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US 12,554,117 B2Granted
Alterable optical structures
AssigneeGE Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsDhanushkodi Durai Mariappan, Gregory Daniel Dreifus, Xiaopeng Li, James William Bray, Greg Alan Radighieri
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Abstract
Described herein are alterable optical structures. Also described herein are methods of altering same.
Claims12
An alterable optical structure comprising:
- a fluid reservoir comprising:
- at least one fluid;
- and
- at least one optical surface extending at least partially across an upper surface of the at least one fluid;
- a porous structure, wherein the porous structure is rotatable to inertially manipulate the at least one fluid;
- and
- at least one valve configured to selectively control fluid communication between the fluid reservoir and the porous structure;
- wherein when the at least one valve is open, the at least one fluid can move through the porous structure via capillary action.
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A method of altering an alterable optical structure comprising:
- a fluid reservoir comprising:
- at least one fluid;
- and
- at least one optical surface extending at least partially across an upper surface of the at least one fluid;
- a porous structure;
- and
- at least one valve configured to selectively control fluid communication between the fluid reservoir and the porous structure, the method comprising:
- opening the at least one valve to enable the at least one fluid to move through the porous structure via capillary action;
- and
- rotating the porous structure to inertially manipulate the at least one fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.