Patents by Inventor Glenn T. Miner

Glenn T. Miner 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).

  • Low solar absorbing blue glass, solar reflecting coated blue glass, and insulating unit having a low solar heat gain
    Patent number: 8455066
    Abstract: An insulating unit having a neutral grey color and a solar heat gain coefficient less than 0.40 includes a clear glass sheet spaced from a coated glass sheet. The coated glass sheet includes a colored glass substrate having a solar infrared reflective coating. The composition of the coated substrate includes a base glass portion and a glass colorant portion, the glass colorant portion including total iron in the range of 0.04 to less than 0.28 weight percent; CoO in the range of 32 to 90 parts per million, and Se in the range of greater than 0 to less than 5.5 parts per million. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention the glass substrate at a thickness of 0.223 inches has a* chromaticity coordinates of ?3.5 to +2.5 and b* chromaticity coordinates of ?1 to ?15, and a visible light transmittance of 40 to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Heithoff, Glenn T. Miner
  • LOW SOLAR ABSORBING BLUE GLASS, SOLAR REFLECTING COATED BLUE GLASS, AND INSULATING UNIT HAVING A LOW SOLAR HEAT GAIN
    Publication number: 20120315410
    Abstract: An insulating unit having a neutral grey color and a solar heat gain coefficient less than 0.40 includes a clear glass sheet spaced from a coated glass sheet. The coated glass sheet includes a colored glass substrate having a solar infrared reflective coating. The composition of the coated substrate includes a base glass portion and a glass colorant portion, the glass colorant portion including total iron in the range of 0.04 to less than 0.28 weight percent; CoO in the range of 32 to 90 parts per million, and Se in the range of greater than 0 to less than 5.5 parts per million. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention the glass substrate at a thickness of 0.223 inches has a* chromaticity coordinates of ?3.5 to +2.5 and b* chromaticity coordinates of ?1 to ?15, and a visible light transmittance of 40 to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Robert B. Heithoff, Glenn T. Miner
  • Low solar absorbing blue glass, solar reflecting coated blue glass, and insulating unit having a low solar heat gain
    Patent number: 8268741
    Abstract: An insulating unit having a neutral grey color and a solar heat gain coefficient less than 0.40 includes a clear glass sheet spaced from a coated glass sheet. The coated glass sheet includes a colored glass substrate having a solar infrared reflective coating. The composition of the coated substrate includes a base glass portion and a glass colorant portion, the glass colorant portion including total iron in the range of 0.04 to less than 0.28 weight percent; CoO in the range of 32 to 90 parts per million, and Se in the range of greater than 0 to less than 5.5 parts per million. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention the glass substrate at a thickness of 0.223 inches has a* chromaticity coordinates of ?3.5 to +2.5 and b* chromaticity coordinates of ?1 to ?15, and a visible light transmittance of 40 to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Heithoff, Glenn T. Miner