Patent ID: 8228587

Claim:
An electrochromic device comprising: a first electrochromic region and a second electrochromic region, each of the first and second electrochromic regions including: a) a first electrode comprising one of a cathodic electrochromic layer or an anodic counter electrode layer; b) a second electrode comprising the other of said cathodic electrochromic layer or said anodic counter electrode layer; c) an ion conductor layer for conducting ions between said first and second electrodes; d) a first isolated conductive layer region; and e) a second isolated conductive layer region; wherein the first and second isolated conductive layer regions of the first electrochromic region are physically isolated, respectively, from the first and second isolated conductive layer regions of the second electrochromic region; wherein, in each of the first and second electrochromic regions, the first and second electrodes and said ion-conductor layer are sandwiched between said first and second isolated conductive layer regions; and a plurality of first conductive links dividing the electrochromic device into the first and second electrochromic regions and extending through the first and second electrodes and the ion conductor layer and interconnecting (i) at least a portion of the first isolated conductive layer region associated with the first electrochromic region with at least a portion of the second isolated conductive layer region associated with the second electrochromic region to form a first interconnection or (ii) at least a portion of the second isolated conductive layer region associated with the first electrochromic region with at least a portion of the first isolated conductive layer region associated with the second electrochromic region to form a second interconnection.