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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Francis Burress, Westlinn, OR (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0091 (2013.01); G02B 6/002 (2013.01); G02B 6/0016 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0083 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02B 6/4267 (2013.01); G02F 2203/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources disposed along an edge of the light guide plate, and a flexible carrier to which the plurality of light sources are secured. The flexible carrier includes a plurality of flexures, each flexure of the plurality of flexures disposed between a respective pair of adjacent light sources of the plurality of light sources to allow a spacing between the pair of adjacent light sources to change.