Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain
  • Transparent substrate comprising antiglare coating
    Publication number: 20060165963
    Abstract: A transparent substrate (6), comprising on at least one of its faces an antireflection coating, particularly at normal incidence made of a multilayer (A) of thin layers, characterized in that the multilayer comprises, in succession: a first layer (1), with a refractive index n1 of between 1.8 and 2.2 and geometrical thickness e1 of between 5 and 50 nm, a second layer (2), with a refractive index n2 of between 1.35 and 1.65 and a geometrical thickness e2 of between 5 and 50 nm, a third layer (3) with a refractive index n3 of between 1.8 and 2.2 and a geometrical thickness e3 of between 40 and 150 nm, a fourth layer (4) with a refractive index n4 of between 1.35 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Carinne Fleury, Thibaut Heitz, Nicolas Nadaud
  • Transparent glazing and use thereof in a chilling chamber door comprising in particular a glazing under vacuum
    Publication number: 20060159906
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a transparent glazing unit having at least one viewing area and its use in a door of a refrigerated enclosure and more particularly a glazed door, the glazed area of which essentially consists of a vacuum glazing unit. According to the invention the viewing area is combined with an antifrosting absorbent layer deposited on at least one surface of the said area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Rino Messere, Anne-Sophie Hebert, Jean-Michel Florentin
  • Porous abrasive articles with agglomerated abrasives and method for making the agglomerated abrasives
    Patent number: 7077723
    Abstract: A bonded abrasive tool, having a structure permeable to fluid flow, comprises sintered agglomerates of a plurality of abrasive grains and a binding material, the binding material being characterized by a melting temperature between 500 and 1400° C., and the sintered agglomerates having a loose packing density of ?1.6 g/cc and three-dimensional shape; a bond material; and about 35–80 volume % total porosity, including at least 30 volume % interconnected porosity. Methods for making the sintered agglomerates and abrasive tools containing the sintered agglomerates are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Abrasives Technology Company
    Inventors: Eric Bright, Mianxue Wu
  • Electrically controllable light-emitting device and its electrical connection means
    Publication number: 20060152137
    Abstract: Electrically controllable device, in particular electrically controllable system, having variable optical and/or energy properties or electroluminescent device, comprising at least one carrier substrate (1) carrying an electroactive multilayer stack (3) that is placed between an electrode called the “lower” electrode and an electrode called the “upper” electrode, each electrode comprising at least one electrically conducting layer (2) in electrical connection with at least one current bus, characterized in that at least one current bus is in electrical connection with at least one current lead suitable for converting electrical energy into light and distributing it within the electroactive multilayer stack (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Fabien Beteille, Gregoire Mathey
  • Glazing with optical and/or energetic properties capable of being electrically controlled
    Patent number: 7074486
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is glazing which incorporates at least one electrically controllable system having variable optical and/or energy properties, especially in the form of a system comprising one or more reversible-insertion materials of the electrochromic-system type, in the form of an optical-valve or viologen-based system or in the form of a liquid-crystal or cholesteric-gel system. This glazing also includes at least one means for adjusting the optical appearance conferred on the said glazing by the said system, these means comprising at least one coating having antireflection properties in the visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Philippe Boire, Renaud Fix, Jean-Christophe Giron
  • High precision multi-grit slicing blade
    Patent number: 7073496
    Abstract: An abrasive cutting blade is provided to achieve high-quality surface finishes at high feed rates. The blade is fabricated by electroplating fine abrasive onto a steel cathode disc to form a first layer, followed by electroplating a second layer of coarser abrasive onto the first layer. A third layer of fine abrasive is then electroplated onto the second layer. The resulting composite is then removed from the cathode disc to form a multi-grit, multi-layer, hub-less blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Corcoran
  • Unwrought refractory composition, in particular for producing glass furnace hearths
    Patent number: 7074733
    Abstract: An unwrought refractory composition, in particular for producing glass furnace hearths, includes a base mixture comprising in wt. %: 1 to 6% of a hydraulic cement, and 94 to 99% of particles of at least a refractory material mainly consisting of alumina (Al2O3), zirconia (ZrO2) and silica (SiO2), the fraction of the particles of the base mixture having a size less than 40 ?m being distributed in wt. % relative to the weight of the base mixture, as follows: fraction<0.5 ?m: ?4%; fraction<2 ?m: ?5%; fraction<10 ?m: ?16%; fraction<40 ?m: 29–45%, the refractory composition further comprising, in wt. % relative to the weight of the base mixture: 0.02 to 0.08% of organic fibers, and 0.075 to 1% of a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches Et d'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Jacques Marius Louis Guigonis, Thierry Claude Consales
  • Prestressable layer system for partition glass
    Patent number: 7074485
    Abstract: A low-emissivity multilayer system, capable of being bent and prestressed, for glazing panes, with silver as functional layer, comprises a sacrificial metal layer of Ti or an alloy of Ti and Zn and/or Al placed above the silver layer, antireflection dielectric layers and an oxide, nitride or oxynitride covering layer. The sacrificial metal layer contains chemically bonded hydrogen. An optionally Al- and/or In-doped ZnO layer is adjacent to the sacrificial metal layer. The covering layer consists of a titanium compound. Multilayer systems of this type can be manufactured relatively inexpensively and have a high hardness and a high chemical resistance. Their color parameters are very reproducible, even in the case of a heat treatment at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Heinz Schicht, Lars Ihlo, Uwe Schmidt, Herbert Schindler
