Saint-gobain Glass France

Sage Electrochromics, Inc.

Cardinal Ig Company

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

Saint-gobain Sekurit France

Philippe Letocart

Jean-Christophe Giron

Li-Ya Yeh

Michael Labrot

Bernhard Reul

Martin Melcher

Christian Effertz

Klaus Schmalbuch

Andreas Schlarb

Walter Schreiber

René Gy

Michael Behmke

Philippe Armand

Udo Gelderie

Jingwei Zhang

Didier Jousse

Patrick Weber

Dang Cuong Phan

Marcus Neander

Emmanuel Valentin

Samuel Dubrenat

Rino Messere

Xavier Fanton

Marc Maurer

Lothar Lesmeister

Karl-Josef Ollfisch

Jean-Yves Laluet

Susanne Lisinski

Benno Dunkmann

Guillaume Lecamp

Thomas Bertin-Mourot

Norbert Huhn

Driss Lamine

Ulrich Billert

Günther Schall

Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier

Matthias Alschinger

Julien Orillard

Norbert Schwankhaus

Bastien Royer

Emily Bressand

Bianca Bergs

Monique Elmer

Julius Mennig

Andreas Kasper

Se-Jong Kim

Magnus Kolter

Pascal Remy

Emilie Steers

Manfred Gillissen

Karl-Heinz Paffen

Hans-Georg Esser

Olivier Selles

Juliette Sternchuss

Hermann Joeris

Oliver Selles

Ingolf Ripberger

Dana Pakosch

Anais Renier

The invention relates to glazing () comprising a first glazing sheet (A,B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system () is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet () forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film or the electro-chemical system () is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate () and the third glazing sheet () and is set back relative to the counter-substrate () and relative to the third glazing sheet () over the entire circumference of the substrate (A,B).

Electrochemical glazing having electrically controllable optical and energy-related properties

A vehicle window has a plurality of integrated electro-optical elements, wherein the electro-optical elements have a common supply voltage, wherein the integrated electro-optical elements are controllable individually or in groups such that the electro-optical elements change the optical properties of the window at the respective location, wherein a first logical interface for feeding in the common supply voltage and a second logical interface for feeding in a common control signal are provided for controlling the electro-optical elements and for providing the common supply voltage, wherein, downstream from the logical interface, the control signal is converted into control signals for the control of the integrated electro-optical elements individually or in groups, wherein the physical interface is arranged on one of the outer faces of the window, wherein the physical interface for the first logical interface and the second logical interface has, together, 3 or 4 electrical connections.

Vehicle window having a plurality of integrated electro-optical elements and method for its manufacture

A glazing having electrically switchable properties is presented. The glazing includes, areally arranged in sequence, a substrate, a first electrically conductive layer, an active layer, and a second electrically conductive layer. According to one aspect, at least one electrically insulating barrier layer is areally arranged within, and completely covered areally by, one of the first and second electrically conductive layers. According to another aspect, the active layer is an electrochromic functional element, that includes an electrochromic layer adjacent the first electrically conductive layer, and a counter electrode adjacent the second electrically conductive layer.

Electrically switchable glazing including surface electrodes with anisotropic conductivity

The invention relates to glazing () comprising a first glazing sheet (A,B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system () is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet () forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film of the electrochemical system () is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate () and the third glazing sheet () and is set back relative to the counter-substrate () and relative to the third glazing sheet () over the entire circumference of the substrate (A,B).

A fire-resistant pane including at least one float glass pane with a tin bath side, at least one protective layer that is arranged on the tin bath side in a planar manner, and at least one fire-resistant layer that is arranged on the protective layer in a planar manner, wherein the protective layer contains metal oxide, metal nitride, metal silicide, and/or mixtures or layered compounds thereof.

Fire-resistant pane and fire-resistant glazing assembly

A method for producing a pane having an electrically conductive coating is described. The method includes applying an electrically conductive coating onto a substrate, identifying defects of the coating, focusing the radiation of a laser having an annular beam profile on the coating, wherein the annular beam profile surrounds the defect, and producing an annular de-coated region by simultaneously removing the coating in the region of the beam profile.

Method for producing a pane having an electrically conductive coating with electrically insulated defects

Multilayer film () with electrically switchable optical properties, comprising, arranged sheet-wise in order, at least: &#x2014;a first carrier film (), &#x2014;a first electrically conductive layer (), &#x2014;an active layer (), &#x2014;a second electrically conductive layer () and&#x2014;a second carrier film (), wherein&#x2014;the multilayer film () has at least two circumferential separating lines (), which separate an insulated edge region () from the first electrically conductive layer () and the second electrically conductive layer (), &#x2014;the first carrier film () and the second carrier film () are welded in at least a part of the insulated edge region () to form a sealed region (), and&#x2014;the separating lines () have a width of 10 &#x3bc;m to 500 &#x3bc;m.

