Invention Grant
US08693086B2 Appearance-modifying device, method for manufacturing such a device, and appliance covered by such a device
有权
外观修改装置,这种装置的制造方法以及由这种装置覆盖的器具
- Patent Title: Appearance-modifying device, method for manufacturing such a device, and appliance covered by such a device
- Patent Title (中): 外观修改装置,这种装置的制造方法以及由这种装置覆盖的器具
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Application No.: US12996411Application Date: 2009-06-10
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Publication No.: US08693086B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Alwin Rogier Martijn Verschueren , Gerrit Oversluizen , Sander Jurgen Roosendaal , Thomas Caspar Kraan , Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer
- Applicant: Alwin Rogier Martijn Verschueren , Gerrit Oversluizen , Sander Jurgen Roosendaal , Thomas Caspar Kraan , Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP08158397 20080617
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/052470 WO 20090610
- International Announcement: WO2009/153709 WO 20091223
- Main IPC: B32B3/26
- IPC: B32B3/26 ; B32B3/24 ; B32B3/12 ; B32B38/10 ; G02F1/167 ; G02B26/00

Abstract:
It is disclosed an appearance-modifying device (10), for modifying the visual appearance of a surface covered thereby. The appearance-modifying device (10) comprises two oppositely arranged substrates (11, 12), which are spaced apart by a spacer structure (13). The spacer structure (13) spaces apart the two substrates (11, 12) in such a way that a space between the two substrates (11, 12) is divided into a plurality of cells (15, 16), the shapes of the individual cells (15, 16) being such that an aperiodic cell pattern (14) is formed by the cells (15, 16). Each cell (15, 16) may comprise an optically transparent fluid having a plurality of particles dispersed therein. The particles are moveable in the fluid through application of an electric field. An appliance at least partly covered by the appearance-modifying device (10) is also disclosed. Furthermore, it is disclosed a method for manufacturing the appearance-modifying device.
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