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US8944666B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8944666-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213542630-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2012 |
| Priority date | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Publication date | Feb 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2015 |
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A lighting device is provided and includes a light guide plate including a plurality of light incident surfaces and two light emitting surfaces, a plurality of edge frames, and at least one light source. Each of the edge frames includes a main body including an accommodating groove and an opening, first and second clamp members, and first and second fixing elements respectively located on first and second ends of the main body. The light emitting surfaces are clamped by the first and second clamp members of each edge frame. Each of the light incident surfaces is inserted in the main body of one of the edge frames through the opening and accommodated in the accommodating groove. The light source is located in the accommodating groove of one of the edge frames and adjacent to the corresponding light incident surface.
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What is claimed is: 1. A lighting device comprising: an N-sided polygonal light guide plate comprising N light incident surfaces and two opposite light emitting surfaces, wherein each of the light incident surfaces is perpendicular to the light emitting surfaces, and N is a natural number more than or equal to 3; N edge frames, wherein each of the edge frames corresponds to one of the light incident surfaces, and each of the edge frames comprises: a main body bendedly formed by…
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- What does patent US8944666B2 cover?
- A lighting device is provided and includes a light guide plate including a plurality of light incident surfaces and two light emitting surfaces, a plurality of edge frames, and at least one light source. Each of the edge frames includes a main body including an accommodating groove and an opening, first and second clamp members, and first and second fixing elements respectively located on first…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Chou Shih-Chin, Lextar Electronics Corp
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G02B6/0091. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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