Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light pipe with molded optical surfaces
- Patent Title (中): 具有模制光学表面的光管
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Application No.: US10815013Application Date: 2004-03-31
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Publication No.: US07197218B2Publication Date: 2007-03-27
- Inventor: Ronald S. Cok , John N. Border
- Applicant: Ronald S. Cok , John N. Border
- Applicant Address: US NY Rochester
- Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Rochester
- Agent Andrew J. Anderson
- Main IPC: G02B6/04
- IPC: G02B6/04 ; G02B6/00 ; G02B6/36 ; A41F1/00 ; A61M1/00 ; F21V5/00 ; F21V17/00

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a light-conductive pipe is described comprising the steps of: forming a light pipe mold having an elongated cavity with two optical end faces and an opening for injecting molten material into the cavity distant from either optical end face; providing molten material from a supply of molten material; injecting the molten material through the opening; and cooling and solidifying the molten material to form a light-conductive pipe having an input optical face and an output optical face connected by an elongated body of light-conductive material. Also described are injection molded light-pipes formed by the method, and integrated linear arrays of injection molded light-conductive pipes formed by the method. Optical faceplates may be formed comprising multiple stacked integrated linear arrays of injection molded light-conductive pipes formed by the method, and tiled flat-panel display systems may comprise a plurality of modules aligned in an array, each module comprising a flat-panel display having a plurality of pixels and such an optical faceplate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050218537A1 Light pipe with molded optical surfaces Public/Granted day:2005-10-06
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