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

Granted 23 Dec 2014 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Dexerials Corporation · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hironori Yoshida, Masashi Enomoto · Examiner: Dawayne A Pinkney · AU 2872 · TC 2800

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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).

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Classifications

15 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section B — Performing operations; transporting
  • B32B3/00
  • B32B3/30
  • B32B38/06
  • B05D5/06
  • B32B37/02
  • B32B37/24
Section E — Fixed constructions
  • E06B9/24
Section G — Physics
  • G02B5/08
  • G02B5/28
  • G02B27/00
USPC · US Patent Classification
359/601428/172427/162359/589359/359

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Pendency
3.5 y
1,294 days filing → grant
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Dawayne A Pinkney
art unit 2872 · TC 2800
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related publicationUS 20110310473 A122 Dec 2011

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