Patents by Inventor Jefferson DO ROSARIO
Jefferson DO ROSARIO 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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Publication number: 20240149561Abstract: A glazing unit includes a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a metal-based functional layer, which is deposited on an internal surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, a coating-free marginal region on the internal surface of the first pane, which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from one side edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm to at most 5 mm on the internal surface, a protective layer, which, in the coating-free marginal region, is disposed directly on the internal surface of the first pane and, in an overlap region directly adjacent to the coating-free marginal region, is disposed on the metal-based functional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Anna NEFT, Stephan GILLESSEN, Stefanie PENGEL, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Patent number: 11966113Abstract: A composite pane having an electrically controllable functional element that can be switched in segments, includes first and second panes joined to one another via an intermediate layer, and a functional element with a plurality of side edges embedded in the intermediate layer. The functional element includes, arranged flat one over another, a first surface electrode and a second surface electrode, between which an active layer is arranged flat. The first surface electrode is divided into multiple segments by a separating line. A group of first busbars electrically conductively contact the first surface electrode, and each segment of the first surface electrode is electrically conductively contacted by one busbar from the group of the first busbars. A second busbar electrically conductively contacts the second surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Jefferson Do Rosario, Florian Manz, Sebastian Schurse, Johannes Wolf
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Publication number: 20240064873Abstract: A composite pane with an electrically heatable camera window, which includes, inside the camera window, a first electrically conductive transparent coating for heating the camera window, wherein the first electrically conductive transparent coating is arranged on the first surface of the inner pane inside the camera window and has two busbars provided for connection to a voltage source, which are arranged on two opposite sides of the camera window such that when an electrical voltage is applied to the busbars, a current flows through the first electrically conductive transparent coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
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Publication number: 20240009967Abstract: A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a windshield including an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, having a HUD region; and a projector that is directed at the HUD region and that emits p-polarized radiation; wherein a reflection coating is arranged on the surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing the intermediate layer or within the intermediate layer, which reflection coating is suitable for reflecting p-polarized radiation and which has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver; and an emissivity-reducing coating is arranged on the surface of the inner pane facing away from the intermediate layer, which coating has an electrically conductive layer based on a transparent conductive oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Jan HAGEN
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Publication number: 20230415571Abstract: A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a windshield with an HUD region, inner and outer panes joined via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a projector directed at the HUD region having a radiation predominantly p-polarized. The windshield has a reflection coating for reflecting p-polarized radiation. The reflection coating has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver. A lower dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged below the electrically conductive layer. An upper dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged above the electrically conductive layer. The ratio of the optical thickness of the upper dielectric layer or layer sequence to the optical thickness of the lower dielectric layer or layer sequence is between 2.10 and 3.20. The reflection coating includes no dielectric layers with a refractive index less than 1.9.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jan HAGEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
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Publication number: 20230405975Abstract: A composite pane includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Robert BESLER
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Patent number: 11807082Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Florian Manz, Michael Labrot, Jefferson Do Rosario, Valentin Schulz
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Patent number: 11752735Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Florian Manz, Jefferson Do Rosario, Marcel Klein, Michael Labrot, Andreas Sznerski, Sebastian Schurse, Valentin Schulz
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Publication number: 20230182444Abstract: A composite pane, includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of 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 at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a solar protection coating is applied directly to the interior-side surface of the outer pane, which coating substantially reflects or absorbs rays outside the visible spectrum of solar radiation, in particular infrared rays, a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly to the interior-side surface of the inner pane, and the thermoplastic intermediate layer has a printed opaque layer in at least one region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Anna NEFT, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Publication number: 20220339911Abstract: A composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane, which are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein an optoelectronic functional element having electrically controllable optical properties is embedded in the intermediate layer, which functional element comprises an active layer, with which transparent flat control electrodes are associated on both surfaces, between a first carrier film and a second carrier film, and wherein a capacitive contact switching element is arranged between the active layer and the thermoplastic intermediate layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Huixing ZHANG, Valentin SCHULZ
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Patent number: 11433649Abstract: A 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 has an overhanging region beyond the first carrier film and at least one barrier film is arranged on at least one edge region of the first carrier film and the overhanging region of the second carrier film.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Florian Manz, Jefferson Do Rosario, Marcel Klein, Michael Labrot, Andreas Sznerski, Sebastian Schurse, Valentin Schulz
