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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Aachen, DE;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Waalre, NL;
Yadong Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoyan Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
BO Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Kairaz Sarosh Contractor, Shanghai, CN;
Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Albertus Adrianus Maria DE Ruijter, Shanghai, CN;
Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar, Veldhoven, NL;
Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Aachen, DE;
Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Waalre, NL;
Yadong Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoyan Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Bo Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Kairaz Sarosh Contractor, Shanghai, CN;
Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Albertus Adrianus Maria De Ruijter, Shanghai, CN;
Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar, Veldhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an illumination device () for illuminating a surface, with a lighting element () and an illuminating body (), wherein the lighting element () emits an artificial light ('), a housing element () comprises the lighting element () and supports the illuminating body (), the illuminating body () comprises a transparent light conductive material and is generally overlying the surface, being illuminated. The invention discloses, that the illuminating body () comprises a light extraction layer (), configured to receive and to deflect the artificial light (′) from the lighting element () onto the surface.