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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 28, 2024
Vadient Optics, Llc, Tualatin, OR (US);
George Melville Williams, Jr., Vashon, WA (US);
John Paul Harmon, Albany, OR (US);
Thomas Leonard Allen, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Vadient Optics, LLC, Tualatin, OR (US);
Abstract
An example method for making an optical element comprises: (a) receiving in a printing device a plurality of liquids, each including a volatile solvent, wherein one or more of the liquids also includes a suspension of particles or a sol-gel precursor; (b) receiving in the printing device a plurality of print maps corresponding to the plurality of liquids, each print map defining a pattern of application of the corresponding liquid for a series of pre-sintered layers of the optical element; (c) for each pre-sintered layer, operating the printing device to: (i) deposit the plurality of liquids according to the patterns defined in the plurality of print maps for that pre-sintered layer, and (ii) dry the pre-sintered layer; and (d) sintering the series of pre-sintered layers to form a vitreous monolith comprising the optical element.