Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain Glass France
  • Patent number: 11820227
    Abstract: A functional element having electrically controllable optical properties having a plurality of side edges includes a stacking sequence having a first carrier film, a first planar electrode divided by an isolation line into at least two segments, an active layer, a second planar electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein on a first side edge in a first region, the second carrier film, the second planar electrode, and the active layer have a first cutback and in a second region, the first carrier film, the first planar electrode, and the active layer have a second cutback, a group of first bus bars electrically conductively contacts the first planar electrode, and each segment of the first planar electrode is electrically conductively contacted by a bus bar from the group of the first bus bars, and at least one second bus bar electrically conductively contacts the second planar electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Robin Spanjers, Francois Hermange
  • Patent number: 11813931
    Abstract: A glazed panel includes a glass panel, two longitudinal reinforcement armatures in order to reinforce the glass panel against deformations by flexure, and two longitudinal securing armatures in order to secure the glazed panel in an outer structure provided for this purpose. The armatures can be overmolded in a polymer material which is arranged on the periphery of the glass panel. The two reinforcement armatures and the two securing armatures are joined in pairs by their longitudinal ends in order to form a frame by means of an assembly by nesting, optionally using an intermediate part. This measure makes it possible to reduce the concentrations of stresses in the corners of the glass panel, and simplifies the molding operation during the production of the glazed panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Christophe Kleo, Li Zhao
  • Patent number: 11814314
    Abstract: A coating for a glass and a forming method thereof, and an automotive window are provided. The coating includes: a first material layer which has a first elastic modulus; and a second material layer which includes at least one material layer, wherein the second material layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface is used for disposing the first material layer, the second surface is adaptable for facing a surface of the glass when the coating is applied on the glass, and the second material layer has a second elastic modulus less than the first elastic modulus. Anti-scratch ability of the coating and scratch resistance of the automotive window may be improved, which avoids scratches on the automotive window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tao He, Yunxin Gu, Ce Shi
  • Patent number: 11807082
    Abstract: A vehicle pane, includes successively a) an outer glass pane, b) at least one laminated layer, c) a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix, in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, and in each case an electrically conductive layer on both sides of the polymer matrix, d) at least one laminated layer, and e) an inner glass pane. The TL(inside) is in the range from 5 to 46% and the TL(outside) is in the range from 20 to 73% and the TL(outside) is greater than or equal to TL(inside), wherein the TL(inside) is the light transmittance of an inner stack that is formed by the inner glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the inner glass pane, and TL(outside) is the light transmittance of an outer stack that is formed by the outer glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the outer glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Florian Manz, Michael Labrot, Jefferson Do Rosario, Valentin Schulz
  • Patent number: 11803277
    Abstract: A glazing unit of a vehicle or building, which has at least one glass pane or polymer film, wherein a capacitive sensor is arranged on a first surface of the or a glass pane or polymer film, which sensor includes a first sensor section and a second sensor section spaced at a distance therefrom on the first surface, which second sensor section acts as a signal readout section, wherein during operation of the sensor, an electrical field is generated between the first and second sensor section, which field partially penetrates the glass pane or polymer film, wherein a material property compensation electrode is provided on the second surface of the same glass pane or polymer film, opposite the second sensor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Gabor Varga, Bastian Klauss, Michael Zeiss, Christian Effertz
  • Patent number: 11802079
    Abstract: A material includes one or more transparent substrates including two main faces, wherein one of the faces of one of the substrates is coated with a functional coating which can have an effect on solar radiation and/or infrared radiation, and a face not coated with the functional coating of one of the substrates includes an absorbent color-adjustment coating including an absorbent layer which absorbs solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tommaso Ongarello, Antoine Diguet, Vincent Chery, Corentin Monmeyran
  • Patent number: 11791533
    Abstract: An antenna pane includes an electrically insulating substrate, an electrically conductive functional layer on a surface of the substrate, and an antenna structure, which includes an electrically conductive antenna layer for receiving and/or transmitting high-frequency antenna signals, the antenna layer being galvanically separated from the functional layer, wherein a high-frequency technical resistance between the antenna layer and the functional layer for high-frequency antenna signals is at least 10 ohm, wherein the antenna layer has a first connection region and the functional layer has a second connection region, and an insulating line that electrically divides the functional layer into a first and second functional layer zone that are galvanically separated from one another, but are coupled using high-frequency technology such that a high-frequency technical resistance for high-frequency antenna signals is less than 1 ohm, wherein the second connection region is contained in the second functional layer z
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: David Bertel, Guillaume Francois, Stefan Droste
  • Patent number: 11780211
    Abstract: A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephan Gier, Andrea Willms
  • Patent number: 11780379
    Abstract: A vehicle add-on part for integrating a camera module includes a cover, which consists at least partially of a transparent thermoplastic material, a carrier part for a camera module, and a camera module having at least one camera lens. The transparent thermoplastic material of the cover has, on the inner side, a local thickening and/or a local thinning, and the camera module is held in the carrier part such that the at least one camera lens of the camera module is arranged directly opposite the thickening and/or the thinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Luc-Henry Blanche, Laurent Friocourt, Marcus Guldan, Clément Mosnier
  • Patent number: 11783156
    Abstract: A glazing for a façade glazing, window, door, or interior room divider, includes a frame having a metallic first frame element, a metallic second frame element, and a connecting polymeric third frame element surrounding the frame elements at least in some sections and preferably completely, and a glazing unit arranged in the frame, wherein at least one RFID transponder is arranged on one of the inner faces of the frame, a strip-shaped coupling element is electromagnetically coupled to the RFID transponder, and the coupling element is galvanically or capacitively coupled, in at least one coupling region, to one of the metallic frame elements and preferably, in two coupling regions, to, in each case, one of the metallic frame elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alicia Dröge, Thomas Holtstiege, Christopher Marjan, Christian Effertz
