A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Window opacity attenuation using microfluidic channels
A window has a pane of transparent material. A first set of microfluidic channels pass through a first area of the pane, and a second set of microfluidic channels pass through a second area of the pane. Microfluidic planes are in fluid communication with the first and second sets of microfluidic channels. A first pump is in fluid communication with the first set of microfluidic channels, and selectively moves a first fluid having a first level of opacity through the microfluidic planes via the first set of microfluidic channels. A second pump is in fluid communication with the second set of microfluidic channels, and selectively moves a second fluid having a second level of opacity through the microfluidic planes via the second set of microfluidic channels. Moving the second fluid into the microfluidic planes pushes the first fluid out of the microfluidic planes, thereby adjusting an opacity of the window.
Window opacity attenuation using microfluidic channels
A window has a pane of transparent material. A first set of microfluidic channels pass through a first area of the pane, and a second set of microfluidic channels pass through a second area of the pane. Microfluidic planes are in fluid communication with the first and second sets of microfluidic channels. A first pump is in fluid communication with the first set of microfluidic channels, and selectively moves a first fluid having a first level of opacity through the microfluidic planes via the first set of microfluidic channels. A second pump is in fluid communication with the second set of microfluidic channels, and selectively moves a second fluid having a second level of opacity through the microfluidic planes via the second set of microfluidic channels. Moving the second fluid into the microfluidic planes pushes the first fluid out of the microfluidic planes, thereby adjusting an opacity of the window.
Window opacity attenuation using microfluidic channels
BRIGGS SIMON A S (author) / HOOK JAMES K (author) / HUNT HAMISH C (author) / LINCOLN NICHOLAS K (author)
2017-02-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
F04B
Verdrängerkraft- und Verdrängerarbeitsmaschinen für Flüssigkeiten
,
POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS
/
B60J
WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES
,
Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge
/
E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
,
FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
/
G01J
Messen der Intensität, der Geschwindigkeit, der spektralen Zusammensetzung, der Polarisation, der Phase oder der Pulscharakteristik von infrarotem, sichtbarem oder ultraviolettem Licht
,
MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
/
G02B
Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte
,
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
/
G05D
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
,
Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen
Medical products storage device with viewing window having variable opacity
| European Patent Office | 2017
| Online Contents | 1996