Lighting assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8998478
APP PUB NO 20120268966A1
SERIAL NO

13448688

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A lighting assembly includes a light guide having a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, a light input edge, and an end edge distal the light input edge. Light input to the light guide through the light input edge propagates by total internal reflection toward the end edge. The lighting assembly further includes light extracting elements at least one of the major surfaces of the light guide, the light extracting elements configured to extract light through the first major surface in a direction away from the light input edge and away from the first major surface, and a banding reduction element at the end edge configured to redirect light incident thereon in a direction away from the light input edge.

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RAMBUS DELAWARE6611 WEST SNOWVILLE ROAD BRECKSVILLE OH 44141

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ezell, Robert M Brunswick, US 38 1697
Hardcastle, Ian Sunnyvale, US 63 1422
Hide, Fumitomo San Jose, US 41 753
McCollum, Timothy A Avon Lake, US 76 2219
Parker, Jeffery R Richfield, US 156 7571
Titov, Alexey Sagamore Hills, US 49 406

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