Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-dimming system
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Application No.: US15110700Application Date: 2015-01-21
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Publication No.: US09678368B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Naoki Uchiyama , Tomomi Kanai
- Applicant: ATSUMITEC CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: ATSUMITEC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ATSUMITEC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Priority: JP2014-009465 20140122
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/051565 WO 20150121
- International Announcement: WO2015/111630 WO 20150730
- Main IPC: G02F1/01
- IPC: G02F1/01 ; G02F1/163 ; G02F1/153 ; H01M8/00 ; H01M8/06

Abstract:
To provide a self-dimming system including: a main body section which is configured by a pair of transparent substrates arranged to face each other and to be separated from each other, and a frame body holding the pair of transparent substrates and forming a gap together with the pair of transparent substrates; a dimming section which is arranged in the gap and provided with a dimming element whose optical properties are reversibly changed by hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of the dimming element; a power-generating equipment which is arranged in the main body section; a hydrogen suction and discharge section which, when receiving electric power generated in the power-generating equipment, generates hydrogen by performing electrolysis and supplies the hydrogen to the gap and which, when not receiving electric power generated in the power-generating equipment, generates electric power by using the hydrogen in the gap; and control means which controls whether or not electric power generated in the power-generating equipment is supplied to the hydrogen suction and discharge section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327817A1 SELF-DIMMING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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