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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
James Lynn Davis, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Howard J. Walls, Apex, NC (US);
Karmann Mills, Apex, NC (US);
Vijay Gupta, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael Kasper Lamvik, Durham, NC (US);
James Lynn Davis, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Howard J. Walls, Apex, NC (US);
Karmann Mills, Apex, NC (US);
Vijay Gupta, Morrisville, NC (US);
Michael Kasper Lamvik, Durham, NC (US);
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber-based reflective lighting device and a lighting device. The fiber-based reflective lighting device includes a source configured to generate a primary light, a mat of reflective fibers which diffusely reflects light upon illumination with at least the primary light, and a light exit configured to emanate the reflected light. The lighting device includes a housing, a source configured to generate primary light and direct the primary light into the housing, a reflective mat of fibers disposed inside the housing at a position to reflect the primary light, and a light exit in the housing configured to emanate the reflected light from the housing.