ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,418, issued on July 15, was assigned to BrightView Technologies Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Edge-lit back light unit using prism microstructures" was invented by Kenneth L. Walker (Semora, N.C.), Bing Shen (Cary, N.C.) and Matthew K. Pope (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edge-lit back light unit includes a specular reflector and an edge-lit light guide film positioned above the specular reflector, both configured to provide peak optical distribution and FWHM angle of diffusion along a light propagation direction. A diffuser film above the edge-lit light guide film has a bottom-side that faces the edge-lit light guide film an...