Title:
REFLECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/166657
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides a reflector that reflects a light beam in a direction having a predetermined angle with respect to an incidence direction, and can be manufactured easily at low cost according to the predetermined angle. This reflector is provided with a plurality of reflector units. Each of the reflector units has a retroreflective structure at one end of a rectangular column or a circular column. The retroreflective structure is configured so as to reflect a light beam incident from the other end of the rectangular column or the circular column in an incidence direction, and is configured such that, in a reference section of the reflector unit, the reference section including the central axis of the rectangular column or the circular column and being defined such that the shape of the retroreflective structure is line-symmetric with respect to the central axis therein, the shape of an incidence surface at the other end is line-symmetric with respect to the central axis within the reflector unit, and has a portion inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the central axis.
Inventors:
KUWAGAITO TOMOHITO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/004067
Publication Date:
August 26, 2021
Filing Date:
February 04, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NALUX CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G02B5/08; G02B5/136
Foreign References:
| JPH08105017A | 1996-04-23 | |||
| US5459316A | 1995-10-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FUSHIMI, Naoya (JP)
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