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AssigneeAdlens Beacon, Inc.
InventorsLisa Nibauer, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Daniel Senatore, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud
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Various embodiments of a non-powered actuator arm for controlling liquid flow to a fluid-filled lens are described herein. A vertical tweezer assembly compresses a reservoir of solution in a first vertical direction by lateral disposition of a slider mounted on the outside of the housing. The assembly may also be shaped to provide compression of the reservoir in a second horizontal direction by lateral disposition of a slider. In another embodiment, a housing may contain a piston that moves laterally within the housing and collapses the reservoir disposed adjacent to the piston and also within the housing. The housing may contain a plurality of compressible domes which can each be compressed to cause a local compression on the reservoir disposed within the housing. Compression of the reservoir causes liquid inflation of a lens module.
An actuator for a sealed fluid filled lens comprising:
The actuator of 1, wherein the slider moves laterally along the length of the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 1, wherein the flexing direction of the tweezer assembly is vertically aligned with respect to the length of the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 3, wherein the slider has a rounded cuff shape.
The actuator of 3, wherein the slider moves along an inner side of the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 1, wherein the flexing direction of the tweezer assembly is horizontally aligned with respect to the length of the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 6, wherein the slider has an open bracket shape.
The actuator of 6, wherein the slider has a closed bracket shape.
The actuator of 7, wherein the slider further comprises a sliding loop connected to the slider, wherein the sliding loop fits around the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 8, wherein the slider further comprises a sliding loop connected to the slider, wherein the sliding loop fits around the tweezer assembly.
The actuator of 1, wherein the slider glides on ball bearings placed between the slider and the tweezer assembly,
The actuator of 6, wherein the slider glides on ball bearings placed between the slider and the reservoir.
The actuator of 1, wherein movement of the slider along the tweezer assembly is confined between two mechanical stops.
The actuator of 1, wherein the fixed end of the tweezer assembly is distal to the fluid filled lens.
An actuator for a sealed fluid filled lens comprising:
The actuator of 15, wherein the slider is a magnet having a fixed polarity that is opposite the polarity of the piston.
The actuator of 15, wherein the slider has an open bracket shape.
The actuator of 15, wherein the slider has a closed bracket shape.
The actuator of 15, wherein the slider glides on ball bearings placed between the slider and the housing.
The actuator of 15, wherein the lateral movement of the slider along the outer surface of the housing is confined between two mechanical stops.
An actuator for a sealed fluid filled lens comprising:
The actuator of 21, wherein each bi-stable dome is compressible into the respective meta-stable dome.
The actuator of 22, wherein each bi-stable dome exists in either a compressed state or a relaxed state.
The actuator of 23, wherein the compressed state of the bi-stable dome causes a local maximal compression of the reservoir.
The actuator of 23, wherein the relaxed state causes no compression of the reservoir.
The actuator of 23, wherein compression of the bi-stable dome causes compression of the reservoir.
The actuator of 21, wherein each meta-stable dome is compressible into the respective bi-stable dome.
The actuator of 27, wherein each meta-stable dome can exist in any state between a fully compressed state and a fully relaxed state.
The actuator of 28, wherein the fully compressed state causes a local maximal compression of the reservoir.
The actuator of 28, wherein the fully relaxed state causes no compression of the reservoir.
The actuator of 21, wherein the compressible domes are spaced equidistant along a length of the housing, the length being the longest dimension of the housing.
The actuator of 21, wherein compression of any bi-stable dome will return the respective meta-stable dome from any state of compression to the fully relaxed state.
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