The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jasmine Soria Sears, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott Charles McEldowney, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switchable polarizer includes a transparent layer and switchable material layer. The switchable material layer includes strips of a switchable material that are arranged to polarize incident light propagating through the transparent layer when the switchable material is heated to a threshold switching temperature. The incident light propagating through the transparent layer is unpolarized by the strips of the switchable material when the switchable material is below the threshold switching temperature.