US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Oct. 7 for "Lighting device with a light shield having apertures" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,859, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Lighting device with a light shield having apertures" was invented by Fangxu Dong (Austin, Texas) and Joseph M. Nissen (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device includes a first lens, a housing defining a cavity, an emitter mounted within the housing, a reflector within the cavity, and an internal optical structure. The reflector is configured to reflect the light generated by the emitter toward the first lens. The internal optical structure is located between the emitter and the first lens. The internal optical structure includ...