Ford Motor Company Limited

Ralph T Nichols

Hulya Demiryont

Kenneth J Gajewski

William J Vincent

A telescoping electrical connector for an automotive vehicle to provide an electrical connection between a vehicle stationary object and a vehicle moveable object includes a first connector member electrically connected to a vehicle stationary object mounted to vehicle structure and a second connector member electrically connected to a vehicle moveable object moveable relative to the vehicle stationary object, the first and second connector members telescopingly engage each other to provide an electrical connection between and allow electrical power to flow between the vehicle stationary object and the vehicle moveable object.

Telescoping electrical connector

A laminated glazing unit has controllable transparency to visible light and a solar load reduction element which preferentially excludes infrared radiation while being substantially transparent to visible light. Electro-active material for controlling the transmission of visible light through the glazing unit is sandwiched between electrodes deposited on facing surfaces of plys or layers of an inextensible polymeric material, such as polyethylene terephthalate. One or both electrodes comprises a solar load reduction ('SLR') element, i.e., a Fabry-Perot interference filter which includes preferably at least one silver metal film sandwiched between zinc oxide films.

Controllable transparency panel with solar load reduction

A solar control plastic glazing, comprising a plastic matrix having a plurality of metal particles homogeneously dispersed therein, is prepared by depositing a thin metal film onto the surface of a plastic sheet, heating the plastic sheet above its 'softening temperature, deforming the sheet to cause the metal film to disintegrate into metal particles, and mixing the metal particles and plastic to form a composite.

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Romulus, MI, United States of America

Ralph T Nichols