Patents Assigned to AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
  • Publication number: 20210062572
    Abstract: A functional member-attached glass window includes a glass window to be erected on a floor surface and having a glass plate, and a functional member having a surface area smaller than that of the glass plate and arranged at a position apart from and higher than the floor surface, wherein the functional member is pasted to the glass plate via a spacer and joined to the spacer with a fastening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC Vidros do Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Mayu OGAWA, Mitsuo FUKUDA, Masahiro MATSUMURA, Akira SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210054683
    Abstract: A vacuum insulating glazing unit is described. The vacuum insulating glazing unit has a first glass pane and a second glass pane; a set of discrete spacers positioned between the first and second glass panes, maintaining a distance between the first and the second glass panes; a hermetically bonding seal sealing the distance between the first and second glass panes over a perimeter thereof; an internal volume defined by the first and second glass panes and the set of discrete spacers and closed by the hermetically bonding seal, where the internal volume has an absolute vacuum pressure of less than 0.1 mbar; and an absolute difference between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first glass pane and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second glass pane is at most 0.40*10?6/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Abderrazek BEN TRAD, Julien JEANFILS, Pierre SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20210054682
    Abstract: A vacuum insulating glazing unit is described. The vacuum insulating glazing unit has a first glass pane and a second glass pane; a set of discrete spacers positioned between the first and second glass panes, maintaining a distance between the first and the second glass panes; a hermetically bonding seal sealing the distance between the first and second glass panes over a perimeter thereof; an internal volume defined by the first and second glass panes and the set of discrete spacers and closed by the hermetically bonding seal, where the internal volume has an absolute vacuum pressure of less than 0.1 mbar. The outer pane face of the second glass pane is laminated to at least one glass sheet by at least one polymer interlayer forming a laminated assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC.,, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Abderrazek BEN TRAD, Pierre SCHNEIDER, Louis DELLIEU, Amelia DESMEDT
  • Publication number: 20210047878
    Abstract: A vacuum insulating glazing unit includes a first glass pane having a thickness Z1, and a second glass pane made of prestressed glass having a thickness, Z2, where Z1 is greater than Z2 (Z1>Z2) The glazing unit also includes a set of discrete spacers positioned between the first and second glass panes and a hermetically bonding seal sealing the distance between the first and second glass panes over a perimeter. A vacuum of pressure less than 0.1 mbar is created in an internal volume V. A thickness ratio, Z1/Z2, of the thickness of the first glass pane, Z1, to the thickness of the second glass pane, Z2, is equal to or greater than 1.30 (Z1/Z2?1.30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA INC, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Pierre SCHNEIDER, Abderrazek BEN TRAD, Julien JEANFILS
  • Publication number: 20210033775
    Abstract: A glass panel includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a spacer profile at the periphery of the glass panel between the first and the second glass substrate. There is an intermediate substrate in the intermediate space between the first and the second glass substrates, the substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and means to maintain the intermediate substrate within the intermediate space. The panel also includes a second profile, having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, positioned facing the inner face of the spacer profile within the intermediate space between the first and second glass substrates of the glass panel. The second profile carries the means to maintain the intermediate substrate within the intermediate space. A difference between the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion is less than or equal to 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Adrian WALSH, Günther SALME, Carmelo DADO
  • Publication number: 20210005951
    Abstract: An antenna unit used by being attached to window glass for a building includes a radiating element, a wave directing member arranged on an outdoor side with respect to the radiating element, and a conductor arranged on an indoor side with respect to the radiating element, wherein where a distance between the radiating element and the wave directing member is denoted as a, and where a relative permittivity of a medium constituted by a dielectric member between the radiating element and the wave directing member is denoted as ?r, the distance a is (2.11×?r?1.82) mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC Vidros do Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Masaki HORIE, Ryuta SONODA, Yukio TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200355975
    Abstract: An integrated glazing unit (IGU) includes a first pane, an electronic laminate that includes an electronic device provided between first and second substrates, a plurality of terminals coupled to the electronic device, and the first substrate being attached to the first pane. The IGU also includes a second pane coupled to the electronic laminated assembly by a spacer, the spacer being recessed with respect to the laminate edge and the second pane edge, forming an interpane volume, R, between the first and second panes. The IGU further includes a gutter having an open face and giving access to an inner volume, Vi. The gutter is positioned within the interpane volume, R, with the open face being recessed from, flush with or extending by less than 10 mm from the second pane edge. The gutter is suitable for receiving the male and/or female electric connector of a cable harness in the inner volume, Vi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Jonathan VIVIER, Olivier BOUESNARD
