Wide band variable transmittance optical device and mixture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9134551
APP PUB NO 20130258266A1
SERIAL NO

13877508

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We describe a wide band variable transmission optical device, mixtures for use in such a device, and methods of making the same. The wide band optical device includes a cell comprising a guest-host mixture of a liquid crystal host and a dichroic guest dye material contained between a pair of plastic substrates. The optical device does not use polarizers. The liquid crystal host has an axis orientation that is alterable between a clear state orientation and a dark state orientation perpendicular thereto and the dichroic guest dye material includes one or more dichroic dyes. The optical device is characterized in that it exhibits a wide absorption band that is greater than 175 nm within a visible wavelength range of 400-700 nm and has a clear state transmission equal to or above 30% and a dark state transmission equal to or below 40%.

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ALPHAMICRON INCORPORATED1950 STATE ROUTE 59 KENT OH 44240

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bodnar, Volodymyr Kent, US 5 82
Kosa, Tamas Hudson, US 24 470
Martincic, Christine Cuyahoga Falls, US 7 216
Su, Linli Cupertino, US 5 39
Sukhomlinova, Ludmila Kent, US 17 107
Taheri, Bahman Shaker Heights, US 53 734

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