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Prismatic member with coarsened portions or triangular prismatic and semi-circular prismatic members arranged on a flat light emitting surface
Assignee: Enplas Corp
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Filing: 1994-08-31
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Granted: 1997-02-04
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Expires: 2014-08-31
Abstract
Abstract A transparent member having a multiplicity of prism-like convex portions which are aligned in parallel to each other and formed on at least one of surfaces of the member; the member is used to be disposed between a light emitting surface side of a surface light source device and a liquid crystal display device; and by using the member, it is possible to illuminate the liquid crystal display device in a bright and uniform manner and to prevent that any stripe pattern is appeared.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
- 👤 Kayoko Watai
- 👤 Kazuaki Yokoyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:55
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/0001; G02B6/0011; G02B6/0033; G02B6/005; G02B6/0053; F; F21; F21V; F21V5/00; F21V5/02; G01; G01D; G01D11/00; G01D11/28; G02B6/0013; G02B6/0023; G02B6/0031; G02B6/0035; G02B6/0038; G02B6/004; G02B6/0041; G02B6/0058; G02B6/0061; G02B6/0066; G02B6/0068
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A surface light source device, comprising: a light source, a flat light emitting surface for emitting a light generated from said light source, and a prismatic member; said prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions which have triangular cross sections, and extend parallel to each other on at least one of the surfaces thereof, at least one surface portion of each of said convex portions being coarsened; and said prismatic member being arranged on said light emitting surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
A surface light source device, comprising: a light source, a flat light emitting surface for emitting a light generated from said light source, and a prismatic member; said prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions which have triangular cross sections, and extend parallel to each other on at least one of the surfaces thereof, at least one surface portion of each of said convex portions being coarsened; and said prismatic member being arranged on said light emitting surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A surface light source device according to claim 1, wherein said prismatic member has a sheet-like shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A surface light source device according to claim 1 wherein said prismatic member has a plate-like shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A surface light source device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said convex portions having a triangular cross section comprises a pair of surfaces, and said coarsened surface portion is arranged on one of said pair of surfaces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A surface light source device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said convex portions having a triangular cross section comprises an apical portion, and said coarsened surface is only provided in the vicinity of said apical portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A surface light source device according to anyone of claims 1 to 3, wherein said cross section of each convex portion has an equilateral triangle shape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
136 words
A surface light source comprising: a light source, a light conducting member having a light emitting surface from which light generated from said light source is emitted, a first transparent prismatic member, and a second transparent prismatic member; said first transparent prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions having triangular cross sections and extending parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction; and said second transparent prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions having semi-circular cross sections and extending parallel to each other in a second longitudinal direction; wherein said first prismatic member and said second prismatic member are superimposed on each other and arranged on said light emitting surface of the light conducting member such that longitudinal directions of said convex portions of the first and second prismatic members intersect with each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
136 words
A surface light source comprising: a light source, a light conducting member having a light emitting surface from which light generated from said light source is emitted, a first transparent prismatic member, and a second transparent prismatic member; said first transparent prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions having triangular cross sections and extending parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction; and said second transparent prismatic member having a multiplicity of convex portions having semi-circular cross sections and extending parallel to each other in a second longitudinal direction; wherein said first prismatic member and said second prismatic member are superimposed on each other and arranged on said light emitting surface of the light conducting member such that longitudinal directions of said convex portions of the first and second prismatic members intersect with each other.
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