US Patent Issued to Magnolia White on Sept. 30 for "Illumination device and display device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,647, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).

"Illumination device and display device" was invented by Yasuhiro Takahashi (Tokyo) and Shinichi Komura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an illumination includes a first light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, and a first side surface, a first light source applying a first linearly polarized light toward the first side surface, and a first retardation film provided on the first side surface and providing a phase difference to light emitted from the first light source. The first side surface is an inclin...