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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Horst Greiner, Aachen, DE;
Inventor:
Horst Greiner, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 11/28 (2006.01); F21V 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting device for generating mixed colors comprises a light emission surface and a plurality of light sources of different colors, including an optical waveguide plate into which a plurality of cavities is provided. Each cavity accommodates a light source and has an upper side and side walls. The upper side faces the light emission surface and is coated with a first reflecting layer. The coupling of light into the optical waveguide plate takes place through the side walls.