Patents Assigned to PPG Industries Glass S.A.
  • Patent number: 6347491
    Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a separable fastener system for fixing together an element, e.g. a vehicle window, and at least one other member, such as a brake light. The system includes an intermediate structure such as a gasket made of elastically deformable material; intermediate fixing means; a positioning surface; and a stud with an expansion space around the stud, and an orifice associated with a housing for holding captive a shank without injuring the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: PPG Industries Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Denis Legrand
  • Patent number: 6120631
    Abstract: The invention relates to assembling together at least two envelope elements with at least one deformable element between the two envelope elements so that the elements are secured together rigidly in irreversible manner, the assembled-together elements being designed to be subjected to compression stresses in a direction that at least intersects an assembly surface; bonding treatment is provided so that at least one compression pad has its first assembly surface in contact with the assembly surface of the first envelope element and so that a second assembly surface of a pad is in contact with an assembly surface of the second envelope element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: PPG Industries Glass S.A.
    Inventors: Denis Legrand, Bernard Savaete, Andre Singer