Patents by Inventor Gordon E. Jack
Gordon E. Jack has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11966141Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani
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Patent number: 11906868Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robin Friedman
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Patent number: 11719992Abstract: 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. Pre-wired spacers improve fabrication efficiency and seal integrity of insulated glass units. Electrical connection systems include those embedded in the secondary seal of the insulated glass unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, David Walter Groechel, Anshu A. Pradhan, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robert T. Rozbicki
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Patent number: 11703814Abstract: Optically controllable windows and an associated window control system provide a building security platform. A window controller or other processing device can monitor for window breakage, cameras associated with windows can monitor for intruders, and transparent displays can provide alerts regarding detected activity within a building. A window control system can detect deviations from expected I/V characteristics of an optically controllable window during normal operation of the window (tint transitions, steady state conditions, etc.) and/or during application of a security-related perturbing event, and provide alerts upon their occurrence.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Gordon E. Jack, Horop Puth, Illayathambi Kunadian, Oner Bicakci, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Fabian Strong, Brandon Tinianov, Joseph Lunardi
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Publication number: 20230080293Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robin Friedman
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Publication number: 20220382224Abstract: Optically controllable windows and an associated window control system provide a building security platform. A window controller or other processing device can monitor for window breakage, cameras associated with windows can monitor for intruders, and transparent displays can provide alerts regarding detected activity within a building. A window control system can detect deviations from expected I/V characteristics of an optically controllable window during normal operation of the window (tint transitions, steady state conditions, etc.) and/or during application of a security-related perturbing event, and provide alerts upon their occurrence.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: View, Inc.Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Gordon E. Jack, Horop Puth, Illayathambi Kunadian, Oner Bicakci, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Fabian Strong, Brandon Tinianov, Joseph Lunardi
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Patent number: 11500259Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robin Friedman
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Publication number: 20220334445Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure concern controllers and control methods for applying a drive voltage to bus bars of optically switchable devices such as electrochromic devices. Such devices are often provided on windows such as architectural glass. In certain embodiments, the applied drive voltage is controlled in a manner that efficiently drives an optical transition over the entire surface of the electrochromic device. The drive voltage is controlled to account for differences in effective voltage experienced in regions between the bus bars and regions proximate the bus bars. Regions near the bus bars experience the highest effective voltage. In some cases, feedback may be used to monitor an optical transition. In these or other cases, a group of optically switchable devices may transition together over a particular duration to achieve approximately uniform tint states over time during the transition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Gordon E. Jack, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Stephen Clark Brown, Anshu A. Pradhan, Jose Vigano, Dhairya Shrivastava, Mark David Mendenhall
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Patent number: 11415949Abstract: Optically controllable windows and an associated window control system provide a building security platform. A window controller or other processing device can monitor for window breakage, cameras associated with windows can monitor for intruders, and transparent displays can provide alerts regarding detected activity within a building. A window control system can detect deviations from expected UV characteristics of an optically controllable window during normal operation of the window (tint transitions, steady state conditions, etc.) and/or during application of a security-related perturbing event, and provide alerts upon their occurrence.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Gordon E. Jack, Rob Puth, Illayathambi Kunadian, Oner Bicakci, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Fabian Strong, Brandon Tinianov, Joseph Lunardi
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Publication number: 20220252952Abstract: Electrochromic device (550) having at least one multi-layer conductor (560,580) with a metal layer (564,584) between a first transparent conductive oxide layer (562,566,582,586) and a second transparent conductive oxide layer (562,566,582,586) and optionally having one or more tuning layers adjacent the metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: View, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Anshu A. Pradhan, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robin Friedman, Gordon E. Jack, Dane Thomas Gillaspie
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Publication number: 20220244609Abstract: Bus bar configurations and fabrication methods for non-rectangular shaped (e.g., triangular, trapezoidal, circular, pentagonal, hexagonal, arched, etc.) optical devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Abhishek Anant Dixit, Todd William Martin, Anshu A. Pradhan, Gordon E. Jack, Yashraj Bhatnagar
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Publication number: 20220187671Abstract: 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. Pre-wired spacers improve fabrication efficiency and seal integrity of insulated glass units. Electrical connection systems include those embedded in the secondary seal of the insulated glass unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, David Walter Groechel, Anshu A. Pradhan, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robert T. Rozbicki
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Publication number: 20220136319Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus for testing an insulated glass unit is provided. The apparatus includes a housing and a port coupled to the housing, where the port is configured to couple with a pigtail of an insulated glass unit. The apparatus includes a battery housed within the housing, where the battery is configured to provide power to an insulated glass unit. The apparatus includes an input interface which is coupled to the housing, where the input interface is configured to receive. The apparatus includes a controller which is housed within the housing and is configured to receive the input from the input interface, send commands to an insulated glass unit, and receive data from the insulated glass unit. The apparatus also includes one or more indicators coupled with the housing, where the one or more indicators are configured to indicate a status of the insulated glass unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Kevin Kazuo Kaneshiro, Gordon E. Jack
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Patent number: 11255120Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus for testing an insulated glass unit is provided. The apparatus includes a housing and a port coupled to the housing, where the port is configured to couple with a pigtail of an insulated glass unit. The apparatus includes a battery housed within the housing, where the battery is configured to provide power to an insulated glass unit. The apparatus includes an input interface which is coupled to the housing, where the input interface is configured to receive. The apparatus includes a controller which is housed within the housing and is configured to receive the input from the input interface, send commands to an insulated glass unit, and receive data from the insulated glass unit. The apparatus also includes one or more indicators coupled with the housing, where the one or more indicators are configured to indicate a status of the insulated glass unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Kevin Kazuo Kaneshiro, Gordon E. Jack
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Publication number: 20220019117Abstract: Electromagnetic-shielding, electrochromic windows comprising one or more multi-layer conductors with an electromagnetic shielding stack for blocking electromagnetic communication signals through the windows.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Robert T. Rozbicki, Anshu A. Pradhan, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robin Friedman, Gordon E. Jack, Dane Thomas Gillaspie
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Patent number: 11054711Abstract: Electromagnetic-shielding, electrochromic windows comprising a first multi-layer conductor, an electrochromic stack disposed on the first multi-layer conductor, and a second multi-layer conductor, wherein the one or more multi-layer conductors with an electromagnetic shielding stack configured to be activated to block electromagnetic communication signals through the windows.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Robert T. Rozbicki, Anshu A. Pradhan, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robin Friedman, Gordon E. Jack, Dane Thomas Gillaspie
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Publication number: 20210200053Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani
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Publication number: 20210191216Abstract: Embodiments described include bus bars for electrochromic or other optical state changing devices. The bus bars are configured to color match and/or provide minimal optical contrast with their surrounding environment in the optical device. Such bus bars may be transparent bus bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Gordon E. Jack, Disha Mehtani, Robin Friedman
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Publication number: 20210191214Abstract: Electrochromic devices with multi-layer conductors including one or more of a defect mitigation insulating layer, a color tuning layer and metal layer pair, and a transparent conductive oxide layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Anshu A. Pradhan, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robin Friedman, Gordon E. Jack, Dane Thomas Gillaspie
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Patent number: 10969645Abstract: Electrochromic devices comprise first and second conductors, wherein at least one of the first and second conductors is a multi-layered conductor. The electrochromic devices further comprise an electrochromic stack between the conductors adjacent to a substrate. The at least one multi-layered conductor comprises a metal layer sandwiched between a first non-metal layer and a second non-metal layer such that the metal layer does not contact the electrochromic stack.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: View, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Anshu A. Pradhan, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robin Friedman, Gordon E. Jack, Dane Thomas Gillaspie