Abstract:
Materials and lightguides formed thereof that are suitable for use in lighting units to impart a color filtering effect to visible light. At least a portion of such a lightguide (16) is formed of a composite material comprising a polymeric matrix material and an inorganic particulate material that contributes a color filtering effect to visible light passing through the composite material, and the particulate material comprises a neodymium compound containing Nd3+ ions.
Abstract:
Methods and materials capable of controlling the type and relative amounts of reflectance (e.g., specular vs. diffusive reflection) in reflective coatings, especially for inclusion in a lighting fixture or other lighting source. A method of forming a reflective coating on a substrate includes applying to the substrate a precursor material that comprises a cross-linkable binder resin, a cross-linking agent, and scattering pigment particles. The pigment particles are predominantly at or near an outer surface of the applied precursor material. Thereafter, the applied precursor material undergoes a single or multistep cure to form the reflective coating by cross-linking the binder resin. The cure energy level and duration inhibit migration of the pigment particles and/or the binder resin in the applied precursor material so that the pigment particles remain predominantly at or near an outer surface of the reflective coating.
Abstract:
Suspended lighting fixtures are described that include one or more light sources and a lens component that minimizes and/or eliminates unwanted shadows caused by debris such as dust and/or insects. In some embodiments, the suspended light fixture includes a housing, at least one light source operably connected to the housing, and a lens element operably connected to the housing. The lens element includes a tip portion and a debris hiding feature, wherein the debris hiding feature at least minimizes undesirable shadows that occur when light emitted from the at least one light source impinges on the debris that settled on an interior of the tip portion.