  • Insert in the form of a threaded bushing, which is designed to equip and fix plates, for example, glass plates, and plates thus equipped
    Publication number: 20060147292
    Abstract: An insert configured to be received or formed in a glass plate to allow, in cooperation with a connecting element, the glass plate to be mounted on a support. The insert is designed to be received in a hole made in one face of the plate, the hole being bounded by a retaining side wall of curved profile directed toward the inside. The insert includes a fastening mechanism complementary to a mechanism carried by the connecting element for connecting the plate to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre Lebot, Jean-Clement Nugue, Francoise Mennechez
  • Sizing composition for glass staple fibres, method using said composition and resulting products
    Publication number: 20060147706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing composition for glass yarns, especially in the form of staple glass yarns, comprising at least one fatty acid containing at least two ethylene bonds. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing staple glass yarns using said sizing composition and to the staple glass yarn coated with the sizing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VETROTEX FRANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Moireau, Anne Berthereau
  • Rubber formulation and methods for manufacturing same
    Publication number: 20060148955
    Abstract: A rubber composition includes nano-particulate filler and a coupling agent that includes at least one rubber reactive functional group and at least one filler reactive functional group. The filler reactive functional group includes one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, sulfur, titanium, zirconium, or aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Olivier Guiselin, Gwo Swei, David Bravet
  • Method, installation for the production of mats and use associated therewith
    Patent number: 7069628
    Abstract: A plant for the manufacture of mats formed of continuous yarns originating from bobbins and thrown onto a conveyor belt. The plant includes at least one bobbin supported on a spindle, a guide for guiding a fiber bundle leaving the bobbin, a mechanism for pulling the fiber bundle, and a mechanism for throwing the yarns that make up the fiber bundle onto the conveyor belt. The guide for guiding, the mechanism for pulling, and the mechanism for throwing the fiber bundle are fixed, located in the continuation of one another and at one and a same level. The throwing mechanism includes a swinging arm for throwing the yarn transversely to the conveyor belt and the guide is arranged such that the fiber bundle is paid out from the bobbin from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex France S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Droux, François Roederer, Manuela Astro, Filippo Mauri
  • Method for making a mobile window pane for a vehicle and window pane mobile in height for vehicle
    Publication number: 20060137253
    Abstract: A method for fabrication of a vehicle drop glass, with a transparent, in particular curved, pane, on the extremity of which a support part is to be attached, which cooperates with a drive and/or guide device for heightwise movement of the pane. In the method the pane is oriented and attached at plural predetermined points of its surface in a device adapted to its shape, a curable plastic material is deposited on the pane with aid of at least one tool in the region of the assembly with the support part and is fashioned, in a fixed position in the space inside the device, into a fashioned part which, after its assembly with the pane, defines the position of the support part in relation to the predetermined points. The plastic material is then cured. A window pane can be produced according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Rolf Kotte, Karl Hartl
  • Glazing comprising break lines
    Publication number: 20060138798
    Abstract: A window including deliberate rupture zones. The window is obtained by a method whereby the glass is subjected to local overheating of the structure using a high-energy beam penetrating the glass, deliberate rupture zones are produced by sequentially guiding the beam in a predetermined path along the preferred path for the window to break along, and by sequentially focusing the beam both along the predetermined path and at various depths relative to the surface of the window. The sequential focusing at various penetration depths follows a line that is inclined and/or curved relative to the normal to the surface of the glass so that a weakened structure is created in the window to obtain rupture behavior of the window that differs according to the direction in which the influence leading to rupture acts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alexander Oehrlein
  • Titania coatings by cvd at atmospheric pressure
    Publication number: 20060141290
    Abstract: A method for deposition of titania, and titania-containing, thin films by CVD, using an atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma as a major source of reaction, which leads to film properties, and film growth rates, normally only achievable (by atmospheric pressure CVD) with significantly higher substrate temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS GRANCE
    Inventors: David Sheel, Martyn Pemble
  • Bottom element of a sprayer shroud
    Patent number: D525124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Refrigerator shelf
    Patent number: D525269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: François Vardon
  • Top element of a sprayer shroud
    Patent number: D525524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calamar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Bottom element of a sprayer shroud
    Patent number: D525525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve L. Sweeton
  • Refrigerator shelf
    Patent number: D525633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: François Vardon