Patents Assigned to View, Inc.
  • MULTI-ZONE EC WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20220195792
    Abstract: Thin-film devices, for example, multi-zone electrochromic windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. In certain cases, a multi-zone electrochromic window comprises a monolithic EC device on a transparent substrate and two or more tinting zones, wherein the tinting zones are configured for independent operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Robin Friedman, Vinod Khosla, Rao P. Mulpuri
  • MULTI-ZONE EC WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20220195791
    Abstract: Thin-film devices, for example, multi-zone electrochromic windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. In certain cases, a multi-zone electrochromic window comprises a monolithic EC device on a transparent substrate and two or more tinting zones, wherein the tinting zones are configured for independent operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Robin Friedman, Vinod Khosla, Rao Mulpuri
  • Connectors for smart windows
    Patent number: 11352834
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Brown, Mark A. Collins, Travis D. Wilbur, Alexander Rumer, Dennis Mullins
  • Combi-sensor systems
    Patent number: 11346710
    Abstract: Certain aspects pertain to a combination sensor comprising a set of physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure, and configured to measure solar radiation in different directions. The combination sensor also comprises a virtual facade-aligned sensor configured to determine a combi-sensor value at a facade of the structure based on solar radiation readings from the set of physical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: VIEW, INC.
    Inventors: Erich R. Klawuhn, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason Zedlitz, Stephen C. Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava
  • MULTI-SENSOR
    Publication number: 20220163385
    Abstract: Various implementations relate generally to multi-sensor devices. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device including a ring of radially-oriented photosensors. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device that is orientation-independent with respect to a central axis of the ring. Some implementations of the multi-sensor devices described herein further include one or more additional sensors. For example, some implementations include an axially-directed photosensor. Some implementations also can include one or more temperature sensors configured to sense an exterior temperature, for example, an ambient temperature of an outdoors environment around the multi-sensor. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations include one or more of an infrared sensor or infrared sensors, a cellular communication circuit, and a GPS module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Jason Zedlitz, Trevor Frank, Jue Wang, Alexander Rumer, Dennis Mullins, Kevin Kazuo Kaneshiro
  • Wirelessly powered and powering electrochromic windows
    Patent number: 11342791
    Abstract: Electrochromic windows powered by wireless power transmission and powering other devices by wireless power transmission are described along with wireless power transmission networks that incorporate these electrochromic windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Dhairya Shrivastava, Erich R. Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown, Yuyang Ying
  • Electrochromic devices on non-rectangular shapes
    Patent number: 11333948
    Abstract: Bus bar configurations and fabrication methods for non-rectangular shaped (e.g., triangular, trapezoidal, circular, pentagonal, hexagonal, arched, etc.) optical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Anant Dixit, Todd Martin, Anshu A. Pradhan, Gordon Jack, Yashraj Bhatnagar
  • Counter electrode for electrochromic devices
    Patent number: 11327382
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include nickel-tungsten-niobium-oxide (NiWNbO). This material is particularly beneficial in that it is very transparent in its clear state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Gillaspie, Sridhar K. Kailasam, Robert T. Rozbicki
  • ADHESIVE BUS BARS IN ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20220137472
    Abstract: Embodiments described include adhesive 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, provide better adhesion than ink based bus bars, as well as obviate the need to mitigate defects in underlaying layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Friedman, Anshu A. Pradhan, Imran Khan, Illayathambi Kunadian, Robert T. Rozbicki, Zoran Topalovic
  • Solar power dynamic glass for heating and cooling buildings
    Patent number: 11320713
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to systems for powering electrochromic windows in a building. Systems may include photovoltaic panels configured to generate electrical power, energy storage device(s) configured for storing generated power, and one or more controllers on a network of electrochromic windows that are configured to receive power from the energy storage device(s) and power tint transitions in one or more electrochromic windows. Systems may include various additional circuit components described herein for regulating and/or controlling the generation, storage, and application of electric power. The systems and techniques described herein can be used to design networks of electrochromic windows that are hybrid-solar or off-the-grid (“OTG”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Tinianov, Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Erich R. Klawuhn
  • Wireless powered electrochromic windows
    Patent number: 11322981
