ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,465, issued on June 24, was assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC (Golden, Colo.).
"Photovoltaic devices for switchable windows" was invented by Lance Michael Wheeler (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a switchable photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first active material and a static PV device that includes a second active material, where the switchable PV device and the static PV device are positioned substantially parallel to one another, the switchable PV device has a first state that is substantially transparent to a first wavelength of light in t...