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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Toyooka, Yamagata Prefecture, JP;
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02F 1/133536 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); G02F 1/133562 (2021.01); G02F 1/133567 (2021.01);
Abstract
Mirrors including reflective backlit displays are described. In particular, mirrors including backlit displays with a backlight, a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer disposed between two opposing transparent substrate layers, a first reflective polarizer, and a second reflective polarizer are described. The first and second reflective polarizers are each directly laminated to one of the opposing transparent substrate layers. Mirrors described herein may be configured as vehicle rear-view mirrors.