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WO2013042064A1 - Ensemble d'éclairage acoustique - Google Patents

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WO2013042064A1
WO2013042064A1 PCT/IB2012/054997 IB2012054997W WO2013042064A1 WO 2013042064 A1 WO2013042064 A1 WO 2013042064A1 IB 2012054997 W IB2012054997 W IB 2012054997W WO 2013042064 A1 WO2013042064 A1 WO 2013042064A1
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Ronald Cornelis DE GIER
Silvia Maria BOOIJ
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
    • F21V33/006—General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S4/00—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
    • F21S4/10—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
    • F21S4/15—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights the cables forming a grid, net or web structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
    • E04B9/32—Translucent ceilings, i.e. permitting both the transmission and diffusion of light
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2105/00—Planar light sources
    • F21Y2105/10—Planar light sources comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • the present invention relates to an acoustic lighting assembly, which comprises both sound-absorbing and lighting functionalities.
  • acoustic lighting assemblies may be used as a panel in a modular panel system such as a suspended ceilings.
  • acoustic lighting assemblies In construction, such acoustic lighting assemblies (or modular panel systems) are commonly used to reduce build cost and construction time. Modular panel systems typically allow for the rapid construction of floors, walls and ceilings, albeit often at the compromise of reduced aesthetic appearance.
  • a prime example of such a modular panel system is a suspended ceiling, which can be found in most professional environments, such as for example office spaces.
  • a suspended ceiling typically comprises a metal or plastic grid defining rectangular or square recesses, which are filled with tiles to form a continuous ceiling.
  • suspended ceiling lighting may typically be integrated by replacing one or more tiles with a lighting unit such as a luminaire.
  • Most suspended ceilings comprise luminaires in which a number of fluorescent light tubes are present. For several reasons such luminaires are not ideal, need additional installation efforts and by being obtrusive they are considered to be aesthetically displeasing.
  • US-7303305 discloses a ceiling tile system comprising modular acoustic light- emitting modules.
  • Each such module includes an acoustic backing panel and a rigid sleeve (made of plastic or metal) extending from a surface of the backing panel.
  • An assembly of solid state light-emitting elements on a circuit board is disposed on the backing panel, within the sleeve.
  • a light-diffusive and acoustically non-reflective cover is attached to the backing panel and over the outer end of the sleeve.
  • US-7766511 discloses a ceiling tile that comprises a frame having a honeycomb structure to absorb the sound and a hollow central portion provided with LED- based components ("LED” being the acronym of "light-emitting diode”). Top and bottom skin layers are further used on each side of the hollow central portion to support and cool the LED-based components on one hand and to define a light-exit window on the other hand. These acoustic lighting tiles are usually made for a limited number of LEDs.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an acoustic lighting assembly capable of containing a large number of light sources, while being aesthetically pleasing.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such an acoustic lighting assembly with a limited thickness, so as to be an acoustic lighting tile to be included in a ceiling, wall or floor system.
  • Another object of the invention is to cost-efficiently manufacture such an acoustic lighting assembly.
  • the invention proposes, according to a first aspect, to solve said problem and reach said objects by providing an acoustic lighting assembly according to claim 1.
  • a cover that is acoustically non-reflective is a cover that does not reflect 60 %, 70 %, 80 % or an even larger part of sound waves that are commonly found in buildings, being sound waves below 4 kHz, and typically extending between 1 kHz and 2 kHz. Instead, the cover partly absorbs and/or transmits such sound waves.
  • light source shall mean any and all light source, supplied with electrical power to generate lighting energy, like light rays or light beams.
  • a light source may be based on conventional or non-conventional light source, such as for example an incandescent lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a solid-state lighting-based component (for example an LED, a laser, a nano-LED, or a light-emitting nanowire).
  • Such light source can be fixed into the open cavity by well-known means or techniques of fixation provided within the cavity or by means or techniques according to the invention.
  • the light emitting functionality is provided by a component that also has acoustically absorbing properties, because the light source is located in an acoustically absorbing cavity.
  • a component that also has acoustically absorbing properties, because the light source is located in an acoustically absorbing cavity.
  • an open cavity is formed by the rigid plastic or metallic sleeve extending from the acoustic backing panel.
