Patents by Inventor Thomas Doublein
Thomas Doublein 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: 11947235Abstract: A method of operating an electrochromic device comprising: coupling a logic device to the electrochromic device; applying a voltage to the electrochromic device; receiving a current from the electrochromic device in response to the provided voltage; and with the logic device, determining an exact operating condition of the electrochromic device from the received current. A method of operating a plurality of electrochromic devices comprising: adjusting a frequency of voltage applied to the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrochromic devices is adjusted by a different frequency; measuring a duration of time required to change tint states of each of the electrochromic devices; and identifying a location of each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in response to the measured duration of time required to change the tint states of each of the electrochromic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Yigang Wang, Bryan D. Greer, Peter E. Bocek, Jean-Christophe Giron, Thomas Doublein
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Publication number: 20230161214Abstract: A method of operating an electrochromic device comprising: coupling a logic device to the electrochromic device; applying a voltage to the electrochromic device; receiving a current from the electrochromic device in response to the provided voltage; and with the logic device, determining an exact operating condition of the electrochromic device from the received current. A method of operating a plurality of electrochromic devices comprising: adjusting a frequency of voltage applied to the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrochromic devices is adjusted by a different frequency; measuring a duration of time required to change tint states of each of the electrochromic devices; and identifying a location of each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in response to the measured duration of time required to change the tint states of each of the electrochromic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yigang WANG, Bryan D. Greer, Peter E. Bocek, Jean-Christophe Giron, Thomas Doublein
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Patent number: 11567386Abstract: A method of operating an electrochromic device comprising: coupling a logic device to the electrochromic device; applying a voltage to the electrochromic device; receiving a current from the electrochromic device in response to the provided voltage; and with the logic device, determining an exact operating condition of the electrochromic device from the received current. A method of operating a plurality of electrochromic devices comprising: adjusting a frequency of voltage applied to the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrochromic devices is adjusted by a different frequency; measuring a duration of time required to change tint states of each of the electrochromic devices; and identifying a location of each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in response to the measured duration of time required to change the tint states of each of the electrochromic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Yigang Wang, Bryan D. Greer, Peter Bocek, Jean-Christophe Giron, Thomas Doublein
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Publication number: 20230013577Abstract: An electrochemical device and method of forming said device is disclosed. The method can include providing a substrate and stack overlying the substrate. The stack can include a first transparent conductive layer over the substrate, a cathodic electrochemical layer over the first transparent conductive layer, an anodic electrochemical layer over the electrochromic layer, and a second transparent conductive layer overlying the anodic electrochemical layer. The method can include depositing an insulating layer over the stack and determining a first pattern for the second transparent conductive layer. The first pattern can include a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region can be the same material. The method can include patterning the first region of the second transparent conductive layer without removing the material from the first region. The first region can have a first resistivity and the second region can have a second resistivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Yigang Wang, Jean-Christophe Giron, Bryan D. Greer, Sebastian Marius Sarrach, Thomas Doublein
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Patent number: 11460748Abstract: An electrochemical device and method of forming said device is disclosed. The method can include providing a substrate and stack overlying the substrate. The stack can include a first transparent conductive layer over the substrate, a cathodic electrochemical layer over the first transparent conductive layer, an anodic electrochemical layer over the electrochromic layer, and a second transparent conductive layer overlying the anodic electrochemical layer. The method can include depositing an insulating layer over the stack and determining a first pattern for the second transparent conductive layer. The first pattern can include a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region can be the same material. The method can include patterning the first region of the second transparent conductive layer without removing the material from the first region. The first region can have a first resistivity and the second region can have a second resistivity.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Yigang Wang, Jean-Christophe Giron, Bryan D. Greer, Sebastian Marius Sarrach, Thomas Doublein
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Publication number: 20210231981Abstract: This disclose describes systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for controlling operations of an EC device with compensation for the hysteresis effect of the leakage current. A control module, coupled to the EC device, may be configured to develop a hysteresis model representing a hysteresis effect of a leakage current of the EC device, track one or more prior operating histories of the EC device, and transition the EC device to a target transmission level with compensation for the hysteresis effect of the leakage current based in part on a current transmission level, the one or more prior operating histories, and the hysteresis model of the EC device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Yigang Wang, Thomas Doublein, Carlijn L. Mulder, Frank McGrogan, Hannah Leung Ray, Peter Bocek
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Publication number: 20210173278Abstract: A method for controlling multiple electrochromic devices (ECDs) that have a variable tint profile. The method can include applying an initial test voltage profile to four or more bus bars of a first ECD, producing a first test tint profile in the first ECD in response to the initial test voltage profile, adjusting the initial test voltage profile to produce a first desired tint profile (DTP) in the first ECD, determining first modeling parameters based on the adjustments of the initial test voltage profile, modeling the first ECD based on the first modeling parameters, determining first compensation parameters via the first ECD model determining a first compensated voltage profile (CVP) by modifying the initial test voltage profile based on the first compensation parameters, and producing the first DTP in the first ECD in response to applying the first CVP to the first ECD.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Yigang Wang, Thomas Doublein
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Publication number: 20200209701Abstract: An electrochemical device and method of forming said device is disclosed. The method can include providing a substrate and stack overlying the substrate. The stack can include a first transparent conductive layer over the substrate, a cathodic electrochemical layer over the first transparent conductive layer, an anodic electrochemical layer over the electrochromic layer, and a second transparent conductive layer overlying the anodic electrochemical layer. The method can include depositing an insulating layer over the stack and determining a first pattern for the second transparent conductive layer. The first pattern can include a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region can be the same material. The method can include patterning the first region of the second transparent conductive layer without removing the material from the first region. The first region can have a first resistivity and the second region can have a second resistivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yigang WANG, Jean-Christophe Giron, Bryan D. Greer, Sebastian Marius Sarrach, Thomas Doublein