Lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11022292-B2
Application number	US-201916379171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A lighting device that protects a member related to light emission from heat associated with light emission includes a light source, a first optical member configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, a second optical member, arranged between the light source and the first optical member, configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, and an air-sending mechanism configured to send air suctioned from a first space that is an inner space on a side nearer to the light source than the second optical member and includes the light source to a second space that is a space between the first optical member and the second optical member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising:
a light source;
a first optical member configured to transmit light emitted by the light source;
a second optical member, arranged between the light source and the first optical member, configured to transmit light emitted by the light source; and
an air-movement mechanism configured to move air suctioned from a first space to a second space, the first space being an inner space of the lighting device that is nearer to the light source than the second optical member and, the second space being a space between the first optical member and the second optical member.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first optical member is an optical lens that changes distribution of the light emitted by the light source.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second optical member is arranged with a predetermined distance from the first optical member in an irradiation optical axis direction of the lighting device.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving mechanism configured to change a relative position of the light source to the first optical member in an irradiation optical axis direction of the lighting device,
wherein, if the relative position of the light source to the first optical member in the irradiation optical axis direction is changed by the drive mechanism, a relative position of the first optical member to the second optical member in the irradiation optical axis direction is not changed.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air-movement mechanism is configured to move air to the second space by moving air in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the light source.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air-movement mechanism is arranged such that a longitudinal direction of an air-moving port of the air-movement mechanism is a same direction as a longitudinal direction of the light source.

7. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air having flowed through the second space is exhausted to the first space.

8. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air having flowed through the second space passes through a flow path arranged along the second space and is exhausted to an outside of the lighting device.

9. The lighting device according to claim 8 , further comprising a second air-movement mechanism configured to send the air having flowed through the second space to the outside of the lighting device.

10. The lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat radiation unit thermally connected to the air-movement mechanism.

11. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air-movement mechanism includes a fan.

12. The lighting device according to claim 11 , wherein the air-movement mechanism includes a blower fan.

13. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the air-movement mechanism is arranged on one side of the light source, and a storage unit is arranged on an other side of the light source, wherein the storage unit is configured to store a third optical member for changing distribution of light emitted from the first optical member in a drawable and retractable manner.

14. The lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a light emitting diode (LED);
an LED substrate on which the LED is mounted; and
an LED heat radiation unit thermally connected to the LED substrate,
wherein a flow path of air sent from the air-movement mechanism is formed by using one portion of the LED heat radiation unit.

15. A device comprising:
a light source;
a first optical member configured to transmit light emitted by the light source;
a second optical member, arranged between the light source and the first optical member, configured to transmit light emitted by the light source; and and air-movement mechanism ocnfigured to be arranged between a first space and a second space and to move air between the first space and the second space, the first space being an inner space of the device that is nearer to the light source than the second optical member and, the second space being a space between the first optical member and the second optical member.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the first optical member is an optical lens that changes distribution of the light emitted by the light source.

17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the second optical member is arranged with a predetermined distance from the first optical member in an irradiation optical axis direction of the device.

18. The device according to claim 15 , further comprising a driving mechanism configured to change a relative position of the light source to the first optical member in an irradiation optical axis direction of the device,
wherein, if the relative position of the light source to the first optical member in the irradiation optical axis direction is changed by the drive mechanism, a relative position of the first optical member to the second optical member in the irradiation optical axis direction is not changed.

19. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the air-movement mechanism is configured to move air to the second space by moving air in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the light source.

20. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the air-movment mechanism is arranged such that a longitudinal direction of an air-moving port of the air-movement mechanism is a same direction as a longitudinal direction of the light source.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Saito Keiichiro
• Yamamoto Yutaka
• Miyakawa Toshiki

Classifications

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title

• F21V29/504

  of refractors · CPC title

• F21V29/67 Primary

  characterised by the arrangement of fans · CPC title

• F21V23/02

  the elements being transformers, impedances {or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier} · CPC title

• F21V29/60

  characterised by the use of a forced flow of gas, e.g. air · CPC title