  • a circuit board provided with LEDs is located at the inner end of the sleeve, and a light-diffusive and acoustically non-reflective cover is attached to the outer end of the sleeve.
  • the cavity itself is not arranged to be acoustically absorbing.
  • acoustical absorption is provided by the remaining part of the module, that encloses the cavity.
  • the acoustical absorption functionality and the light emitting functionality are separated into different parts of the module, located next to each other when the module is viewed in cross section.
  • the acoustic lighting assembly of the invention allows for a full integration of the light source or lighting component within the acoustic substrate, in a non-cumbersome manner.
  • this full integration permits to properly close the open cavity with a cover enhancing the pleasant aspect of the assembly by an external viewer, while not preventing sound absorption and light emission.
  • (semi-)transparent and acoustic properties of the cover facilitate both the sound absorption and do not prevent light extraction.
  • rigidity of the cover allows the cover not being deformed by its own weight and/or by the weight of the light source(s) and the optional circuitry which may be borne by it.
  • This rigidity is particularly advantageous for a large-size cover provided over or across a large open cavity (being an open cavity having a large opening surface area).
  • a large open cavity is especially needed if a significant number of light sources have to be provided in the open cavity to improve or increase the illumination.
  • Rigidity of the cover further allows its use as a substrate for the at least one light source and optional circuitry, which might be advantageous for the manufacturing. Moreover, this construction creates an air gap between the light source and the optional circuitry on one hand and the inner surfaces of the open cavity on the other hand, which may facilitate a cooling of the light source and the optional circuitry.
  • Rigidity of the cover is also useful for installation of the assembly and for removal of the assemblies during lifetime for access to space above ceiling (handling and installation).
  • the open cavity is large, more sound can go through (and be absorbed thereafter at the back and/or side of the open cavity by acoustic elements), and the sound permeability of and/or sound absorption by the cover may have an impact on the sound isolation.
  • the substrate is provided with optically reflective properties in the open cavity.
  • optically reflective properties means that more than 50%, 60%, 70%>, 80%>, 90%) of the light emitted by the light source(s) is reflected.
  • the assembly is according to claim 2.
  • This feature allows the cover to be fully integrated in the open cavity, and particularly to have the cover external surface (i.e. the surface opposite to the open cavity) extending in continuation with the surface of the substrate extending around the opening of the cavity, i.e. without any steps between these two surfaces.
  • Aesthetical aspect of the assembly by an external viewer is therefore improved.
  • the assembly is according to claim 3.
  • This feature allows the cover to be fully integrated in the open cavity, and particularly to have the cover external surface (i.e. the surface opposite to the open cavity) extending over a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate extending around the opening of the cavity.
  • the cover external surface i.e. the surface opposite to the open cavity
  • at least a part of the cover may extend onto latter surface of the substrate, hiding accordingly this surface.
  • Aesthetical aspect of the assembly by an external viewer is therefore improved.
  • the assembly is according to claim 4.
  • this member allows its use as a substrate for the light source(s) and the optional circuitry as aforementioned.
  • the assembly is according to claim 5.
  • This structure allows providing a determined and constant pitch between the through holes, homogenizing the sound permeability of the cover.
  • the assembly is according to claim 6.
  • This corrugated structure has a "waves" design, which gives a good stiffness to mass ratio and can be used as a very cheap and light weight construction.
  • the assembly is according to claim 7.
  • This assembly is particularly advantageous since it is simple and does not necessarily involve the use of tools, as for example gluing may be sufficient.
  • this assembly allows the cover to be fully integrated with the substrate, giving a nice and smooth design of the overall assembly which might be the design of a conventional acoustic tile. This might be particularly useful if the assembly has to be part of a system (such as a ceiling system) comprising a plurality of tiles having each one standardized dimensions.
  • the assembly is according to claim 8.
  • the superficial smoothness of the cover improves the aesthetically pleasant aspect of the assembly and its integration in an environment (such as in a ceiling system as mentioned before).
  • the assembly is according to claim 9.
