Southwall Technologies Inc.

Fafco Incorporated

Richard Thomas Wipfler

Lee Campbell Boman

Julius G Kozak

Roland Claus Thielsch

Christian Herman Stoessel

Ronny Kleinhempel

Richard O Rhodes

Anthony Brian Port

Errol C Armstrong

Matthew Coda

Chris H Stoessel

Andrew Wahl

James R Thompson

Ronald Thielsch

Andre Wahl

Lee Boman

Christian Hermann Stoessel

Zhisheng Xiong

Lee C Boman

An electroactive package is disclosed that includes an active film and a pair of transparent conductive layers positioned on opposite sides of the active film. The transparent conductive layers each include an overhang section that extends beyond an edge of the active film, with the overhang sections being located at a periphery of the electroactive package. A bus bar is disclosed that comprises a pair of electrically-conductive layers and an insulative layer positioned between the electrically-conductive layers. The bus bar extends along at least a portion of the periphery of the electroactive package and is positioned between the overhang sections of the transparent conductive layers. Also disclosed are electroactive windows, and methods of making them.

Electroactive device provided with a trilayer bus bar

A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.

Insulating glass unit with crack-resistant low-emissivity suspended film

'Corrosion' performance of an optical filter is enhanced when a relatively thick zinc-based film functions as a seed layer for a subsequently formed silver-based film. At least two pairs of dielectric and metallic layers are included within the optical filter, where the zinc-based film is a second film of the dielectric layer and where the silver-based film is the metallic layer. The zinc-based film has a zinc content of at least 80 percent and has a thickness of at least 15 nm. In order to further improve the corrosion performance, gold may be incorporated into the silver-based film.

Robust optical filter utilizing pairs of dielectric and metallic layers

A method for fabricating a solar energy collector assembly of the integral storage type is disclosed herein. This assembly utilizes a specifically designed storage arrangement which is expanded into its final shape from an initial collapsed configuration. In the specific embodiment disclosed, the storage arrangement includes many of its own design features apart from the overall collector assembly and serves as the main structural component of the entire assembly.

Method for fabricating a solar energy collector assembly utilizing a

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Richard Thomas Wipfler