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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Daniel W. Youngner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Eugen I. Cabuz, Edina, MN (US);
Thomas R. Ohnstein, Roseville, MN (US);
Paul E. Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Daniel W. Youngner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Eugen I. Cabuz, Edina, MN (US);
Thomas R. Ohnstein, Roseville, MN (US);
Paul E. Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A dynamic micro-structured reflector includes a substrate having a generally planar major surface and a plurality of cavities on the planar major surface. Each cavity having at least a first and second sidewalls set at an angle offset from the planar major surface. The first sidewall being a stationary optical face and the second sidewall being a dynamic optical face. The dynamic optical face is deflectable between a first position and a second position. The dynamic optical face in the first position redirects more light back to a light source than the dynamic optical face in the second position. Methods of making a dynamic micro-structured reflector are also disclosed.