  • the superficial smoothness of the sheet improves the aesthetical pleasant aspect of the assembly and its integration in an environment (such as in a ceiling system as mentioned before). Moreover the sheet could more or less hide the rigid member (which may not have an aesthetical nice aspect due to its through holes) for an external viewer.
  • the small thickness of the sheet does not hamper sound absorption since it allows most of the sound to go through it.
  • the rigid member is used here as a substrate to the sheet, rigidifying the latter.
  • the sheet would have been deformed and would have brought some mechanical weaknesses to the assembly, especially if that sheet would have been extended over a large surface, which is typically the case if the open cavity is large.
  • the assembly is according to claim 10.
  • Said hiding function of the cover and cavity by the sheet is therefore improved by these optical properties.
  • the sheet may be arranged to become transparent only when the light source(s) emit light, for example by using phase-changing or state-changing materials whereby light transmission in the material is changing with the phase or with the internal or structural state of the material, and which phase or state is changing when the material is exposed to a temperature or a light above a determined temperature or light threshold.
  • the assembly is according to claim 11.
  • the assembly is according to claim 12.
  • Providing this acoustic property in the whole substrate optimizes sound absorption, especially when the sound goes through the open cavity.
  • This improved acoustic property is all the more important when the open cavity is large so that a large part of the substrate is provided with a hole (cavity) which would decrease the acoustic properties of the assembly if the other parts are not acoustically improved according to this option of the invention.
  • the assembly is according to claim 13.
  • the assembly is according to claim 14.
  • the non-contact of the light source(s) with the surfaces of the cavity allows alternative heat dissipative mechanism of these components to the typical heat dissipation directly performed at the back part of such kind of assembly, the back part being thermally conductive in such a typical heat dissipation.
  • heat can be at least partially dissipated in the air of the cavity (i.e. the air gap separating the light source(s) from the surfaces of the open cavity), via the optional circuitry.
  • this alternative heat dissipation allows providing the substrate not necessarily with thermally conductive materials and/or thermal configuration, giving more opportunities for other materials and configurations for the substrate.
  • the assembly is according to claim 15.
  • This feature allows to ease the manufacturing of the assembly and to separate the light source(s) and optional circuitry from the substrate (as aforementioned).
  • the cover is further used as a substrate of the lighting components, which may facilitate the final assembly.
  • the invention proposes to solve said problem and reach said objects by providing a method of manufacturing an acoustic lighting assembly, wherein the method comprising the following steps:
  • a rigid member that is transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by a light source, and that is acoustically non-reflective;
  • the cover and the light source(s) can be assembled separately from the substrate, which could be convenient in the manufacturing process and reduce costs.
  • the light source(s) and optional circuitry can be positioned accurately on the cover before the fixation with the substrate, which may increase the reliability and ease of the assembly.
  • the substrate comprises an acoustically absorbing back panel and side elements
  • step (a) of the above method comprises the fixation of the side elements to the back panel to form the open cavity, each side element having a surface being one of the side surfaces of the open cavity.
  • the open cavity can be made from panels (for example from five panels: one for the back side and four for the sides, to have an open cavity having a rectangular cross- section area) which can be cost-effective.
  • the open cavity may be made in a thick acoustic panel, by material removal (for example by mechanical machining or milling), and/or by shaping methods (for example pressing locally at the open cavity position to form letter, molding, forming).
  • the above method further comprises a step of providing a sheet that is transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the light source, and a step of fixing the sheet to the face of the rigid member opposite to the open cavity.
  • This step of fixing the sheet may be implemented before or after step (d). It might be advantageous to implement this step after step (d) so as to finish the assembly by the fixation of this sheet, in order to prevent the sheet from damages during previous steps and manipulations of the assembly.
  • step (a) of the above method comprises the provision of an optically reflective element within or on surfaces of the open cavity, for example by coating with a reflective paint or by applying a reflective foil or by providing a reflector in the open cavity.
  • the invention proposes to solve said problem and reach said objects by providing another acoustic lighting assembly comprising:
  • an acoustically absorbing substrate comprising an open cavity bounded by a bottom acoustically absorbing wall and by sides, optionally the substrate being provided with optically reflective properties in the open cavity;
  • the light source(s) and optional circuitry positioned in the cavity; a cover of the open cavity, the cover being transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the light source(s).
