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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Innotec, Corp., Zeeland, MI (US);
Inventor:
Thomas J. Veenstra, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
INNOTEC, CORP., Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 5/04 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); F21V 5/00 (2018.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 5/04 (2013.01); F21V 5/007 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0066 (2013.01); F21V 2200/10 (2015.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
A light assembly including a light pipe and a plurality of light sources. The light pipe is an elongated, single, unitary piece having a generally linear light-exiting surface along one edge. The light pipe includes a plurality of lens portions along its length. Each lens portion forms a portion of the light existing surface. Each light source is associated with one of the lens portions to emit light into the lens portion and, therefore, the light pipe as a whole. The light from the light sources mixes within the light pipe before exiting the light pipe through the light-exiting surface in a generally linear pattern.