LUMINAIRE HAVING NON-REVEALED AREA LIGHT SOURCES

摘要

A luminaire 11 has a shell housing with an upper shell section 13 and a lower shell section 15 that form an interior cavity 21 and at least one side opening 22 through which an observer can see into the interior cavity of the shell housing from a position below the luminaire when the luminaire is positioned overhead the observer. The interior cavity has a lower region which is hidden from the direct line-of-sight of an observer below the luminaire. At least one and suitably a plurality non-revealed upwardly facing area light sources, such as OLEOs, are supported on the lower shell section of the shell housing and disposed in the lower region of the interior cavity thereof so as to produce light within the interior cavity and so as to be hidden from the direct line-of-sight of an observer below the luminaire.