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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd E. Bracher, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Gary H. Paulsen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Byron E. Trotter, St. Paul, MN (US);
Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gina M. Albanese, Minneapolis, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A luminaire includes a light source (), and a first free-form reflector () registered with the light source () and receiving non-collimated light () from the light source (). A secondary reflector () is configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the first free-form reflector (). A second free-form reflector () is configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the secondary reflector (). A virtual source reflector () is registered with the second free-form reflector () and configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the second free-form reflector ().