Patents by Inventor Alexandre Hennion
Alexandre Hennion has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11964896Abstract: A device and a process for manufacturing a bent individual glass sheet including a peripheral compression belt, wherein the process includes the heating thereof to its bending temperature in a furnace, the individual bending thereof, and the general cooling thereof. One zone of the sheet at least partially inside the peripheral compression belt, referred to as locally cooled zone, undergoes, after the heating of the sheet, a local cooling faster than the general cooling, when the sheet is at a temperature of at least 530° C. The cutting of the sheet on the locally cooled zone creates edges having edge compressive stresses.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: David Burgaud, Alexandre Hennion, Jérôme Gobin
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Patent number: 11702883Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bent laminated glazing, includes manufacturing a first bent laminated glazing including at least two glass substrates locally comprising, in each of the at least two glass substrates and facing each other in all the at least two glass substrates, a zone including compressive stresses, and cutting the first bent laminated glazing through its entire thickness along a line included in the zone in order to form local cut edges and, after cutting, a second bent laminated glazing with the local cut edges having compressive edge stresses.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Stéphane Berard, Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg
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Patent number: 11376820Abstract: A method of fabrication of a laminated glazing unit, includes cutting out a first through-hole in a first glass sheet; positioning a conducting wire and a film of thermoplastic polymer between the first glass sheet and a second glass sheet so that a first extremity and a second extremity of the conducting wire extend outside the laminated glazing unit to be formed, and feeding out the first extremity of the conducting wire via the first through-hole so that the first extremity exits the laminated glazing unit to be formed via the first through-hole, the conducting wire extending continuously from the first extremity to the second extremity, and after the positioning and feeding out, assembling the conducting wire, the film of thermoplastic polymer, the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet all together to form the laminated glazing.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Dominique Bureloux, Adeline Girod, Alexandre Hennion, Andreas Schlarb, Bernd Stelling
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Patent number: 11331885Abstract: An illuminating glazing unit includes a first transparent sheet of glass drilled with a through-hole delimited by an internal wall; at least one inorganic light-emitting diode including an emission surface emitting light in a main direction of emission substantially orthogonal to the emission surface; and a light guide element including an input face arranged facing the emission surface, a body and an output face arranged facing the internal wall, the light-emitting diode having an emission cone of at least 80°.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Alexandre Hennion, Mathieu Berard
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Patent number: 11148399Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first sheet of glass and a second sheet of glass which are bonded together via an adhesive interlayer, in which the second sheet of glass has a through-hole, wherein over the surface of the hole and a peripheral surface around same, a thin sheet of a thickness of between 0.01 and 0.5 mm, made from a material compatible with the manufacture and the mechanical stresses and the aging of the laminated glazing, is interposed between the adhesive interlayer and the second sheet of glass.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventor: Alexandre Hennion
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Publication number: 20210170724Abstract: An illuminating glazing unit includes a first transparent sheet of glass drilled with a through-hole delimited by an internal wall; at least one inorganic light-emitting diode including an emission surface emitting light in a main direction of emission substantially orthogonal to the emission surface; and a light guide element including an input face arranged facing the emission surface, a body and an output face arranged facing the internal wall, the light-emitting diode having an emission cone of at least 80°.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Alexandre HENNION, Mathieu BERARD
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Patent number: 10981359Abstract: A glazing, and in particular an automotive glazing, includes a laminated glazed element including an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet and a plastic interlayer sheet that is located between the two glass sheets and including at least one light-emitting diode that is located under a peripheral edge of the interlayer face of the exterior glass sheet, wherein the emitting face of the light-emitting diode is located facing at least a part of the edge face of the interior glass sheet and wherein the glazing includes a profiled bead including an exterior lip an interior lip and a body, with the body being located a distance away from, and not in contact with, the emitting face of the light-emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Pascal Bauerle, Alexandre Hennion, Nicolas Coutellier, Christophe Kleo
