US 11,899,330 B2
Multi-zone EC windows
Dhairya Shrivastava, Los Altos, CA (US); Robin Friedman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Vinod Khosla, Portola Valley, CA (US); and Rao Mulpuri, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/654,563.
Application 17/654,563 is a division of application No. 16/388,743, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,306,532.
Application 16/388,743 is a continuation of application No. 15/094,897, filed on Apr. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,301,871, issued on May 28, 2019.
Application 15/094,897 is a continuation of application No. 14/137,644, filed on Dec. 20, 2013, granted, now 9,341,912, issued on May 17, 2016.
Application 14/137,644 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2013/069913, filed on Nov. 13, 2013.
Application PCT/US2013/069913 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2013/031098, filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/740,651, filed on Dec. 21, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/725,980, filed on Nov. 13, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/610,241, filed on Mar. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195791 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/153 (2006.01); E06B 3/67 (2006.01); B23K 26/359 (2014.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G09F 23/02 (2006.01); G09F 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/153 (2013.01) [B23K 26/359 (2015.10); E06B 3/6715 (2013.01); E06B 3/6722 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G02F 1/1533 (2013.01); G09F 23/02 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2405 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G09F 19/227 (2021.05); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrochromic (EC) window comprising:
an EC device on a transparent substrate, the EC device comprising bus bars;
a region of the transparent substrate that is not covered by the EC device, the region capable of providing, when not mitigated, a bright spot or bright region when the EC device is tinted; and
an obscuring material over the region, wherein the obscuring material has a lower transmittance than the transparent substrate,
wherein the obscuring material comprises a thermochromic material.