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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Nevitt, Red Wing, MN (US);
Charles David Hoyle, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michael F. Weber, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew J. Ouderkirk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0028 (2013.01); G02F 1/133524 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light guide having a first major surface, a second major surface, an input edge and an opposing edge, where at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface includes a plurality of multiplets. Each multiplet includes two or more extraction features having an indented geometry.