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Publication number: 20210017807Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bent laminated glazing, includes manufacturing a first bent laminated glazing including at least two glass substrates locally comprising, in each of the at least two glass substrates and facing each other in all the at least two glass substrates, a zone including compressive stresses, and cutting the first bent laminated glazing through its entire thickness along a line included in the zone in order to form local cut edges and, after cutting, a second bent laminated glazing with the local cut edges having compressive edge stresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Stéphane BERARD, Alexandre HENNION, Philippe FREBOURG
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Patent number: 10724292Abstract: A laminated includes two bent glass substrates, a polymer interlayer between the glass substrates, and a notch or orifice cut in an entire thickness of the glazing. The glazing includes a border of compressive edge stresses obtained by general controlled cooling of the substrates in a paired state so that compressive stresses are generated at the border, and a local compression zone, different from the border, and obtained by local controlled cooling of a local area of a main surface of the glazing so that compressive stresses are generated in theid local compression zone. The notch or orifice is located in the local compression zone and made in the substrates in a paired state after forming the local compression zone so that cut contours of the substrates in the notch or orifice have a perfect superposition. The compressive edge stresses of the cut contours are greater than 4 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Stéphane Berard, Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg
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Publication number: 20200216349Abstract: A device and a process for manufacturing a bent individual glass sheet including a peripheral compression belt, wherein the process includes the heating thereof to its bending temperature in a furnace, the individual bending thereof, and the general cooling thereof. One zone of the sheet at least partially inside the peripheral compression belt, referred to as locally cooled zone, undergoes, after the heating of the sheet, a local cooling faster than the general cooling, when the sheet is at a temperature of at least 530° C. The cutting of the sheet on the locally cooled zone creates edges having edge compressive stresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: David BURGAUD, Alexandre HENNION, Jérôme GOBIN
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Publication number: 20190389181Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first sheet of glass and a second sheet of glass which are bonded together via an adhesive interlayer, in which the second sheet of glass has a through-hole, wherein over the surface of the hole and a peripheral surface around same, a thin sheet of a thickness of between 0.01 and 0.5 mm, made from a material compatible with the manufacture and the mechanical stresses and the aging of the laminated glazing, is interposed between the adhesive interlayer and the second sheet of glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventor: Alexandre HENNION
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Publication number: 20190143648Abstract: A glazing, and in particular an automotive glazing, includes a laminated glazed element including an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet and a plastic interlayer sheet that is located between the two glass sheets and including at least one light-emitting diode that is located under a peripheral edge of the interlayer face of the exterior glass sheet, wherein the emitting face of the light-emitting diode is located facing at least a part of the edge face of the interior glass sheet and wherein the glazing includes a profiled bead including an exterior lip an interior lip and a body, with the body being located a distance away from, and not in contact with, the emitting face of the light-emitting diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Pascal BAUERLE, Alexandre HENNION, Nicolas COUTELLIER, Christophe KLEO
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Publication number: 20190039353Abstract: A laminated glazing unit including a first and a second glass sheet, the first glass sheet being equipped with a first through-hole, a spacer film of thermoplastic polymer disposed between the first and second glass sheets, at least one conducting wire buried within the spacer film or disposed between the spacer film and the first glass sheet or disposed between the spacer film and the second glass sheet, one end of each conducting wire exiting from the laminated glazing unit via the first through-hole in the first glass sheet. The conducting wires are fed through a laminated glazing unit, with a guaranteed quality of positioning of the conducting wires, an improved field of view and with no induced noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Dominique BURELOUX, Adeline GIROD, Alexandre HENNION, Andreas SCHLARB, Bernd STELLING
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Patent number: 10118369Abstract: A laminated glazing unit including a first and a second glass sheet, the first glass sheet being equipped with a first through-hole, a spacer film of thermoplastic polymer disposed between the first and second glass sheets, at least one conducting wire buried within the spacer film or disposed between the spacer film and the first glass sheet or disposed between the spacer film and the second glass sheet, one end of each conducting wire exiting from the laminated glazing unit via the first through-hole in the first glass sheet. The conducting wires are fed through a laminated glazing unit, with a guaranteed quality of positioning of the conducting wires, an improved field of view and with no induced noise.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Dominique Bureloux, Adeline Girod, Alexandre Hennion, Andreas Schlarb, Bernd Stelling
