Patents by Inventor Julie RUFF

Julie RUFF 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).

  • Publication number: 20240150232
    Abstract: A vehicle window, includes at least one transparent glass pane and an IR-reflective coating on a surface of the glass pane, wherein the IR-reflective coating includes n metallic layers and (n+1) dielectric layer modules, wherein the layer modules are implemented as dielectric layers or layer sequences and wherein the layer modules and the metallic layers are arranged alternatingly such that each metallic layer is arranged between two layer modules, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1, wherein each metallic layer is implemented as a discontinuous layer of metal nanocrystals, which has regions that are occupied by metal nanocrystals and regions that are not occupied by nanocrystals. The uppermost layer module has a dielectric anti-reflection layer with a refractive index of at most 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Julie RUFF, Sebastian JANZYK, Jan HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20230339212
    Abstract: A glass article with solar control properties, includes a glass substrate provided with a stack of layers that includes successively from the surface of the substrate a first module M1 made of layer(s) of dielectric material, a first layer TiN1 including titanium nitride, a second module M2 made of layer(s) of dielectric material, a second layer TiN2 including titanium nitride, a third module M3 made of layer(s) of dielectric material. The total thickness the TiN1 and TiN2 layers including titanium nitride is between 25 and 60 nm. The third module M3 includes a layer including an oxide or oxynitride of silicon having a thickness greater than 10 nm. An interlayer IL of titanium, aluminum, silicon, or an alloy thereof, or of a nickel chromium alloy, is deposited between the second layer TiN2 and the third module M3, the thickness of the interlayer IL being between 0.5 nm and 7 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Corentin MONMEYRAN, Julie RUFF, Vincent REYMOND, Norbert HUHN
  • Patent number: 11732363
    Abstract: A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Julian Lingner, Jan Hagen, Norbert Huhn, Julie Ruff
  • Publication number: 20220325416
    Abstract: A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Julian LINGNER, Jan HAGEN, Norbert HUHN, Julie RUFF
  • Patent number: 11401610
    Abstract: A coated substrate, includes a coating that includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a) a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC), b) a metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer, and c) an oxygen barrier layer, wherein the metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer contains b1) tin or tin and at least one alloying element for tin, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed. The coated substrate protects the DLC layer, as a result of which said layer can be tempered. The coating has good mechanical stability and good aging stability before heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Julian Lingner, Jan Hagen, Norbert Huhn, Julie Ruff
  • Publication number: 20200181780
    Abstract: A coated substrate, includes a coating that includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a) a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC), b) a metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer, and c) an oxygen barrier layer, wherein the metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer contains b1) tin or tin and at least one alloying element for tin, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed. The coated substrate protects the DLC layer, as a result of which said layer can be tempered. The coating has good mechanical stability and good aging stability before heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Julian LINGNER, Jan HAGEN, Norbert HUHN, Julie RUFF
  • Publication number: 20200124771
    Abstract: A pane having an electrically conductive coating, includes a substrate and an electrically conductive coating on an exposed surface of the substrate, which coating includes at least one electrically conductive layer, wherein the pane has a local minimum of reflectance (RL) in the range from 310 nm to 360 nm and a local maximum of reflectance (RL) in the range from 400 nm to 460 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jan HAGEN, Julian LINGNER, Julie RUFF, Robert BESLER, Florian MANZ