Patents by Inventor Naoko Aoki

Naoko Aoki 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: 20060291030
    Abstract: The light control device can improve visibility at the side faces of the pair of transparent substrates with transparent electrodes held in the gap between two transparent plates, irrespective of the number of the optical elements installed in the light control device. A light control device 10 according to the present invention comprises a plurality of optical elements 3 between two transparent plates 1, 2, in each of which a pair of transparent substrates 31, 32 with transparent electrodes 33, 34 are located so as to face each other and a light control layer 35 capable of changing the light transmitting state by electrically controlling the pair of transparent electrodes 33, 34 is disposed between the pair of transparent electrodes, wherein a transparent solid layer 8 is filled in a space formed in the gap between the two transparent plates 1, 2 and the transparent substrates 31, 32 have taper-shaped side faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Niiyama, Hiroshige Ito, Naoko Aoki