| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359871000 |
With support
| 320 |
| 359850000 |
Plural mirrors or reflecting surfaces
| 251 |
| 359846000 |
Including specified control or retention of the shape of a mirror surface
| 84 |
| 359841000 |
Retractable vehicle mirror
| 69 |
| 359843000 |
Automatically adjustable in response to vehicle position, control, or indicator
| 42 |
| 359839000 |
With a transmitting property
| 32 |
| 359868000 |
With mirror surface of varied radius
| 32 |
| 359844000 |
On adjustable diverse vehicle portion or accessory
| 20 |
| 359884000 |
With selective absorption or transparent overcoating
| 20 |
| 359845000 |
Fluid cooled mirror
| 8 |
| 359842000 |
Mounted on vehicle having handlebars (e.g., bicycle, motorcycle, etc.)
| 8 |
| 359867000 |
Concave cylindrical or providing a line focus | 3 |
| 20100208375 | BEAM, METHOD FOR SECURING MIRROR-SUPPORTING ARMS TO THE BEAM, FRAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE BEAM FORMING PART OF A CYLINDRICAL PARABOLIC SOLAR COLLECTOR - The invention relates to a beam, a manner of securing the arms for supporting mirrors to the beam, a frame and a process for manufacturing the beam of a cylindrical parabolic solar collector. The beam ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120075734 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A mirror is provided and includes a first layer including reflective material and an adhesive backing, a second layer including one or more layers of a cloth or a non woven fiber matrix and polymer composite and a third layer including polystyrene foam spheres in a polymer matrix. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130265667 | CURVED REFLECTIVE MIRROR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A curved reflective mirror includes a flat glass structure, an intermediate adhesive layer, and a flat glass mirror. The intermediate adhesive layer is positioned between the flat glass structure and the flat glass mirror. The flat glass structure, the intermediate adhesive layer, and the flat glass mirror are curved and deformed in a mechanical manner with the support of a mold. The curved and deformed flat glass structure, intermediate adhesive layer, and flat glass mirror are solidified and bonded together in a heating and/or ultraviolet (UV) light radiation and/or room temperature solidification manner to form a composite curved structure. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a curved reflective mirror. The curved reflective mirror can be widely applied in the fields of solar thermal collection and concentration and solar thermal power generation. | 10-10-2013 |
| 359870000 |
Fracture resistant (e.g., shatterproof, etc.) | 3 |
| 20100027144 | Articles with protective coating - A first-surface mirror or other substrate includes protective coating and is for use in a solar collector, projection television, or the like. In certain example embodiments, a protective coating is formed over a reflective coating of a first surface mirror. In other aspects, this application is related to other coated articles, including, for example, articles (such as insulating glass (IG) window units) having coatings providing for low emissivity. In certain example embodiments, the protective coating may comprise organic materials containing alkyl chains or fluoro-alkyl chains and reactive functionalities comprising silicon and/or phosphorous so as to protect the reflective coating and improve durability. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20140293466 | Rigid Deformable Reflectors and Methods of Manufacturing Thereof - A rigid deformable reflector for heating a target, the rigid deformable reflector having a reflective surface capable of being rigidly deformed, a backing surface capable of supporting the reflective surface, and a concave shape. A method of deforming a rigid deformable reflector utilizing a deforming mechanism, wherein the rigid deformable reflector has a reflective surface and the deforming mechanism has a base and an actuator, the method having the steps of: placing a rigid deformable reflector onto the deforming mechanism, and activating the actuator thereby causing a first force to be applied to the rigid deformable reflector and deforming the shape of the rigid deformable reflector beyond its elastic limit. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150116853 | SAFETY AND FLEXIBLE MIRROR STRUCTURE WITH FLEXIBLE BACK PAD - A safety and flexible mirror structure with a flexible back pad, comprises: a reflective material layer, which is a coating material that reflects light and has two surfaces; a flexible transparent material layer, which integrates with one of the two surfaces of the reflective material layer, and the flexible transparent material layer is transparent and reflects allochthonous images; and a flexible back pad layer, which integrates with another surface of the reflective material layer and makes the safety and flexible mirror structure to be shatterproof. | 04-30-2015 |
| 359840000 |
Back to back | 1 |
| 20160004033 | GLASS MIRROR APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A GLASS MIRROR APPARATUS - Example methods of manufacturing a glass mirror apparatus includes the step of providing a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. The method further includes the step of applying a reflective layer to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror. In further examples, a glass mirror apparatus comprises a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. A reflective layer applied to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror. | 01-07-2016 |
