Patents by Inventor Fabrice Didier

Fabrice Didier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6582809
    Abstract: A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n−1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar radiation and where n≧1 and where, in order to maintain the quality of the stack when the substrate is subjected to a heat treatment step, at least one of the following must be satisfied: the coating placed on top of at least one of the functional layers includes at least one barrier layer providing a barrier to at least oxygen and water; and at least one absorbent or stabilizing layer made of a material capable of absorbing or stabilizing the consituent material of the functional layer forms a part of either the coating placed on top of the functional layer and under the barrier layer or the coating placed beneath the functional layer; and a method for production of the glazing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Philippe Boire, Fabrice Didier, Jean-Michel Grimal
  • Publication number: 20020045037
    Abstract: A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n−1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar radiation and where n≧1 and where, in order to maintain the quality of the stack when the substrate is subjected to a heat treatment step, at least one of the following must be satisfied:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Philippe Boire, Fabrice Didier, Jean-Michel Grimal
  • Patent number: 6355334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate, in particular made of glass, provided with a thin-film stack including at least one metallic layer with infrared reflection properties, in particular a low-emission layer, arranged between two dielectric-based coatings. According to the invention, the dielectric-based coating above the metallic layer has the following sequence of layers deposited in this order: a) layer(s) with material(s) with refractive index ni-2 of at most 2.2; b) layer(s) with material(s) with refractive index ni-1 at least 0.3 less than that of the last layer(s) ni; c) last layer(s) with material(s) with refractive index ni substantially equal to ni-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Véronique Rondeau, Fabrice Didier
  • Patent number: 6322881
    Abstract: A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n-1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar radiation and where n≳1 and where, in order to maintain the quality of the stack when the substrate is subjected to a heat treatment step, at least one of the following must be satisfied: the coating placed on top of at least one of the functional layers includes at least one barrier layer providing a barrier to at least oxygen and water; and at least one absorbent or stabilizing layer made of a material capable of absorbing or stabilizing the consituent material of the functional layer forms a part of either the coating placed on top of the functional layer and under the barrier layer or the coating placed beneath the functional layer; and a method for production of the glazing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Philippe Boire, Fabrice Didier, Jean-Michel Grimal
  • Patent number: 6210784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate, in particular made of glass, provided with a thin-film stack including at least one metallic layer with infrared reflection properties, in particular a low-emission. layer, arranged between two dielectric-based coatings, the underlying coating having a wetting layer based on zinc oxide ZnO, optionally doped with aluminium ZnO:Al, directly in contact with the metallic layer. According to the invention, each of the two coatings based on the dielectric material comprises at least one layer with high refractive index, greater than or equal to 2.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Véronique Rondeau, Fabrice Didier
  • Patent number: 6045896
    Abstract: A glazing assembly is provided made of at least one transparent substrate having a stack thereon that includes an alternation of n functional layers and n+1 coatings, wherein the functional layers have reflection properties in the infrared and/or solar radiation and wherein n.gtoreq.1 and where, in order to maintain the quality of the stack when the substrate is subjected to a heat treatment step, at least one of the following must be satisfied:the coating placed on top of at least one of the functional layers includes at least one barrier layer providing a barrier to at least oxygen and water; andat least one absorbent or stabilizing layer made of a material capable of absorbing or stabilizing the constituent material of the functional layer forms a part of either the coating placed on top of the functional layer and under the barrier layer or the coating placed beneath the functional layer; and a method for production of the glazing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Philippe Boire, Fabrice Didier, Jean-Michel Grimal
  • Patent number: 5948538
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a glazing assembly comprising at lest one transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin "A" layers composed in succession of a first coating of dielectric material, a first "functional" layer having reflection properties in the infrared, in particular a metallic layer, and a third coating of dielectric material. The sum of the thicknesses of the first and second functional layers is greater than or equal to 25 nm. The ratio of the thickness of the first functional layer to the thickness of the second functional layer is less than 0.55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Village
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Brochot, Fabrice Didier