IP Library Granted Patent US 12,270,988
Granted Patent B2
US 12,270,988 · App. 17/187,867 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Deformable lens with an extended range of stability

Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk (Kirkland, WA); Nagi Hosni Elabbasi (Needham, MA); Christopher Stipe (Woodinville, WA); Spencer Allan Wells (Seattle, WA); Kenneth Alexander Diest (Kirkland, WA); Christopher Yuan Ting Liao (Seattle, WA); Liliana Ruiz Diaz (Redmond, WA); Taha Masood (Sammamish, WA); Laura Cressman (Carnation, WA); James Howard Thomas Ransley (Medford, MA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
G02B26/0808G02B3/12G02B27/0172G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 12,270,988
App. No.
17/187,867
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromechanical actuator includes a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlying at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive layer disposed between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, where the electroactive layer has a first curvature when zero voltage is applied between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, and a second curvature when a non-zero voltage is applied between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode.

Claims (7)

1. A liquid lens comprising:

a substrate;

an electroactive layer overlying the substrate and disposed between a primary electrode and a secondary electrode;

a liquid layer disposed between the substrate and the electroactive layer, the liquid layer extending along an entire length of each of the substrate and the electroactive layer; and

a seal located between the substrate and the electroactive layer peripheral to the liquid layer, wherein the electroactive layer has a first curvature (r1) between the electrodes primary electrode and the secondary electrode when zero voltage is applied across the electroactive layer, a second curvature (r2) between the electrodes primary electrode and the secondary electrode when a non-zero voltage is applied across the electroactive layer, and r1 is substantially equal to −r2, wherein the primary electrode and the secondary electrode each comprise a transparent conductive oxide and extend across an optical aperture of the liquid lens.

2. The liquid lens of claim 1 , further comprising a deformable passive layer overlying a major surface of the electroactive layer.

3. The liquid lens of claim 1 , wherein an optical error indicator for the liquid lens over an optical power range of −1 diopter to +1 diopter is less than approximately 0.15.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 27, 2022
From: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060203/0228 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2021
From: OUDERKIRK, ANDREW JOHN; ELABBASI, NAGI HOSNI; STIPE, CHRISTOPHER; WELLS, SPENCER ALLAN; DIEST, KENNETH ALEXANDER; LIAO, CHRISTOPHER YUAN TING; DIAZ, LILIANA RUIZ; MASOOD, TAHA; CRESSMAN, LAURA; RANSLEY, JAMES HOWARD THOMAS
To: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 056694/0961 →
Continuity (1)
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