Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140268796 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A DIRECTIONAL LAMP - A directional lamp assembly includes a light source, a reflector having a first portion and a second portion and operative to direct light emitted from the light source to a target area, a heat sink circumscribing the reflector and operative to dissipate heat produced by the light source and a light diffusing lens disposed over the light source and operative to transmit light to the target area. The second portion of the reflector is disposed radially outboard of the first portion and is integrally formed in combination with the heat sink. | 09-18-2014 |
20150138782 | HYBRID METALLIZATION ON PLASTIC FOR A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHTING SYSTEM - Provided is a multi-layer reflective coating for application to a lighting housing assembly, including a polymer substrate adjacent a polymer base coat layer applied to the lighting housing. Atop the polymer base coat layer is an aluminum adhesion layer, followed by a diffusive barrier layer, and a silver reflective layer. The aluminum adhesion layer promotes adhesion between the polymer base coat layer and the silver reflective layer. The diffusive barrier layer prevents aluminum and silver interaction, which could form a silver and aluminum alloy. A spectrum tunable layer is applied atop the silver reflective layer for spectrum tuning the silver reflective layer for maximum compatibility with a light emitting diode (LED) lighting source. | 05-21-2015 |
20150151015 | ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING AND ANTIMICROBIAL LIGHTING COMPONENT AND FIXTURE - A system and method according to various embodiments combines three separate technologies to form a unique lighting system with enhanced antimicrobial properties and air cleaning capabilities. The combination of the three technologies also produces a lighting system that extends the required maintenance period for lighting fixtures. The first technology is based on anatase type TiO | 06-04-2015 |
20150212240 | REFLECTIVE COATINGS AND REFLECTIVE COATING METHODS - A reflective structure includes a polymer layer and a reflective coating applied to the plastic substrate. The reflective coating includes a first hybrid metal oxide layer, a reflective metal layer, a second hybrid metal oxide layer, and a protective coating layer. | 07-30-2015 |
20150267894 | REFLECTOR AND OPTICAL COATING FOR IMPROVED LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - Provided is a method including determining a first incident angle at which light from a light source will impinge on a first thin-film reflective stack of a planned first reflector for a lighting system. The method also includes determining a second incident angle at which light from the light source will impinge on a second thin-film reflective stack of a planned second reflector for the lighting system. The method further includes designing, using a processor executing a software package, the first reflector, comprising tuning a reflective characteristic of the first thin-film reflective stack as a function of the first incident angle determined, and designing, using the processor executing the software package, the second reflector, comprising tuning a reflective characteristic of the second thin-film reflective stack as a function of the second incident angle determined. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267908 | INTEGRATION OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) OPTICAL REFLECTORS WITHMULTILAYER DIELECTRIC THIN FILM COATING INTO HEAT DISSIPATIONPATHS - Provided is a lighting assembly including at least one thermally conductive substrate and on multilayered interference dielectric thin film coating. The treated lighting assembly substrate effectively redistributes heat at various vector locations on the optical reflector to cooler vector locations. | 09-24-2015 |
20150270451 | HEAVILY PHOSPHOR LOADED LED PACKAGES HAVING HIGHER STABILITY - Heavily phosphor loaded LED packages having higher stability and a method for increasing the stability of heavily phosphor loaded LED packages. A silicone overlayer is provided on the phosphor silicone blend layer. | 09-24-2015 |
20150276205 | LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH ANTIMICROBIAL/ANTIFUNGAL SHEET AND CLEAN ROOM CAPABILITY - A system and method according to various embodiments can include a lighting fixture comprising a light source. An antimicrobial additive is added to an outer light emitting surface of the lighting fixture exposed to air. A sealing substrate is positioned between the antimicrobial additive and the light source to provide clean room capabilities when the lighting fixture is installed to seal a plenum. | 10-01-2015 |
20160033110 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH ANTIMICROBIAL/AIR CLEANING FUNCTIONS FROM HIGHLY SPECULAR MULTILAYER THIN FILM REFLECTOR - A system and method according to various embodiments can include a lighting fixture comprising a light source. A multilayer thin film coated reflector is applied to an outer light emitting surface of the lighting fixture. A top layer of the multilayer thin film coated reflector comprises a material including an anatase TiO crystal structure that exhibits antimicrobial properties when activated by the light source. | 02-04-2016 |
20160091193 | CRYSTALLINE-GRAPHITIC-CARBON -BASED HYBRID THERMAL OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR LIGHTING APPARATUS - Provided is a lighting apparatus that includes a lighting source comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), one or more heat sink components dissipating heat generated by the LEDs, each heat sink component includes a first material layer, and a second material layer formed of a crystalline-graphitic-carbon-based composite comprising a crystalline-graphitic-carbon-based thermal optical element and a highly reflective optical coating combined together, and laminated with the first material layer. | 03-31-2016 |
20160097496 | LED APPARATUS EMPLOYING NEODYMIUM-FLUORINE MATERIALS - The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. | 04-07-2016 |
20160102841 | SILVER BASED REFLECTOR WITH HYBRID PROTECTION LAYERS - A silver-based reflector includes a hybrid protection layer that includes a thin Aluminum (Al) protection layer thermally deposited onto a Silver (Ag) reflective layer, which prevents yellowing or tarnishing of the Ag reflective layer. In an embodiment, a lamp reflector is formed by providing a substrate material in the shape of a reflector, thermally depositing an Ag reflective layer onto the an interior surface of the reflector having a sufficient thickness to reflect light, and thermally depositing an Al protective layer onto the Ag reflective layer to protect the Ag reflective layer from oxidation and sulfide formation. The Al protective layer has a thickness within the range of about 30 angstroms (Å) to about 100 Å. | 04-14-2016 |