US 12,437,741 B2
Energy efficient soundproofing window retrofits
Evelyn N. Wang, Cambridge, MA (US); Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US); Xuanhe Zhao, Allston, MA (US); Elise M. Strobach, Clear Lake, WI (US); Bikramjit S. Bhatia, Cambridge, MA (US); Lin Zhao, Revere, MA (US); Sungwoo Yang, Chattanooga, TN (US); Lee A. Weinstein, Somerville, MA (US); Thomas A. Cooper, Boston, MA (US); and Shaoting Lin, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,339.
Application 18/342,339 is a continuation of application No. 17/507,491, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,749,247.
Application 17/507,491 is a continuation of application No. 16/394,447, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,170,750, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,417, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144904 A1, May 2, 2024
Prior Publication US 2025/0182731 A9, Jun. 5, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G10K 11/168 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/168 (2013.01) [B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 9/045 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/20 (2013.01); B32B 2305/026 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/546 (2013.01); B32B 2307/72 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2417 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article, comprising:
a first sheet comprising glass; and
a slab comprising an aerogel comprising silica, wherein the slab is bonded to the first sheet, and wherein the slab is transmissive to at least some visible light.