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公开(公告)号:US20250155613A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-15
申请号:US18931483
申请日:2024-10-30
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kristopher J. Derks , Tri D. Pham , Kenneth A. Epstein , David J. Lamb
IPC: G02B5/02
Abstract: An optical film includes a microstructured surface comprising a plurality of prismatic structures, the microstructured surface defining a reference plane and a thickness direction perpendicular to the reference plane; wherein the plurality of prismatic structures includes a plurality of facets, each facet having a facet normal direction forming a polar angle with respect to the thickness direction and an azimuthal angle along the reference plane, and wherein the microstructured surface has a surface azimuthal distribution of the plurality of facets that is substantially uniform, and wherein the microstructured surface has a surface polar distribution of the plurality of facets that has an off-axis peak polar distribution.
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公开(公告)号:US20240383241A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18669840
申请日:2024-05-21
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Stephen A. Johnson , Derek W. Patzman , Richard Yufeng Liu , Victor Ho , Timothy J. Hebrink , Kevin T. Huseby , John F. VanDerlofske, III , John P. Purcell , William T. Fay , James B. Svacha , Richard J. Thompson , Timothy J. Lindquist , Kristopher J. Derks
Abstract: Multi-layer films, and processes to make the films, that enable the delivery of a substrate featuring a peelable thin layer of low haze, amorphous, isotropic film with the desired properties of high modulus, high usage temperature, UV blockage, and toughness. The films are made using a co-extrusion, co-orientation and annealing process to enable the delivery of a thin isotropic, UV blocking layer on top of a release layer and support substrate. These film constructions can be kept together during additional processing steps such as coating and converting. The release and dimensionally stable substrate layer can be easily removed once processing steps are completed.
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公开(公告)号:US11550089B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17305867
申请日:2021-07-16
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Timothy J. Nevitt , Carl A. Stover , Gilles J. Benoit , Kristopher J. Derks , Zhaohui Yang
Abstract: Multilayer optical film reflective polarizers previously considered to have excessive off-axis color can provide adequate performance in an LC display in an “on-glass” configuration, laminated to a back absorbing polarizer of the display, without any light diffusing layer or air gap in such laminate. The reflective polarizer is a tentered-one-packet (TOP) multilayer film, having only one packet of microlayers, and oriented using a standard tenter such that birefringent microlayers in the film are biaxially birefringent. The thickness profile of optical repeat units (ORUs) in the microlayer packet is tailored to avoid excessive perceived color at normal and oblique angles. Color at high oblique angles in the white state of the display is reduced by positioning thicker ORUs closer to the absorbing polarizer, and by ensuring that, with regard to a boxcar average of the ORU thickness profile, the average slope from an ORU(600) to an ORU(645) does not exceed 1.8 times the average slope from an ORU(450) to the ORU(600).
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公开(公告)号:US20220381964A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17772546
申请日:2020-11-23
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Stephen A. Johnson , Carl A. Stover , Kristopher J. Derks , Richard Yufeng Liu
Abstract: Polyester copolymeric materials include 40 to 51 mol % substituted naphthalate units, such as dimethyl-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate units, 10 to 40 mol % ethylene units, and 10 to 40 mol % hexane units. The polyester copolymers can be used to prepare multi-layer optical films by coextrusion and/or co-stretching. The copolyester polymeric materials have desirable optical properties and permit thermal processing at lower temperatures.
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公开(公告)号:US20220260869A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-18
申请号:US17597809
申请日:2020-08-10
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kristopher J. Derks , Shannon L. Siefken , Tao Liu , Nathaniel K. Naismith
IPC: G02F1/1347 , G02F1/1335 , F21V8/00
Abstract: A display system includes an extended illumination source, a first liquid crystal assembly disposed on the extended illumination source, and a second liquid crystal assembly disposed on the first liquid crystal display assembly. The first liquid crystal assembly includes a bottom reflective polarizer, a top reflective polarizer, and a bottom liquid crystal panel disposed between the top and bottom reflective polarizers. The second liquid crystal assembly includes a top absorbing polarizer, and a top liquid crystal panel disposed between the top absorbing polarizer and the first liquid crystal assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11022734B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-01
申请号:US16301106
申请日:2017-05-16
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Carl A. Stover , Kristopher J. Derks
IPC: G02B5/30 , G02B27/28 , G02F1/1335
Abstract: A polarizer stack including an absorbing polarizer and a multilayer polymeric reflective polarizer bonded together is described. The absorbing polarizer has a first block axis and the reflective polarizer has a second block axis substantially parallel to the first block axis. The reflective polarizer has a shrinkage in a range of 0.4 percent to 3 percent along the second block axis when the reflective polarizer is heated at 95° C. for 40 minutes.
