Light distribution system for freezer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019162402-A1
Application number	US-201816201424-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	May 30, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A light distribution system for freezer that includes a LED strip light disposed on a freezer door. The LED strip lamp includes a lamp holder, a strip-shaped polarizing lens, and a plurality of LED chips. The lamp holder includes a lens setting surface and a reflecting surface. The strip-shaped polarizing lens includes a plurality of optical axis, an incident surface, a first and second convex lens exit surfaces, and a transition surface. An angle between the illuminated surface and the optical axis includes an acute angle and the illuminated surface includes a main light region illuminated by the outgoing light of the first and second convex lens exit surfaces and a sub-light region illuminated by the reflected light from the reflecting surface.

First claim

1 . A light distribution system for freezer, the freezer including a freezer door, and an illuminated surface spaced from the freezer door, characterized in that: the light distribution system for freezer includes a LED strip lamp setting on the freezer door, the LED strip lamp comprising a lamp holder, a strip-shaped polarizing lens disposed on the lamp holder, and a plurality of LED chips, the lamp holder including a lens setting surface, and a reflecting surface intersecting the lens setting surface, the strip-shaped polarizing lens comprising a plurality of optical axis, an incident surface disposed perpendicular to the optical axis, and a first and second convex lens exit surface disposed on an opposite side of the incident surface, and a transition surface, the plurality of optical axis are spaced apart and arranged in a row, the first convex lens exit surface and the second convex lens exit surface are respectively disposed on two sides of the optical axis, a radius of curvature of a contour line of the first convex lens exit surface in a section perpendicular to an extending direction of the LED strip lamp gradually decreases in the direction toward the optical axis, a radius of curvature of a contour line of the second convex lens exit surface gradually decreases in the direction away from the optical axis, and a minimum radius of curvature of the contour line on the first convex lens exit surface is larger than a maximum radius of curvature of the contour line on the second convex lens exit surface, the transition surface is connected to the second convex lens exit surface and extends toward the reflecting surface, and an angle between the illuminated surface and the optical axis includes an acute angle on a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the strip-shaped polarizing lens, and the illuminated surface includes a main light region illuminated by the outgoing light of the first and second convex lens exit surfaces and a sub-light region illuminated by the reflected light of the reflecting surface, wherein the sub-light region is a projection area of the LED strip lamp on the illuminated surface, the reflecting surface receiving the outgoing light of the transition surface and directed it toward the sub-light region, and the light passing through the first convex lens exit surface is directed toward the illuminated surface close to the LED strip lamp and the light passing through the second convex lens exit surface is directed toward the illuminated surface far from the LED strip lamp.

2 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a maximum distance of the projection of the first convex lens exit surface on the incident surface to the optical axis is greater than a maximum distance of the projection of the second convex lens exit surface on the incident surface to the optical axis in a cross section along the optical axis.

3 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical axes are equally spaced apart.

4 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contour lines of the first convex lens exit surface and the second convex lens exit surface are formed by connecting a plurality of sub-arcs having a radius of curvature of equal difference series.

5 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contour line of the first convex lens exit surface has a radius of curvature ranging from 21 mm to 29 mm, and the contour line of the second convex lens exit surface has a radius of curvature ranging from 15 mm to 20 mm.

6 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface is an arc.

7 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface includes a plane connected to the lens setting surface, and a cambered surface disposed at a free end of the plane.

8 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plane is perpendicular to the lens setting surface in a section perpendicular to the extending direction of the LED strip lamp.

9 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transition surface includes a curved surface connected to the second convex lens exit surface and a flat surface connected to the curved surface in a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the LED strip lamp, the curvature of the curved surface with respect to the curvature of the LED chip is negative.

10 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angle between the illuminated surface and the optical axis in the light exiting direction is between 45 degrees and 75 degrees.

11 . The light distribution system for freezer as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the contour line of the first convex lens exit surface has a radius of curvature ranging from 21 mm to 29 mm, and the contour line of the second convex lens exit surface has a radius of curvature ranging from 15 mm to 20 mm.

Assignees

• Lin Wanjiong
• Self Electronics Co Ltd
• Self Electronics Usa Corp

Inventors

• Ji Feng
• Zheng Zhaoyong
• Xu Bozhang

Classifications

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21V33/0044 Primary

  Household appliances, e.g. washing machines or vacuum cleaners · CPC title

• F21Y2103/10

  comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements · CPC title

• F25D27/00

  Lighting arrangements (in general F21) · CPC title

• A47F3/04

  air-conditioned, refrigerated (refrigerators F25D; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84) · CPC title