Lens, LED module and illumination system with asymmetric lighting distribution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9360169-B2
Application number	US-201313975988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

An illumination system includes at least an LED module, and at least an illuminated area. The LED module includes an LED, and a lens mounted in light path of the LED. The lens includes a light source recess, a first light emitting surface, a critical reflecting surface, and a second light emitting surface intersecting with the first light emitting surface and being on same side with the first light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface can receive more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. Although the light emitted from the first light emitting surface may have greater attenuation than the light emitted from the second light emitting surface, light emitted from the first light emitting surface can make up the intensity losses of attenuation as the first light emitting surface receives more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. As a result, the illumination system 100 have uniform illumination pattern.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens having a light source recess for disposing a light source and an optical axis passing a center of the light source recess, the lens further comprising:
a first light emitting concave surface facing to the light source recess; and
a second light emitting concave surface connected to the first light emitting concave surface and
wherein each of the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface has a profile with at least one tangent line, each of the tangent lines being tangential to an intersecting point on the profile between the first light-emitting concave surface and the second light-emitting concave surface, each of the tangent lines forms an acute angle with the optical axis; and
the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface covers an entire surface facing the light source, the optical axis passes the first light emitting concave surface and is spaced away from an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

2. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the second light emitting concave surface comprises a plurality of convex lenses disposed thereon.

3. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the lens further comprises a critical reflecting surface formed under the first lighting emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface and above the light source recess, a transitional surface is formed between the critical reflecting surface and the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

4. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the light source recess has a central axis which overlaps with an optical axis of the lens.

5. The lens of claim 1 , wherein the lens further comprises a third light emitting surface formed between the second light emitting concave surface and the light source recess and extending from the light source recess to the second light emitting concave surface.

6. The lens of claim 5 , wherein the third light emitting surface has an intersecting line with the second light emitting concave surface and a tangent line of the intersecting line is parallel to an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

7. An LED module having at least an LED, and at least a lens mounted in the light path of one LED, the lens comprising:
a light source recess for disposing a light source;
an optical axis passing through a center of the light source;
a first light emitting concave surface facing to the light source recess; and
a second light emitting concave surface connected to the first light emitting concave surface,
wherein each of the first emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface has a profile with at least one tangent line, each of the tangent lines being tangential to an intersecting point on the profile between the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface, which forms an acute angle with the optical axis; and
the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface covers an entire surface facing the light source, the optical axis passes the first light emitting concave surface and is spaced away from an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

8. The LED module of claim 7 , wherein the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface have a plurality of convex lenses disposed thereon.

9. The LED module of claim 7 , wherein the lens further comprises a critical reflecting surface formed between the first and second light emitting concave surfaces and the light source recess, a transitional surface is formed between the critical reflecting surface and the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

10. The LED module of claim 7 , wherein the lens further comprises a third light emitting surface formed between the second light emitting concave surface and the light source recess and extending from the light source recess to the second light emitting concave surface.

11. The LED module of claim 10 , wherein the third light emitting surface has an intersecting line with the second light emitting concave surface and a tangent line of the intersecting line is parallel to an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

12. A illumination system comprising:
an illuminated area; and
at least one LED module, the LED module comprising:
at least an LED; and
at least one lens mounted in the light path of one LED, the lens comprising:
a light source recess for disposing a light source;
an optical axis passing through a center of the light source;
a first light emitting concave surface facing to the light source recess; and
a second light emitting concave surface connected to the first light emitting concave surface,
wherein the at least one lens has a profile with at least one tangent line, the at least one tangent line is tangential to an intersecting point on the profile between the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface, which forms an acute angle with the optical axis; and
the first light emitting concave surface and the second light emitting concave surface covers an entire surface facing the light source, the optical axis passes the first light emitting concave surface and is spaced away from an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

13. The illumination system of claim 12 , wherein light emitted from the first light emitting concave surface illuminates the illuminated area which is farther from the LED module while light emitted from the second light emitting concave surface illuminates the illuminated area which is closer to the LED module.

14. The illumination system of claim 12 , wherein the lens further comprises a third light emitting surface formed between the light source recess and the second light emitting concave surface and extending from the light source recess to the second light emitting concave surface.

15. The illumination system of claim 14 , wherein the third light emitting surface has an intersecting line with the second light emitting concave surface and a tangent line of the intersecting line is parallel to an intersecting line of the first and second light emitting concave surfaces.

16. The lens of claim 5 , wherein the third light emitting surface has a concave shape relative to the optical axis.

17. The lens of the claim 5 , wherein the third emitting surface is flat and parallel to the optical axis.

18. The LED module of claim 10 , wherein the third light emitting surface has a concave shape relative to the optical axis.

19. The LED module of claim 10 , wherein the third light emitting surface is flat and parallel to the optical axis.

Assignees

• Lin Wanjiong
• Self Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Fawei
• Zheng Zhaoyong
• Ji Feng
• Ye Lin
• Xu Le
• Lin Wanjiong

Classifications

• G02B19/0061

  the light source comprising a LED · CPC title

• G02B19/0028 Primary

  refractive and reflective surfaces, e.g. non-imaging catadioptric systems · CPC title

• F21V5/045

  the lens having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V13/04

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