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Surface light source device

US5414599A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 1992
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0068
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surface light source device comprising at least one light source, a transparent panel, a diffusing panel and a reflecting surface. This surface light source device is configured so that brightness is enhanced in a direction perpendicular to the diffusing panel by disposing, on the side of a front surface of the transparent panel, a transparent sheet which has protrusions having a saw-tooth-like sectional shape formed on one surface thereof.

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