Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain Glass France
  • Patent number: 12291004
    Abstract: A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle includes inner and outer glass sheets assembled by an interlayer, and a part for attaching the glazing through which an attachment opening passes which is formed by two holes having first and second axis. A connecting member is attached to the glazing by passing through an opening, the connecting member provided with a hole being intended to receive a device for attaching the glazing with a drive device. The first axis and the second axis are mismatched according to a mismatch which is configured to form a first blocking surface on an inner face of the outer glass sheet and a second blocking surface on an outer face of the inner glass sheet, and the connecting member includes a first surface configured to engage with the first blocking surface and a second surface configured to engage with the second blocking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thibault Rapenne, Laurent Lamoureux
  • Patent number: 12291005
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, on the inner surface of the first pane, a coating-free edge region which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from a side edge of the first pane over at least 5 mm to at most 25 mm on the inner surface, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer includes a transparent region and a colored region, the colored region being arranged at least in the entire coating-free edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Anna Neft, Stephan Gillessen, Stefanie Pengel, Jefferson Do Rosario
  • Patent number: 12286375
    Abstract: A material includes a glass sheet, one face of which includes an enameled zone coated with an opaque enamel layer and a nonenameled zone, an underlayer which is not an enamel layer being positioned solely in at least a part of the enameled zone, under the enamel layer and in contact therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Juliette Jamart
  • Patent number: 12287295
    Abstract: A computer implemented methods for estimating at least one quality function of a given layered coating on a transparent substrate allows to predict at least one non in-process measured quality function of a given layered coating on a transparent substrate from an in-process measured quality function which can be acquired on the coated substrate as deposited at any location, preferably at the end of a coating process. The method allows to get rid of in-process real-time continuous measurements of quality functions of the coated transparent substrate and real-time monitoring of coating process parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yaël Bronstein, Thierry Kauffmann, Xavier Caillet, Elsa-Marie Perrin, Julien Beutier
  • Patent number: 12280609
    Abstract: A method for producing a silver coating on a glass pane, wherein the silver coating includes at least one busbar and/or at least one solder contact surface, wherein the method includes printing the silver coating onto the glass pane by screen printing with a printing pattern having printing and non-printing regions and baking the printed silver coating, wherein the printing region of the printing pattern for the busbar and/or the printing region of the printing pattern for the solder contact surface is provided at least partially with a dot matrix or a line matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Klaus Weissborn
  • Patent number: 12280563
    Abstract: A laminated glass pane includes an outer glass pane and an inner glass pane, which are firmly connected to each other by a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes at least one first electric functional element and at least one second electric functional element, wherein at least one metallic protective layer is arranged between the two electric functional elements, wherein the at least one first electric functional element is a display and/or the at least one second electric functional element is a PDLC film and/or a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alexandra Yatim, Patrick Weber, Sara Borhani Haghighi
  • Patent number: 12270969
    Abstract: A substrate which is coated on one of its faces with a stack of thin layers having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, including two metallic functional layers, in particular based on silver. Each of the metallic functional layers is disposed between two dielectric coatings. The dielectric coating Di2 situated between the two functional layers includes at least one absorbent layer which absorbs solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum. It has been found that for a stack for laminated glazing, some symmetry at the functional metal layers and the dielectric layers 1 and 3 is favorable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Corentin Monmeyran, Estelle Martin
  • Patent number: 12269323
    Abstract: A sealing system for connecting a drainage device to a vehicle window, includes a fixing section for being connected to the vehicle window glass and an engaging section for being detachably connected to the drainage device, the engaging section including a supporting body, an elastic arm, and a transition portion connecting the supporting body to the elastic arm; wherein the sealing system further includes a positioning element connected to the transition portion and the supporting body, the positioning element being at least partially elastically deformable; further, the positioning element includes an elastic leg connected to the transition portion and an engaging head connected to the supporting body, the engaging head having a cross section presenting a U-shape or V-shape, and the U-shape or the V-shape having an opening oriented towards the supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yang Xu, Tao He, Jing Yu, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 12269239
    Abstract: A glazing assembly includes a light source for generating light which can be coupled into a first pane, an edge region which extends from a pane edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm up to at most 500 mm on one of the surfaces, and to an absorption device for absorbing light which is coupled into the first pane and is arranged in the edge region, wherein the absorption device includes a light-impermeable thermoplastic intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jefferson Do Rosario, Achim Zeichner, Matthias Mandelartz, Pierre Sarkissian
  • Patent number: 12257809
    Abstract: A material includes a glass sheet coated on at least part of one of the faces thereof with a stack of thin layers, the stack of thin layers being coated on at least part of the surface thereof with an enamel layer not including bismuth, the enamel layer being coated with a non-stick layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Juliette Jamart, Marion Lallement
  • Patent number: 12257884
