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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Anna Wilhelmina Maria Wondergem-De Best, Veldhoven, NL;
Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Roermond, NL;
Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Hulsel, NL;
Ludovicus Johannes Lambertus Haenen, Sint Oedenode, NL;
Dirk Jan Van Kaathoven, Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A lens () comprising a centrally extending axis (A) being perpendicular to a lens axis (L) of the lens, the lens being adapted for retracting light rays from a light source positioned off-axis with respect to the centrally extending axis, the lens comprising a first plurality of slits () extending entirely in an interior of the lens and comprising a length (l) extending perpendicular to the centrally extending axis, a width (w) extending parallel to the centrally extending axis and a thickness (t) extending perpendicular to both the length and the width, the first plurality of slits being mutually parallel and covering between 40% and 60% of a plane in which both the centrally extending axis (A) and the length (l) and width (w) of the first plurality of slits () extend.