Patents
US 11927791 B2: Backlights including patterned reflectors
- Granted
- 2024-03-12
- Filed
- 2021-02-02 application 17759941
- Type
- Utility · 25 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A backlight includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources proximate the substrate, a first reflective layer on the substrate, and a plurality of patterned reflectors over the plurality of light sources. Each light source includes a size measured in a plane parallel to the substrate. Each patterned reflector is aligned with a corresponding light source and includes a thickness profile. The thickness profile includes a substantially flat section and a curved section extending from and surrounding the substantially flat section. The substantially flat section varies in thickness by no more than plus or minus 20 percent of an average thickness of the substantially flat section. The substantially flat section includes a size in a plane parallel to the substrate equal to or greater than the size of each light source.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240312.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNING INCORPORATED 4,960 patents | US company or organization | Corning, NY | CORNING INCORPORATED Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Richard Allen | Elmira, NY | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David Lynn Baker | Riverside, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Songfeng Han | Shanghai, CN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov | Elmira, NY | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Pamela Arlene Maurey | Savona, NY | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Xiang-Dong Mi | Pittsford, NY | 41 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy James Orsley | San Jose, CA | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Andrii Varanytsia | Corning, NY | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G02B | Optical elements, systems or apparatus | G02B6/0055 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G02F | Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein; non-linear optics; frequency-changing of light; optical logic elements; optical analogue/digital converters | G02F1/133603 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BAKER, DAVID LYNN signed 2022-05-16 ORSLEY, TIMOTHY JAMES signed 2022-06-16 ALLEN, KIRK RICHARD signed 2022-06-17 KUKSENKOV, DMITRI VLADISLAVOVICH signed 2022-06-20 MAUREY, PAMELA ARLENE signed 2022-06-21 VARANYTSIA, ANDRII signed 2022-06-25 MI, XIANG-DONG signed 2022-06-27 HAN, SONGFENG signed 2022-07-20 | CORNING INCORPORATED CORNING, NY | 60696/608 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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