MULTI-PANE ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS
First Claim
1. A window unit comprising:
- a first substantially transparent substrate and a first electrochromic device disposed thereon;
a second substantially transparent substrate and a second electrochromic device disposed thereon; and
a sealing separator between the first and second substantially transparent substrates, which sealing separator defines, together with the first and second substantially transparent substrates, an interior region that is thermally insulating.
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Abstract
Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU'"'"'s), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user.
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45 Claims
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1. A window unit comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate and a first electrochromic device disposed thereon; a second substantially transparent substrate and a second electrochromic device disposed thereon; and a sealing separator between the first and second substantially transparent substrates, which sealing separator defines, together with the first and second substantially transparent substrates, an interior region that is thermally insulating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of fabricating a window unit, the method comprising:
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arranging, substantially parallel to each other, a first substantially transparent substrate with a first electrochromic device disposed thereon and a second substantially transparent substrate with a second electrochromic device disposed thereon; and installing a sealing separator between the first and second substantially transparent substrates, which sealing separator defines, together with the first and second substantially transparent substrates, an interior region, said interior region thermally insulating. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A window unit comprising:
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a first substantially transparent substrate and an electrochromic device disposed thereon; a second substantially transparent substrate and a heatable transparent conductive oxide layer thereon; and a sealing separator between the first and second substantially transparent substrates, which sealing separator defines, together with the first and second substantially transparent substrates, an interior region that is thermally insulating. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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