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公开(公告)号:US20200348780A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-05
申请号:US15733110
申请日:2018-11-19
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Stephen A. Johnson , Derek W. Patzman , Richard Y. Liu , John F. Van Derlofske , Kristopher J. Derks , Victor Ho , Kevin T. Huseby
Abstract: A substrate including a self-supporting tri-layer stack is described. The tri-layer stack includes first and second outer layers and a biaxially oriented layer disposed between and in direct contact with the first and second outer layers. The biaxially oriented layer may include a first polyester having greater than 45 mole percent naphthalate units and greater than 45 mole percent ethylene units. Each of the first and second outer layers includes a second polyester which may include 40 to 50 mole percent naphthalate units, at least 25 mole percent ethylene units, and 10 to 25 mole percent of branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units.
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公开(公告)号:US09513420B2
公开(公告)日:2016-12-06
申请号:US14800982
申请日:2015-07-16
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kristopher J. Derks , Michael F. Weber , Shandon D. Hart , Carl A. Stover
CPC classification number: G02B5/3066 , G02B5/3041 , G02B5/305 , G02B5/3083 , G02B27/283
Abstract: Multilayer reflecting polarizing films are disclosed having increased in-plane refractive index differences between adjacent microlayers along both the pass and block axis, and having negative refractive index differences between adjacent microlayers along the thickness or z-axis. Major front and back surfaces of the film exposed to air provide a Fresnel reflectivity component to the pass axis reflectivity, and the microlayers provide a microlayer component to the pass axis reflectivity, such microlayer component preferably having a reflectivity of p-polarized light that increases with incidence angle faster than the Fresnel reflectivity component decreases so as to substantially avoid off-axis gain peaks for p-polarized light. The films preferably utilize a relatively small total number of microlayers, arranged in a single coherent stack with monotonic optical repeat unit thickness profile, and at least some microlayers preferably include polyethylene naphthalate or a copolymer thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US08740442B2
公开(公告)日:2014-06-03
申请号:US13741716
申请日:2013-01-15
Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
Inventor: Michael F. Weber , Timothy J. Hebrink , Timothy J. Nevitt , John A. Wheatley , Craig R. Schardt , Rolf W. Biernath , William J. Bryan , Andrew J. Ouderkirk , David G. Freier , Myron K. Jordan , Kristopher J. Derks , Zhaohui Yang , Edward J. Kivel
IPC: F21V7/04
CPC classification number: F21K9/54 , F21K9/62 , F21V7/04 , G02B5/305 , G02B5/3083 , G02B6/0055 , G02B6/0056 , G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0096 , G02B27/286 , G02F1/133605 , G02F1/13362 , G02F2001/133545
Abstract: A backlight that includes a front reflector and a back reflector that form a hollow light recycling cavity including an output surface is disclosed. The backlight further includes one or more light sources disposed to emit light into the light recycling cavity. The front reflector includes an on-axis average reflectivity of at least 90% for visible light polarized in a first plane, and an on-axis average reflectivity of at least 25% but less than 90% for visible light polarized in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种包括形成包括输出表面的中空光循环腔的前反射器和后反射器的背光源。 背光源还包括设置成将光发射到光循环腔中的一个或多个光源。 前反射器包括在第一平面中偏振的可见光的至少90%的轴上平均反射率,以及垂直于第二平面偏振的可见光的至少25%但小于90%的轴上平均反射率 到第一架飞机。
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公开(公告)号:US20240176194A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-30
申请号:US18434949
申请日:2024-02-07
Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventor: Kristopher J. Derks , Shannon L. Siefken , Tao Liu , Nathaniel K. Naismith
IPC: G02F1/1347 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G02F1/13478 , G02B6/0051 , G02B6/0053 , G02B6/0055 , G02B6/0068 , G02F1/133504 , G02F1/133536 , G02F1/133514
Abstract: A display system includes an extended illumination source, a first liquid crystal assembly disposed on the extended illumination source, and a second liquid crystal assembly disposed on the first liquid crystal display assembly. The first liquid crystal assembly includes a bottom reflective polarizer, a top reflective polarizer, and a bottom liquid crystal panel disposed between the top and bottom reflective polarizers. The second liquid crystal assembly includes a top absorbing polarizer, and a top liquid crystal panel disposed between the top absorbing polarizer and the first liquid crystal assembly.
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