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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189255 | All solid state type reflection light control electrochromic element employing magnesium/titanium alloy and light control member The present invention provides an all solid state type reflection light control electrochromic element and a light control member that uses this element, relates to an all solid state type reflection light control electrochromic element, which is a magnesium/titaniu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8115985 | 2D/3D display device A 2D/3D display device is provided. The 2D/3D display device includes a flat display device and a parallax barrier panel disposed on a display surface of the flat display device. The parallax barrier panel has a barrier pattern which includes a first electrochromic ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8089682 | Electrochromic device using polyphthalate and process for preparing the same Example embodiments provide an electrochromic device using polyphthalate as an electrochromic material and a process for preparing the same. The electrochromic device in accordance with example embodiments enables the production of a solid nanoscale electrochromic d... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8072671 | Display device A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate. A first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate. An electrochromic material single layer is disposed on the first electrode layer, wherein the electrochromic material single layer has a plur... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8023171 | Devices containing compositions comprising cathodically coloring electrochromic polymers and binder polymers Electrically active, cathodically coloring electrochromic polymers are blended with a non-electrochromic, non-electrically conductive binder polymer to provide an electrochomic composition with greatly enhanced performance in an electrochromic device over time. It i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004742 | Electrochromic display device The present invention provides an electrochromic display device which can realize a reduction in color drift in storing images and has excellent memory properties. The electrochromic display device is an active matrix drive-type electrochromic display device contain... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999992 | Charge conducting medium An electrochromic assembly 32 is disclosed. The assembly comprises: first and second electrodes 22, 24, at least one electrode being transparent; a porous membrane 10 defining a plurality of pores, the membrane having a first refractive index an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995262 | Electrochromic display device Disclosed is an electrochromic display device comprising: a first substrate; a first electrode; a second substrate; a second electrode; and an electrochromic composition layer, wherein the device is of a passive matrix drive where the device performs a display by an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7944597 | Electrochromic materials and electrochromic devices using the same Disclosed herein are novel electrochromic materials. The electrochromic materials are viologens into which an imidazole derivative is asymmetrically introduced. The electrochromic materials can be used in a variety of electrochromic displays, including electrochromi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7894118 | Electrochromic compound, electrochromic composition and display device An electrochromic compound having in the molecule at least an adsorbable group, a redox chromophore and a spacer portion, and represented by the following General Formula (1): wherein A represents the adsorbable group, C re... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7884995 | Electrochromic device having an improved fill port plug An electrochromic device including: (a) a first substantially transparent substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; (b) a second substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; (c) an electrochromic medium ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7869114 | Electrochemical system comprising at least one partial making up zone Electrochromic device having at least one carrier substrate (S1) provided with a functional multilayer defining a deposition zone and comprising, in succession: a first electroconductive layer (1), (the one closest to... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7855821 | Electrochromic compounds and associated media and devices An electrochromic device having an electrochromic medium which includes a compound represented by the following formula: wherein R1-R10 are the same or different and comprise H, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, p... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7835059 | Tristate electrochromic device An electrochromic medium for use in a tristate electrochromic device, comprising: (a) at least one solvent; (b) at least one anodic material; (c) at least one cathodic material, wherein both of the anodic and cathodic materials are electroactive and at least one of ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826124 | Flexible panel based on electrochromic polymers A flexible electrochromic (EC) panel that is usable for a display device or for other applications in which at least a region of the panel is selectively caused to change opacity. An exemplary EC panel includes an electrochromic working layer or electrode formed of ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804635 | Electrochromic thin-film material One exemplary embodiment of an electrochromic thin-film material comprises a metal-chalcogen compound; and/or a mixture or solid solution of one or more metal-rich metal-chalcogen compounds and/or lithium. One or more of the metals comprise Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7782519 | Multi-color electrochromic apparatus and methods The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for multi-color electrochromic devices. In one embodiment, pixels of a first color electrochromic material (i.e. pigment) are arranged in first areas on a substrate with pixels of a second color electrochromic ma... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7751111 | Display element Provided is a display element which is drivable with simple components and at a relatively low voltage and exhibits high display contrast, enhanced white display reflectance, superior response speed and reduced image unevenness. The display element includes opposing... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7649669 | Display device A display device including a color filter having a multiple types of electrochromic dyes disposed on a pixel by pixel basis, the electrochromic dyes allowing reversible coloring or decoloring, and a light quantity control element for controlling an amount of light e... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7586667 | Electronic electrochromic device and method A solid-state electronic electrochromic device (ECD) operates electronically rather than relying on the ionic motion that is common in electrochromic devices. The electronic ECD has at least one active layer sandwiched between two electrodes. The active layer is mad... