# US 10,119,681 B2 · Luminaire and arrangement with a plurality of luminaires > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,681 B2 - Document ID: US10119681B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/566,787 - Filed: 2016-04-07 - Published: 2018-03-29 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-16 - Assignees: OSRAM OLED GmbH - Applicants: OSRAM OLED GmbH - Inventors: Thomas Wehlus - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119681B2 ## CPC - F21V 7/04: Optical design - F21S 2/005: {of modular construction} - F21V 3/00: Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses (with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506) - F21V 7/0058: {adapted to cooperate with light sources of shapes different from point-like or linear, e.g. circular light sources} - F21S 8/00: Lighting devices intended for fixed installation (F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00) - F21V 7/041: {with conical or pyramidal surface} - F21Y 2105/00: Planar light sources - F21Y 2115/15: Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A luminaire includes a surface light source that emits light with a plane, effective emission surface E, from which the light generated in the surface light source is radiated, a reflector configured to suppress glare of the surface light source for emission angles above a glare angle a, with 40°≤a≤80°, and a plane, effective radiation surface F, from which light emitted by the surface light source emerges from the luminaire, wherein the emission surface is surrounded on all sides by the reflector and the reflector, starting from the emission surface, extends towards the radiation surface, the reflector, in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the emission surface, is formed concave on average so that a width b of the reflector in a direction away from the emission surface is described by a function f (b) and the first derivative f′ (b) thereof increases either strictly monotonically or as an alternative monotonically as well as strictly monotonically in some places in the direction away from the emission surface, it applies with a tolerance of 5% at most: F=E/sin2(a) with E≥1 cm2, on at least one intersection line parallel to and in the emission surface, it applies for a height H of the reflector in the direction perpendicular to the emission surface with a tolerance of 10% at most: H=tan(90°−a) L, and L is a length of the intersection line from an edge of the emission surface facing away from the reflector to the edge of the facing radiation surface, in a plan view. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A luminaire comprising: a surface light source that emits light with a plane, effective emission surface E, from which the light generated in the surface light source is radiated, a reflector configured to suppress glare of the surface light source for emission angles above a glare angle a, with 40°≤a≤80°, and a plane, effective radiation surface F, from which light emitted by the surface light source emerges from the luminaire, wherein the emission surface is surrounded on all sides by the reflector and the reflector, starting from the emission surface, extends towards the radiation surface, the reflector, in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the emission surface, is formed concave on average so that a width b of the reflector in a direction away from the emission surface is described by a function f (b) and the first derivative f′(b) thereof increases either strictly monotonically or as an alternative monotonically as well as strictly monotonically in some places in the direction away from the emission surface, it applies with a tolerance of 5% at most: F=E/sin2(a) with E≥1 cm2, on at least one intersection line parallel to and in the emission surface, it applies for a height H of the reflector in the direction perpendicular to the emission surface with a tolerance of 10% at most: H=tan(90°−a) L, and L is a length of the intersection line from an edge of the emission surface facing away from the reflector to the edge of the facing radiation surface, in a plan view. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the surface light source is an organic light-emitting diode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The luminaire according to claim 2, wherein the emission surface is a light exit surface of the organic light-emitting diode, and the light exit surface is formed plane and planar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The luminaire according to claim 2, wherein a light exit surface of the organic light-emitting diode is formed curved, and the light exit surface is different from the emission surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) An assembly having a plurality of the luminaires according to claim 2, wherein the luminaires are arranged laterally next to one another in a common plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the relation H=tan(90°−a) L applies with a tolerance of at most 10% for each longest intersection line, on all sides around the emission surface, and the reflector, in a plan view, completely fills a differential surface between the emission surface and the radiation surface and the reflector is restricted to the differential surface here. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the emission surface, in a plan view, is located completely within the radiation surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the edge of the radiation surface to the edge of the emission surface is constant on all sides around the entire emission surface, in a plan view. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the radiation surface and the emission surface are each circular surfaces, and the height of the reflector is constant on all sides and the reflector bounds the radiation surface and the emission surface on all sides. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the radiation surface and the emission surface are each rectangular surfaces, and the height of each reflector exhibits a local maximum at corners of the rectangular surfaces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, that satisfies: 55°≤a≤65°. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein for an average diameter D of the emission surface and for the height H of the reflector: H/D≤10 for 0.01 m≤D≤0.06 m and H/D≤1.5 for 0.06 m0.4 m. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein a width of the reflector increases strictly monotonically viewed in the cross-section and in the direction away from the emission surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the reflector, in a cross-sectional view, is formed by two straight line portions with different slopes connected to one another by a kink, and the kink is located 15% to 40% along the height of the reflector and the kink means a change of direction of 3° to 12°. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the reflector reflects in a specular manner and an average reflectivity of the reflector for the light generated in the light-emitting diode is at least 94%. ### Claim 16 A luminaire comprising: an organic light-emitting diode that emits light with a plane, effective emission surface E, from which the light generated in the organic light-emitting diode is radiated, a reflector configured to suppress glare of the light-emitting diode for emission angles above a glare angle a, with 40°≤a≤80°, and a plane, effective radiation surface F, from which the light emitted by the light-emitting diode emerges from the luminaire, wherein the emission surface is surrounded on all sides by the reflector and the reflector, starting from the emission surface, extends towards the radiation surface, the reflector, in a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the emission surface, is formed concave on average so that a width b of the reflector in the direction away from the emission surface is described by a function f (b) and the first derivative f′ (b) thereof increases either strictly monotonically or as an alternative monotonically as well as strictly monotonically in some places in the direction away from the emission surface, it applies with a tolerance of 5% at most: F=E/sin2(a) with E≥1 cm2, on at least one intersection line parallel to and in the emission surface, it applies for a height H of the reflector in the direction perpendicular to the emission surface with a tolerance of 10% at most: H=tan(90°−a) L, and L is a length of the intersection line from an edge of the emission surface facing away from the reflector to the edge of the facing radiation surface, in a plan view.