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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
GE Lighting Solutions, Llc, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Beachwood, OH (US);
Jeremias Anthony Martins, Twinsburgh, OH (US);
Benjamin Lee Yoder, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a lens element have a body that incorporates geometry that defines features for surfaces that receive and transmit light, e.g., from a light emitting diode (LED) device. These features include, for example, curves, bends, arcs, and like curvilinear objects and/or shapes. These embodiments employs these features to change the direction of light that transits the body. These changes can reflect, refract, and/or re-direct light, thus rendering light that emits from the lens element with one or more light distributing characteristics. In one embodiment, the body comprises a cavity with an inner surface that has a first section and a second section that curve, respectively, with positive concavity and with negative concavity relative to the LED device.