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US 11,215,338 B2Granted
Batwing diffusing lens luminaire
AssigneeVode Lighting LLC
InventorsScott S Yu, Richard Wong
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Abstract
A luminaire featuring a light diffusing housing assembly with a batwing style catadioptric lens element with properties capable of producing a more uniform field of illumination in concert with a secondary diffusing lens element and optional internal light reflecting elements to maximize light output from a point light source including an LED, or a plurality of individual point light sources including an LED strip or LED array and other source of linear chromatic light or linear illumination sources including a light bar, fluorescent lamp, compressed-gas discharge tube and the like.
Claims21
A luminaire, comprising:
- (a) at least one light source;
- (b) a mounting rail;
- wherein said mounting rail features right and left housing engagement tangs;
- wherein said right housing engagement tang features a right lower catadioptric lens retention surface and wherein said left housing engagement tang features a left lower catadioptric lens retention surface;
- (c) a housing assembly comprising a right housing side panel, a left housing side panel and a lower diffusing lens element;
- wherein each of said right and left housing side panels are immediately adjacent to said lower diffusing lens element and connect to said lower diffusing lens element at a right diffusing lens junction and at a left diffusing lens housing junction;
- wherein said right and left housing side panels each feature a housing support wing;
- wherein each of said housing support wings bear a mounting rail attachment tang and a lower lends engagement tang;
- wherein said right and left housing side panels each feature an upper mounting rail engagement tang that engages with one of said right and left housing engagement tangs located on said mounting rail element;
- wherein said right and left housing side panels each feature a lower lens attachment tang that engages with a right and left lower lens engagement region to secure a right and left side of a catadioptric lens element in place between each of a right and left side upper mounting rail tangs each having an upper lens engagement region, and said right and left lower engagement tangs;
- (d) a catadioptric lens;
- wherein said catadioptric lens has right and left edge support regions;
- wherein each of said right and left edge support regions feature a lower and upper engagement surface;
- and
- (e) a left and right luminaire end cap located adjacent to the left and right sides of said housing assembly;
- and
- (e) a power supply means capable of energizing said light source.
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