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公开(公告)号:US11131857B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US16018263
申请日:2018-06-26
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Benjamin B. Hilldore , Tom B. Sherman , Kurtis L. Geerlings , Adam R. Heintzelman , Keith W. Bigoness , Donald L. Bareman , Joshua D. Lintz
摘要: An imager assembly including calibration functionality and a housing. An imager is disposed inside the housing. The imager includes a lens assembly. An electro-optic element is disposed on a wall of the housing and operable between a substantially clear condition and a substantially darkened condition. A light source directs light at the electro-optic element which redirects the light toward the lens assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11130195B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US15329931
申请日:2015-07-29
申请人: Gentex Corporation
IPC分类号: B23K26/082 , B23K26/361 , G02B5/08 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/14 , B23K26/362 , B23K26/402 , G02B27/00 , B23K103/08 , B23K103/16 , G02B5/18
摘要: A laser ablation process can be configured to reduce the appearance of or eliminate a potentially objectionable diffraction effect that can occur when a workpiece or product that has been subjected to the ablation process interacts with light. The diffraction effect can be reduced by introducing irregularity into the arrangement of overlapping laser spots during the process. Other process parameters may be modified to reduce the diffraction effect, such as laser scan speed, laser pulse frequency, the position of the focal plane of the laser, the configuration of raster lines, or the energy profile of the laser beam, for example. The process modifications and configurations are particularly useful with products including an ablated surface that is intended to reflect light or to allow light to pass therethrough as part of its function.
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公开(公告)号:US11126056B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
申请号:US16405015
申请日:2019-05-07
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Henry A. Luten , Donald L. Bareman , Thomas J. Scott , Kurtis L. Geerlings , William L. Tonar , Niels A. Olesen
IPC分类号: G02F1/153 , B23K26/361 , B23K26/04 , B23K26/57 , B23K26/352 , B23K26/362
摘要: A method for removing a material from a surface of a substrate includes impinging a laser beam on the material during a first sweep to remove the material from the surface along a first line and impinging the laser beam on the material during a second sweep to remove the material from the surface along a second line adjacent to the first line. The first line includes first artifacts that form a first portion of an array of artifacts on the surface. The second line includes second artifacts that form a second portion of the array of artifacts on the surface. A first laser pulse of the laser beam corresponding with the second sweep is synchronized with a start of the second sweep when transitioning between the first line and the second line such that the start of the second sweep coincides with the first laser pulse.
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公开(公告)号:US09873167B1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-23
申请号:US14580157
申请日:2014-12-22
申请人: Gentex Corporation
CPC分类号: B23K26/55 , B23K26/009 , B23K26/367 , B23K26/4095
摘要: A laser system comprising a laser that produces a pulsed laser beam is configured to form a laser-induced channel in a multi-layer substrate including first and second material layers. The material layers may have different refractive indices. The laser-induced channel includes a uniform distribution of self-focus damage volumes through at least a portion of the thickness of one or both of the material layers. One of the material layers may be partially transparent or non-transparent. An optical assembly of the laser system can be configured to produce uniformly distributed self-focus damage volumes at an effective focal region corresponding to the substrate thickness. The distribution of damage volumes can be tailored to include areas or peaks of high damage volume density where it is desired to ablate material.
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公开(公告)号:US20170277009A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-28
申请号:US15620385
申请日:2017-06-12
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Henry A. Luten , Donald L. Bareman , Thomas J. Scott , Kurtis L. Geerlings , William L. Tonar , Niels A. Olesen
IPC分类号: G02F1/153 , B23K26/04 , B23K26/362 , B23K26/361
CPC分类号: G02F1/1533 , B23K26/048 , B23K26/355 , B23K26/361 , B23K26/362 , B23K26/57
摘要: A method for removing a material from a surface includes passing a laser through a lens such that the laser impinges on the material. The surface from which the material is removed has an array of artifacts thereon with a spacing between the artifacts and a pitch between lines of the artifacts. At least the spacing between the artifacts is varied.
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公开(公告)号:US20150034616A1
公开(公告)日:2015-02-05
申请号:US14452446
申请日:2014-08-05
申请人: GENTEX CORPORATION
CPC分类号: B23K26/38 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/064 , B23K26/0884 , B23K26/28 , G02B26/105
摘要: A laser system includes a laser configured to emit pulse bursts and a motion device in optical communication with the laser. The motion device moves a laser beam along a process path on a substrate and is configured to have a natural frequency that is greater than an operating frequency of the laser system. The laser system enables high and constant speed processing along tight radii in the process path, which is useful to form laser induced channels along the process path with equal spacing.