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Publication number: 20170314321Abstract: A laminated includes two bent glass substrates, a polymer interlayer between the glass substrates, and a notch or orifice cut in an entire thickness of the glazing. The glazing includes a border of compressive edge stresses obtained by general controlled cooling of the substrates in a paired state so that compressive stresses are generated at the border, and a local compression zone, different from the border, and obtained by local controlled cooling of a local area of a main surface of the glazing so that compressive stresses are generated in theid local compression zone. The notch or orifice is located in the local compression zone and made in the substrates in a paired state after forming the local compression zone so that cut contours of the substrates in the notch or orifice have a perfect superposition. The compressive edge stresses of the cut contours are greater than 4 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Stéphane BERARD, Alexandre HENNION, Philippe FREBOURG
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Patent number: 9670714Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated glass panel, which includes at least two glass substrates and at least one intermediate layer made of a polymeric material arranged between the substrates, the method including in the following order: the bending of the substrates; the controlled cooling of the substrates; and the formation of a laminated assembly that includes the substrates and the intermediate layer; the cutting of the laminated assembly straight through the entire thickness thereof along a line on one of the main surfaces thereof, the controlled cooling including general controlled cooling and local controlled cooling of an area that includes the cutting line, the local controlled cooling being faster than the general controlled cooling.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Stephane Berard, Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg
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Patent number: 9616649Abstract: A method for manufacturing dished laminated glazing including two sheets of glass, a separator layer made of polymer material arranged between the sheets of glass, and an electrical conductor, the method including the simultaneous thermal dishing of the sheets of glass in the paired state followed by their cooling and then the assembly of the laminated glazing by bonding of the sheets of glass to the separator layer on either side thereof, the cooling including a controlled cooling of the sheets of glass in the paired state, the controlled cooling including a general controlled cooling and a local controlled cooling of a cutting zone, the local controlled cooling being faster than the general controlled cooling, a cutting of one of the sheets of glass along a cutting line in the cutting zone to form a holed zone, the electrical conductor being placed between the sheets of glass and exiting from the laminated glazing through the holed zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg
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Publication number: 20150283797Abstract: A method for manufacturing dished laminated glazing including two sheets of glass, a separator layer made of polymer material arranged between the sheets of glass, and an electrical conductor, the method including the simultaneous thermal dishing of the sheets of glass in the paired state followed by their cooling and then the assembly of the laminated glazing by bonding of the sheets of glass to the separator layer on either side thereof, the cooling including a controlled cooling of the sheets of glass in the paired state, the controlled cooling including a general controlled cooling and a local controlled cooling of a cutting zone, the local controlled cooling being faster than the general controlled cooling, a cutting of one of the sheets of glass along a cutting line in the cutting zone to form a holed zone, the electrical conductor being placed between the sheets of glass and exiting from the laminated glazing through the holed zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg
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Publication number: 20150236491Abstract: A laminated glazing unit including a first and a second glass sheet, the first glass sheet being equipped with a first through-hole, a spacer film of thermoplastic polymer disposed between the first and second glass sheets, at least one conducting wire buried within the spacer film or disposed between the spacer film and the first glass sheet or disposed between the spacer film and the second glass sheet, one end of each conducting wire exiting from the laminated glazing unit via the first through-hole in the first glass sheet. The conducting wires are fed through a laminated glazing unit, with a guaranteed quality of positioning of the conducting wires, an improved field of view and with no induced noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Dominique Bureloux, Adeline Girod, Alexandre Hennion, Andreas Schlarb, Bernd Stelling
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Patent number: 9067622Abstract: An automotive vehicle roof that has two longitudinal edges and two transverse edges and that is symmetrical with respect to a median longitudinal plane, the roof consisting of a glazing unit including at least one mineral glass sheet, the sheet including a border of compressive edge stresses and at least two localized zones of compressive stress inside the border, the zones being placed symmetrically relative to the plane of symmetry and each localized zone of compressive stress being less than 30 cm from a longitudinal edge.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Alexandre Hennion, Philippe Frebourg