EP1548397A3
LED, fiber lighting units with uniform line of light
Abstract
An efficient lighting unit with improvements in ease of moving its head, reliability and the like is provided. Flexible optical fibers (7) are used for guiding light from LED light source devices to respective illuminating apertures. A line of light with a uniform luminance distribution is produced by a pair of lenses (9a,b) or a lenticular screen (63) and plane mirrors (64).
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| EP0935135A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | – |
| US6290382B1 | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | – |
31 members in 7 offices
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| US2003193817A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| EP1355124A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
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| JP2004247312A | Japan | A | |
| US6832849B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| EP1548397A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| EP1548397A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| KR100522634B1 | Republic of Korea | B1 | |
| US6964508B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| EP1355124B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
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| DE60302273D1 | Germany | D1 | |
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| DE60311288D1 | Germany | D1 | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1548397
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1548397
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1548397
- Application
- 5005419
- Application, DOCDB
- 05005419
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20050005419
Titles3
- German
- LED, Fiber Beleuchtungseinheiten mit gleichmässiger Lichtlinie
- English
- LED, fiber lighting units with uniform line of light
- French
- Unités d'éclairage par LED et fibre avec ligne uniforme de lumière
Classification
- CPC, 9
- G02B6/0008
- A01K61/73
- G01B11/00
- G01N21/8806
- G02B6/0006
- G02B6/04
- G02B6/4298
- E02B3/043
- E02B3/046
- IPC, 12
- G01N21 84
- F21S2 00
- F21V8 00
- F21Y101 00
- G01B11 00
- G01N21 88
- G02B5 02
- G02B6 00
- G02B6 04
- G02B6 42
- H01L33 58
- H05K13 08
Designated states27
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
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- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye