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Lighting panel for a display

US6731355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 2003
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0038
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a lighting panel having rectangular both surfaces one of which is a reflection surface and the other is a discharge surface, an edge light provided at a corner of the lighting panel. A plurality of prisms are circularly formed on the reflection surface of the lighting panel. Each of the prisms has a vertical angle &thgr; comprising a first inclination angle &thgr;1 on the edge light side and a second inclination angle &thgr;2 opposite to the first inclination angle &thgr;1. There is a following relationship between the first inclination angle &thgr;1 and the second inclination angle &thgr;2&thgr;1(=89.5°˜60°)>&thgr;2.

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