Abstract: A sealed insulating glass unit comprises two glass sheets held apart by a spacer, optionally with a sealant between the edges of the glass sheets outside the spacer. The insulating glass unit contains an electronic device, having information relating to the origin, manufacture and/or properties of the insulating glass unit capable of being read from the device by means actuated from outside the insulating glass unit. The device is embedded within the spacer or sealant so that it is concealed within the insulating glass unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2014
Assignees:
Dow Corning, Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Wolf, Richard Henry Thomas, Klaus Puschmann, Peter Schuler