Optoelectronic component with central hollow
AssigneePreh-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKarl-Heinz Bauer, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Abstract
An optoelectronic component for improved distribution of light in a horizontal plane has an elongated body (2) with a central hollow (6) at a top portion (3) thereof, a base (4), and an electrical connection (5). An internally emitted luminescent beam (7) is deflected by the central hollow (6) through transparent portions of the body into the horizontal plane. A height of the component (1) is thereby reduced, and light is fed into light guides more efficiently. Light distribution on all sides is made possible by a conical central hollow. The luminescent beam (7) can be concentrated into four beams by using a pyramidal hollow (6), so that the luminescent beam (7) can be efficiently fed into four light guides that cross at that location.
Claims4
An optoelectronic component having luminescent beam-emitting characteristics comprising:
- an elongated body having electrical connections, said body being transparent at a body exit thereof;
- a luminescent beam generating means in the body for generating light for exiting from said body at said body exit;
- wherein the component defines a central hollow at a top of the body, located at the transparent body exit along a longitudinal axis of the body for deflecting the light into a horizontal plane, whereby the central hollow slopingly extends toward all sides of the body.
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