  • the back side of the open cavity optimizes sound absorption, in particular the absorption of the sound going through the open cavity to this back side.
  • This improved acoustic property is all the more important when the open cavity is large. Indeed the back side is larger accordingly and the rate of sound absorption by the back side over the overall sound absorbed by the substrate is accordingly greater.
  • said sides are acoustically absorbing, which improves acoustic properties of the assembly.
  • the cover is a rigid cover, arranged to be acoustically non- reflective, and especially may be arranged to leave at least a part of the sound passing there through.
  • the cover is a sheet or exit window extending over the opening of the open cavity.
  • Claims 1-12 and claims 13-15 are applicable to this other acoustic lighting assembly, as options, and the aforementioned corresponding advantages can also be found for this other acoustic lighting assembly.
  • the invention proposes to solve said problem and reach said objects by proposing another method of manufacturing another acoustic lighting assembly comprising:
  • an acoustically absorbing substrate comprising an open cavity limiting by a bottom acoustically absorbing wall and by acoustically absorbing sides, optionally the substrate being provided with optically reflective properties in the open cavity;
  • the cover is a rigid member arranged to leave the sound going there through.
  • the invention proposes to solve said problem and reach said objects by providing a third acoustic lighting assembly comprising:
  • a substrate having acoustically absorbing properties and an open cavity having side surfaces and an opening, optionally the substrate being provided with optically reflective properties in the open cavity;
  • a cover of the open cavity the cover being transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the light source(s);
  • cover supports the light source(s) and the optional circuitry.
  • Claims 1-15 are applicable to this third acoustic lighting assembly, as options, and the aforementioned corresponding advantages can also be found for this third acoustic lighting assembly.
  • the invention proposes to solve said problem and reach said objects by providing a fourth acoustic lighting assembly comprising: a substrate having acoustically absorbing properties and an open cavity having side surfaces and an opening, optionally the substrate being provided with optically reflective properties in the open cavity;
  • a cover of the open cavity the cover being transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the light source(s);
  • cover comprises a rigid member which comprises a corrugated structure and/or a honeycomb structure.
  • Claims 1-15 are applicable to this fourth acoustic lighting assembly, as options, and the aforementioned corresponding advantages can also be found for this fourth acoustic lighting assembly.
  • Figure 1 shows an exploded perspective top view of a lighting acoustic assembly according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective bottom view of a part of the lighting acoustic assembly of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 shows a transversal cross-section view of the lighting acoustic assembly of Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 shows a transversal cross-section view of another lighting acoustic assembly according to the invention.
  • Figure 5 shows an exploded perspective top view of another lighting acoustic assembly according to the invention.
  • Figure 6 shows a perspective top view of a part of the lighting acoustic assembly of Figure 5.
  • Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 depict an example of a lighting acoustic assembly 1 according to the invention.
  • This assembly 1 comprises: a substrate 10 having acoustic properties and optional reflective optical properties, the substrate 10 exhibiting an open cavity 14;
  • LED-based components 21 and optional circuitry 22 positioned in the cavity 14;
  • a rigid cover 50 transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the LED-based components 11 and arranged for being acoustically non-reflective;
  • electrical connection for example electrical wires and/or connectors 60 to power supply and optionally drive the LED-based components 11, via the circuitry 22, from a power supply and optional drivers or controllers (not shown).
  • the light emitted by the LED-based components 11 is extracted from the assembly 1 through the cover 50 and the sound (generated in the environment of the assembly) can go through the cover 50 and the cavity 14 and be absorbed by the substrate 10.
  • the substrate 10 comprises, in this example, a back element 11 and side elements 12.
  • a back element 11 and side elements 12.
  • One, several or all of these elements 11, 12 have acoustic properties, i.e. are made of a material and/or are configured to absorb sounds.
  • the back element 11 may be made from an acoustic tile, commonly known in the market, for example made of mineral fibers or glass wool.
  • the side elements 12 may be made from an acoustic material, such as mineral fibers, glass wool.
  • each one of some of the side elements 12 may be made of strips of metal sheet (which gives better stiffness and small width to the assembly 1) and/or may comprise honeycomb structure.
