Patents by Inventor Regine Garie

Regine Garie 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).

  • Patent number: 5276547
    Abstract: An electrochromic element useful in an electrochromic glass or mirror device and a process for making such element. The element is a five-layered structure including an electrolyte ion conducting layer interposed between first and second inorganic electrochromic layers which are interposed between a pair of conductive electrodes. The first and second inorganic electrochromic layers are different and are capable of exhibiting color-forming properties complementary to one another upon the incorporation of an alkali metal or Ag ion, a mixture of alkali metal or Ag ions or a mixture of alkali metal or Ag and hydrogen ions. The electrolyte ion conducting layer may be a copolymer of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or methyl glycidyl ether, and optionally a small amount of allyl glycidyl ether, along with an ionizable salt, or may be a polyurethane gel formed by reacting the copolymer with triisocyanate, along with an ionizable salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignees: Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine
    Inventors: Jean P. Couput, Guy Campet, Jean M. Chabagno, Daniel Muller, Maurice Bourrel, Ryan Dirkx, Didier Ferry, Regine Garie, Claude Delmas
  • Patent number: 5274493
    Abstract: An electrochromic element useful in an electrochromic glass or mirror device and a process for making such element. The element is a five-layered structure including an electrolyte ion conducting layer interposed between first and second inorganic electrochromic layers which are interposed between a pair of conductive electrodes. The second inorganic electrochromic layer is amorphous. The first and second inorganic electrochromic layers are different and are capable of exhibiting color-forming properties complementary to one another upon the incorporation of at least one H, Li, Na, K, Ag, Cu or Tl ion. The electrolyte ion conducting layer may be a copolymer of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or methyl glycidyl ether, and optionally a small amount of allyl glycidyl ether, along with an ionizable salt, or may be a polyurethane gel formed by reacting the copolymer with triisocyanate, along with an ionizable salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignees: Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Couput, Guy Campet, Jean M. Chabagno, Daniel Muller, Maurice Bourrel, Ryan R. Dirkx, Didier Ferry, Regine Garie, Claude Delmas, Catherine Geoffroy, Bertrand Morel, Josik Portier, Jean Salardenne