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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Adel F. Bastawros, Newburgh, IN (US);
Kevin P. Capaldo, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Ashwit Dias, Goa, IN;
John Graf, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Emine Elif Gurel, Evansville, IN (US);
Grant Hay, Evansville, IN (US);
Marshall Gordon Jones, Scotia, NY (US);
Karkala Arun Kumar, Evansville, IN (US);
Steven Alfred Tysoe, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Masako Yamada, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Adel F. Bastawros, Newburgh, IN (US);
Kevin P. Capaldo, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Ashwit Dias, Goa, IN;
John Graf, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Emine Elif Gurel, Evansville, IN (US);
Grant Hay, Evansville, IN (US);
Marshall Gordon Jones, Scotia, NY (US);
Karkala Arun Kumar, Evansville, IN (US);
Steven Alfred Tysoe, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Masako Yamada, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A light collimating and diffusing film and a method for making the film are provided. The film includes a plastic layer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and at least a first peripheral edge. The first side has a first textured surface, wherein between 7 to 20 percent of slope angles on the first textured surface proximate a first axis has a value between zero and five degrees. The first axis is substantially parallel to the first peripheral edge. The plastic layer collimates light propagating therethrough.