Patents Represented by Attorney Kathleen Moss
  • Patent number: 5142406
    Abstract: An electrochromic cell is disclosed which comprises an electrochromic layer, a polymerizable organo-sulfur layer which comprises the counter electrode of the structure, and an ionically conductive electronically insulating material which comprises the separator between the electrodes. In a preferred embodiment, both the separator and the organo-sulfur electrode (in both its charged and uncharged states) are transparent either to visible light or to the entire solar spectrum. An electrochromic device is disclosed which comprises such electrodes and separator encased in glass plates on the inner surface of each of which is formed a transparent electrically conductive film in respective electrical contact with the electrodes which facilitates formation of an external electrical connection or contact to the electrodes of the device to permit electrical connection of the device to an external potential source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carl M. Lampert, Steven J. Visco