MICROPRISMATIC RETROREFLECTIVE MOLD, SHEET, AND ARTICLE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220266555A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17733286

    申请日:2022-04-29

    发明人: Drew J. Buoni

    IPC分类号: B29D11/00 G02B5/124

    摘要: An article, including a transparent sheet having a first side with a structured surface The structured surface includes microprisms thereon, the microprisms being part of a microprism array on the structured surface. Each one of the microprisms are part of adjacent pairs of the microprisms, such that for each one of the adjacent pairs: the first microprism has a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a third lateral face, the second microprism has a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a third lateral face, and there is a continuous surface transition with a maintenance of surface continuity between the second lateral face of the first microprism and the third lateral face of the second microprism, without the presence of a seam, ridge, gap or tooling line.

    FLEXIBLE RETROREFLECTIVE SHEETING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220082737A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17429117

    申请日:2020-02-04

    发明人: Chieh-Wen CHEN

    摘要: Provided herein is flexible retroreflective sheeting that includes an emboss layer having retroreflective elements, a backing layer and/or metallized layer in contact with the retroreflective elements, and an interleaf layer sandwiched between two adhesive layers. The tensile and color properties of the layers of the construction allow the sheeting to be particularly useful as a label for articles, e.g., traffic safety devices, subject to crushing or bending. Also provided are methods and articles including the provided sheeting.

    MICROPRISMATIC RETROREFLECTIVE MOLD, SHEET, AND ARTICLE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220063219A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17298821

    申请日:2020-09-28

    发明人: Drew J. Buoni

    IPC分类号: B29D11/00 G02B5/124

    摘要: Method of manufacturing articles, including providing a substrate having a surface, forming first and second sets of first and second grooves in the surface, respectively, the first grooves parallel to each other along a same first direction across the surface and each of the first grooves including a repeating interleaved pattern of at least two first zones and at least two second zones and a maximum depth of the first zones greater than a maximum depth of the second zones, and the second grooves parallel to each other along a same second direction across the surface, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the second grooves passing through second zones of the first grooves, where a groove pattern is thereby formed on the surface, the groove pattern including microprisms. Articles including a substrate surface with such groove patterns or inverted groove patterns including microprisms or inverted microprisms.

    BRIGHTNESS AND UNIFORMITY-ENHANCED PROJECTOR SCREEN

    公开(公告)号:US20210311381A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17275633

    申请日:2019-09-11

    申请人: MirraViz, Inc.

    摘要: The disclosed technology generally relates to displays, and more particularly to projection screens configured to display images with increased brightness and improved contrast and uniformity by using optical layers to control the direction and shape of the return light profiles. The disclosed technology comprises an optical layer configured such that incident light from a light source is directed towards specific positions for all locations on the reflective or transmissive display medium, and a light profile shaping optical layer configured to shape an intensity distribution of light reflected or transmitted from projection screen, prior to displaying the image to a viewer. The direction controlling optical layer and the light profile shaping optical layer may be combined into a single optical medium.

    Reflective device for warning of the presence of a stalled vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11072279B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16403260

    申请日:2019-05-03

    申请人: James C. Bates

    发明人: James C. Bates

    IPC分类号: B60Q7/00 G02B5/12 G02B5/124

    摘要: A reflective warning device for warning oncoming traffic of a stalled vehicle in a road, having a supporting member attachable to a stalled vehicle to extend outwardly there from when the device is attached to the vehicle, and a cylindrical display element mounted on the supporting member and having a reflective surface facing oncoming traffic to indicate the presence of a stalled vehicle to oncoming traffic. The device is storable conveniently in a vehicle for use when needed should an emergency arise.

    Methods and apparatus for ultrawide entrance angle reflective articles for use with autonomous vehicle machine vision systems

    公开(公告)号:US11001979B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16537275

    申请日:2019-08-09

    摘要: A two-layer retroreflective article construction is enabled that produces higher wide-entrance-angle performance for signs and pavement markings. A single-layer overlay is enabled for existing signs and pavement markers that improve their entrance angle performance. Materials used in the construction of an article or an overlay are transparent to radiation in the range of 400 to 1000 nanometers and utilize TIR (total internal reflection). Minimum performance specifications are proposed that extend sign sheeting retroreflectivity specifications to entrance angles of 60 degrees. An innovative traffic sign design is enabled that increases the positioning performance of safety systems and automated navigation systems.