Patents by Inventor Heinz Strinitz

Heinz Strinitz 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).

  • Electrochromic light valve and method of manufacturing it as well as its use
    Patent number: 5631765
    Abstract: The invention makes available an electrochromic right valve (1) with an active electrochromic layer (2) and a passive electrochromic layer (3). Between the two electrochromic layers is an electrolyte (4). Each of the electrochromic layers is connected to an associated electrode (5, 6). The active electrochromic layer can accept electrons from its electrodes and ions of a particular element from the electrolyte to become reversibly colored. The passive electrochromic layer acts as a reservoir for ions of the species concerned, donating such ions to and accepting them from the electrolyte. At the operating temperature of the electrochromic light valve, the passive layer is super-saturated with the element which provides the ions of the species concerned. The invention also covers a method of manufacturing the electrochromic light valve and uses of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Gunter Baur, Peter Schlotter, Heinz Strinitz, Uta Weinberg