IP Library Granted Patent US 8,915,600
Granted Patent B2
US 8,915,600 · App. 13/155,610 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

Optical body, wall member, fitting, solar shading device, and building

Inventors: Hironori Yoshida (Miyagi, JP); Tsutomu Nagahama (Miyagi, JP); Masashi Enomoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,915,600
App. No.
13/155,610
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical body includes a substrate having a concave-convex surface, a reflecting layer formed on the concave-convex surface, and an optical layer formed on the reflecting layer to embed the concave-convex surface, wherein the reflecting layer directionally reflects light, the concave-convex surface is made up of a plurality of triangular pillars arrayed in a one-dimensional pattern, and the triangular pillar has an apex angle α and a slope angle β, the apex angle α and the slope angle β satisfying a formula (1) or (2) given below: 30≦β≦4.5α−285(70≦α≦80)  (1) 30≦β≦−1.5α+195(80≦α≦100)  (2).

Claims (41)

1. An optical body comprising:

a substrate having a concave-convex surface;

a reflecting layer formed on the concave-convex surface; and

an optical layer formed on the reflecting layer to embed the concave-convex surface,

wherein the reflecting layer directionally reflects all of the incident light regardless of the wavelength band,

the concave-convex surface is made up of a plurality of triangular pillars arrayed in a one-dimensional pattern, and

the triangular pillar has an apex angle α and a slope angle β, the apex angle αand the slope angle β being within an area bounded by lines defined by the following formulae:

β=4.5α−285(where 70≦α≦80)

β=−1.5α+195(where 80≦α≦100) and

β=30.

2. An optical body comprising:

a substrate having a concave-convex surface; and

a reflecting layer formed on the concave-convex surface,

wherein the reflecting layer directionally reflects all of the incident light regardless of the wavelength band,

the concave-convex surface is made up of a plurality of triangular pillars arrayed in a one-dimensional pattern, and

the triangular pillar has an apex angle α and a slope angle β, the apex angle αand the slope angle β being within an area bounded by lines defined by the following formulae:

β=4.5α−285(where 70≦α≦80)

β=−1.5α+195(where 80≦α≦100) and

β=30.

3. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the apex angle α and the slope angle β are within an area bounded by lines defined by the following formulae:

β=α−40(where 70≦α≦80)

β≦−α+150(where 80≦α≦100) and

β=30.

4. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the triangular pillar has a first sloped surface and a second sloped surface on each of which the reflecting layer is formed, and

film thicknesses of the reflecting layers formed on the first sloped surface and the second sloped surface differ from each other.

5. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the triangular pillar has a first sloped surface and a second sloped surface on each of which the reflecting layer is formed, and

film thicknesses of the reflecting layers formed on the first sloped surface and the second sloped surface are substantially equal to each other.

6. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the triangular pillars are arrayed at a pitch of 5 μm or larger and 5 mm or smaller.

7. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting layer is a metal layer.

8. The optical body according to claim 7 , wherein the reflecting layer has a reflectance of 30% or more at a wavelength of 1500 nm.

9. The optical body according to claim 1 , further comprising a water-repellent or hydrophilic layer on an incident surface of the optical body.

10. The optical body according to claim 2 , further comprising a protective layer formed on the reflecting layer to follow the concave-convex surface.

11. The optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the optical body has a belt-like or rectangular shape, and

a lengthwise direction of the optical body is orthogonal to a ridgeline direction of the triangular pillar.

12. A wall member including the optical body according to claim 1 .

13. The wall member according to claim 12 , wherein the optical body is arranged such that a ridgeline direction of the triangular pillar is substantially orthogonal to a direction of height of a building.

14. The wall member according to claim 12 , wherein the optical body is arranged such that, in each of the triangular pillars, the slope angle β is positioned above the apex angle α.

15. A fitting including a shading portion provided with the optical body according to claim 1 .

16. A solar shading device comprising one or more solar shading members to cut off sunlight,

wherein the solar shading member includes the optical body according to claim 1 .

17. A building including the optical body according to claim 1 , wherein the optical body is arranged such that, in each of the triangular pillars, the slope angle β is positioned above the apex angle α.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2026
From: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
To: K2K HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 075609/0569 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2012
From: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
To: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029434/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2012
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029149/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2011
From: YOSHIDA, HIRONORI; NAGAHAMA, TSUTOMU; ENOMOTO, MASASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026718/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2010-137783 · Jun 16, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110310473A1 · Dec 22, 2011