Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mechanical Technology Incorporated

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated

Nadarajah Narendran

Yimin Gu

Jean Paul Freyssinier

Yiting Zhu

Ukwatte Lokuliyanage Indika Upendra Perera

John Trublowski

Adikaramge Asiri Jayawardena

Christopher Ring

Nilay Mehta

Lucas Stahl

Joseph M Weiss

Dinusha Thotagamuwa

Jeremy Santiago

Xi Mou

Yi-Wei Liu

Akila Shan Udage

Ylmin Gu

In an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus includes an optic configured for a selected illumination application. The optic includes a first lens structure and a second lens structure. The first lens structure includes a first planar external surface configured to receive incident light, and a first internal nonplanar refractive surface opposing the first planar external surface. The second lens structure includes a second planar external surface configured to emit output light, and a second internal nonplanar refractive surface opposing the second planar external surface. The second planar external surface opposes the first planar external surface. The first internal nonplanar refractive surface and the second internal nonplanar refractive surface define a cavity. The first internal nonplanar refractive surface, the second internal nonplanar refractive surface, and the cavity are positioned between the first planar external surface and the second planar external surface. The first internal nonplanar refractive surface and the second internal nonplanar refractive surface are configured to refract received light to yield emitted light having a target output parameter corresponding to the selected illumination application.

3D printed internal cavity lens for lighting applications

In an embodiment, there is provided a three-dimensional (3-D) optic for beam shaping. The 3-D optic includes a first surface, a second surface and a beam forming feature. The first surface is configured to receive incident light. The second surface is positioned relative to the first surface and is configured to emit a light beam having a shape. The emitted beam shape is related to the beam forming feature. The beam forming feature is formed by a 3-D manufacturing process.

3-D optics with beam forming features

In an embodiment, there is provided a light guide for an edge-lit light panel. The light guide includes a first light coupling surface; a second light coupling surface; a first light output surface; and a second light output surface. The second light coupling surface opposes the first light coupling surface. The second light output surface opposes the first light output surface. The first light output surface and the second light output surface are coupled between the first light coupling surface and the second light coupling surface. Each light coupling surface is configured to receive incident light from a respective light source and to produce at least a portion of a batwing light beam inside the light guide. The at least a portion of the batwing light beam is concentrated adjacent the first light output surface, the first light output surface corresponding to a first light extraction surface.

Edge-lit light panel

A heat sink for a luminaire includes a central portion having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to receive a lighting arrangement. The heat sink further includes a plurality of arms configured to dissipate heat generated by the lighting arrangement. The plurality of arms extend radially outward from the central portion. Each one of the plurality of arms is substantially arcuate between a proximal end and a distal end.

Heat sink for luminaire and luminaire arrangements having a heat sink

A light-emitting apparatus includes a base, a first semiconductor radiation emitting diode, having a top surface and a side wall, disposed on the base, a transparent structure disposed on the base and surrounding the side wall and covering the top surface, and a phosphor structure placed within the transparent structure surrounding the side wall and covering the top surface. The first semiconductor radiation emitting diode has a width smaller than that of the base and is configured to emit a light which can be converted into a forward transferred down-converted radiation light and a back transferred down-converted radiation light by the phosphor structure. At least a portion of the forward transferred down-converted radiation light and the back transferred down-converted radiation light are emitted toward the base.

Lighting source using solid state emitter and phosphor materials

Methods and systems for modulating a manufactured light source are disclosed. Methods and systems of the present disclosure include sensor assemblies having first and second light sensors to retrieve light spectrum data at a target location, such as from a surface in an interior space at a home, office, or commercial building, that also receives daylight exposure. The first light sensor retrieves the light spectrum data within a spectrum of the manufactured light source. The second light sensor retrieves light spectrum data outside of the spectrum of the manufactured light source, yet within the spectrum of daylight. The light spectrum data is used to define spectral characteristics at the target location, such as a ratio of daylight to the manufactured light source, phase of daylight, and average overall quantity, which are used to maximize light-associated benefits of the spectral composition for the occupants at the target location, such as humans, plants, and animals.

