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US 7,244,051 B2Granted
Light-generating apparatus having a reflector
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsLars Bewig, Ulrich Zierfas, Torsten Holdmann
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Abstract
The invention envisages a light-generating apparatus that provides effective cooling of the reflector, the apparatus comprising a reflector and a device for improving the dissipation of heat from the reflector.
Claims24
A light-generating apparatus comprising:
- a reflector having a reflector substrate;
- and
- a device for improving heat dissipation from the reflector, the device for improving heat dissipation having a coating that absorbs thermal radiation, wherein the coating is applied to an outside portion of the reflector substrate, wherein the device for improving heat dissipation comprises a surface having a plurality of eddy generating structures, and wherein the plurality of eddy-generating structures comprises a plurality of circular depressions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.