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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guohua Wei, Redmond, WA (US);
Maik Andre Scheller, Redmond, WA (US);
Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kenmore, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan-Ting Liao, Seattle, WA (US);
Qi Zhang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Joseph S. Corry, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K 9/61 (2016.01); F21K 9/69 (2016.01); G02B 1/118 (2015.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K 9/61 (2016.08); F21K 9/69 (2016.08); G02B 1/118 (2013.01); G02B 6/005 (2013.01); G02B 6/0058 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device or system includes a light source, an optical waveguide, and a light director. The light source emits illumination light. The optical waveguide includes a light input coupler. The light director receive the illumination light and generates shaped light. The light director adjusts the tilt angle and/or the divergence angle of the illumination light.