the second side surface of the solid optic is planar.

3. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the solid optic is configured so that a divergence of output light in the output angular range is smaller than a divergence of input light in the input angular range.

4. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the solid optic is configured so that the tilt angle α between the prevalent propagation direction of output light in the output angular range and the prevalent propagation direction of input light in the input angular range is in a tilt range of 3° to 30°.

5. The illumination device of claim 4 , wherein the tilt range is 10° to 20°.

6. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the concave first side surface and the second side surface of the solid optic are shaped and arranged relative to each other such that, for a given divergence of the input angular range, the input light received by the solid optic reaches the convex output surface either directly or via a single reflection off the concave first side surface or the second side surface of the solid optic.

7. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the convex output surface of the solid optic includes a diffusion pattern.

8. The illumination device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffusive film attached to the convex output surface of the solid optic.

9. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the solid optic comprises plastic material.

10. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein a separation between the concave first side surface and the second side surface of the solid optic at the input interface is less than 20 mm.

11. The illumination device of claim 10 , wherein the separation is less than 10 mm.

12. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein a separation between the input interface and the convex output surface of the solid optic is less than 50 mm.

13. The illumination device of claim 12 , wherein the separation between the input interface and the convex output surface of the solid optic is less than 25 mm.

14. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the luminaire module further comprises one or more optical couplers configured to collimate light emitted by the LEEs and to provide the collimated light to the first end of the light guide.

15. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the LEEs of the luminaire module are LEDs that provide white light.

16. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the lateral surfaces of the light guide of the luminaire module are planar and parallel.

17. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein a separation between the lateral surfaces of the light guide of the luminaire module at the second end matches an input separation between the concave first side surface and the second side surface at the input interface of the solid optic.

18. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein an extent of both the light guide of the luminaire module and of the input interface of the solid optic along the transverse direction is in a range of 10 cm and 1 m.

19. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein an extent of the light guide of the luminaire module between the first and second ends is in a range of 10-50 mm.

20. The illumination device of claim 1 further comprising a rail elongated along the transverse direction and attached to the light guide to support the luminaire module, wherein the reflector support is connected to the rail.

21. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the reflector pivot is adjacent an intersection between the concave first surface and the convex output surface of the light shaping optical article.

22. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the reflector element of the adjustable orientation reflector has a dimension orthogonal to the transverse direction in a range of 5-10 cm.

23. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the reflector element of the adjustable orientation reflector is a flat plate.

24. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the reflector element of the adjustable orientation reflector is coated with reflective material.

25. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the reflector pivot of the adjustable orientation reflector comprises actuators to adjust the reflector tilt angle φ/2.

26. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the elongate extension of the solid optic is perpendicular to the plane of the cross-sectional profile.

Assignees

• Quarkstar Llc

Inventors

• Speier Ingo
• Isbrucker Victor E

Classifications

• G02B19/0066

  in the form of an LED array · CPC title

• G02B27/0994

  Fibers, light pipes (optical fibers per se G02B6/02) · CPC title

• G02B6/0073

  Light emitting diode [LED] · CPC title

• F21V7/00

  Reflectors for light sources (characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/505) · CPC title

• G02B6/003

  Lens or lenticular sheet or layer · CPC title