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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivan B. Steiner, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Robert J. Saccomanno, Montville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ; G02F 1/1335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ; G02F 1/1335 ;
Abstract
Collimated light distribution elements and systems that are especially suited to backlighting liquid crystal displays comprise a waveguide with clocked microstructured features for directing the exiting beam off-normal, a high efficiency mirror coating comprising both TIR and specularly reflective mirror elements, and a polarization recycling system.