# US 12,215,854 B2 · Multi-beam solid-state luminaire > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,215,854 B2 - Document ID: US12215854B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/096,675 - Filed: 2023-01-13 - Published: 2024-07-18 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-01-13 - Assignees: ABL IP Holding LLC - Applicants: ABL IP Holding, LLC - Inventors: Christopher Jay Sorensen; Ryan Matthew Walker; Zachary Adam Ingalls - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215854B2 ## CPC - F21V 5/007: {Array of lenses or refractors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. for arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane (combination of two or more refractors F21V5/008)} - F21V 5/008: {Combination of two or more successive refractors along an optical axis} - F21V 19/0015: {Fastening arrangements intended to retain light sources} - F21W 2131/406: for theatres, stages or film studios - F21Y 2105/18: annular; polygonal other than square or rectangular, e.g. for spotlights or for generating an axially symmetrical light beam - F21Y 2113/13: comprising an assembly of point-like light sources - F21Y 2115/00: Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS - 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 multi-beam solid-state luminaire including a plurality of solid-state lamps and a plurality of beam forming optics including a first group of beam forming optics and a second group of beam forming optics. In some embodiments, the beam forming optics may be arranged in a pattern having a center, and one or more center beam forming optics of the first group may be positioned at the center of the pattern. In some embodiments, luminaire may include a first beamwidth lens positioned over the first group of beam forming optics and a second beamwidth lens positioned over the second group of beam forming optics. The beamwidth lenses may emit light from the solid-state lamps having different respective beamwidths. The luminaire may provide a decorative flame-like pattern on a target surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A luminaire comprising: a housing; a first group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing, each of the first group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a first color; a first group of beam forming optics, each of the first group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the first group of solid-state lamps; a second group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing, each of the second group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a second color, the second color being different from the first color; a second group of beam forming optics, each of the second group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the second group of solid-state lamps, the first group of beam forming optics and the second group of beam forming optics being arranged in a pattern having a center, the first group of beam forming optics extending from a perimeter of the pattern and including one or more center beam forming optics arranged at the center whereby each of the second group of beam forming optics is further from the center than the one or more center beam forming optics; at least one first beamwidth lens positioned over one or more of the first group of beam forming optics, the at least one first beamwidth lens being configured to receive light from the one or more of the first group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a first beamwidth; and at least one second beamwidth lens positioned over one or more of the second group of beam forming optics, the at least one second beamwidth lens being configured to receive light the one or more of the second group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a second beamwidth, the second beamwidth being nominally wider than the first beamwidth. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the one or more center beam forming optics comprises a single one of the first group of beam forming optics. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the one or more center beam forming optics comprises a plurality of the first group of beam forming optics arranged around a central area, the central area being positioned at the center. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein a ratio of a total number of the first group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing to a total number of the second group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing is greater than or equal to 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 when the number of solid-state lamps in the first group plus the number of solid-state lamps in the second group is equal to a total number of solid-state lamps provided in the luminaire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first group beam forming optics is arranged in a first shape and the second group of beam forming optics is arranged in a second shape, the second shape defining a central opening and wherein at least a portion of the first shape extends into the central opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein a ratio of a maximum width of the first group of beam forming optics to a maximum width of the second group of beam forming optics is less than 0.75. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein each of the first group of beam forming optics is configured to emit light having a first beamwidth and each of the second group of beam forming optics is configured to emit light having a second beamwidth, the first beamwidth being nominally the same as the second beamwidth. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein each of the first group of beam forming optics is configured to emit light having a first beamwidth and each of the second group of beam forming optics is configured to emit light having a second beamwidth, the first beamwidth being nominally different from the second beamwidth. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the at least one first beam width lens comprises a single first beamwidth lens positioned over each of the first group of beam forming optics, and wherein the at least one second beam width lens comprises a single second beamwidth lens positioned over each of the second group of beam forming optics. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The luminaire of claim 9, wherein the second beamwidth lens defines a central opening and wherein a projection of the first beamwidth lens extends into the central opening. ### Claim 11 A luminaire comprising: a housing; one or more printed circuit boards dispose in the housing; a first group of solid-state lamps disposed on the one or more printed circuit boards, each of the first group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a first color; a first group of beam forming optics, each of the first group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the first group of solid-state lamps and rotationally fixed relative to the housing; a second group of solid-state lamps disposed on the one or more printed circuit boards, each of the second group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a second color, the second color being different from the first color; a second group of beam forming optics, each of the second group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the second group of solid-state lamps and rotationally fixed relative to the housing; a first beamwidth lens positioned over each of the first group of beam forming optics, the first beamwidth lens being configured to receive light from the first group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a first beamwidth; and a second beamwidth lens positioned over each of the second group of beam forming optics, the second beamwidth lens being configured to receive light from the second group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a second beamwidth, the second beamwidth being nominally different from the first beamwidth, the first group of beam forming optics and the second group of beam forming optics being arranged in a pattern having a center, the first group of beam forming optics including one or more center beam forming optics arranged at the center whereby each of the second group of beam forming optics is further from the center than the one or more center beam forming optics, wherein the first group of solid-state lamps, the first group of beam forming optics, the second group of solid-state lamps, and the second group of beam forming optics are rotationally fixed relative to the housing; and wherein a ratio of a total number of the first group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing to a total number of the second group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing is greater than or equal to 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 when the number of solid-state lamps in the first group plus the number of solid-state lamps in the second group is equal to a total number of solid-state lamps provided in the luminaire, wherein a maximum width of the first group of beam forming optics is less than a maximum width of the second group of beam forming optics, and wherein with respect to a line horizontally bisecting the pattern an extending through the center, there are more complete beamwidth lenses of the first group compared to complete beamwidth lenses of the second group on one side of the line and there are more complete beamwidth lenses of the second group compared to complete beamwidth lenses of the first group on an opposite side of the line. ### Claim 12 A luminaire comprising: a housing; a first group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing, each of the first group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a first color; a first group of beam forming optics, each of the first group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the first group of solid-state lamps; a first beamwidth lens always positioned over each of the first group of beam forming optics, the first beamwidth lens being configured to receive light from the first group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a first beamwidth; a second group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing, each of the second group of solid-state lamps being configured to emit light having a second color, the second color being different from the first color; a second group of beam forming optics, each of the second group of beam forming optics being always positioned over an associated one of the second group of solid-state lamps; and a second beamwidth lens always positioned over each of the second group of beam forming optics, the second beamwidth lens being configured to receive light from the second group of beam forming optics to provide a composite light output having a second beamwidth, the second beamwidth being nominally different from the first beamwidth; wherein the first group beam forming optics is arranged in a first shape, and the second the second group of beam forming optics is arranged a second shape the second shape defining a central opening and wherein at least a portion of the first shape extends into the central opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The luminaire of claim 12, wherein the first group beam forming optics and the second group of beam forming optics are arranged in a pattern having a center, wherein the first group of beam forming optics includes one or more center beam forming optics arranged at the center whereby each of the second group of beam forming optics is further from the center than the one or more center beam forming optics. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the one or more center beam forming optics comprises a single one of the first group of beam forming optics. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the one or more center beam forming optics comprises a plurality of the first group of beam forming optics arranged around a central area, the central area being positioned at the center. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The luminaire of claim 12, wherein a ratio of a total number of the first group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing to a total number of the second group of solid-state lamps disposed in the housing is greater than or equal to 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 when the number of solid-state lamps in the first group plus the number of solid-state lamps in the second group is equal to a total number of solid-state lamps provided in the luminaire. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The luminaire of claim 12, wherein a ratio of a maximum width of the first group of beam forming optics to a maximum width of the second group of beam forming optics is less than 0.75. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The luminaire of claim 12, wherein each of the first group of beam forming optics are configured to emit light having a first beamwidth and each of the second group of beam forming optics is configured to emit light having a second beamwidth, the first beamwidth being nominally the same as the second beamwidth.