Granted Patent
B2
US 12,359,501 · App. 17/808,228 · Granted Jul 15, 2025
Connectors for smart windows
Assignee:
View Operating Corporation
E06B9/24E06B3/66E06B3/6612E06B3/6621E06B3/66304E06B3/66309E06B3/66328E06B3/667E06B3/6722E06B3/673E06B3/67326E06B3/67391E06B7/00E06B7/28E06B9/00G02F1/1345G02F1/1523G02F1/153G02F1/161G02F1/163H01R4/12H01R12/79H01R13/6205H01R13/6315H01R13/73H01R24/76H01R25/14H01R25/162H01R41/00E06B2009/2417E06B2009/2464H01R2103/00Y10T29/49117
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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.
Claims (22)
1. A window unit comprising:
an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane;
a wire assembly attached to an edge of the insulated glass unit and comprising wires in electrical communication with distinct electrodes of the optically switchable pane; and
a first connector embedded in a secondary seal of the insulated glass unit, the first connector electrically coupled to the wires in electrical communication with the optically switchable pane, and wherein the first connector comprises a terminal face presenting two exposed contacts of opposite polarities.
2. The window unit of claim 1 , wherein the optically switchable pane includes an electrochromic device.
3. The window unit of claim 2 , wherein the electrochromic device is solid state and inorganic.
4. The window unit of claim 1 , further comprising a first frame in which the insulated glass unit is mounted.
5. The window unit of claim 4 , further comprising a second frame, wherein the first frame is fixedly mounted in the second frame, wherein a fixed connector is affixed to the second frame, and wherein the first connector and the fixed connector are configured to contact one another when the first frame is fixedly mounted in the second frame, the fixed connector comprising mating contacts configured to supply electrical charge to the two exposed contacts of the first connector.
6. The window unit of claim 4 , further comprising a second frame, wherein the first frame is moveably mounted in the second frame, wherein a fixed connector is affixed to the second frame, and wherein the first connector and the fixed connector are configured to contact one another when the first frame is at a first position in the second frame, the fixed connector comprising mating contacts configured to supply electrical charge to the two exposed contacts of the first connector.
7. The window unit of claim 6 , wherein the fixed connector is coupled to a window controller, the window controller being configured to transition the optically switchable pane between a first optical state and a second optical state.
8. The window unit of claim 6 , wherein two holes are in a body of the fixed connector for affixing the fixed connector to the second frame, the two holes configured to allow the fixed connector to translate orthogonally to the motion of the first frame in order to align with the first connector when the first frame is at the first position in the second frame.
9. The window unit of claim 1 , wherein the terminal face of the first connector is configured to facilitate mating with a fixed connector having a mating surface.
10. The window unit of claim 9 , wherein the mating surface of the fixed connector presents mating contacts to supply electrical charge to the two exposed contacts of the first connector, wherein a mechanical device causes the mating contacts to extend from the mating surface, and wherein the mechanical device is configured to allow the mating contacts to recede into the fixed connector when a force is applied to the mating contacts.
11. The window unit of claim 9 , wherein the mating surface of the fixed connector presents mating contacts to supply electrical charge to the two exposed contacts of the first connector, wherein a magnetic force causes the mating contacts to engage with the two exposed contacts when the mating surface is proximate the terminal face.
12. The window unit of claim 11 , wherein the magnetic force is provided by the two exposed contacts in the first connector comprising one or more magnets and/or by the mating contacts comprising one or more magnets.
13. The window unit of claim 1 , further comprising a second connector configured to electrically connect to the first connector, wherein the second connector includes at least one of (i) a memory device, (ii) an integrated circuit device, and (iii) a memory device and an integrated circuit device.
14. The window unit of claim 13 , wherein the memory device and/or integrated circuit device stores information for identifying and/or controlling the optically switchable pane.
15. The window unit of claim 14 , wherein the information comprises current and voltage operating instructions for transitioning the optically switchable pane between a first optical state and a second optical state.
16. The window unit of claim 14 , wherein the information comprises a maximum electric signal and a minimum electric signal configured for application to the optically switchable pane by a window controller. mating surface.
17. The window unit of claim 1 , wherein the first connector further comprises one or more protrusions emanating from a surface other than the terminal face, the one or more protrusions configured to engage with and hold a portion of the first connector to a first frame in which the insulated glass unit is to be mounted when the portion is passed through an aperture in the first frame.
18. The window unit of claim 16 , wherein the one or more protrusions are incompressible to engage with and deform an inside of the aperture when the portion is passed there through.
19. The window unit of claim 16 , wherein the one or more protrusions are compressible to compressively engage with an inside of the aperture when the portion is passed there through.
Assignments (4)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME
Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: VIEW, INC.; PVMS MERGER SUB, INC.; VIEW OPERATING CORPORATION
To: VIEW OPERATING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069743/0586 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Oct 17, 2023
From: VIEW, INC.
To: CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES
Reel/Frame 065266/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 17, 2022
From: BROWN, STEPHEN C.
To: SOLADIGM, INC.
Reel/Frame 060830/0097 →
Continuity (9)
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