ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. RE50,470, issued on June 24, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Linear LED illumination device with improved color mixing" was invented by Fangxu Dong (Austin, Texas), Craig T. Phillips (San Marcos, Texas), Derek Edward Logan (Austin, Texas) and Tomas J. Mollnow (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear multi-color LED illumination device that produces uniform color throughout the output light beam without the use of excessively large optics or optical losses is disclosed herein. Embodiments for improving color mixing in the linear illumination device include, but are not limited to, a shallow dome e...