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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:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Shaw, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G01D / ; F21S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 61 ; 349 64 ; 349 70 ; 362 23 ; 362 29 ; 362216 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display is provided which has improved wide angle viewing characteristics. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal matrix. A non-planar fluorescent lamp positioned on a first side of the liquid crystal matrix has a center which traverses the fluorescent lamp in at least one longitudinal direction. A distance between the first side of the liquid crystal matrix and the fluorescent lamp center in a first portion of the fluorescent lamp is less than a distance between the first side of the liquid crystal matrix and the fluorescent lamp center in a second portion of the fluorescent lamp.