  • Patent number: 11773588
    Abstract: A toggle insert for receiving a toggle assembly in a steel curtain wall structure is disclosed. The toggle insert is a self-leveling profile requiring no welding for fastening to steel curtain wall structure and further provides a screw tolerance of up to 1 inch for locating and fastening toggle screws during installation of glazing elements to the steel curtain wail structure. The toggle insert includes a horizontal section having a front portion, an intermediate portion and a bottom portion, wherein the front portion includes a central elongated opening measuring between 21 mm and 25 mm sandwiched on either sides by slotted screw race and a pair of threaded set screws for leveling into the slotted screw race that fixes the toggle insert by way of wedging into the steel curtain wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Brendan Rogers
  • Patent number: 11772462
    Abstract: A vehicle-window glass assembly includes a vehicle-window glass and its injection-molded encapsulation; and an over-molded bolt including a base, a thread rod and an injection-molded part. One end of the thread rod is fixedly connected to the base, and the injection-molded part covers at least a part of the base. The injection-molded encapsulation covers at least a part of the injection-molded part such that the over-molded bolt and the vehicle-window glass are fixed to each other, and a material of the injection-molded part has a tensile strength greater than that of a material of the injection-molded encapsulation. This vehicle-window glass assembly can b e adapted to various vehicle models with a large gap between a surface of a vehicle-window glass and a vehicle-door sheet metal on which the vehicle-window glass requires to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Buyin Yu, Xinqiao Gao, Xiaobing Xu
  • Patent number: 11761260
    Abstract: A window or door element includes a frame and an insulated glazing unit removably disposed in the frame, the insulated glazing unit including at least one first electrical connection pin and the frame including at least one second electrical connection pin, the at least one first electrical connection pin of the insulated glazing unit being in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical connection pin of the frame when the insulated glazing unit is inserted into the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Katarzyna Chuda, Louis Cravero, Christophe Baillet, Richard Wolff
  • Patent number: 11760172
    Abstract: A composite pane with an electrically switchable functional element, includes first and second panes, a thermoplastic intermediate layer joining the first pane to the second pane and including a first laminating film with a thickness of at least 0.3 mm and a second laminating film with a thickness of at most 70 ?m. The first laminating film is inserted substantially areally between the first and second panes. The second laminating film is inserted exclusively in the region of the at least one functional element and protrudes with an overhang x of at least 1 mm and at most 10 mm beyond the outer edges of the functional element. The direct layer sequence in the region of an electrically switchable functional element consists of the first pane, the second laminating film, the electrically switchable functional element, optionally, a further second laminating film, the first laminating film, and the second pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Patrick Weber, Ali-Osman Kizmaz, Sara Borhani Haghighi, Alexandra Yatim
  • Patent number: 11753333
    Abstract: A temporary protective coating for heat treatable coated glass article includes acrylic monomers or solid particle reinforced acrylic monomers is disclosed. The temporary protective coating of the present disclosure is completely devoid of oligomeric acrylates. The temporary protective coating is applied directly over a functionally coated transparent substrate to protect the coated substrate during heat treatment and handling of the coated substrate before heat treatment. The temporary protective coating is completely removed during the heat treatment leaving behind no residues thereby keeping the physical properties of the functionally coated substrate intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Arkasish Bandyopadhyay
  • Patent number: 11752735
    Abstract: An improved functional element having electrically controllable optical properties includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film is folded around the edge of the first carrier film at least at one side edge and seals an exit surface of the active layer at the side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Florian Manz, Jefferson Do Rosario, Marcel Klein, Michael Labrot, Andreas Sznerski, Sebastian Schurse, Valentin Schulz
  • Patent number: 11739417
    Abstract: An adjustment-determining method includes obtaining a mathematical model relating an operating parameter of the deposition line to a quality function defined from a quality measurement of a stack of thin layers deposited by the deposition line on a transparent substrate; obtaining a value of the quality function from a value of the quality measurement measured at the outlet of the deposition line on a stack of thin layers deposited by the deposition line on a substrate while the deposition line was set so that an operating parameter had a current value; and automatically determining by the mathematical model an adjustment value for the current value of the operating parameter serving to reduce a difference that exists between the value obtained for the quality function and a target value selected for the quality function for the stack of thin layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yohan Faucillon, Vojislav Gajic, Thierry Kauffmann, Etienne Sandre-Chardonnal
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11726588
    Abstract: A laminated glass pane having a first glass layer and a second glass layer, wherein at least one first electrically conducting structure and a second electrically conducting structure are arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, wherein the first electrically conducting structure and the second electrically conducting structure are arranged spaced apart from one another, wherein the first electrically conducting structure at least partially overlaps the second electrically conducting structure in a perpendicular orientation relative to the first glass layer, wherein the first electrically conducting structure is associated with a first electrical element, wherein the first electrical element is a capacitive sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Patrick Weber, Bastian Klauss, Michael Zeiss, Christian Effertz
  • Patent number: 11713613
    Abstract: A corner connector for connecting two hollow profile spacers of insulating glazing units, includes a first leg and a second leg, which are connected to one another via a corner region, and a first electrical supply line, wherein the first leg and the second leg enclose an angle ?, where 45°<?<120°, the first leg, the second leg, and the corner region are formed in one piece, at least the corner region surrounds the first electrical supply line, and the first electrical supply line protrudes out of the corner region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Marcus Neander, Guenael Morvan, Christopher Marjan