Patent · US Expired

Light valve containing an improved suspension, and liquids therefor

US4772103A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
7References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1986
Grant dateSep 20, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/172
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a light valve, comprising a cell containing a suspension of small anisometrically shaped particles suspended in an electrically resistive liquid suspending medium, said liquid suspending medium having a polymer dissolved therein and bonded to or associated with said particles, the improvement wherein said liquid suspending material comprises a liquid ester or ether of the formula EQU R.sup.1 --X--R.sup.2 wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are as defined herein and X is ##STR1##

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.