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US 5,704,709 AGranted
Optical receiving body for at least one LED
AssigneeReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHubert Zwick, Hellfried Sandig
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Abstract
The optical receiving body for at least one LED has an optical member with a receiving chamber for receiving the at least one LED. The LED emits light in a main direction of light emission. The receiving chamber has an inner wall with a parabolic wall section. The parabolic wall section is a first reflective surface for light beams emitted by the at least one LED. The exterior surface of the optical member is provided with at least one second reflective surface.
Claims14
An optical receiving body for at least one LED, said optical receiving body comprising:
- an optical member having a receiving chamber for receiving the at least one LED emitting light in a main direction of light emission;
- said receiving chamber having an inner wall comprising a parabolic wall section;
- said parabolic wall section being a first reflective surface for light beams emitted by the at least one LED;
- wherein the light beams are partly refracted at said parabolic wall section to refracted light beams;
- wherein said optical member comprises at least one second reflective surface, wherein the refracted light beams impact on said at least one second reflective surface to be reflected in a main direction of light emission;
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- wherein said optical member has an exterior surface and wherein said at least one second reflective surface is located at said exterior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.