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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:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L McAdams, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
ITT Defense Communications, a division of ITT Corporation, Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350330 ; 350375 ; 350376 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal beam splitter includes a magnetic coil adapted to controllably orient, or tilt, the molecules of a layer of liquid crystal material and thereby detune the internal reflections of a polarized light beam component passing therethrough.