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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Lovell Elgin Comstock, II, Charlestown, NH (US);
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Ying Geng, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jacques Gollier, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ying Zhang, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0028 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); G02B 6/005 (2013.01); G02B 6/0045 (2013.01); G02B 6/0046 (2013.01); G02B 6/0058 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backlight unit suitable for use in illuminating a liquid crystal display panel of a display device. The backlight unit comprises a light guide plate, the light guide plate comprising a glass substrate with at least one edge, an intermediate waveguide physically and optically coupled to the at least one edge along a length of the edge, and a light source optically coupled to the intermediate waveguide.