Multilayer film with electrically switchable optical properties

A device for generating a display image on a composite glass pane is described. The device has: a composite glass pane with a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to each other via an intermediate layer that contains at least one luminescent pigment; a laser projector, which contains at least one laser and an optical system for deflecting a radiation of the laser, the radiation being directed within a region of the composite glass pane; a photodetector, which detects luminescent radiation of the luminescent pigment; and a control unit, which electronically connects the photodetector and the laser projector.

Device for generating a display image on a composite glass pane

An electrically conductive support for a glazing unit having liquid crystal scattering properties may include a multilayer of thin films. In one example, the thin films include an electrode comprising a TCO film, a silicon-nitride-based first barrier film having a thickness eof at least 5 nm, and a silicon-oxide-based second barrier film having a thickness eof at least 30 nm. The thickness emay be smaller than or equal to eand/or smaller than 80 nm. Further, the cumulative thickness of the first and second barrier films may be larger than or equal to 50 nm and smaller than 150 nm.

Electrically conductive support for a glazing unit having liquid-crystal-mediated variable scattering properties and such a glazing unit

The invention relates to an electrochemical device () having electrically controllable optical and/or energy transmission properties comprising a substrate (), a functional system () formed on the substrate and a cover film () formed on the functional system. The functional system comprises a bottom electrode coating (), formed on the substrate, a top electrode coating () and at least one electrochemically active film () located between the two electrode coatings, the electro-chemically active film being able to switch reversibly between a first state and a second state having optical and/or energy transmission properties different from the first state. The cover film defines at least one surface cavity () that passes through the cover film without penetrating the top electrode coating and the device comprises electrical connection means () arranged at least partially in at least one surface cavity for electrical contact with the top electrode coating.

Electrochromic device

A thin-film component comprising a film structure and an electrically conductive protection device is disclosed, together with a method for the production and use thereof.

Thin-film component on glass, a method for the production thereof and the use thereof

The invention relates to a device () of the electrochromic type comprising successively a substrate (), a reflection control coating (), a laminating interlayer (), a functional system () of the electrochromic type and a substrate (). This particular arrangement of the laminating interlayer between the reflection control coating and the functional system and the choice of the refractive index and thickness of the reflection control coating are such that the saturation values of C* in the colorimetric system (L*, a*, b*) of the device in reflection are less than or equal to 10 for angles of incidence of 60&#xb0; and 8&#xb0; relative to the normal (N) to the outer face (B) of the counter-substrate and that the absolute value of the difference between the value of C* at an angle of incidence of 8&#xb0; and the value of C* at an angle of incidence of 60&#xb0; is less than or equal to 6.

Electrochromic device with anti-iridescent coating

An electrode is produced on a rigid or flexible support substrate, including a grid network of very fine electrically-conductive lines with nodes and links, to produce a diffraction pattern, as much as possible in an arc shape, in the light transmitted and that results in an absence of high-level optical impacts. The grid network may in addition be produced without preferential direction with a number of three lines joining up at each node and/or with conductive sections extending in the shape of an arc or in wave form between the nodes.

Transparent electrode

An electrochromic glazing containing: a substrate including a layer structure thereon, which contains a first and second electrode layer, between which a first and second electrochemically active layer are situated, which each reversibly incorporate ions, wherein the first active layer contains an electrochromic material and the two active layers are separated from each other by an electrolyte layer, the layer structure being subdivided into series-connected electrochromic cells by a transition zone comprising: a first trench; a second trench; and a third trench between the first and second trenches, wherein the first and second trenches subdivide the first and second electrode layers into first electrode sections electrically insulated from each other and second electrode sections electrically insulated from each other, respectively, and the third trench is filled with an electrically conductive material, by which the first and second electrode sections of the cells adjacent the transition zone are electrically connected.

Electrochromic glazing with series connected cells, and production method therefor

An electrochromic layer structure with at least one active layer and at least two electrodes is described. At least one of the electrodes has an electrically conductive network of conductor tracks and the conductor tracks contain nanoparticles. An electrochromic device, a method for production of an electrochromic layer structure and use of an electrochromic layer structure and an electrochromic device are also described.

Electrochromic layer structure and method for the production thereof

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