Patent · US Active

Fresnel lens with light-scattering preventive feature

US9335447B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
13References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 2014
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/003
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A Fresnel lens including a plurality of sawtooth-shaped projections, with each projection including a first surface at a first angle and a second surface at a second angle. Each first surface has top and bottom edges and each second surface has top and bottom edges. Each projection has a top intersection where the top edge of the first surface intersects the top edge of the second surface. Adjacent projections have a bottom intersection where the bottom edge of the second surface of a first one of the adjacent projections intersects the bottom edge of the first surface of a second one of the adjacent projections. The lens portion is opaque at the top intersection of the projections, at the bottom intersection of adjacent projections, and on the first surface between the top intersection and the bottom intersection.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.