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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Inventors:

William Dunn, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Harry Presley, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/0051 (2013.01); G02B 6/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract

The exemplary embodiments herein provide an airguide backlight assembly having an anterior element, a reflective pan positioned posterior to the anterior element, and a light source positioned to direct light towards the reflective pan. A lens element may be placed in front of each light source. The reflective pan preferably contains a slope or curve so that light emitted from the light sources can be reflected and/or refracted to distribute the light uniformly to the anterior element. In some embodiments, blinders may be positioned between the light sources and the anterior element as well as between the light sources and the reflective pan.


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