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Connectors for smart windows

  • US 10,678,103 B2
  • Filed: 06/22/2018
  • Issued: 06/09/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connection system for a sliding door or window, the electrical connection system comprising:

  • a guide comprising a recess within which pass one or more wires for electrical communication between at least a power source and an optically switchable device in the sliding door or window, the guide further comprising an outer surface and a lengthwise slot in the outer surface; and

    a shuttle configured to couple to the sliding door or window and to slideably engage with the lengthwise slot in the guide, the shuttle further configured to pass the one or more wires from the sliding door or window, through a body of the shuttle into the recess of the guide, wherein during movement of the sliding door or window, the one or more wires are protected from interaction with one or more moving components.

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