Electrochromic system

US6241916A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Claussen · Leverkusen, DE
• Horst Berneth · Leverkusen, DE
• Dietrich Haarer · Bayreuth, DE
• Jurgen Simmerer · Erlangen, DE
• Jochen Schaller · Lenggries, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F2001/15145
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The novel electrochromic system comprises at least one reducible and at least one oxidizable substance OX.sub.2 and RED.sub.1 respectively, which are linked with one another via a bridge member, and is outstandingly suitable for use in an electrochromic device.