  • Side elements 12 can be fixed to the back element 11 by any means of fixation, such as by screwing, gluing, clamping, or by any combination thereof.
  • the cavity 14 is then defined by the inner surfaces 15, 16 and 17 of these elements 11, 12.
  • this cavity 14 may be integrally made from a block of acoustically absorbing material by techniques and methods of material removal (such as by mechanical machining or milling) and/or shaping methods (for example pressing locally at the open cavity position to form letter, molding, forming). The resulting part of the block being the substrate 10.
  • the substrate 10 further comprises optically reflective properties provided within or on faces of the cavity 14, so as to reflect some light resulting from the emission of the LED-based components 21.
  • optical properties may be provided at the inner surfaces 15, 16, 17 of the cavity 14, as depicted in Figure 4.
  • refiective properties may be obtained by using a refiective bulk material for the back element 11 and/or side elements 12.
  • these optically refiective properties may be obtained by providing optically refiective material on inner surfaces 15, 16 and/or 17 of the cavity 14, for example by coating with a refiective paint and/or by providing a refiective element 13 (such as a refiective foil or a more rigid refiective element).
  • This refiective element 13 may be flat or corrugated (like the reflective element shown in Figure 5 and 6) or have any other shape.
  • the reflective element 13 may be covered by a light-converting film (not shown), for example organic and/or inorganic phosphor material(s) layer(s), arranged to convert at least a part of the wavelengths emitted by the LED-based
  • a yellow phosphor might be provided for converting blue light into white light.
  • the reflective element 13 may be shaped in order to influence, together with the optical properties of the cover 50, the shape and homogeneity of the light output and therefore to lead to a specific illumination effect after light reflection.
  • the reflective element 13 is tapered so as illuminate homogeneously a large area.
  • the material used for the optically reflective surface may be a diffusing reflective white material in order to have a better light homogeneity, or any other refiective material.
  • Each LED-based component 21 comprises at least one LED and optionally a primary optics and optionally a secondary optics.
  • each LED-based component 21 may further comprise a own circuitry and/or own electronic components.
  • the LED-based components 21 emit light to a preferred direction
  • the LED-based components 21 can be positioned in the cavity 14 such that this direction points either towards the cavity 14 or outwards the cavity 14.
  • this direction points either towards the cavity 14 or outwards the cavity 14.
  • it is an indirect lighting and the optical reflective surface 13 is essential.
  • this is a direct lighting.
  • LED-based components 21 are supplied and optionally driven via a circuitry 22 which comprises electrical paths for power supplying the LEDs and optionally for transporting control signals to the LED-based components 21.
  • the circuitry 22 may also comprise electronic component(s) to process the power and/or control signals, driver(s) to control the power and/or other components.
  • Circuitry 22 and LED-based components 21 may be fixed to a transparent or semi-transparent board (especially needed in case of indirect lighting) which does not reflect the sound.
  • the board may be made of an acoustic absorbing material and/or be provided with through hole to leave the sound going there through (and therefore to transmit the sound to the cavity 14).
  • circuitry 22 and LED-based components 21 may be fixed directly to the side of the cover 50 facing the cavity 14.
  • the rigid circuitry 22 and LED-based components 21 may be fixed directly into the cover 50 or through the cover 50, and be made during the process of manufacturing the cover 50.
  • the cover 50 comprises a rigid panel 30 and an optional sheet 40 (as described below)
  • the LED-based components 21 and/or the circuitry 22 may be sandwiched between the sheet 40 and the rigid panel 30, or (in case the rigid panel 30 is initially made of two longitudinal parts) made between the these two parts before these two parts are assembled one to the other to form the rigid panel 30.
  • circuitry 22 is configured to limit the disturbing or absorption of the light emitted or shined by the LED-based components 21 and/or the light reflected by the reflective surface 13.
  • circuitry 22 may comprise transparent electrical paths (for example made of ITO).
  • the circuitry 22 may consist essentially in wires linking the LED-based components 21 one to the other according to a grid configuration, as depicted in Figure 1 and as disclosed in US-2009/0091932.
  • this wire-grid configuration of the circuitry 22 improves the dissipation of the heat generated by the LED-based components 21, due to its good thermal conductivity (especially if those wires comprise copper) and its great surface in contact with the air of the cavity 14.
