Connectors for smart windows
AssigneeView Operating Corporation
InventorStephen Clark Brown
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Abstract
This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.
Claims19
A window unit comprising:
- an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane;
- a wire assembly attached to an edge of the insulated glass unit and comprising wires in electrical communication with distinct electrodes of the optically switchable pane;
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- a first connector embedded in a secondary seal of the insulated glass unit, the first connector electrically coupled to the wires in electrical communication with the optically switchable pane, and wherein the first connector comprises a terminal face presenting two exposed contacts of opposite polarities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.