Lighting unit with reflector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9266360-B2
Application number	US-201314397893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	May 2, 2012
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

A lamp is provided including a first module and at least one second module, each having a plurality of LEDs distributed over a module surface. The modules are arranged on at least one cooling element for dissipation of lost heat. A reflector deflects light emitted by one of the modules into an exit opening of the lamp. An optical system located between at least some of the LEDs and the exit opening bundles the light of the LEDs into a defined structure on a target surface.

First claim

We claim:

1. A lamp comprising:
at least one cooling element ( 2 ),
a first module ( 1 ) and at least one second module ( 1 ) each having a plurality of LEDs ( 3 ) distributed over a module surface thereof, the modules ( 1 ) being arranged on the at least one cooling element ( 2 ) for dissipation of lost heat,
a reflector ( 5 ), wherein light emitted by one of the modules ( 1 ) is deflected by the reflector ( 5 ) into an exit opening ( 6 ) of the lamp, and
an optical system ( 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 ) located between at least some of the LEDs ( 3 ) and the exit opening ( 6 ), through which light emitted by the LEDs ( 3 ) is bundled into a defined structure on a target surface ( 10 ), the optical system including a secondary optical system ( 11 , 12 ) spatially separated from the modules ( 1 ).

2. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system comprises a primary optical system ( 8 , 9 ) arranged directly on the LEDs ( 3 ), for bundling the emitted light.

3. The lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the primary optical system ( 8 , 9 ) is a transparent polymer layer applied to the modules, extending as a single part over at least multiple LEDs ( 3 ).

4. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary optical system is arranged in an optical path of the light.

5. The lamp according to claim 4 , wherein the secondary optical system ( 11 , 12 ) is a transparent polymer layer on a transparent substrate ( 13 ).

6. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system comprises at least one cylindrical lens ( 12 ) by which the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs ( 3 ) arranged in a row is bundleable.

7. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the defined structure is a straight line.

8. The lamp according to claim 7 , wherein the lamp extends parallel to said line in a longitudinal direction and has a length in said direction that is at least two times an installed height of the lamp in an upward direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

9. The lamp according to claim 7 , wherein the reflector ( 5 a , 5 b ) is located opposite from a respective one of the modules ( 1 ) at an angle between 30° and 60°.

10. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein an irradiation intensity on the structure is at least 2 W/cm 2 .

11. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein at least 50% of the light emitted by the LEDs ( 3 ) is in a wavelength range below 470 nm.

12. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein at least 50% of the light emitted by the LEDs ( 3 ) is in a wavelength range above 780 nm.

13. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of heat transferred to the at least one cooling element ( 2 ) is taken up by a liquid coolant.

14. A device for drying a coating, comprising a lamp according to claim 1 .

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein a two-dimensional substrate bearing the coating to be dried and the lamp are movable toward each other in a conveying direction, such that the lamp extends at least partly over a width of the substrate in a transverse direction and is arranged at a defined distance above the substrate.

16. A method of drying a coating, using a lamp of claim 1 .

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the drying step is part of a printing procedure.

Assignees

• Heraeus Noblelight Gmbh

Inventors

• Schadt Susanne
• Peil Michael
• Maiweg Harald

Classifications

• F21V29/70

  characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks · CPC title

• F21V29/56

  using liquid coolants (F21V29/51 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F21V13/04 Primary

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

• B41J11/002 Primary

  Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating · CPC title