US 11,754,773 B2
Curved edge-lit light guide
Qianshan Li, Glendora, CA (US); Michael Neuer, Covina, CA (US); Tomi Lin, Irvine, CA (US); Syed Raza, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Dean Dal Ponte, Glendale, CA (US); Prathika Appaiah, Pasadena, CA (US); Paul Lewis, Greenville, SC (US); and Kevin Lu, Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to HLI SOLUTIONS, INC., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by HLI SOLUTIONS, INC., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,115.
Application 17/519,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,400, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,169,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,258, filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057568 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 5/04 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC G02B 6/0073 (2013.01) [F21V 5/048 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0085 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edge-lit luminaire comprising:
a housing having a top and a bottom opening at least partially defining a cavity;
a non-planar lens coupled to the housing that defines a generally circular footprint and a concavo-convex shape, the lens being formed from multiple discrete sections;
a light emitter positioned proximate an edge of the cavity, the light emitter oriented substantially parallel to the bottom opening and configured to emit light into an edge of the lens and toward a center of the cavity; and
a reflector coupled to the housing between the top of the housing and the lens, the reflector configured to direct light emitted toward the cavity back into the lens,
wherein at least a portion of the light emitted into the edge of the lens is redirected inside of the lens and emitted in a direction non-parallel to the bottom opening.