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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2024
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregg A. Ambur, River Falls, WI (US);
Jo A. Etter, Kirklad, WA (US);
Adam D. Haag, Woodbury, MN (US);
Carl A. Stover, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy J. Nevitt, Red Wing, MN (US);
Zhisheng Yun, Sammamish, WA (US);
Timothy L. Wong, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An optical component includes a first optical element having a curved first major surface; and an optical stack formed into a curved shape. The optical stack is bonded and conforms to the curved first major surface of the first optical element. The optical stack includes a reflective polarizer including a plurality of polymeric layers; and a non-adhesive flexible optical layer bonded to the reflective polarizer prior to forming the optical stack into the curved shape, such that the non-adhesive flexible optical layer bonded to the reflective polarizer improves a desired optical property of the reflective polarizer upon forming the optical stack into the curved shape relative to that of the reflective polarizer being formed into the curved shape without the non-adhesive flexible optical layer bonded to the reflective polarizer.