Patent ID: 11906767
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G  B | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A tunable optic, comprising:
a hexagonal-shaped housing including first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth side walls and first and second light transmissive end walls, the first and fourth side walls disposed parallel to each other, the second and fifth sidewalls disposed parallel to each other, the third and sixth sidewalls disposed parallel to each other, the first and second light transmissive end walls spaced apart from each other and coupled to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth side walls, whereby the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth side walls and the first and second light transmissive end walls define a hexagonal-shaped inner cavity;
a polar liquid disposed within the hexagonal-shaped inner cavity;
a first electrode coupled to the first side wall;
a second electrode coupled to the second side wall;
a third electrode coupled to the third side wall;
a fourth electrode coupled to the fourth side wall;
a fifth electrode coupled to the fifth side wall;
a sixth electrode coupled to the sixth sidewall; and
a grounding electrode electrically connected to the polar liquid,
wherein:
the polar liquid has a surface, and
the surface has a curvature and a two-dimensional tilt angle that is variable in response to voltages supplied to each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrodes, whereby lens characteristics and light deflection characteristics of the tunable optic are varied.