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Patent number: 11262610Abstract: A vehicle window pane, includes, in this sequence, a first glass pane, one or a plurality of polymer layers, a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the PDLC layer, or an SPD layer, including a polymer matrix in which suspension droplets are embedded, in which light-polarizing particles are suspended, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the SPD layer, one or a plurality of polymer layers, and a second glass pane, wherein, in the case of the PDLC layer, the liquid crystal droplets or, in the case of the SPD layer, the suspension droplets have an average size of more than 2 ?m. The vehicle window pane can be switched between a transparent state and a turbid or opaque state.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Labrot, Florian Manz, Jefferson Do Rosario
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Publication number: 20210387514Abstract: A composite pane includes a functional element having electrically controllable optical properties, includes an inner pane including an inner and outer side and an outer pane including an inner and outer side, a thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the inner side) of the inner pane to the inner side of the outer pane, a functional element embedded in the thermoplastic intermediate layer and having electrically controllable optical properties at least including a multilayer film containing, arranged surface-to-surface one above the other in this sequence, a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film. The active layer includes a matrix and an active substance, and the concentration of the active substance varies over the area of the functional element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Marcel KLEIN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Publication number: 20210379968Abstract: A composite pane with an electrically controllable functional element that can be switched in segments, includes a first pane, a second pane, which are joined to one another via an intermediate layer, and a functional element that is integrated in the intermediate layer, wherein the functional element includes, arranged flat one over another, a first surface electrode and a second surface electrode, between which an active layer is arranged flat, the first surface electrode is divided into multiple segments by at least one separating line, a group of first busbars electrically conductively contact the first surface electrode, at least one second busbar electrically conductively contacts the second surface electrode, and wherein each segment of the first surface electrode is electrically conductively contacted by at least two busbars of the group of the first busbars.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Florian MANZ, Sebastian SCHURSE, Johannes WOLF
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Publication number: 20210341772Abstract: A composite pane having an electrically controllable functional element that can be switched in segments, includes first and second panes joined to one another via an intermediate layer, and a functional element with a plurality of side edges embedded in the intermediate layer. The functional element includes, arranged flat one over another, a first surface electrode and a second surface electrode, between which an active layer is arranged flat. The first surface electrode is divided into multiple segments by a separating line. A group of first busbars electrically conductively contact the first surface electrode, and each segment of the first surface electrode is electrically conductively contacted by one busbar from the group of the first busbars. A second busbar electrically conductively contacts the second surface electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Florian MANZ, Sebastian SCHURSE, Johannes WOLF
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Publication number: 20210252834Abstract: A 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 has an overhanging region beyond the first carrier film and at least one barrier film is arranged on at least one edge region of the first carrier film and the overhanging region of the second carrier film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Florian MANZ, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Marcel KLEIN, Michael LABROT, Andreas SZNERSKI, Sebastian SCHURSE, Valentin SCHULZ
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Publication number: 20210242674Abstract: A vehicle includes an outer glass pane, an outer laminated layer, an inner laminated layer, and one inner glass pane, wherein a PDLC layer stack is arranged between the outer and inner laminated layers, the PDLC layer stack formed by a) an outer polymeric carrier layer, b) an outer electrically conductive layer, c) a PDLC layer, d) an inner electrically conductive layer, and e) an inner polymeric carrier layer, wherein at a lateral section of the PDLC layer stack, the inner electrically conductive layer protrudes together with the inner polymeric carrier layer, and at another lateral section of the PDLC layer stack, the outer electrically conductive layer protrudes together with the outer polymeric carrier layer, and a busbar is arranged in each case on the protruding inner electrically conductive layer and the protruding outer electrically conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Florian MANZ, Michael LABROT, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Andreas SZNERSKI, Sebastian SCHURSE
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Publication number: 20210197532Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Florian MANZ, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Marcel KLEIN, Michael LABROT, Andreas SZNERSKI, Sebastian SCHURSE, Valentin SCHULZ
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Publication number: 20210016640Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Florian MANZ, Michael LABROT, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Valentin SCHULZ
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Publication number: 20200174293Abstract: A vehicle window pane, includes, in this sequence, a first glass pane, one or a plurality of polymer layers, a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the PDLC layer, or an SPD layer, including a polymer matrix in which suspension droplets are embedded, in which light-polarizing particles are suspended, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the SPD layer, one or a plurality of polymer layers, and a second glass pane, wherein, in the case of the PDLC layer, the liquid crystal droplets or, in the case of the SPD layer, the suspension droplets have an average size of more than 2 ?m. The vehicle window pane can be switched between a transparent state and a turbid or opaque state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Michael LABROT, Florian MANZ, Jefferson DO ROSARIO