OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.
The patent has enabled OceanLED to own the rights of using optical collimators with LEDs for underwater lighting, ensuring that no other lighting system on the market can compare in terms of performance. A collimator placed over an LED uses total internal reflection to intensify the light leaving the fixture by over 500% - very similar to the principle of a lighthouse.
The US patent is the last of a series of patents that OceanLED has been granted, adding to many others including European, Middle Eastern and Australian patents.
Started in 2004, founder, Nigel Savage recognised the potential of LED lighting, and the benefits of being able to use LEDs with collimators underwater. This was the reason for him giving his original company away in exchange for the patent application he had solely worked on for six months, to start OceanLED in the pursuit of LED perfection.
Mr Savage says, “It has been a long and very expensive process but at last we have achieved what we set out to do in the beginning. As we are already the leading manufacturer and designer of underwater lighting, the US granted patent adds the final touch.”
OceanLED’s most popular product, the Amphibian range, has been designed with a unique linear shape, versatile enough to be mounted onto any transom and requiring just a nine millimeter hole for the cable entry. The Amphibians are exceptionally easy to install and can be used on a variety of surfaces such as trim tabs, engine brackets or even on boat trailers for night launching.