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573632 | Electrochromic mirror An electrochromic mirror 10 has a simple construction wherein only two layers of films, namely an electrochromic film 14 and an electrically conductive light reflecting film 16 are formed on a glass substrate 12, and a film thickness and ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567371 | Electrochromic compounds The invention concerns electrochromic compounds of the general formula I. These compounds may be used in electrochromic devices, especially electrochromic devices comprising nanostructured films. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7545551 | All-solid-state reflection-controllable electrochromic device and optical switchable component using it The present invention provides an all-solid-state reflection-controllable electrochromic device and a reflection-controllable member using that device, and the present invention relates to the all-solid-state reflection-controllable electrochromic device, which is a... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7518778 | Electrochromic arrangement Electrochromic arrangement containing an anionic polyelectrolyte that has been neutralized with lithium and can be applied from aqueous solution. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511874 | Electrochromic cell, its use in the realization of a glass pane or a rear-view mirror and its realization method The present invention concerns an electrochromic cell comprising a layer (4) of electrochromic material to which an electrolyte layer (3) is applied, means (7, 8, 9) being designed to establish a potential difference between these layers; said electrolyte comprises ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7505191 | Electrochromic monomers and polymers for a switchable window Syntheses of a new blue EC monomer (ProDOT-MePro), and a new red EC monomer (ProDOP-Et2) are described. Two additional new types of EC monomers based on 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene include fluorinated EC monomers and an EC monomer including silicon. EC polymer device... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7463400 | Electrochromic display device The invention provides an electrochromic display device having at least a pair of substrate electrodes and an electrolyte solution interposed between the pair of substrate electrodes. One substrate electrode of the pair of substrate electrodes has a porous structure... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7428090 | Electrochromic element Deterioration of characteristics due to repeated cycles of coloration and discoloration in an electrochromic element comprising an oxidative coloration layer composed of a nickel oxide and a electrolyte composed of a solid electrolyte is suppressed. A lower ITO tran... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420727 | Active matrix electrochromic display The present invention is an active matrix electrochromic display architecture where the active components are placed on the backplane of the display, thereby maximizing the viewable pixel area. The cathode of the electrochromic pixel is placed on top of the active c... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414771 | Adhesive ion-conducting layer for flexible electrochromic devices A flexible electrochromic device is disclosed, the device including a flexible substrate with at least one electrically conductive surface, and an adhesive ion-conducting layer including a) a polymer binder selected from the group of polyvinylpyrrolidone and copolym... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7372609 | Nanocrystalline metal oxide films and associated devices comprising the same A nanoporous-nanocrystalline film, comprising a nanoporous-nanocrystalline, semi-conducting metal oxide having a redox active material or redox chromophore attached thereto, wherein the redox active material or redox chromophore comprises at least one of an isocyana... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369295 | Electrochromic display An electrochromic display is disclosed which comprises an array side substrate (10) on which a pixel electrode (15) and an electrochromic layer (30) are formed, a color filter side substrate (50) on which a counter electrode (53) a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362491 | Heated glass panels and methods for making electrical contact with electro-conductive films A heated glass panel assembly according to one embodiment of the invention may include a substrate having an electro-conductive film provided thereon. A conductor is positioned in contact with the electro-conductive film. A resilient material is positioned in contac... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361413 | Electroluminescent device and methods for its production and use A luminescent device comprises an electroluminescent phosphor in operative contact with a light-emitting material wherein excitation of the electroluminescent phosphor by an alternating current electrical field causes the emission of light by the light-emitting mate... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352500 | Full-color electrochromic display with stacked in cell monochromic electrochromes A display device comprising a plurality of independently addressable pixels (1) comprising: a first substrate (2); a counter-electrode (3); second substrate (4); a stack of electrochromic layers (5a, 5b, 5 | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349144 | Exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly An exterior electrochromic reflective mirror element for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly comprises an electrochromic cross-linked polymeric solid film disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. The electrochromic cross-linked polymeric ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342708 | Electrochromic device using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and derivatives thereof The present invention relates to complementary electrochromic devices comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and derivatives thereof as a cathodically coloring layer and an indium hexacyanometallate or transition metal hexacyanometallate as an anodically colori... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333257 | Device for contacting patterned electrodes on porous substrates A method for contacting patterned electrode devices includes the steps of providing a porous substrate, depositing electrically conductive material to form at least one electrode on a front-side of the porous substrate and depositing at least one electrically conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326473 | Organic electroluminescent devices An organic electroluminescent (EL) device comprising at least one luminescent layer of an organic compound, the luminescent layer being positioned between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode opposed to the cathode electrode, and an organic layer positioned ad... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317566 | Electrode with transparent series resistance for uniform switching of optical modulation devices Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an... | 01/08/2008 |
