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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew J. Ouderkirk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Erin A. Binder, Afton, MN (US);
Nicholas T. Gabriel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kelly Reed Ingham, Singapore, SG;
Wesley A. Raider, Hudson, WI (US);
Shrey Gupta, Bangalore, IN (US);
Olester Benson, Jr., Woodbury, MN (US);
Huang Chin Hung, Yonghe, TW;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a lighting system comprises providing a cavity having at least a first array of first optical elements and a second array of second optical elements that have a different shape than the first array, filling the cavity with a curable resin, applying a secondary optical element to the curable resin in alignment with the first optical array, curing the resin to form a cured assembly, and removing the cured assembly from the cavity.