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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Enplas Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Toshihiko Mochida, Saitama, JP;
Enplas Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
This light flux control member comprises an incidence surface, an emission surface, and a plurality of protruding strips. The plurality of protruding strips are disposed approximately perpendicularly to a central axis. When the section perpendicular to the central axis of the incidence surface has the shape of an ellipse, at least some of the plurality of protruding strips are disposed outside a recessed part in the minor axis direction of the ellipse and along the minor axis direction. When the section of the emission surface has the shape of an ellipse, at least some of the plurality of protruding strips are disposed outside the recessed part in the major axis direction of the ellipse and along the major axis direction.