Method, system, and sensor assembly for determining light composition at a target location

A light fixture includes a light source, a wavelength-conversion material, and a reflector. The light source is configured to emit a first radiation, and has a front surface and a back surface. The wavelength-conversion material is arranged under the front surface and configured to convert the first radiation to a second radiation which has a first portion not able to reach the reflector and a second portion able to reach the reflector. The reflector is arranged over the back surface and configured to reflect the second portion away from the light source without passing through the wavelength-conversion material. The reflector has an end distant from the light source and is arranged in an elevation different from that of the wavelength-conversion material.

Scattered-photon extraction-based light fixtures

A light emitting apparatus includes a first radiation source without a dome, a substantially transparent and light transmissive optic device, a lens, a down conversion material, and a heat sink. The optic device is devoid of scattering particles and phosphor, and includes a planar top surface distal the first radiation source, a bottom surface proximal the first radiation sources, and a transparent sidewall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The down conversion material includes a flat layer including phosphor that is disposed on the planar top surface of the optic device between the lens and the radiation source. The heat sink, upon which the radiation source is mounted, has a recess formed therein in which an air space is defined between a boundary of the recess and the optic device.

High-power white LEDs

Scattered-photon extraction-based fixtures

A light-emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a light source configured to emit light and arranged on the substrate, a phosphor layer being apart from the light source and configured to convert the light into forward transmitted light and backward transmitted light, and an optic device, being narrower than the substrate and having a transparent side wall, configured to direct at least a portion of the backward transmitted light through the transparent side wall and toward the substrate. In another aspect, a light-emitting apparatus includes a transparent base, a light source on the transparent base, a transparent material covering the light source, a phosphor layer on the transparent material, and a transparent wall on the phosphor layer.

A light emitting apparatus has a first radiation source without a dome, a substantially transparent and light transmissive optic device devoid of scattering particles and phosphor, a lens, a down conversion material containing phosphor that is disposed on the planar top surface of the optic device between the lens and the radiation source, and a heat sink, upon which the radiation source is mounted, having a recess formed therein in which the radiation source, the optic device and the down conversion material are positioned, wherein an air space is defined between a boundary of the recess and the optic device.

A scattered photon extraction light fixture includes an optic element having a first surface; a light source for emitting short wavelength radiation, the light source disposed opposite, perpendicular, or tangential to the first surface of the optic element; a wavelength-conversion material, disposed on the first surface of the optic element, for receiving and down converting at least some of the short wavelength radiation emitted by the light source and transferring a portion of the received and down converted radiation; and one or more reflectors positioned opposite the wavelength-conversion material. A scattered photon extraction light system includes a plurality of light emitting fixtures. One or more wavelength-conversion materials, in the embodiments of the present invention, are disposed remotely from the light source(s), and used to absorb radiation in one spectral region and emit radiation in another spectral region. Lighting efficiency is improved by capturing the short wavelength and down-converted radiation.

A light emitting apparatus has a light source for emitting a first light in a forward direction. A wavelength-converting layer is spaced apart from the light source and disposed in a path of the first light. The wavelength-converting layer is configured to absorb at least a portion of the first light and emit a second light. A reflective layer is configured to be reflective of at least the second light, and the wavelength-converting layer is disposed between the reflective layer and the light source.

An embodiment discloses a light-emitting apparatus including a light source for emitting a first light; a wavelength-converting layer, having a first arcuate shape, spaced apart from the light source, the wavelength-converting layer configured to absorb at least a portion of the first light and emit a second light; a transparent member disposed between the light source and the wavelength-converting layer; and a monolithic reflective layer having a second arcuate shape and configured to be reflective of at least the second light; wherein the wavelength-converting layer is positioned between the monolithic reflective layer and the light source, and the monolithic reflective layer is separated from the wavelength-converting layer by a space; and wherein the second light is configured to pass through the space before being reflected by the monolithic reflective layer.

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Nadarajah Narendran