Corner cube retroflector device, method, and apparatus
US8651674B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1744
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of assembling a retroreflective device comprising arranging a first, a second, and a third reflective surface normal to one another; observing an angular relationship between the reflective surfaces; adjusting the angular relationship between the reflective surfaces; and adjoining the reflective surfaces with supporting members and an adhesive, wherein the supporting members are of substantially the same material as the substrate of the reflective surfaces, have a cross-sectional shape that is complimentary to the edges of the reflective surfaces, and are arranged along the adjacent edges of the reflective surfaces.
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