US PATENT SUBCLASS 349 / 193
LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT


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349 /   HD   LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS, ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS

193LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT {21}
194  DF  .~> Passive liquid crystal polarizer
195  DF  .~> Antidazzle mirror formed from liquid crystal cell
196  DF  .~> Beam dividing switch formed from liquid crystal cell {1}
198  DF  .~> Liquid crystal etalon
199  DF  .~> Liquid crystal sensors (e.g., voltmeters, pressure sensors, temperature sensors)
200  DF  .~> Liquid crystal lenses other than for eyewear
201  DF  .~> Liquid crystal diffraction element {1}
FOR 100  DF  .~> With particular illumination (359/48) {2}
FOR 103  DF  .~> Microencapsulated liquid crystal (359/51) {1}
FOR 105  DF  .~> Plural contiguous cells (359/53)
FOR 106  DF  .~> Having electrodes arranged into rows and columns (359/54) {2}
FOR 113  DF  .~> Having particular nonelectrical detail of cell structure enclosing or adjacent liquid crystal material (359/62) {5}
FOR 126  DF  .~> With specified electrode excitation characteristic of liquid crystal material (359/84) {1}
FOR 128  DF  .~> With detector of liquid crystal temperature (359/86)
FOR 129  DF  .~> Electrode detail (359/87) {1}
FOR 131  DF  .~> Birefringers effect (359/93)
FOR 132  DF  .~> Variable index of refraction (359/94)
FOR 133  DF  .~> Variable diffraction (359/95)
FOR 134  DF  .~> Variable absorption of light due to an additive in the liquid crystal material (359/96) {2}
FOR 137  DF  .~> With specified nonchemical characteristic of liquid crystal material (359/99) {3}
FOR 141  DF  .~> Cell containing liquid crystal of specified composition (359/103) {3}


DEFINITION

Classification: 349/193

LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein a liquid crystal cell when exposed to or placed in the path of a light beam performs optical functions such as refraction, diffraction, attenuation, blocking of the light or a modification in the character or properties of the light.