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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kazuhiko Toyooka, Yamagata Prefecture, JP;
Hiroki Matsuda, Yamagata Prefecture, JP;
Masaki Yamamuro, Tokyo, JP;
James A. Thielen, Hugo, MN (US);
Jayant Chakravarty, Woodbury, MN (US);
Eric W. Nelson, Stillwater, MN (US);
John A. Wheatley, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a display system including a liquid crystal display panel and a light source emitting light capable of emitting light. A nonwoven diffuser element is disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal display panel. The polymeric nonwoven diffuser is non-orientated and has a fiber diameter of less than 50 micrometers, a fiber aspect ratio of length/diameter of greater than 5 and a basis weight in a range from 10 to 80 grams/meter.