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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435479 | Light-controlling element and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a light-controlling element comprising a polymer gel composition layer containing: a holding member; liquid held by the holding member; and a stimulus-responsive polymer gel which is held by the holding member and which changes in vo... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7388646 | Perfluoropolyethers Use in optical systems as liquids to transmit light at wave lengths lower than 250 nm, in particular at 157 nm, of perfluoropolyethers having the following formula: X1—O(CF2O)n(CF2CF2O)m(C... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7330226 | Reflection-type liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A reflection-type liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes lower and upper substrates facing each other, a color filter layer including a plurality of photonic crystal balls on the lower substrate for reflecting light having specific wavelengths, gate and data l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316893 | Modular containment cell arrangements Modular containment cell arrangements, including modular containment cells to contain an item and at least one processing material associated with processing of the item. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7259925 | Optical power switch The present invention provides a protective device for sensitive infrared sensors as Forward Looking Infrared imagers (FLIRs). A prior device using materials with higher order susceptibilities to electric polarization, which provides protection against extremely int... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7232226 | Color-generating device and display system A light-filtering element for a display device is provided. The element includes at least one filter having a chamber with a filtering fluid, the filtering fluid selectively disposed in an optical path, and a liquid motion actuator selectively configured to move the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7195436 | Inset panel fastener An inset panel fastener anchors into honeycomb substrates employed in the aircraft industry. The inset panel fastener provides significantly increased load carrying capabilities with a simple inexpensive construction. The inset panel fastener includes a plastic casi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184200 | Passive broadband infrared optical limiter device based on a micro-optomechanical cantilever array An IR limiting device for a detector that is based on a micro-optomechanical cantilever array is disclosed. In the normal state, each microcantilever device in the array behaves like a mirror that reflects the infrared signal to the detector. The microcantilever dev... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7145614 | Reflective display device using photonic crystals A reflective display device using photonic crystals includes a plurality of reflective color filters, each reflective color filter reflects a predetermined wavelength range of an incident visible light; and a plurality of optical switches disposed adjacent to and fa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7110065 | Transmissive type liquid crystal display device with photonic crystal balls and method of fabricating the same A transmissive-type liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes lower and upper substrates facing each other, a thin film transistor array having a pixel electrode within each pixel region defined on the lower substrate, a black matrix layer on the upper substrate ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7038867 | Filter for display system A filter for a display system is provided which includes a fluid chamber having a selectively moveable filtering fluid, plural electrodes being coupled with the fluid chamber to accommodate establishment of an electric field whereby the filtering fluid may be select... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021836 | Attenuator and conditioner An apparatus and method of attenuating and/or conditioning optical energy for an optical transmitter, receiver or transceiver module is disclosed. An apparatus for attenuating the optical output of an optoelectronic connector including: a mounting surface; an array ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6970154 | Fringe-field filter for addressable displays The display kit of the present invention comprises: an addressable display medium configured to exhibit a first aspect under the influence of an addressing vector field in a first direction at an addressing magnitude; and an addressor; where the addressor is configu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959133 | Optical coupling module and method for forming the same A monolithic optical coupling module for coupling a light beam is disclosed. The optical coupling module has a light beam input portion, a light beam output portion and at least one integrally formed light beam attenuator between the light beam input portion and the... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6921175 | Color-generating device and display system A light-filtering element for a display device is provided. The element includes at least one filter having a chamber with a filtering fluid, the filtering fluid selectively disposed in an optical path, and a liquid motion actuator selectively configured to move the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920000 | Filter for a display system A filter for a display system is provided which includes a fluid chamber having a selectively moveable filtering fluid, plural electrodes being coupled with the fluid chamber to accommodate establishment of an electric field whereby the filtering fluid may be select... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6824712 | Selectively light-absorptive material, coating composition containing the same, and filter manufactured using the coating composition for color displays A selectively light-absorptive material for a color display, comprising a tetrazaporphyrine derivative having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6,... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6796659 | Projection display device The invention relates to a projection display device having an illumination system comprising a light source and an optical system for providing an illumination beam. The projection display device is further provided with an image display system for modulating the i... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6701681 | Double glass system A double glass system is disclosed in which not only the sunbeams are completely shielded, but also the firefighting is made easier at a fire accident. An incombustible or combustion-resistant liquid with a pigment added therein is used as the solution to... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6654188 | Compositions and devices for thermo optically controlled switching and filtering The invention relates to polymer compositions which enable thermooptic control of signal attenuation in the ultraviolet, visible and near infrared (NIR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and devices incorporating such compositions. The compositions... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6589452 | Photochemically controlled photonic crystal diffraction The present invention is related to photonic crystal devices that comprise novel mesoscopic periodic materials which comprise polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays (CCA) and at least one photosensitive component. Preferably, the photosensitive componen... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6460804 | Emergency vision apparatus An emergency supplementary vision device comprises a collapsible tube made of airtight material and having an expanded form and a compact stowed form; first and second clear members disposed at respective first and second ends of the tube to enable the us... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6297918 | Hybrid thermal-defocusing/nonlinear-scattering broadband optical limiter for the protection of eyes and sensors A passive optical limiter for protecting a light-sensitive object from damage due to an incident light beam above a first predetermined value of light intensity is disclosed. The passive optical limiter comprises: a first lens for focusing an incident lig... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6278562 | Radiation filter used in welding apparatus A filter for absorbing electromagnetic radiation which is used in heating a welding zone wherein a first part is joined to a second part. The filter includes a filter housing which contains a chamber within which a fluid is placed. The fluid absorbs undes... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6221281 | Liquid immersion oil A liquid immersion oil which is used in optical systems in any of the fields of microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, optical measurements and other related fields includes a liquid polyolefine or a liquid copolymer of butylene (-butylene, ଲ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6165389 | Thermally switchable optical devices Devices that comprise novel, mesoscopically periodic materials that combine crystalline colloidal array (CCA) self-assembly with the temperature induced volume phase transitions of various materials, preferably poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) are dis... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6126869 | Solar blind optical filter A solar blind optical filter which absorbs solar UV radiation and transmits non-solar UV radiation includes a carrier material and a salt of a dithioic acid of the formula RCS2- X+ wherein R is an a organic substituent tha... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126868 | Light shielding device and shielding method An aqueous composition comprising a polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative (e.g. a hydroxyalkylcellulose), an electrolyte (e.g. a water-soluble inorganic salt), and an aqueous medium and having a clouding point is hermetically interposed between a pa... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6028724 | Absorbent laser resistant structure A multi-layer structure for controlling the transmission laser radiation including an outer layer which is slightly absorbent to incident laser radiation and an intermediate layer which is substantially absorbent to incident laser radiation to achieve sig... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6021008 | Beam scattering laser resistant structure A multi-layer structure for controlling the transmission laser radiation including an array of polydispersing scatterers in an intermediate layer. The outer layer is made of a material which partially ablates when exposed to incident laser radiation, gene... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016232 | Heat conducting laser resistant structures A multi-layer structure for controlling the destructive effects of laser radiation including means within the structure for conducting the heat generated in the outer layer by the incident laser radiation away from the outer layer to achieve significant m... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014274 | Partially ablating laser resistant structures A multi-layer structure for controlling the transmission of laser radiation including outer and intermediate layers absorbent to incident laser radiation. The outer and intermediate layers ablate under the influence of the incident laser radiation to achi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5940216 | Window tinting apparatus The present invention relates to a window tinting apparatus (10) which comprises an outer window (16A) and an inner window (16B) having a window cavity (16C) there between. The window tinting apparatus (10) further comprises a first primary polarized pane... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5898004 | Polymerized crystalline colloidal array sensors Novel sensor devices composed of a crystalline colloidal array (CCA) polymerized in a hydrogel are disclosed. The hydrogels are characterized as being capable of shrinking and swelling in response to specific stimuli applied thereto. As the hydrogels shri... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5898530 | Radiation apparatus A radiation apparatus comprising a radiation source and a filter arranged in an optical path, said filter comprising two transparent filter discs which are arranged substantially in plane-parallel fashion relative to each other and which are held with the... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5815330 | Radiation limiter and optical system incorporating the same An optical system is provided comprising an entry window, an exit window, a radiation transmissive membrane, and first and second lenses. The entry window and the exit window define a radiation path extending from the entry window to the exit window. The ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5781343 | Adjustable window tinting system An adjustable window tinting system for producing varying degrees of tint in a window to thereby limit the amount of light and heat pass through a window. The device includes two panes of glass, a darkening mechanism which separates and merges the two pan... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5665275 | Optical device and optical apparatus including same An optical device functioning as a variable apex angle prism and suitable to be incorporated in an image stabilizing apparatus for an optical apparatus is constituted by a pair of transparent circular plates disposed oppositely spaced from each other, a c... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5608995 | Solar-actuated fluid window shutter A window shutter device for automatic regulation of solar illumination in response to variations in external sunlight. Gas pressure change in a sunlit cavity causes fluid displacement between two transparent window panes. A transparent fluid is displaced ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5600172 | Hybrid, dye antenna/thin film superconductor devices and methods of tuned photo-responsive control thereof A surface of a thin film superconductor element is coated with a layer containing pre-selected dye, or multiple dyes, alone or in combination with intermediate reflective coatings (best mode), which, when maintained near Tc, upon exposure to a ... | 02/04/1997 |
