Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9410680-B2
Application number	US-201414418194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2014
Priority date	Apr 19, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illumination device comprising:
(i) a connector for connecting the illumination device to an Edison screw light socket or other standard light socket;
(ii) an adjustable mount attached to the connector; and
(iii) a luminaire module coupled to the connector via the adjustable mount, wherein the luminaire module comprises
(a) one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs),
(b) a light guide comprising an input end and an output end,
(c) one or more primary optics positioned to receive the light emitted by the one or more LEEs and coupled with the light guide at the input end, the one or more primary optics adapted to at least partially collimate the light from the one or more LEEs and to provide the collimated light to the input end of the light guide, the light guide positioned to receive, at the input end, light from the one or more primary optics and adapted to guide the received light to the output end along a forward direction, wherein the light guide is elongated along a transverse direction orthogonal to the forward direction, and
(d) a secondary optic elongated along the transverse direction and adapted to receive light guided by the light guide to the output end, the secondary optic having at least one redirecting surface, the at least one redirecting surface being adapted to reflect at least a portion of the light received at the secondary optic,

wherein the adjustable mount is adapted to rotate the luminaire module relative to the connector.

2. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the secondary optic comprises one or more curved output surfaces, and wherein the redirecting surface directs the light guided by the light guide to the output end towards the one or more curved output surfaces of the secondary optic.

3. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable mount is further adapted to translate the luminaire module relative to the connector.

4. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the light guide comprises parallel side surfaces.

5. The illumination device of claim 4 , wherein the side surfaces are planar.

6. An illumination device comprising:
(i) a connector for connecting the illumination device to an Edison screw light socket or other standard light socket
(ii) an adjustable mount attached to the connector; and
(iii) a luminaire module coupled to the connector via the adjustable mount, wherein the luminaire module comprises
(a) one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs),
(b) a light guide comprising an input end and an output end, the light guide positioned to receive, at the input end, light emitted by the one or more LEEs and adapted to guide the received light to the output end along a forward direction, wherein the light guide is elongated along a transverse direction orthogonal to the forward direction, and
(c) a secondary optic adapted to receive light guided by the light guide to the output end, the secondary optic comprising a cylindrical element having a cylinder axis along the transverse direction and a wedge-shaped groove extending along the cylinder axis,
wherein the wedge-shaped groove forms a redirecting surface and a cylindrical surface of the cylindrical element forms curved output surfaces of the secondary optic, such that the redirecting surface reflects at least a portion of the guided light received at the secondary optic towards the curved output surfaces of the secondary optic, and
wherein for a cross-sectional plane, the redirecting surface has a shape that comprises a vertex of the wedge-shaped groove,

wherein the adjustable mount is adapted to rotate the luminaire module relative to the connector.

7. The illumination device of claim 6 , wherein the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical element has a constant radius of curvature.

8. The illumination device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more LEEs comprise a plurality of LEEs arranged in a row along the transverse direction.

9. The illumination device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more LEEs are white light emitting diodes (LEDs).

10. The illumination device of claim 6 , wherein the adjustable mount is further adapted to translate the luminaire module relative to the connector.

11. The illumination device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more LEEs comprise a plurality of LEEs arranged in a row along the transverse direction.

Assignees

• Quarkstar Llc

Inventors

• Ng Andrew Tien-Man
• Speier Ingo
• Dau Wilson
• Lerman Louis
• Stormberg Hans Peter

Classifications

• F21Y2103/10

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

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V23/06

  the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} · CPC title

• F21V7/0008

  providing for indirect lighting · CPC title

• F21S6/002

  Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting · CPC title