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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Julio C. Chaves, Madrid, ES;
Waqidi Falicoff, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Miñano, Madrid, ES;
Pablo Benítez, Madrid, ES;
William A. Parkyn, Jr., Lomita, CA (US);
Julio C. Chaves, Madrid, ES;
Waqidi Falicoff, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Miñano, Madrid, ES;
Pablo Benítez, Madrid, ES;
William A. Parkyn, Jr., Lomita, CA (US);
Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC, Altadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of an optical manifold has first and second collimators, each arranged to receive light from a source and transmit the light to an exit port of the collimator, and a separator arranged to emit some of the light from the exit ports of the first and second collimators and to recycle some of the light into the collimators. Another embodiment has at least three collimators of substantially equal length and having central axes, respective light sources at entry ports of the collimators, the collimators being arranged with their central axes parallel and with their light sources in a common plane and reflectors positioned to direct light from exit ports of the collimators to a selectively reflective component that guides all the light into a common exit beam.