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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Ariela Donval, Rosh Haayin, IL;

Yuval Ofir, Modiin, IL;

Doron Nevo, Ra'anana, IL;

Moshe Oron, Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Ariela Donval, Rosh Haayin, IL;

Yuval Ofir, Modiin, IL;

Doron Nevo, Ra'anana, IL;

Moshe Oron, Rehovot, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G02F 1/19 (2013.01); G02F 2201/50 (2013.01); G02F 2202/30 (2013.01); G02F 2203/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical limiter comprises a glass backing, a glass cover, and a layer of a phase changing material placed between said glass backing and said glass cover, the phase changing material comprising a transparent matrix having embedded particles of material that changes its optical properties due to temperature induced phase change of said material. The optical properties may change from transparent to reflective, from transparent to refractive or from transparent to scattering. The phase changing material is preferably at least one material selected from the group consisting of the elements Antimony, Bismuth, Cadmium, Lead, Tin and Indium and low-melting-point alloys of two or more of these elements. Two or more layers of phase changing materials may be used in a stack configuration, with each of the phase changing materials having a unique melting temperature.


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