Downward illuminating lighting apparatus and lamp post comprising a light pole module thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11796146-B2
Application number	US-202217806607-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2022
Priority date	May 8, 2018
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to downward illuminating lighting apparatuses and lamp posts that include a light pole module thereof. One example lighting apparatus includes a mounting substrate being arranged in the lighting apparatus at an angle with respect to a vertical direction. The lighting apparatus also includes a plurality of light sources mounted on a lower or vertical surface of the mounting substrate. Additionally, the lighting apparatus includes a plurality of lens elements provided to the mounting substrate such that each of the plurality of light sources is provided with a corresponding lens element. Further, the lighting apparatus includes at least two reflector elements provided to at least two light sources of the plurality of light sources, such that each of the at least two reflector elements has a reflective surface facing the mounting substrate. Each of the at least two reflector elements extends between a first and a second edge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a mounting substrate being arranged in the lighting apparatus at an angle with respect to a vertical direction;
a plurality of light sources mounted on a lower or vertical surface of the mounting substrate;
a plurality of lens elements provided to the mounting substrate such that each of the plurality of light sources is provided with a corresponding lens element; and
at least two reflector elements provided to at least two light sources of said plurality of light sources, such that each of the at least two reflector elements has a reflective surface facing the mounting substrate,
wherein the at least two reflector elements comprises a first reflector element of the at least two reflector elements at a first obtuse tangential angle with respect to the mounting substrate smaller than a second obtuse tangential angle of a second reflector element of the at least two reflector elements,
wherein each of the at least two reflector elements extends between a first edge and a second edge, and
wherein said first edge and said second edge of each of the at least two reflector elements are located on opposite sides of a line passing through a corresponding light source of the at least two light sources and perpendicular to the mounting substrate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or each of the plurality of lens elements comprises a free form lens element.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or each of the plurality of lens elements has a first surface, and a second surface, located on opposite sides thereof, and wherein the second surface extends over the corresponding light source.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein at least one of said first surface and said second surface of one or each of the plurality of lens elements comprises a first curved surface and a second curved surface, said first curved surface being connected to said second curved surface through a connecting surface or line comprising a saddle point or discontinuity.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the angle with respect to a vertical direction at which the mounting substrate is arranged in the lighting apparatus is below 30°.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one of the at least two reflector elements is at a tangential angle with respect to the mounting substrate at the first edge of each of the plurality of reflector elements, said tangential angle being between 90° and 170° with respect to the mounting substrate.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources is arranged as an array of light sources with at least two rows of light sources and two columns of light sources.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein one or each of the at least two reflector elements corresponds to at least two adjacent light sources of a row of light sources, and/or
wherein one or each of the plurality of reflector elements corresponds to one lens element.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or each of the plurality of lens elements is configured for guiding at least 50% of the light emitted by the corresponding light source towards the reflective surface of the corresponding reflector element.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of lens elements is configured for guiding at most 45% of the light emitted by the corresponding light source below the second edge of the corresponding reflector element, and wherein the plurality of lens elements and the at least two reflector elements are configured such that at least 55% of the light emitted by the at least two light sources is reflected by the at least two reflector elements.

11. A light pole module comprising:
a lighting apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a housing, said housing comprising an at least partially transparent or translucent sidewall facing the plurality of light sources, and said housing further comprising a lower end portion configured for being attached to a support pole.

12. A lamp post comprising a support pole and a light pole module according to claim 11 , and further comprising a functional module,
wherein the functional module and the light pole module are arranged one above the other.

13. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a mounting substrate being arranged in the lighting apparatus at an angle with respect to a vertical direction;
a plurality of light sources mounted on a lower or vertical surface of the mounting substrate;
a plurality of lens elements provided to the mounting substrate such that each of the plurality of light sources is provided with a corresponding lens element;
at least two reflector elements provided to at least two light sources of said plurality of light sources, such that each of the at least two reflector elements has a reflective surface facing the mounting substrate,
wherein each of the at least two reflector elements extends between a first edge and a second edge, and
wherein said first edge and said second edge of each of the at least two reflector elements are located on opposite sides of a line passing through a corresponding light source of said at least two light sources and perpendicular to the mounting substrate;
another plurality of light sources mounted on the lower or vertical surface of the mounting substrate such that another at least two light sources of the another plurality of light sources are at a different position along a direction of the mounting substrate;
a first light-shaping module; and
a second light-shaping module,
wherein the first light-shaping module comprises:
the plurality of lens elements; and
the at least two reflector elements,

wherein the second light-shaping module comprises:
another plurality of lens elements provided to the mounting substrate such that each of the another plurality of light sources is provided with a corresponding one of the another plurality of lens elements; and
another at least two reflector elements provided to the another at least two light sources, such that each of the another at least two reflector elements has a reflective surface facing the mounting substrate,
wherein each of the another at least two reflector elements extends between a first edge and a second edge,
wherein said first edge and said second edge of each of the another at least two reflector elements are located on opposite sides of a line passing through a corresponding light source of the another at least two light sources and perpendicular to the mounting substrate, and

wherein a first distance h 1 between adjacent light sources associated with the first light-shaping module or second light-shaping module is smaller than a second distance h 2 between a light source associated with the first light-shaping module and another light source associated with the second light-shaping module.

Assignees

• Schreder Sa

Inventors

• Caprara Roxane

Classifications

• F21S8/085 Primary

  of high-built type, e.g. street light · CPC title

• F21V5/007

  Array of lenses or refractors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. for arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane (combination of two or more refractors F21V5/008) · CPC title

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21V7/0083

  Array of reflectors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane (combination of two or more reflectors F21V7/0025) · CPC title

• F21V13/04

  the elements being reflectors and refractors {(for vehicle rear lights F21S43/40)} · CPC title