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| 20080212213 | Light-Shielding Highly Reflective Multilayer Sheet, and Thermoformed Body and Case Using Same - The present invention provides a light shielding highly reflective laminated sheet, which is a multilayer sheet comprising at least two layers, wherein the total light reflectance (Y value) of the surface of the first layer is 96% or more, the total light reflectance (Y value) of the surface of the outermost layer opposite to the first layer in the multilayer sheet is 30% or less and the total light transmittance of the laminated sheet is 0.3% or less, and a thermomolded article and a case using thereof. In application to light reflection for a liquid crystal backlight unit and the like, the light shielding highly reflective laminated sheet, the thermomolded article and the case using thereof of the present invention can prevent light leakage from a lamp holder portion and also make it possible to integrate a plurality of components of the backlight unit into a single body owing to improved workability of the sheet. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080218887 | Broadband asymmetric mirrors - An asymmetric mirror is composed of a dielectric substrate [ | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080231977 | Reflective Layer - A reflective layer for attenuating electromagnetic radiation, the layer comprising at least one reflective component, the latter being selected from the group containing the following substances: carbon particles or fibers, in particular carbon black and/or graphite and/or an electrically conductive graphite compound, metal particles and/or fibers, in particular copper, aluminum, steel, titanium and/or iron particles of fiber and metal alloy particles. The reflective layer is characterized in that it attenuates electromagnetic radiation in a 200 Hz to 10 Ghz range by more than 10 Db, that it is watertight and permeable to water vapor, in addition to being resistant to the elements and designed to produce a potential compensation. The invention also relates to a method for assembling the reflective layer. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231978 | Mirror and Representations - A mirror is combined with a mirror decoration. The mirror decoration may be secured to the mirror. The mirror decoration is comprised of one or more mirror decoration pieces. The one or more mirror decoration pieces are adapted to be assembled on the mirror to form one or more representations. A user in front of the mirror can view himself or herself within a composite image comprised of his or her reflected image in the mirror and a representation created by the mirror decoration. The one or more pieces of each mirror decoration may be used interchangeably with other pieces from the same mirror decoration or with other pieces from other mirror decorations, so as to form one or more representation. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080247066 | Method and apparatus for compensation of mechanical disturbances in optical interferometers - A fundamental limit to the sensitivity of optical interferometry is thermal noise that drives fluctuations in the positions of the surfaces of the interferometer's mirrors, and thereby in the phase of the intracavity field. A scheme for substantially reducing this thermally driven phase noise is provided in which the strain-induced phase shift from a mirror's optical coating cancels that due to the concomitant motion of the substrate's surface. As such, although the position of the physical surface may fluctuate, the optical phase upon reflection can be largely insensitive to this motion. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080266685 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH HEATER ELEMENT - A mirror reflective element system includes a fourth surface electrically conductive element disposed at the fourth surface and in conductive continuity with a second or third surface electrically conductive coating of the second or third surface, respectively. A heating element at the fourth surface comprises an electrically conductive heating element that generates heat to heat a portion of said heating element when powered. First and second electrically conductive contact elements connect to first and second electrically conductive elements at the fourth surface of the rear substrate such that electrically conductive continuity is established between the electrically conductive contact elements and the respective electrically conductive elements when the heating element is attached to the fourth surface. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080285164 | Light Reflecting Board - A technology for preventing cracks from occurring in a light reflector plate fabricated by forming a synthetic resin reflector plate into a three-dimensional shape and effectively preventing deformation of this light reflector plate is provided. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090052070 | HEATABLE MIRROR - Electrically heatable mirror comprising a clear soda-lime glass sheet coated on one of its surface sides by a silver-based reflective layer and on the other surface side by an electrically conductive layer adapted to dissipate no more than (25) to (90) W/m | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100033854 | REFLECTIVE SURFACE - The invention relates to a reflective surface substantially perpendicular to a vector field described by the equation: and a computer program for forming the reflective surface. The reflective surface is capable of providing a substantially undistorted wide-angle field of view. It is particularly useful as a diver's side mirror of a vehicle to provide an enlarged, substantially undistorted field of view which may be used to reduce or eliminate blind spots. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100053785 | LIGHT REFLECTING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT REFLECTING DEVICE - Provided is a light reflecting plate capable of reducing glare of reflected light while maintaining high light reflectance by regular reflection. The light reflecting plate includes a base, a light reflecting layer that is formed on the base and made of silver or silver alloy, or aluminum or aluminum alloy, in which arithmetic average roughness (Ra) is 0.10 to 0.30 μm and arithmetic average waviness (Wa) is 0.30 to 2.50 μm on a surface of the light reflecting layer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100073788 | VOID-CONTAINING RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND REFLECTIVE PLATE - A void-containing resin molded product consisting of a polymer having crystallinity, wherein the void-containing resin molded product has elongated voids whose longitudinal directions are aligned in one direction, wherein the elongated voids satisfy the expression h(avg)>T/100, where h(avg) denotes an arithmetic average of h(i)s which each denote a distance from a surface of the void-containing resin molded product to a center of each of 10 voids whose centers are closer to the surface of the void-containing resin molded product than are centers of any other voids in a cross-section of the void-containing resin molded product that is perpendicular to a direction in which the voids are aligned, the 10 voids being selected from voids in a region defined by one straight line which is parallel to a thickness direction of the void-containing resin molded product and another straight line which is parallel to and distant by 20×T from the one straight line; and T denotes an arithmetic average thickness of the cross-section, and wherein the elongated voids have a ratio L/r of 10 or more, where L denotes an average length of the voids (in μm) in a direction in which the voids are aligned, and r denotes an average length of the voids (in μm) in a thickness direction which is perpendicular to the direction in which the voids are aligned. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100091394 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH BUTTON MODULE - An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element, a bezel portion positioned around the perimeter of the reflective element, and a user input module disposed at the bezel portion. The bezel portion has a recess established at its surface that faces generally toward a driver of a vehicle when the mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle. The user input module is attached to the bezel portion at the recess and is at least partially received in the recess. The user input module includes at least one user input that is actuatable by a user to engage and actuate electronic circuitry of the user input module. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100246036 | Preliminary Controlled Pre-Deformation Treatment for the Production of Mirrors - A method for the production of mirrors entails performing a preliminary controlled pre-deformation treatment of an optical system, consisting of the following phases: calculation of the deformation of the optical system due to a selected reflecting treatment; design of a deforming layer such as to produce on the optical system a deformation opposite to the one caused by the selected reflecting treatment; and deposition on the optical system of a deforming layer on which the selected reflecting treatment will subsequently be deposited. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110007410 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION-MOLDING, LIGHT REFLECTOR BASE AND LIGHT REFLECTOR - The present invention provides a polyester resin composition for injection-molding which is excellent in mold releasability, and is capable of providing light reflectors which are excellent in apparent luminance and reflectivity, and suppressed in hazing even used under high temperatures. A polyester resin composition for injection-molding comprising, (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyester resin, (B) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of zirconium silicate having an average primary particle size of 10 μm or smaller and (C) 0 to 5 parts by weight of a chelating agent capable of forming a chelate with mono- to tetra-valent metal ions. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110261473 | Articles Having Improved Corrosion Resistance - The present application relates to a method for enhancing metal corrosion resistance of a metal deposited on a substrate, the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising metal oxide nano-particles. Furthermore, the present application relates to a method for making a mirror comprising a substrate having a metal coated thereon, wherein the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising metal oxide nano-particles. Preferably, the metal oxide nano-particles are selected from one or more oxides of zinc, iridium, tin, aluminum, cerium, chromium, vanadium, titanium, iron, indium, copper, gold, palladium, platinum, manganese, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, molybdenum, rhodium, silver, indium, wolfram, iridium, lead, bismuth, samarium, erbium, or mixtures of these materials. In addition, the present application relates to the products obtainable by these methods. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120120514 | STRUCTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REFLECTING THIN-FILM ON A SURFACE OF A MACROSCOPIC OBJECT, METHOD FOR FABRICATING A STRUCTURE, AND USES FOR THE SAME - A structure comprising at least one reflecting thin-film on a surface of a macroscopic object is disclosed. The surface of the macroscopic object, without the at least one thin-film, reflects less than 50% of incident light in the visible wavelength band and is opaque, and reflection of visible light from the surface of the macroscopic object, with the at least one thin-film on the surface of the macroscopic object, is essentially spectrally uniform and flat over available viewing angles. The at least one thin-film is dielectric and essentially transparent to visible light, and the at least one thin-film is fabricated by exposing the surface of the macroscopic object to alternately repeating, essentially self-limiting, surface reactions of two or more precursors, for increasing the reflectance of specularly reflected visible light in the visible wavelength band from the surface. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120140350 | PRINTING PLATE AND MIRROR THEREOF - Disclosed are a printing plate and a mirror thereof, the printing plate including: printing portions for transferring an immersed solution, the printing portions being formed flat and arranged at regular intervals on one side of an upper part of the printing plate; and non-printing portions corresponding to a remaining area other than the printing portions, the non-printing portions being formed with at least two concavities and convexities respectively and arranged at regular intervals on the other side of the upper part of the printing plate. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120307386 | REFLECTION MEMBER - Provided is a reflection member including a silver reflective coating and having excellent thermal resistance. A reflection member ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130033773 | REFLECTOR HAVING HIGH RESISTANCE AGAINST WEATHER AND CORROSION EFFECTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a reflector ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130083411 | MIRROR WITH DIELECTRIC COATING - A mirror with a dielectric coating ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130120863 | SUBSTRATES FOR MIRRORS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY AND THEIR PRODUCTION - For the production of mirrors for EUV lithography, substrates are suggested having a mean relative thermal longitudinal expansion of no more than 10 ppb across a temperature difference ΔT of 15° C. and a zero-crossing temperature in the range between 20° C. and 40° C. For this purpose, at least one first and one second material having low thermal expansion coefficients and opposite gradients of the relative thermal expansion as a function of temperature are selected and a substrate is produced by mixing and bonding these materials. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130170056 | SUBSTRATE FOR MIRRORS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - Substrates suitable for mirrors which are used at wavelengths in the EUV wavelength range have a main body ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130222932 | WHITE LAMINATED POLYESTER FILM FOR REFLECTING SHEET - A white laminated polyester film for a reflecting sheet, includes a polyester layer (B) containing voids therein, and a polyester layer (A) laminated at least on one surface side of the layer (B), wherein: (1) the thickness of polyester layer (A) is from 5 to 15; (2) polyester layer (A) contains particles having a refractive index of 2.0 or more in an amount of 3 to 15% by weight; (3) the thickness of polyester layer (B) is 150 μm or more; (4) the amount of particles having a refractive index of 2.0 or more contained in polyester layer (B) is 2% or less by weight; and (5) polyester layer (B) contains therein a resin which is not soluble in polyester resin in an amount of 12 to 25% by weight and/or inorganic particles having a refractive index less than 2.0 in an amount of 30 to 50% by weight. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222933 | FILM MIRROR, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FILM MIRROR, AND REFLECTION DEVICE FOR SOLAR POWER GENERATION PURPOSES - A film mirror, includes: a resin base material; and at least an adhesive layer, a silver reflective layer and a protection layer that are provided as component layers in this order on a resin base material, wherein surface roughness (Ra) of a light incident side of each of the resin base material, the silver reflective layer and the protection layer is 0.005 to 0.04 μm. