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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth A. Dean, Phoenix, AZ (US);
John D. Rudolph, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/40 (2006.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 9/68 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2417 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2452 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shading assembly configured to have a first selectable state that is transmissive to more than 40% of solar light and reflects more than 35% of solar heat, a second selectable state that blocks more than 75% of the solar light and transmits more than 50% of the solar heat, and a third selectable state that transmits more than 50% of the solar light and more than 50% of the solar heat.