Patents Assigned to Enterprise Development Corp.
  • Fluid light guide having hydrophobic aerogel cladding layer
    Patent number: 6983093
    Abstract: A light guide is disclosed and includes a flexible elongated tube having an inner surface and first and second ends. A non-supercritically dried hydrophobic aerogel film is affixed to the inner surface of the tube as a cladding layer, and a fluid core is disposed within the tube. The fluid core has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the aerogel cladding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Enterprise Development Corp.
    Inventors: Hanafi R. Fraval, C. Jeffrey Brinker