	US 11,874,579 B2
	Electrochromic multi-layer devices with current modulating structure
Howard S. Bergh, Hayward, CA (US); Jonathan Ziebarth, Hayward, CA (US); and Nicolas Timmerman, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to HALIO, INC., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/098,842.
Application 15/362,677 is a division of application No. 13/961,718, filed on Aug. 7, 2013, granted, now 9,507,233, issued on Nov. 29, 2016.
Application 17/098,842 is a continuation of application No. 16/532,073, filed on Aug. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,838,280.
Application 16/532,073 is a continuation of application No. 15/967,002, filed on Apr. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,372,006, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Application 15/967,002 is a continuation of application No. 15/362,677, filed on Nov. 28, 2016, granted, now 9,958,751, issued on May 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0072610 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/15 (2019.01); G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G09G 3/19 (2006.01); G02F 1/153 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G02F 1/155 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); B32B 17/06 (2006.01); G02F 1/1345 (2006.01)

CPC G02F 1/1533 (2013.01) [B32B 17/06 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G02F 1/1345 (2013.01); G02F 1/153 (2013.01); G02F 1/155 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G02F 2201/122 (2013.01); G02F 2201/14 (2013.01); G02F 2202/16 (2013.01); G02F 2203/01 (2013.01); Y02A 10/00 (2018.01); Y02A 30/24 (2018.01); Y02B 80/00 (2013.01); Y02B 80/10 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. An electrochromic device comprising a first substrate, a first electrically conductive layer, a first current modulating structure, a first electrode layer, a second electrically conductive layer and a second substrate, the first current modulating structure being between the first electrically conductive layer and the first electrode layer, the first current modulating structure comprising a first cross-layer resistance that varies as a function of position in the first current modulating structure, wherein a first contour map of the first cross-layer resistance as a function of position within the first current modulating structure contains a first set of isoresistance lines and a first set of resistance gradient lines normal to the first set of isoresistance lines, and the first cross-layer resistance along a gradient line in the first set of gradient lines generally increases, generally decreases, generally increases until it reaches a maximum and then generally decreases, or generally decreases until it reaches a minimum and then generally increases.