Patents by Inventor Virginie Marie Marguerite Mercier

Virginie Marie Marguerite Mercier 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).

  • Optical switching device
    Publication number: 20030227667
    Abstract: A description is given of a switching device (1) comprising a transparent substrate (3), a switching film (5) comprising a hydride of scandium and magnesium, covered with a palladium layer (7). By exchange of hydrogen, the switching film can be reversibly switched from a transparent state to a mirror-like state with zero transmission via an intermediate black absorbing state. The conversion between both states is reversible, and this phenomenon can be used, for example, in an optical switching element or sun roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Ouwerkerk, Anna-Maria Janner, Paul Van Der Sluis, Virginie Marie Marguerite Mercier
  • Optical switching device
    Patent number: 6608713
    Abstract: A description is given of a switching device (1) comprising a transparent substrate (3), a switching film (5) comprising a hydride of scandium and magnesium, covered with a palladium layer (7). By exchange of hydrogen, the switching film can be reversibly switched from a transparent state to a mirror-like state with zero transmission via an intermediate black absorbing state. The conversion between both states is reversible, and this phenomenon can be used, for example, in an optical switching element or sun roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martin Ouwerkerk, Anna-Maria Janner, Paul Van Der Sluis, Virginie Marie Marguerite Mercier
  • Optical switching device
    Publication number: 20020089732
    Abstract: A description is given of a switching device (1) comprising a transparent substrate (3), a switching film (5) comprising a hydride of scandium and magnesium, covered with a palladium layer (7). By exchange of hydrogen, the switching film can be reversibly switched from a transparent state to a mirror-like state with zero transmission via an intermediate black absorbing state. The conversion between both states is reversible, and this phenomenon can be used, for example, in an optical switching element or sun roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Ouwerkerk, Anna-Maria Janner, Paul Van Der Sluis, Virginie Marie Marguerite Mercier