  • Connection of the circuitry 22 to the electrical supports 60 may be performed via wires extending through or adjacent to the side elements 12, as depicted by Figure 2.
  • At least a part of the LED-based components may be provided on the side elements 12 of the assembly 1.
  • the rigid cover 50 is configured such that acoustic waves generated outside the assembly 1 and directed towards the cover 50, are not reflected onto the cover 50 or, at least, have limited reflection onto the cover 50.
  • the cover 50 may be configured to transmit there through a major part of the received acoustic waves and/or to absorb some acoustic waves.
  • the cover 50 comprises a rigid panel 30 provided with an array of through holes 31, such as a honeycomb structure, to leave the sound going there through.
  • This rigid panel 30 is made of a material transparent to at least a range of wavelengths emitted by the LED-based components 21, such as for example polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), transparent plastic, and a material sufficiently rigid to prevent from deformation due to its own weight and the weight of the LED-based components 21 and circuitry 22 once the rigid panel 30 is fixed at its edge to the side elements 12.
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • transparent plastic and a material sufficiently rigid to prevent from deformation due to its own weight and the weight of the LED-based components 21 and circuitry 22 once the rigid panel 30 is fixed at its edge to the side elements 12.
  • the rigid panel 30 bears the LED-based components 21 and circuitry 22 on the side facing the cavity 14.
  • LED-based components 21 and circuitry 22 may be fixed by known techniques such as clamping, gluing, and riveting.
  • the rigid panel 30 may be fixed to the side elements 12 by different techniques, which may comprise gluing, screwing, riveting.
  • the cover 50 further comprises a sheet 40 extending over the side of the rigid panel 30 opposite to the cavity 14.
  • the sheet 40 is made of at least one material transparent to at least a range of wavelengths emitted by the LED-based components 21, for example glass fiber.
  • the sheet 40 may be provided with optical properties such that said transparency is not the same for the light coming from the cavity 14 (i.e. light issued from the LED-based components 21) as to the light generated outside the assembly 1 : accordingly, the light transmittance may be higher for light beams coming from the cavity 14 than for light beams pointing to an opposite direction, and light reflectance may be lower for light beams coming from the cavity 14 than for light beams pointing to an opposite direction.
  • the sheet 40 may be painted by a thin white paint so as to reflect a part of the light (for example 30 %) and to transmit another part of the light (for example 70 %). Therefore the reflection found can be sufficiently reflective for the light incident from outside the assembly 1 to hide the rigid panel and sufficiently optically transmissive to transmit a significant portion of the light emitted by the LED-based components 21 out of the assembly 1.
  • the non-transmitted portion of said emitted light is reflected by the paint back to the cavity 14 and is mainly reflected onto the reflective element 13 back to the sheet 40. This portion of the emitted light is therefore "recycled” and reaches the sheet 40 again and again.
  • the sheet 40 may also be transparent only when the LED-based components 21 emit light. This property may be found with materials having wavelength specific reflection properties, such as phase-changing or state-changing materials, whereby light transmission in the material is changing with the phase or with the internal or structural state of the material, and which phase or state is changing when the material is exposed to a temperature or a light above a determined temperature or light threshold.
  • materials having wavelength specific reflection properties such as phase-changing or state-changing materials, whereby light transmission in the material is changing with the phase or with the internal or structural state of the material, and which phase or state is changing when the material is exposed to a temperature or a light above a determined temperature or light threshold.
  • the sheet 40 may be sufficiently thin for a sufficiently small surface density
  • the sheet 40 may be provided with acoustically absorbing properties.
  • the sheet 40 may be made of one layer or several layers stacked one to the other.
  • the sheet 40 may be further provided with small through micro holes (for example micro perforations) which acoustically absorb by viscous losses, whose sub-millimeter diameter (for example between 0.05 mm and 0.3 mm) is similar to the thickness of a boundary layer of air. Spacing between holes (for example a few mm) can also be adapted to tune the rate of sound absorption.
  • Clearsorber® foils may be used for the sheet 40.
