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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sheng Ye, Redmond, WA (US);

Andrew John Ouderkirk, Kirkland, WA (US);

Arman Boromand, Redmond, WA (US);

Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 37/20 (2006.01); B32B 7/023 (2019.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/0012 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/023 (2019.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 37/203 (2013.01); B32B 38/0036 (2013.01); B32B 43/006 (2013.01); B32B 2038/0028 (2013.01); B32B 2250/244 (2013.01); B32B 2307/42 (2013.01); B32B 2309/105 (2013.01); B32B 2367/00 (2013.01); B32B 2551/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an optically anisotropic polymer thin film includes forming a composite structure that includes a polymer thin film and a high Poisson's ratio polymer thin film disposed directly over the polymer thin film, attaching a clip array to opposing edges of the composite, the clip array including a plurality of first clips slidably disposed on a first track located proximate to a first edge of the composite and a plurality of second clips slidably disposed on a second track located proximate to a second edge of the composite, applying a positive in-plane strain to the composite along a transverse direction by increasing a distance between the first clips and the second clips, and decreasing an inter-clip spacing amongst the first clips and amongst the second clips along a machine direction, wherein the high Poisson's ratio polymer thin film applies a negative in-plane strain to the polymer thin film along the machine.


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