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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:
Nov. 16, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Lambe, Birmingham, MI (US);
Shaun L McCarthy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Henry L Stadler, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
332-751 ; 350484 ; 34081524 ; 40452 ;
Abstract
A reflective type light modulator utilizing the principal of ion injection from a switching electrode into a fluid dielectric to effect turbulent forces and the resultant movement of a light reflecting object into and out of a light path. The fluid dielectric and the movable object have similar values of specific gravity.