Light guide plate having diffused light printed dot pattern

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8997387
APP PUB NO 20120102798A1
SERIAL NO

13381088

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The lighting apparatus 10 includes a light guide plate 11 made of a transparent material and having a pair of faces 12a, 12b opposing each other and an end face adjoining the faces, a silkscreen-printed dot pattern 13 used to diffuse light, provided only on the face 12a of the light guide plate 11 and formed with a special ink, and an LED light source 20 disposed so as to face the end face of the light guide plate 11. The face 12a of the light guide plate 11 provided with the silkscreen-printed pattern 13 serves, as it is, as a light-emitting surface.

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HAYAMIZU DENKI KOGYO KABUSHIKIKAISHA5-11 KAIUN-CHO 2-CHOME NAGATA-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 653-0052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Oki, Koji Hyogo, JP 4 63

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