  • Publication number: 20200324522
    Abstract: A transparent substrate with a laminated film, which comprises a transparent substrate and a laminated film formed on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the laminated film has a first dielectric layer, a crystallinity-improving layer, a functional layer and a second dielectric layer in this order from the transparent substrate side, the crystallinity-improving layer contains ZrNx (wherein x is higher than 1.2 and at most 2.0), the functional layer contains at least one metal nitride selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, chromium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride and hafnium nitride, and the concentration of oxygen atoms at a boundary between the crystallinity-improving layer and the functional layer, is at most 20 atom %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicants: AGC Inc., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Akiyo MATSUMOTO, Masanobu ISSHIKI, Masafumi AKITA
  • Publication number: 20200317566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solar-control glazings intended to be fitted in buildings, but also in motor vehicles. They comprise a glass substrate carrying a transparent multilayer stack comprising an alternation of n silver-based functional layers that reflect infrared radiation and of n+1 dielectric coatings, with n?1, such that each functional layer is surrounded by dielectric coating. At least one of the dielectric coatings comprises a substantially metallic solar radiation absorbing layer based on at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ru, Rh, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, enclosed between and in contact with two dielectric oxide layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA, AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventor: Valerie FARINA
  • Publication number: 20200317565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solar-control glazings intended to be fitted in buildings, but also in motor vehicles. They comprise a glass substrate carrying a transparent multilayer stack comprising an alternation of n silver-based functional layers that reflect infrared radiation and of n+1 dielectric coatings, with n?1, such that each functional layer is surrounded by dielectric coating. At least one of the dielectric coatings comprises a substantially metallic solar radiation absorbing layer based on Pd, enclosed between and in contact with two dielectric oxide layers of at least one element selected from Zn, Sn, Al, In, Nb, Ti and Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc., AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventor: Valerie FARINA
  • Publication number: 20200079687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated substrate comprising: a substrate; a soft coating provided on at least a part of at least one face of the substrate; a protective sol-gel coating provided on at least a part of said face above the soft coating, to a process for making such coated substrate and to glazing units comprising such coated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc, AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Eric BOSGAERD, Eugenie PEYROUX
  • Publication number: 20200058473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode pair for generating a linear plasma wherein the electrodes (21, 22) are segmented. More particularly, the present invention relates to a plasma source, for instance a hollow-cathode plasma source, comprising one or more plasma-generating electrode pairs wherein the electrodes are segmented. The present invention further relates to methods for controlling the uniformity of a linear plasma and also to methods for surface treating or coating substrates in a uniform way with linear plasma sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc., AGC GLASS COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventors: Hugues WIAME, John CHAMBERS, Marc DATZ
  • Publication number: 20190107762
    Abstract: A dimming laminate (10) includes: a dimming substrate (18) in which a dimming function material (16) is provided between two first transparent substrates (12) and (14); and a second transparent substrate (22) that is bonded to one first transparent substrate (12) through an adhesive layer (20). Each of the first transparent substrates (12) and (14) has a different average thermal expansion coefficient at 50-350° C. from that of the second transparent substrate (22). In the dimming laminate (10), a third transparent substrate (26) is bonded to the other first transparent substrate (14) through an adhesive layer (24), and an average thermal expansion coefficient at 50-350° C. is equal between the third transparent substrate (26) and the second transparent substrate (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: AGC INC., AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Shigeru NAKAMURA, Tetsuya HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190061314
    Abstract: A laminated substrate for an electrochromic dimmer element includes a glass substrate; and a transparent conductive film. The glass substrate includes a silicon oxide, an aluminum oxide, a boron oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, and an alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 90 mol % or more, and includes the alkali metal oxide in a total amount of 12 mol % or less. The transparent conductive film includes an indium oxide film containing tin, and a tin oxide film containing at least one of tantalum, antimony and fluorine, in this order from a glass substrate side. The indium oxide film is formed directly on the glass substrate, a refractive index and an extinction coefficient of the indium oxide film at a wavelength of 1.3 ?m is less than 0.4, and greater than 0.4, respectively. A film thickness of the tin oxide film is greater than 35 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE SA, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA.
    Inventors: Yuki AOSHIMA, Hidefumi ODAKA