| US 7,573,632 B2 | ||
| Electrochromic mirror | ||
| Junichi Nakaho, Aichi (Japan); Masao Ayabe, Aichi (Japan); and Masaharu Hattori, Aichi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/560,614 PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/008435 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 28, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/114009, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-173100 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2003; and application No. 2004-056386 (JP), filed on Mar. 01, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0268551 A1, Nov. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02F 1/153 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—273 [359/265; 359/270; 359/267] | 12 Claims |
| 1. An electrochromic mirror, comprising:
a transparent substrate wherein an electrochromic film which can be reduction-colored is formed on the back thereof, and an
electrically conductive light reflecting film which is permeable to hydrogen atoms is formed on the back of the electrochromic
film,
a substrate which has an electrically conductive part having electrical conductivity on at least one side, and is provided
in a vicinity of the transparent substrate in a state where the electrically conductive part faces the electrically conductive
light reflecting film, and
an electrolysis solution which contains at least a hydrogen ion and a material oxidizable with a neutral molecule or an anion,
and is sealed between the electrically conductive light reflecting film of the transparent substrate and the electrically
conductive part of the substrate,
wherein incident light enters said transparent substrate and is transmitted through said electrochromic layer and reflected
off of said electrically conductive light reflecting film without being transmitted through said electrolysis solution.
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