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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Kurt S. Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian Kinnune, Racine, WI (US);
Gary David Trott, Eatonton, GA (US);
Mario A. Castillo, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Peter Lopez, Cary, NC (US);
S. Scott Pratt, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Dixon, Morrisville, NC (US);
William L. Dungan, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/24 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); F21V 5/00 (2015.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21Y 101/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); F21V 5/00 (2013.01); F21V 7/0091 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0015 (2013.01); G02B 6/0021 (2013.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0035 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0078 (2013.01); G02B 6/24 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/305 (2013.01); G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A luminaire for use in lighting a large open space such as a parking lot or deck of a parking garage includes a plurality of optical waveguides disposed in side-by-side relationship and together defining a closed path and at least one LED associated with each optical waveguide and disposed at a first end of the associated optical waveguide.