# US 2019/0173418 A1 · Illumination panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0173418 A1 - Document ID: US20190173418A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/271,174 - Filed: 2019-02-08 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2009-03-25 - Assignees: Pixalux Innovations Pty Ltd - Applicants: Pixalux Innovations Pty Ltd. - Inventors: John MATYEAR - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190173418A1 ## CPC - H02S 40/30: Electrical components - B32B 37/0084: {Point bonding} - H02S 40/38: Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules - A47B 2220/0077: Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks - B32B 37/04: characterised by the partial melting of at least one layer - B32B 37/1292: {selectively, e.g. in stripes, in patterns (B32B37/0076 takes precedence)} - B32B 37/18: involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only - B32B 38/0008: {Electrical discharge treatment, e.g. corona, plasma treatment; wave energy or particle radiation (heat treatment B32B38/0036)} - B32B 2307/40: having particular optical properties - B32B 2307/412: Transparent - B32B 2307/416: Reflective - B32B 2307/418: Refractive - B32B 2307/422: Luminescent, fluorescent, phosphorescent - B32B 2310/0825: using IR radiation - B32B 2310/0831: using UV radiation - B32B 2310/0843: using laser - B32B 2310/0862: using microwave - B32B 2310/0887: using electron radiation, e.g. beta-rays - B32B 2457/12: Photovoltaic modules - B32B 2457/20: Displays, e.g. liquid crystal displays, plasma displays - B32B 2479/00: Furniture - F21V 33/0012: {Furniture (hospital beds F21V33/0072)} - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09F 13/04: Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia - G09F 27/007: {Displays with power supply provided by solar cells or photocells} - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - Y02E 70/30: Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract An illumination panel includes a transparent structural core having two opposing surfaces, a matrix of light releasing dots substantially covering both the opposing surfaces, and a protective panel in abutting contact with each of the opposing surfaces whereby the dots are an adhesive for bonding the core to the protective panels and wherein the density or size of the dots increases across the illumination panel in a direction away from an illumination panel edge adjacent a light emitting element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An illumination panel comprising a transparent structural core having two opposing surfaces, a matrix of light releasing dots substantially covering both said opposing surfaces, and a protective panel in abutting contact with each of said opposing surfaces whereby each of the dots acts as a light transmitting, refracting and reflecting medium as well as an adhesive for bonding the core to the protective panels so that the illumination panel operates as a structural element without a supporting edge frame, and wherein the density or size of the dots increases across the illumination panel in a direction away from an illumination panel edge adjacent a light emitting element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein a transparent or translucent protective panel is bonded to both sides of the core. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1 wherein an outer layer is bonded to each protective panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The illumination panel according to claim 3, wherein the outer layer is paint, ink, a transfer, metal, glass, plastics, wood or wood veneer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein the core is acrylic. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein the matrix of releasing dots comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein the protective panel is metal, timber, plastics or glass and can be translucent. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein the matrix of dots is applied to the transparent core by etching, painting, screen printing, printing or spraying, or transferred from or as part of a film. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein the matrix of dots is provided by induction, dielectric or microwave activation of a distributed receptor that bonds the surface of the core to the protective panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A method of manufacturing the illumination panel according to claim 1, including the step of curing the matrix of dots by UV light or infra-red heating or laser activation to bond the surface of the core to the protective panel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein a light is positioned adjacent or on one or more edges of the panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The illumination panel according to claim 11, wherein the light releasing dots increase along the panel in density, size or combinations thereof across the panel in a direction away from the light source. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The illumination panel according to claim 11 wherein the lights comprise a plurality of LEDs secured to or embedded in one or more edges of the panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A cabinet having walls and shelves, some of the walls or shelves comprising illumination panels according to claim 1 with a light source adjacent or in one or more edges of each panel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A shelf comprising an illumination panel according to claim 1 with a light source adjacent or in one or more edges of the panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The illumination panel according to claim 1, wherein each dot includes a pigment comprises a titanium dioxide based pigment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The illumination panel according to claim 16, wherein the pigment comprises a white pigment. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The illumination panel according to claim 16, wherein the pigment is between 0.5 to 2.0 wt %.