摘要翻译: 激光系统包括配置为发射脉冲串的激光器和与激光器光学通信的运动装置。 运动装置沿着衬底上的处理路径移动激光束,并且被配置为具有大于激光系统的工作频率的固有频率。 激光系统能够沿着处理路径中的紧密半径实现高速恒定的速度处理,这对沿着处理路径形成具有相等间距的激光感应通道是有用的。
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公开(公告)号:US08842358B2
公开(公告)日:2014-09-23
申请号:US13956957
申请日:2013-08-01
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Donald L. Bareman , William L. Tonar , Niels A. Olesen , Thomas J. Scott , David J. Cammenga , Peter N. Rizk , Henry A. Luten , George A. Neuman , Danny L. Minikey, Jr. , Mark R. Roth , Paul V. Flynn, Jr. , James R. Thommen, II , Happy T. Holden
CPC分类号: C03B33/091 , C03C23/0025 , C03C27/10 , G02B5/08 , G02F1/1533 , G02F1/157 , Y10T428/24273 , Y10T428/24355 , Y10T428/24777
摘要: An apparatus, method, and process that includes a substantially transparent substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and edge extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the substantially transparent substrate, wherein the edge being a laser induced channel edge having enhanced edge characteristics.
摘要翻译: 一种装置,方法和方法,其包括具有第一表面,第二表面和围绕所述基本上透明的基底的周边的至少一部分延伸的基本上透明的基底,其中所述边缘是具有增强的激光感应通道边缘 边缘特征。
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公开(公告)号:US20230280603A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18115824
申请日:2023-03-01
申请人: GENTEX CORPORATION
CPC分类号: G02F1/0018 , G02F1/0305 , B60J7/043
摘要: An electro-optic assembly comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. The first and second substrates are disposed in a parallel and spaced apart relationship so as to define a cavity therebetween. A primary seal extends between the first and second substrates. An electro-optic medium is located in the cavity and retained in an inboard direction by the primary seal. A plurality of first spacer elements are coupled to the primary seal. A break wall is located in the inboard direction or an outboard direction from the primary seal. The break wall extends between the first and second substrates and generally along the primary seal. A plurality of second spacer elements are coupled to the break wall. A space is defined between the primary seal and the break wall in the inboard-outboard directions.
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公开(公告)号:US11275285B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US16222965
申请日:2018-12-17
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Kurtis L. Geerlings , George A. Neuman , John S. Anderson , Chad M. Wine , Henry A. Luten , Donald L. Bareman
IPC分类号: G02F1/155 , B23K26/36 , B23K26/066 , G02F1/1343 , B23K103/00 , B23K103/16
摘要: A laser ablated product exhibits a diffraction severity of less than about 5. The product may include a substrate that is at least partially transparent to visible light, and a periodic structure formed on at least one surface of the substrate by laser ablation. The periodic structure has a period in at least one direction of at least about 4,500 nm to at most about 850,000 nm, and the periodic structure has a peak-to-valley dimension of less than about 25 nm. The product may be employed in an electrochromic device, such as a vehicle rearview mirror assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US10955719B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US16508756
申请日:2019-07-11
申请人: Gentex Corporation
发明人: Sue F. Franz , William L. Tonar , David J. Cammenga , George A. Neuman , Kurtis L. Geerlings , Donald L. Bareman , Kevin L. Ash
IPC分类号: G02F1/163 , G02F1/161 , H02J7/35 , H02S40/38 , H02S40/20 , H01L31/048 , E06B3/67 , E06B9/24 , H02J7/34 , G02F1/1514 , G02F1/153
摘要: A transparent photovoltaic (TPV) integrated directly into the structure of an electrochromic (EC) device is beneficial in that it can eliminate at least one substrate and provide more uniform coloring. Integration of a transparent photovoltaic with an electrochromic device may also reduce or eliminate the need for an electrical bus on a substrate. In some embodiments, positioning the TPV internally with the EC cell may eliminate the need for additional substrate layers or a conductive layer on one side of the TPV cell. Integrating a PV cell into the EC device can additionally reduce the need for external wiring and an external power supply. Alternatively, the TPV can assist in charging a battery where the battery can be used to power the EC device when there is no sunlight available.
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