IP Library Granted Patent US 9,815,978
Granted Patent B2
US 9,815,978 · App. 15/467,164 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Light diffuser and luminaire

Inventors: Daigo Yamashina (Osaka, JP); Shuhei Uchiyama (Osaka, JP); Satoru Yamauchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,815,978
App. No.
15/467,164
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light diffuser includes: a thermoplastic resin base which has a thermal expansion coefficient of at least 4×10 −5 /K and at most 8×10 −5 /K; and a light diffusion layer which is disposed on a surface of the thermoplastic resin base and includes an acrylic resin film and an acrylic resin particle, the acrylic resin film including one or more acrylic resins having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C. and at most 50° C., the acrylic resin particle being included in the acrylic resin film and having an average particle size of at least 1 μm and at most 15 μm.

Claims (20)

1. A light diffuser comprising:

a thermoplastic resin base which has a thermal expansion coefficient of at least 4×10 −5 /K and at most 8×10 −5 /K; and

a light diffusion layer which is disposed on a surface of the thermoplastic resin base and includes an acrylic resin film and an acrylic resin particle, the acrylic resin film including one or more acrylic resins having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C. and at most 50° C., the acrylic resin particle being included in the acrylic resin film and having an average particle size of at least 1 μm and at most 15 μm.

2. The light diffuser according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light diffusion layer includes at least 10 parts by mass and, at most 300 parts by mass of the acrylic resin particle with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the one or more acrylic resins.

3. The light diffuser according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic resin particle is a porous particle.

4. The light diffuser according to claim 3 ,

wherein the porous particle has an average micropore size of at least 10 nm and at most 100 nm.

5. The light diffuser according to claim 1 ,

wherein the acrylic resin film has a thickness less than the average particle size of the acrylic resin particle.

6. The light diffuser according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thermoplastic resin base includes polycarbonate.

7. A luminaire comprising:

the light diffuser according to claim L and

a light-emitting diode (LED) light source,

wherein the light diffuser is disposed having a surface on a side of the thermoplastic resin base face the LED light source.

8. A luminaire comprising:

the light diffuser according to claim 1 ; and

a light-emitting diode (LED) light source,

wherein the light diffuser is disposed having a surface on a side of the light diffusion layer face the LED light source.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: YAMASHINA, DAIGO; UCHIYAMA, SHUHEI; YAMAUCHI, SATORU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-062982 · Mar 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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