Connectors for smart windows
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorStephen C. 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.
Claims6
A wire assembly for an electrochromic window, the wire assembly comprising:
- a. a first connector configured to reside in the secondary seal of an insulated glass unit when installed;
- b. a second connector configured to mate with the first connector;
- c. at least two wires between the first and second connectors;
- d. a third connector at the distal end of the at least two wires;
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- e. a memory or an integrated circuit,
- wherein the memory or the integrated circuit is in one of the first, second or third connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.