  • the sheet 40 may further extend onto the side elements 12 of the substrate 10, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
  • the sheet 40 may be fixed to the rigid panel 30 by different techniques, which may comprise gluing, riveting, screwing, and stitching.
  • the assembly 1 may be used as a tile in a ceiling, wall or floor system.
  • Figures 5 and 6 show a lighting assembly 1 ' with a cover 50' comprising a corrugated rigid panel 30' made of a material optically transparent to at least one range of wavelengths emitted by the LED- based components 21. Accordingly, this rigid panel 30' comprises successively top waves
  • This rigid panel 30' may be made of polycarbonate, PMMA, PET, transparent plastic.
  • the corrugated shape may be found by either thermo forming, or by forcing the rigid panel 30' to be corrugated by applying compression forces at opposite edges of the rigid panel 30' and thereafter fixing this constrained rigid panel 30' at its edges to the sheet 40 and/or the side elements 12 in order to maintain this constraint.
  • the sheet 40 may be glued or stitched to the portions of the rigid panel 30' located close to the apexes 38' of the bottom waves 36' and/or to bottom edges of the side elements 12.
  • the LED-based components 21 may be embedded in and/or supported by the rigid panel 30', via the circuitry 22 which may be made rigid.
  • LED-based components 21 may be positioned within the cavities formed by the waves 35 ' and 36' of the rigid panel 30', and the circuitry 22 (electrically connecting the LED-based components 21 one to the other) is arranged to come through the sections of the rigid panel 30' located between apexes 37' and 38' of the waves 35 ' and 36'. Accordingly the electrical assembly (i.e. LED-based components 21 and the circuitry 22) is held by these sections and thanks to the rigidity of the circuitry 22 and of the rigid panel 30'.
  • waves 35 ', 36' of the corrugated rigid panel 30' may be periodic and/or the pitch between the waves may be chosen to be roughly n times (n being an integer equal or greater than 1) the distances separating LED-based components 21.
  • the circuitry 22 is fixed onto the rigid panel 30' by a method of printing, such as a conventional method of printing, and the LED-based components 21 are fixed to the rigid panel 30', on the circuitry 22.
  • Circuitry 22 may, alternatively, be fully embedded into the rigid panel 30', and be made during the process of manufacturing the rigid panel 30'.
  • the rigid panel 30' may be made from two layers of materials, one of the two layers supporting the printed circuitry 22, such that the circuitry 22 is located at the interface between the two layers once these two layers are fixed one to the other by using any conventional techniques of fixation of plastic layers which does not imply excessive heating of the circuitry 22.
  • LED- based components 21 can then be fixed through one and/or the two layers of material, by using for example electrical through pins to connect to the circuitry 22.
  • LED-based components 21 and optionally other components, may be embedded in the rigid panel 30' (in a similar manner as to the embedding of the circuitry 22), at the interface between the two said layers of material.
  • Reflective element 13 ' may be any reflective element aforementioned.
  • a corrugated reflective element 13 ' for example made of an optically reflective foil or solid material.
  • this corrugated shape of the reflective element may also be advantageous to have a higher stiffness along one direction (the direction of the waves), to prevent that the shape of the reflective element 13 ' changes significantly over lifetime.
  • this reflective element 13' can be flat.
  • the reflective element 13 ' may be covered by a light-converting film (not shown), such as organic and/or inorganic phosphor material(s) layer(s), arranged to convert at least a part of the wavelengths emitted by the LED-based components 21 into different wavelengths.
  • a yellow phosphor might be provided for converting blue light into white light.

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L'invention porte sur un ensemble d'éclairage acoustique, lequel ensemble comprend un substrat (10) ayant des propriétés d'absorption acoustique et une cavité ouverte (14) ayant des surfaces latérales (15, 16) et une ouverture. Une ou plusieurs sources de lumière (21) sont disposées dans la cavité (14), et un capot rigide (50, 50') est disposé sur la cavité ouverte (14). Le capot (50, 50') est transparent vis-à-vis d'au moins une plage de longueurs d'onde émises par la ou les source(s) de lumière (21), et est agencé de façon à être acoustiquement non réfléchissant. L'invention porte également sur un procédé de fabrication dudit ensemble d'éclairage acoustique.
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