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130271863 | FLYCUTTING GROOVE MACHINING METHOD AND FLYCUTTING MIRROR FINISHING METHOD ON FILM-LIKE WORKPIECE - The present invention is a flycutting mirror finishing method on a film-like workpiece, comprising: mounting a flycutting jig, on which a flycutting tool has been mounted, on a rotary spindle; and controlling a rotation of the rotary spindle and a position of the film-like workpiece relative to the rotary spindle; wherein, in order that the flycutting tool forms a mirror surface on a side edge surface of the film-like workpiece, the position of the film-like workpiece relative to the rotary spindle is moved in parallel with the mirror surface. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271864 | MIRROR - Mirrors with no copper layer according to the present invention comprise a glass substrate, a silver coating layer provided at a surface of the glass substrate and at least two paint layers covering the silver coating layer, the outermost paint layer comprising a polyurethane resin based paint. They are characterised in that the paint layers are free of alkyd resin and in that the first paint layer closest to the silver coating layer has a thickness of at least 10 μm. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130301151 | SUBSTRATE FOR AN EUV-LITHOGRAPHY MIRROR - Substrates suitable for mirrors used at wavelengths in the EUV wavelength range have substrates ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130342925 | ADHESIVE FILM FOR REFLECTION SHEET AND REFLECTION SHEET USING THE SAME - An adhesive film for a reflection sheet and a reflection sheet using the adhesive film is provided. The adhesive film comprises a plastic base film having a heat shrinkage of −0.1 to 0.5% at 150° C. in machine and transverse directions; an adhesive layer formed on one side of the base film by applying an adhesive composition; and an anchor coating layer formed on the other side of the base film, opposite to the side on which the adhesive layer is formed. The adhesive film for a reflection sheet is manufactured by applying an adhesive composition on a plastic base film where heat shrinkage is controlled. Thus, the adhesive film has superior dimensional stability at a high temperature and excellent workability in a post process for laminating a reflection layer. Partial detachment does not occur when an adhesive layer is detached from an adherent, and stable physical properties can be achieved. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140029122 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT REFLECTOR, FORMED ARTICLE FOR LIGHT REFLECTOR, LIGHT REFLECTOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FORMED ARTICLE FOR LIGHT REFLECTOR - Thermoplastic resin composition for a light reflector such as a housing, reflector, and extension of an automotive lamp, and a lighting fixture. The composition contains 2 to 45 parts by mass of an inorganic filler treated with a fatty acid type surface treating agent and has an average diameter of not more than 3 μm, per 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin. The housing reflector made from such thermoplastic resin composition shows excellent surface smoothness, surface luster and surface image clarify. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140043704 | SPHERICAL MECHANICAL LINKAGE AND MULTI-AXIS TRACKERS - Spherical mechanical linkages may include a yoke defining a first axis and a second axis, a crank rotatably coupled to the yoke about the first axis; a deflecting member that defines a plane and that is coupled to the crank along a third axis, and a rocking frame slideably coupled to the yoke in the plane defined by the deflecting member and rotatably coupled to the yoke about the second axis. One or more components of the spherical mechanical linkage may be symmetric about an axis. A payload, such as a mirror or a camera, can be mounted on the linkage as part of a multi-axis tracker. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140160585 | FIRST SURFACE MIRROR, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND SCANNER AND/OR COPIER INCLUDING THE SAME - A first surface mirror including for example a substrate, a reflective layer (including aluminum, an aluminum alloy, silver, and/or a silver alloy), a dielectric layer, and an overcoat layer, a method of making the same, and a scanner and/or copier including the same are provided. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140211332 | MIRROR - Mirrors having at least one of: (a) a reflective film including a first layer of or including aluminum and a second layer of or including silver or the like, and/or (b) a color tuning layer between first and second layers. The mirrors may be second surface mirrors in certain example embodiments. The mirrors may be flat or bent in different instances, and may or may not be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered and/or thermally bent). | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140233119 | MIRROR HAVING REFLECTIVE LAYER OF OR INCLUDING SILICON ALUMINUM - Embodiments relate to mirrors having a reflective layer of or including silicon aluminum (e.g., SiAl). The mirrors may be first surface mirrors, or second surface mirrors. The mirrors may be flat or bent in different instances, and may or may not be heat treated. In certain example instances, such mirrors may be used in interior residential, commercial, appliance, and/or other applications. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240858 | MIRROR - The invention relates to a mirror including a glass substrate covered with a silver layer, which is in turn covered with at least one paint layer, wherein the intensity ratio of the crystallographic orientations (111)/(200) within the silver layer is less than 5.0. Said mirror is characterized in that the silver layer has a correlation length (CLz) (111), as measured by X-ray diffraction using the Scherrer method (i.e., using the Scherrer equation) of greater than 27.0 nm. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140300978 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE IN THIN FILMS - A thin film comprising a layer of dielectric material having electrically conductive inclusions, wherein the thin film has a first reflectivity due to surface plasmon resonance, and wherein the thin film is configured to provide one or more selected regions having a second reflectivity due to surface plasmon resonance. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140307343 | VISUAL POSITIONING WITH DIRECTION ORIENTATION NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A visualization system is provided for permitting a driver of a vehicle to observe a 180 degree rearward view of his or her vehicle and surroundings. The visualization system can include a display device which provides a 180 degree substantially rearward view. The 180 degree substantially rearward view can be seamless and/or undistorted. The display device can be positioned within the vehicle in front of the driver. The display device can be mounted on the inside surface of a windshield of the vehicle. At least a portion of the display device can be positioned above the eyes of the driver of the vehicle when the driver is seated in the driver's seat of the vehicle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150070794 | TOUCH PANEL AND DECORATION PANEL THEREOF - A touch panel, having a transparent region and a decoration region disposed on at least one side of the transparent region, includes a first substrate, a first decoration layer, a touch sensing unit, a first conductive line and a first opaque reflection layer. The first decoration layer is disposed on the first substrate and the first decoration layer is disposed in the decoration region. The touch sensing unit is at least disposed in the transparent region. The first conductive line is disposed in the decoration region and electrically connected to the touch sensing unit. The first opaque reflection is disposed on the first decoration layer and the first opaque reflection is disposed in the decoration region. The first decoration layer is disposed between the first substrate and the first opaque reflection layer. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150085389 | METHOD FOR STRUCTURING A NON-METAL OMNIDIRECTIONAL MULTILAYER MIRROR - A method for structuring an omnidirectional non-metal mirror for any predetermined wavelength or range of wavelengths. The mirror having at least two layers of different non-metal materials, with an elementary matrix associated to each layer, including physical parameters of the layer and parameters of the light passing through the layer. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150092286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING A THIN FILM MIRROR - Systems and methods for constructing a thin film mirror are provided. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber having edges. Adjacent the vacuum chamber is at least one extender having an edge that is spaced from and extending beyond the adjacent edge of the vacuum chamber in two directions. In this manner, the thin film does not contact the vacuum chamber until force is applied to the thin film, such as by mechanical tensioning mechanisms or application of a partial vacuum. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150109693 | DURABLE SOLAR MIRROR FILMS - The present disclosure generally relates to durable solar mirror films, methods of making durable solar mirror films, and constructions including durable solar mirror films. In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a solar mirror film comprising: a multilayer optical film layer including having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion of less than about 30 ppm per percent relative humidity; and a reflective layer having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150124343 | DURABLE SOLAR MIRROR FILMS - The present disclosure generally relates to durable solar mirror films, methods of making durable solar mirror films, and constructions including durable solar mirror films. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a solar mirror film comprising: a weatherable layer having a first major surface and a second major surface; regions of reflective material adjacent to the first major surface of the weatherable layer; and regions of the first major surface of the weatherable layer substantially lacking reflective material. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a weatherable layer having a first major surface and a second major surface; wherein the first major surface includes a bulk region and an edge region; and a reflective material adjacent to the bulk region of the first major surface of the weatherable layer and substantially absent from the edge region. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20190146128 | SMART MIRROR | 05-16-2019 |
