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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John L Henkes, Latham, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350345 ; 362310 ; 362347 ; 362355 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a collimated light source for a flat panel liquid crystal display which uses a high intensity light source positioned in an integrating sphere. One or more tapered light pipes have their narrow end(s) positioned in an opening in the integrating sphere. Light from the integrating sphere is internally reflected in the light pipes(s) to produce a relatively collimated output beam which is projected onto one surface of the liquid crystal panel display. This invention relates to a light source for a liquid crystal panel display and, more particularly, to a collimated light source utilizing light pipes and an integrating light sphere.