LIGHTING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: YAMAMOTO SHOJI, AKAO HIDEYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.09.2012
• Subjects: BLASTING; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATINGELEMENTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

A lighting apparatus includes LEDs and a light-permeable cover passing the light emitted from the LEDs and an anti-scattering film is arranged on the cover for preventing the scattering of fragments when the cover fractures. The anti-scattering film contains a dispersing agent for dispersing light. Since the anti-scattering film containing a dispersing agent is arranged on the cover, when the lighting apparatus is damaged by falling, the scattering of fragments of the cover is preventable, and the glare can be reduced because the light emitted from the LEDs are dispersed through the dispersing agent contained in the anti-scattering film. Since the anti-scattering film containing the dispersing agent is arranged on the cover, the deterioration of luminance flux is preventable as compared to a case of arranging on the cover a member for anti-scattering and a member for reducing glare separately.