US 11,693,279 B1
Adjustable windows
Yunseok Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US); Haiqing Xianyu, Cupertino, CA (US); Junhwan Lim, San Jose, CA (US); Peter F Masschelein, Campbell, CA (US); Sang Un Choi, San Jose, CA (US); Xiaokai Li, Mountain View, CA (US); Yuan Chen, Campbell, CA (US); and Zhibing Ge, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,731.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,767, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1339 (2006.01); B60J 3/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/137 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1339 (2013.01) [B60J 3/04 (2013.01); G02F 1/13725 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a body; and
a window in the body that separates an exterior region from an interior region, wherein the window comprises:
an outer window layer;
an inner window layer separated from the outer window layer by a gap;
a guest-host liquid crystal layer in the gap between the outer and inner window layers; and
spacers coupled between the inner and outer window layers to maintain the gap, wherein each of the spacers has a first portion on the inner window layer and a second portion on the outer window layer, wherein the second portion of each spacer has slots and a recess, and wherein the recess is configured to receive a mating tip of the first portion.