LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE, LIGHT GUIDE BODY FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICES, AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE

• US 20160139324A1
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company Limited (Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: NISHIMOTO, Tetsuya, YAGI, Kenji, YOSHIMURA, Tomonari, TAKENAKA, Kouichi
• Application Number:
  US14/893,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20160139324A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0036 2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0045 by shaping at least a portion of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0051 Diffusing sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0061 to provide homogeneous light output intensity
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0065 Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects

Abstract

A laminate which comprises a core layer, a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer and a light reflecting layer, and wherein the light reflecting layer, the second cladding layer, the core layer and the first cladding layer are sequentially laminated. The refractive index of the first cladding layer and the refractive index of the second cladding layer are lower than the refractive index of the core layer, and the light reflecting layer has a thickness of 50 μm or more.

Claims

1. A laminate comprising:

a core layer;

a first cladding layer;

a second cladding layer; and

a light reflecting layer,

wherein the light reflecting layer, the second cladding layer, the core layer, and the first cladding layer are sequentially laminated,

wherein a refractive index of the first cladding layer and a refractive index of the second cladding layer are lower than a refractive index of the core layer, and

wherein a thickness of the light reflecting layer is 50 μ

m or more.

2. The laminate according to claim 1, further comprising a light emitting element.

3. The laminate according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive layer between the light reflecting layer and the second cladding layer.

4. The laminate according to claim 1, wherein the light reflecting layer is made of a material which scatters and reflects light.

5. The laminate according to claim 1, wherein a material of the light reflecting layer is a material of at least one type selected from a group including a polyolefin resin, a polyester resin, an acrylic resin, and cellulose.

6. The laminate according to claim 1, wherein a reflectance of the light reflecting layer is 70% or more.

7. The laminate according to claim 1, wherein a reflectance of the light reflecting layer is 65% or less.

8. The laminate according to claim 7, wherein in the light reflecting layer, a layer of at least one type selected from a group including a design layer and a light diffusion layer is further laminated on a surface facing an interface between the light reflecting layer and the second cladding layer.

10. A light guide body for light source device comprising the laminate according to claim 1.

11. A light source device comprising the laminate according to claim 1 and a light source.

12. A single-sided light-emitting light source device comprising the laminate according to claim 6 and a light source.

13. A double-sided light-emitting light source device comprising the laminate according to claim 7 and a light source.

9. A method for producing a laminate, comprising:

laminating a first cladding layer on a first surface of a core layer;

laminating a second cladding layer on a second surface of the core layer; and

laminating a light reflecting layer on a second surface of the second cladding layer,

wherein a refractive index of the first cladding layer and a refractive index of the second cladding layer are lower than a refractive index of the core layer,

wherein a thickness of the light reflecting layer is 50 μ

m or more, and

wherein laminating of the light reflecting layer is performed by lamination.