Lighting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10323827-B2
Application number	US-201615210950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

In various embodiments, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a primary light generating device configured to generate a primary light beam, a phosphor body configured to at least partly convert the primary light beam into secondary light, and a shell-shaped reflector situated in a primary light path between the primary light generating device and the phosphor body. The reflector has in at least one part of its reflection surface a plurality of grooves which run openly in their longitudinal extent and which are arranged parallel to one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus, comprising
a primary light generating device configured to generate a primary light beam;
a phosphor body configured to at least partly convert the primary light beam into secondary light; and
a shell-shaped reflector situated in a primary light path between the primary light generating device and the phosphor body;
wherein the reflector has in at least one part of its reflection surface a plurality of grooves which run openly in their longitudinal extent and which are arranged parallel to one another;
wherein a cross-sectional area of the primary light beam has a ratio to a projection—parallel thereto—of the part of the reflection surface that has the grooves of at least 25%.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein at least the part of the reflection surface of the reflector that has the grooves has an ellipsoidal basic shape.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of a track width, an insertion depth or a deflection angle of the grooves are/is identical.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the grooves are arranged in a plurality of groups comprising in each case at least two different grooves; and
wherein the groups are arranged parallel to one another.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein at least one of the track width, the insertion depth or the deflection angle of the grooves of a group are/is different in relation to a grooveless basic shape.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein at least one of the track width, the insertion depth or the deflection angle of the grooves of a group increase(s) or decrease(s) successively in adjacent succession.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a track width of the grooves is between 2 micrometers and 200 micrometers.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a deflection angle of the grooves is between 0.5° and 5°.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a insertion depth of the grooves is between 5 nanometers and 5 micrometers.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 9 ,
wherein the insertion depth of the grooves is between 10 nanometers and 100 nanometers.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the insertion depth of the grooves is between 15 nanometers and 50 nanometers.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the insertion depth of the grooves is between 15 nanometers and 30 nanometers.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a cross-sectional shape of the grooves is circle-sector-shaped.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a height of the part of the reflection surface that has the grooves is between five and ten millimeters.

15. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a maximum diameter of the primary light beam in the region of the part of the reflector that has the grooves is between two and four millimeters.

16. The lighting apparatus of claim 14 ,
wherein a maximum diameter of the primary light beam in the region of the part of the reflector that has the grooves is approximately three millimeters.

17. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an integrator rod disposed upstream of the reflector.

18. A lighting apparatus, comprising
a primary light generating device configured to generate a primary light beam;
a phosphor body configured to at least partly convert the primary light beam into secondary light; and
a shell-shaped reflector situated in a primary light path between the primary light generating device and the phosphor body;
wherein the reflector has in at least one part of its reflection surface a plurality of grooves which run openly in their longitudinal extent and which are arranged parallel to one another, and wherein at least one of a track width, an insertion depth, a deflection angle, or a combination thereof of at least two adjacently arranged grooves are/is different.

Assignees

• Osram Gmbh

Inventors

• Nauen Andre
• Dussault David

Classifications

• F21K9/64 Primary

  using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer · CPC title

• F21V7/26

  the material comprising photoluminescent substances · CPC title

• F21S41/337

  the reflector having a structured surface, e.g. with facets or corrugations · CPC title

• F21S41/16

  Laser light sources · CPC title

• F21W2131/20

  Lighting for medical use · CPC title