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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Michael D. Broekhuis, Wyoming, MI (US);
Harlan J. Byker, West Olive, MI (US);
Frederick A. Millett, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Michael D. Broekhuis, Wyoming, MI (US);
Harlan J. Byker, West Olive, MI (US);
Frederick A. Millett, Grand Haven, MI (US);
PLEOTINT, L.L.C., West Olive, MI (US);
Abstract
A window comprising at least one thermochromic layer and a film comprising multiple layers of polymer with alternating refractive index (MLARI). The thermochromic layer has a reversible change in absorbance of electromagnetic radiation such that the absorbance increases as the temperature of the thermochromic layer increases and the absorbance decreases as the temperature of the thermochromic layer decreases. Particularly useful thermochromic materials are ligand exchange thermochromic materials. In various embodiments, the window may have multiple panes and may incorporate a low-e layer.