公开(公告)号：US10886423B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US15416303

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H02N6/00 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/04 ,  H02S20/26 ,  H01L31/048

Abstract: A system is provided that integrates an autonomous energy harvesting capacity in buildings in an aesthetically neutral manner. A unique set of structural features combine to implement a hidden energy harvesting system on a surface of the building to provide electrical power to the building, and/or to electrically-powered devices in the building. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.

公开(公告)号：US10770507B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16167397

申请日：2018-10-22

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H01L31/101 ,  H01L27/16 ,  H01L35/00 ,  H01J45/00

Abstract: An electrically-powered device, structure and/or component is provided that includes an attached electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element or component. The energy harvesting component provides a mechanism for generating autonomous renewable energy, or a renewable energy supplement, in the integrated circuit system, structure and/or component. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The energy harvesting component includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase an electrical power output.

公开(公告)号：US20190334039A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US16507010

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L31/0232 ,  B62D33/02 ,  H01L31/02 ,  B62D25/12 ,  B60L8/00 ,  H02S99/00 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H02S40/34 ,  B60J5/04 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  B62D25/06 ,  H02S40/22 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/0216

Abstract: A method is provided that integrates an autonomous energy harvesting capacity in vehicles in an aesthetically neutral manner. A unique set of structural features combine to implement a hidden energy harvesting system on a surface of the vehicle to provide electrical power to the vehicle, and/or to electrically-powered devices in the vehicle. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.

公开(公告)号：US10347777B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15416259

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L31/0232 ,  H02S99/00 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H02S40/34 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B62D25/12 ,  B62D25/06 ,  B62D33/02 ,  B60J5/04

Abstract: A method is provided that integrates an autonomous energy harvesting capacity in vehicles in an aesthetically neutral manner. A unique set of structural features combine to implement a hidden energy harvesting system on a surface of the vehicle to provide electrical power to the vehicle, and/or to electrically-powered devices in the vehicle. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.

公开(公告)号：US10249810B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US16024905

申请日：2018-07-01

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H01L35/34 ,  H01L35/02 ,  H01L25/04 ,  H01L25/00

Abstract: A method is provided for producing an electrically-powered device and/or component that is embeddable in a solid structural component, and a system, a produced device and/or a produced component is provided. The produced electrically powered device includes an attached autonomous electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly structure configured to transform thermal energy at any temperature above absolute zero to an electric potential without any external stimulus including physical movement or deformation energy. The autonomous electrical power source component provides a mechanism for generating renewable energy as primary power for the electrically-powered device and/or component once an integrated structure including the device and/or component is deployed in an environment that restricts future access to the electrical power source for servicing, recharge, replacement, replenishment or the like.

公开(公告)号：US09923514B1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15416491

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H02J7/35 ,  H01M10/46 ,  H02S40/22 ,  H02S40/38 ,  H02J3/38 ,  G02B5/26 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/02 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: H02S40/22 ,  G02B5/0242 ,  G02B5/0284 ,  G02B5/0294 ,  G02B5/206 ,  G02B5/26 ,  H01M10/465 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02J7/35 ,  H02S40/38 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: A system is provided that integrates a unique set of structural features for concealing self-powered sensor and communication devices in aesthetically neutral, or camouflaged, packages that include energy harvesting systems that provide autonomous electrical power to sensors, data processing and wireless communication components in the portable, self-contained packages. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.

公开(公告)号：US09726791B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US15006150

申请日：2016-01-26

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: G02F1/03 ,  G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/26 ,  G02F1/00 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/19 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B1/10 ,  G01J3/12

CPC classification number: G02B5/0242 ,  B32B7/02 ,  G01J1/0488 ,  G01J2003/1213 ,  G02B1/10 ,  G02B5/0263 ,  G02B5/0268 ,  G02B5/0284 ,  G02B5/0289 ,  G02B5/201 ,  G02B5/206 ,  G02B5/26 ,  G02B27/1006 ,  G02F1/0018 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/0102 ,  G02F1/0121 ,  G02F1/19 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L31/02161 ,  H01L31/02168 ,  H01L31/02327 ,  H02S40/00

Abstract: A system and method are provided for forming body structures including energy filters/shutter components, including energy/light directing/scattering layers that are actively electrically switchable. The filters or components are operable between at least a first mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the shutter components, appear substantially transparent when viewed from an energy/light incident side, and a second mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the energy filters or shutter components, appear opaque to the incident energy impinging on the energy incident side. The differing modes are selectable by electrically energizing, differentially energizing and/or de-energizing electric fields in a vicinity of the energy scattering layers, including electric fields generated between a pair of transparent electrodes sandwiching an energy scattering layer. Refractive indices of transparent particles, and the transparent matrices in which the particles are fixed, are tunable according to the applied electric fields.