{"id":44,"date":"2021-04-13T01:38:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T01:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2023-03-18T01:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T01:38:53","slug":"disney-invents-a-working-lightsaber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Disney Invents a Working Lightsaber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Wars fans (and possibly non-Star Wars fans) rejoice as Disney unveils a working lightsaber at an April 8, 2021 presentation.<\/p>\n

Well, what exactly does a “working” lightsaber really mean? Does it cut through metal doors and walls? No, but it does have an illuminated blade that extends and retracts with the simple push of a button.<\/p>\n

So, how does it work? The details of the lightsaber are described in\u00a0U.S. Patent No. 10,065,127<\/a>\u00a0titled “Sword Device with Retractable, Internally Illuminated Blade,” but essentially it has a string of flexible LEDs mounted onto a motorized spool inside a frame. Two outer spools of a translucent material (think of two translucent tape measures) lie flat when fully wound, but curve when extended. The two translucent spools surround the flexible LEDs forming a single beam of light when the lightsaber is extended.<\/p>\n

Below are some figures from Disney’s lightsaber patent.<\/p>\n

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You can also find more information (including animations on how the lightsaber works)\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about our patent services, visit our patent application page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Star Wars fans (and possibly non-Star Wars fans) rejoice as Disney unveils a working lightsaber at an April 8, 2021 presentation. Well, what exactly does a “working” lightsaber really mean? Does it cut through metal doors and walls? No, but it does have an illuminated blade that extends and retracts with the simple push of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,29,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-technology","category-news","category-patents"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t