ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,819, issued on May 12, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Lens arrays in light-emitting diode packages" was invented by Timothy Ling (Raleigh, N.C.), Ryan Mohn (Mebane, N.C.) and David Suich (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light-emitting diode (LED) devices and more particularly lens arrays in LED packages are disclosed. Lens arrays include one or more lens shapes positioned to receive light from LED chip arrays. Individual lenses of lens arrays may be separately formed in LED packages on various surfaces, such as on top surfaces of encapsulant layers that cover LED chip arrays. Shapes of individual lenses may ...