US Patent Issued to Quarkstar on March 24 for "Luminaire having a light guide with cladding" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,058, issued on March 24, was assigned to Quarkstar LLC (Las Vegas).

"Luminaire having a light guide with cladding" was invented by Eric Bretschneider (Corinth, Texas) and Ferdinand Schinagl (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminaire module includes light-emitting elements (LEEs) arranged to provide light; a light guide including a receiving end and an opposing end, the receiving end arranged to receive light provided by the LEEs, a core including a first transparent material with a first refractive index, the core having a pair of opposing side surfaces extending along a length of the light guide between the...