    Abstract: Electrochromic windows powered by wireless power transmission are described, particularly, the combination of low-defectivity, highly-reliable solid state electrochromic windows with wireless power transmission. Wireless power transmission networks which incorporate electrochromic windows are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Rozbicki
  • Self-contained EC IGU
    Patent number: 11314139
    Abstract: Onboard EC window controllers are described. The controllers are configured in close proximity to the EC window, for example, within the IGU. The controller may be part of a window assembly, which includes an IGU having one or more EC panes, and thus does not have to be matched with the EC window, and installed, in the field. The window controllers described herein have a number of advantages because they are matched to the IGU containing one or more EC devices and their proximity to the EC panes of the window overcomes a number of problems associated with conventional controller configurations. Also described are self-meshing networks for electrochromic windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Erich R. Klawuhn, Trevor Frank, Douglas Silkwood
  • Bird friendly electrochromic devices
    Patent number: 11307475
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic windows that are bird friendly, as well as methods and apparatus for forming such windows. Bird friendly windows include one or more elements that make the window visible to birds so that the birds recognize that they cannot fly through the window. An electrochromic window includes one or more transparent substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is an electrochromic (EC) lite including an electrochromic device and a pattern formed on at least one of the substrates by a laser, the pattern including a first feature configured to provide a set of optical properties different than optical properties of the transparent substrate. The set of optical properties includes one or more characteristics of refractivity, reflectivity and diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gordon Halbert Mathew, Robert T. Rozbicki, Luis Vidal Ponce Cabrera, Anshu A. Pradhan, Abhishek Anant Dixit, Eithan Ritz
  • Multi-zone EC windows
    Patent number: 11306532
    Abstract: Thin-film devices, for example, multi-zone electrochromic windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. In certain cases, a multi-zone electrochromic window comprises a monolithic EC device on a transparent substrate and two or more tinting zones, wherein the tinting zones are configured for independent operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: VIEW, INC.
    Inventors: Dhairya Shrivastava, Robin Friedman, Vinod Khosla, Rao Mulpuri
  • INFRARED CLOUD DETECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220113184
    Abstract: Infrared cloud detector systems and methods for detecting cloud cover conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason David Zedlitz, Yuyang Ying, Jue Wang, Stephen Clark Brown
  • Tintable window system computing platform used for personal computing
    Patent number: 11300849
    Abstract: Resources of a system for controlling optically switchable windows may be used for a personal computing unit. The window system resources may include (i) a display associated with an optically switchable window, (ii) one or more processors of one or more controllers on a window network connected to a plurality of optically switchable windows in a building, wherein the one or more controllers are configured to vary tint states of the plurality of optically switchable windows in the building, (iii) memory of one or more controllers on the window network connected to the plurality of optically switchable windows in the building, and/or (iv) at least a part of the window network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitesh Trikha, Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Robert T. Rozbicki
  • Controllers for optically-switchable devices
    Patent number: 11300848
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to optically-switchable devices, and more particularly, to systems, apparatus, and methods for controlling optically-switchable devices. In some implementations, an apparatus for controlling one or more optically-switchable devices includes a processing unit, a voltage regulator and a polarity switch. The processing unit can generate: a command voltage signal based on a target optical state of an optically-switchable device, and a polarity control signal. The voltage regulator can receive power at a first voltage and increase or decrease a magnitude of the first voltage based on the command voltage signal to provide a DC voltage signal at a regulated voltage. A polarity switch can receive the DC voltage signal at the regulated voltage to maintain or reverse a polarity of the DC voltage signal based on the polarity control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: VIEW, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava
  • Flush-mount faceplate
    Patent number: D953844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Rao Mulpuri, Nitesh Trikha, Nayana Ghantiwala, Jue Wang, Anurag Gupta, Christopher La Fontaine Whittall, Jonathan Ambat Corpuz, Timothy Scott Hibbard
  • Mullion cover
    Patent number: D951889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Rao Mulpuri, Nitesh Trikha, Nayana Ghantiwala, Jue Wang, Anurag Gupta, Christopher La Fontaine Whittall, Jonathan Ambat Corpuz, Timothy Scott Hibbard
  • Transceiver tag
    Patent number: D954820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Mustafa, Erik J. Christensen, Himay Rashmikant Shukla, Jue Wang, Sajith Kamalnath Gopinathanasari, Aditya Dayal, Nitesh Trikha