Patents by Inventor Erich Robert Klawuhn

Erich Robert Klawuhn 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).

  • Publication number: 20240210781
    Abstract: System for controlling tinting of one or more zones of windows in a building based on clear sky models for the building site maintained on a cloud network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Jason David Zedlitz, Ranojoy Dutta, Yuyang Ying, Erich Robert Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown
  • Publication number: 20240201554
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Dillan Tinianov, Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Erich Robert Klawuhn
  • Patent number: 11947234
    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: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Tinianov, Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Erich Robert Klawuhn
  • Publication number: 20230408883
    Abstract: A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on lighting received through the tintable window into the room at the future time and space type in the room. The method also provides instructions over a network to transition tint of the tintable window to the tint level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason David Zedlitz, Erich Robert Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown
  • Publication number: 20230266633
    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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Erich Robert Klawuhn, Trevor Gustav Frank, Douglas S. Silkwood
  • Publication number: 20230244118
    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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Dillan Tinianov, Dhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Erich Robert Klawuhn
  • Publication number: 20230152654
    Abstract: Window controllers and methods for controlling tinting and other functions of tinting zones of multi-zone tintable windows and multiple tinting zones of a group of tintable windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Erich Robert Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason David Zedlitz, Trevor Gustav Frank, Charudatta Joshi, Thomas Anthony Gubiotti
  • Publication number: 20230004059
    Abstract: Window controllers and methods for controlling tinting and other functions of tinting zones of multi-zone tintable windows and multiple tinting zones of a group of tintable windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Erich Robert Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason David Zedlitz, Trevor Gustav Frank, Charudatta Joshi, Thomas Anthony Gubiotti