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Patent No.:

US 12359501 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2022

Connectors for smart windows

Applicant:

View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventor:

Stephen Clark Brown, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

View Operating Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Cha & Reiter, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Joseph P Martinez

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G02F 1/153 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01); E06B 3/663 (2006.01); E06B 3/667 (2006.01); E06B 3/67 (2006.01); E06B 3/673 (2006.01); E06B 7/00 (2006.01); E06B 7/28 (2006.01); E06B 9/00 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G02F 1/1345 (2006.01); G02F 1/1523 (2019.01); G02F 1/161 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); H01R 4/12 (2006.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/73 (2006.01); H01R 24/76 (2011.01); H01R 25/14 (2006.01); H01R 25/16 (2006.01); H01R 41/00 (2006.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

E06B 9/24 (2013.01); E06B 3/66 (2013.01); E06B 3/6612 (2013.01); E06B 3/6621 (2013.01); E06B 3/66304 (2013.01); E06B 3/66309 (2013.01); E06B 3/66328 (2013.01); E06B 3/667 (2013.01); E06B 3/6722 (2013.01); E06B 3/673 (2013.01); E06B 3/67326 (2013.01); E06B 3/67391 (2013.01); E06B 7/00 (2013.01); E06B 7/28 (2013.01); E06B 9/00 (2013.01); G02F 1/1345 (2013.01); G02F 1/1523 (2013.01); G02F 1/153 (2013.01); G02F 1/161 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); H01R 4/12 (2013.01); H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/6315 (2013.01); H01R 13/73 (2013.01); H01R 24/76 (2013.01); H01R 25/14 (2013.01); H01R 25/162 (2013.01); H01R 41/00 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2417 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01);

Abstract

This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.

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