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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Johnson, Burnsville, MN (US);
Richard V. Pallarino, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kenneth A. Epstein, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael E. Lauters, Hudson, WI (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A light control film and display assemblies that includes such a film. The light control film including a substrate defining first and second major surfaces with the first major surface including a plurality louvers spanning in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a normal of the first major surface, and with the second major surface comprises a plurality of linear microstructures spanning in the first direction. In some examples, each louver of the plurality of louvers substantially aligns with a corresponding microstructure of the plurality of microstructures.