    Abstract: A vehicle decoration part is arranged in a pillar sheet metal and/or a window frame of a vehicle and includes a decoration body and a decoration film attached to surface(s) of the decoration body, wherein the material of the decoration body is metal, and the material of the decoration film is flexible material and forms decoration surface. The vehicle decoration part possesses stable performance and can meet the user's requirements of different appearances. When the vehicle decoration part is applied to a vehicle window glass assembly, bad appearance caused by bumping or scraping in molding process and daily use process can be avoided. The molding device and the manufacturing process of the vehicle window glass assembly are easy to realize, economical in cost and wide in application prospect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Buyin Yu, Xinqiao Gao, Romain Gonnet, Camille Dassonville
  • Publication number: 20250083418
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated glazed unit having at least one first glass substrate and a second glass substrate, at least one functional film arranged between the two glass substrates, at least one first lamination interlayer film between the first glass substrate and the functional film, and at least one second lamination interlayer film between the second glass substrate and the functional film. The functional film has at least one layer of a transparent adhesive material, referred to as OCA, which is viscoelastic so as to be deformable in its thickness during the process for laminating the glazed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Laurent MAILLAUD, Michael LABROT
  • Patent number: 12250514
    Abstract: A roof of a vehicle includes a panel, and at least one audio device selected from the loudspeakers and the actuators, and when the at least one audio device is an actuator, it is located on the panel, the panel being capable of vibrating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Shuibao Qi, Antoine Lallement, Adil Jaafar
  • Patent number: 12242053
    Abstract: A projection assembly for a vehicle, includes a vehicle side pane, which is equipped with a reflective coating, and a projector, which is directed at a region of the vehicle side pane, wherein the radiation of the projector is predominately p-polarized and wherein the reflective coating is suitable for reflecting p-polarized radiation. The projection assembly is provided for displaying entertainment content such as films for the rear vehicle occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Klaus Fischer, Dagmar Schaefer, Roberto Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12240205
    Abstract: A composite pane includes an outer pane having an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane having an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer joining the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane. The composite pane has a sun shading coating between the outer and inner panes. the sun shading coating includes, starting from the outer pane toward the inner pane, a layer sequence first dielectric module M1, first silver layer Ag1, second dielectric module M2, second silver layer Ag2, third dielectric module M3, third silver layer Ag3, fourth dielectric module M4, wherein the silver layers have, relative to one another, a geometrical layer thickness of 0.4<Ag1/Ag3<1.7, and Ag3 or Ag2 is the thickest silver layer, and wherein the dielectric modules have, relative to one another, an optical layer thickness of M2/M1?1.9, M2/M3?0.8, and M2/M4?1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stefanie Pengel, Klaus Fischer, Alexandra Toumar
  • Patent number: 12241304
    Abstract: A spacer for insulated glazings includes a polymeric main body including two pane contact surfaces, a glazing interior surface, an outer surface, and a cavity, wherein the polymeric main body contains a thermoplastic polymer as a base material at a proportion of 30 wt.-% to 70 wt.-%, as an elastomeric additive, a thermoplastic elastomer, and/or a thermoplastic terpolymer having an elastomeric component at a proportion of 0.5 wt.-% to 20 wt.-% in total, and a reinforcing agent at a proportion of 20 wt.-% to 45 wt.-%, the thermoplastic polymer as a base material includes a styrene-based polymer, and the polymeric main body has a foamed pore structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Bianca Bergs, Christopher Marjan, Markus Stahl-Bidinger, Egbert Schwerdt
  • Patent number: 12240203
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite pane includes arranging a first, second and third thermoplastic intermediate layers in full surface contact one above the other, the first, second and third thermoplastic intermediate layers; joining the first, second and third thermoplastic intermediate layers to form a preliminary composite; removing the third thermoplastic intermediate layer from certain regions to form an aperture; forming a layered stack by inserting a functional element into the aperture in the third thermoplastic intermediate layer; arranging the layered stack between a first and second pane; and the joining the first and second panes by lamination via the layered stack. The functional element has a thickness of ?50 ?m. The third thermoplastic intermediate layer has a thickness that substantially corresponds to the thickness of the functional element. The outer dimensions of the aperture substantially correspond to the outer dimensions of the functional element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Uwe Van Der Meulen, Nino Tings, Raphaela Kannengiesser
  • Patent number: 12233624
    Abstract: A laminated vehicle glazing with includes a first extraclear glass sheet forming an exterior glazing, a lamination interlayer and a second glass sheet forming an interior glazing with a traversing hole in these last two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Keihann Yavari, Claire Davis, Pauline Girard
  • Patent number: 12234056
    Abstract: A rack for storing and/or transporting elements, in particular glazing elements, of the type including a receiving structure for these elements, the top part of the structure including a receiving device and a securing device for an additional top rack that is to be stacked thereon, and the bottom part of this structure including a complementary device that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving device and the securing device of an additional bottom rack on which it is to be stacked. The securing device includes at least two members separated from one another in the transverse direction by a value of a pitch corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Francisco José Benito Huertas, Alberto Martinez De Pablo
  • Patent number: 12223584
    Abstract: A method for simulating the effects of the optical quality of windshield onto the image recording quality of a digital image recording device, in particular a digital image recording device for an advanced or automated driver-assistance system. The method is based on a combination of an adapted stochastic ray tracing method and of a convolutional image processing to simulate the effects of the optical distortions of a windshield on the image recording quality of a digital image recording device. The simulation is performed from a measured optical quality function of the windshields related to those optical distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Mathieu Berard, Tatiana Severin-Fabiani, Nicolas Mielec