# US 7,609,448 B2 · Light diffuser plate

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- Number: US 7,609,448 B2
- Document ID: US7609448B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/187,857
- Filed: 2008-08-07
- Published: 2009-02-12
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2007-08-09
- Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Inventors: Hironobu Iyama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609448B2

## CPC

- G02B 5/0278: {used in transmission}
- B32B 7/023: Optical properties
- C08L 33/12: Homopolymers or copolymers of methyl methacrylate
- G02B 5/0242: {by means of dispersed particles}
- B32B 2457/00: Electrical equipment
- Y10T 428/268: Monolayer with structurally defined element
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a light diffuser plate (1) which can illuminate the front side more brightly when incorporated in a surface light source (3) constituting a transmissive image display (2). The light diffuser plate of the present invention comprises a transparent resin and a light diffuser dispersed in the transparent resin, wherein the transparent resin is a transparent resin which has a light transmittance [T600] at a wavelength of 600 nm of 85% or more measured with respect to a thickness of a 2 mm thick plate-shaped specimen, and a ratio [T365/T600] of a light transmittance [T365] at a wavelength of 365 nm to the light transmittance [T600] is 0.90 to 0.99. The transparent resin is polystyrene or the like, an average particle diameter of the light diffuser is from 0.5 to 5 μm, an absolute value [|Δn|] of a difference in a refractive index between the light diffuser and the transparent resin is 0.05 or more, an amount of the light diffuser is from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the transparent resin, and the light diffuser plate has a thickness within a range of from 1 to 5 mm.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A light diffuser plate comprising a transparent resin and a light diffuser dispersed in the transparent resin, wherein the transparent resin is a transparent resin which has a light transmittance [T600] at a wavelength of 600 nm of 85% or more measured with respect to a thickness of a 2 mm thick plate-shaped specimen, and a ratio [T365/T600] of a light transmittance [T365] at a wavelength of 365 nm to the light transmittance [T600] is 0.90 to 0.99.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The light diffuser plate according to claim 1, wherein the transparent resin is polystyrene, a methyl methacrylate-styrene copolymer, a methacrylic acid-styrene copolymer, a maleic anhydride-styrene copolymer, polymethyl methacrylate, a methyl methacrylate-acrylate ester copolymer, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polycycloolefin, or a cycloolefin-α-olefin copolymer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The light diffuser plate according to claim 1, wherein the light diffuser comprises acrylic particles or siloxane-based particles.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

The light diffuser plate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an average particle diameter of the light diffuser is from 0.5 to 5 μm, an absolute value [|Δn|] of a difference in a refractive index between the light diffuser and the transparent resin is 0.05 or more, and an amount of the light diffuser dispersed is from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the transparent resin.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

The light diffuser plate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which has a thickness within a range of from 1 to 5 mm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

A surface light source comprising the light diffuser plate according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and plural light sources disposed at the back side of the light diffuser plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A transmissive image display comprising the surface light source according to claim 6, and a transmissive image display panel disposed at the front side of the light diffuser plate.