IP Library Granted Patent US 6,869,197
Granted Patent B2
US 6,869,197 · App. 10/107,038 · Granted Mar 22, 2005

Light transmitting plate

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Patent No.
US 6,869,197
App. No.
10/107,038
Granted
Mar 22, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a light transmitting plate formed by injecting melted transparent resin into a mold having a pattern on at least one surface of a cavity, wherein the light transmitting plate has a diagonal dimension from 14 inches to 30 inches, a pattern for reflection or diffusion of light on at least one surface, a birefringence value of 9×10 −6 or less in the thickness direction, and the variation in the birefringence values is within ±3×10 −6 from the average. The pattern of the present light transmitting plate is transferred from the pattern on the surface of the cavity at a transfer ratio of 90% or more, and the variation in the transfer ratios is within ±2% from the average. The light transmitting plate of the present invention has a reduced molding strain and hence a low birefringence value, and uniform distribution of the birefringence values and is obtained with low production cost because of the omission of printing process.

Claims (6)

1. A light transmitting plate formed by injecting molten transparent resin into a mold having a pattern on at least one surface of a cavity, wherein the light transmitting plate has a diagonal dimension from about 355 to about 762 mm, a pattern for reflection or diffusion of light on at least one surface, a birefringence value of less than or equal to 9×10 −6 in the thickness direction, and the variation in the birefringence values is within ±3×10 −6 from the average birefringence value.

2. The light transmitting plate according to claim 1 , wherein a transfer ratio of the pattern on the surface of the cavity to a pattern on said light transmitting plate is 90% or more.

3. The light transmitting plate according to claim 2 , wherein the variation in the transfer ratios is within ±2% from the average.

4. The light transmitting plate according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of said light transmitting plate is from 3 mm to 20 mm.

5. The light transmitting plate according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent resin is methacrylic resin.

6. The light transmitting plate according to claim 1 , wherein a figure of the pattern is dots or lines.

Assignments (1)
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 9, 2003
From: NETBOTZ, INC.
To: COMERICA BANK-CALIFORNIA
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