Patents by Inventor Julius G. Kozak
Julius G. Kozak 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: 9248628Abstract: A method for laminating glass, a laminate assembly, and an adhesive-coated plastic material used in a laminate assembly. Specifically an adhesive, once applied to a plastic layer is grooved or textured to allow formerly trapped air to escape from between layers of a laminate assembly during a laminate process. This can allow for the adhesive layer to be thinner, while still providing for a final product that is relatively air bubble-free and optically pleasing or substantially free of optical defects caused by waviness of the plastic layer between two PVB sheets and/or wrinkles of the plastic sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Solutia Inc.Inventors: David Lee Honeycutt, Matthew Coda, Lee Campbell Boman, Julius G. Kozak
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Publication number: 20150239216Abstract: A method for laminating glass, a laminate assembly, and an adhesive-coated plastic material used in a laminate assembly. Specifically an adhesive, once applied to a plastic layer is grooved or textured to allow formerly trapped air to escape from between layers of a laminate assembly during a laminate process. This can allow for the adhesive layer to be thinner, while still providing for a final product that is relatively air bubble-free and optically pleasing or substantially free of optical defects caused by waviness of the plastic layer between two PVB sheets and/or wrinkles of the plastic sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: DAVID LEE HONEYCUTT, MATTHEW CODA, LEE CAMPBELL BOMAN, JULIUS G. KOZAK
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Publication number: 20140220286Abstract: A method for laminating glass, a laminate assembly, and an adhesive-coated plastic material used in a laminate assembly. Specifically an adhesive, once applied to a plastic layer is grooved or textured to allow formerly trapped air to escape from between layers of a laminate assembly during a laminate process. This can allow for the adhesive layer to be thinner, while still providing for a final product that is relatively air bubble-free and optically pleasing or substantially free of optical defects caused by waviness of the plastic layer between two PVB sheets and/or wrinkles of the plastic sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: David Lee Honeycutt, Matthew Coda, Lee Campbell Boman, Julius G. Kozak
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Patent number: 8728636Abstract: A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Ronny Kleinhempel, Julius G. Kozak, Roland C. Thielsch, Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Lee C. Boman
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Publication number: 20130260062Abstract: A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Ronny Kleinhempel, Julius G. Kozak, Roland C. Thielsch, Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Lee C. Boman
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Patent number: 8530011Abstract: A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Ronny Kleinhempel, Julius G. Kozak, Roland C. Thielsch, Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Lee C. Boman
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Publication number: 20120148863Abstract: A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ronny Kleinhempel, Julius G. Kozak, Roland C. Thielsch, Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Lee C. Boman
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Patent number: 5981059Abstract: An optical arrangement includes a transmissive or reflective substrate having a first surface on which a multi-layer antireflection stack is formed. The antireflection stack is protected by a fluorocarbon lubricating layer that reduces the surface energy of the exposed surface to less than 40 dynes/cm, and preferably less than 20 dynes/cm. The fluorocarbon lubricating layer and a silane adhesion promotion layer form a durable topcoat having desired mechanical and optical characteristics. The preferred material for forming the lubricating layer is a fluoropolymer sold by 3M Company under the federally registered trademark FLUORAD.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Southwall Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark I. Bright, Julius G. Kozak
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Patent number: 5783049Abstract: An improved way to impart antireflection properties to light transmissive substrates and, at the same time, achieve a durable surface and electrical conductivity is disclosed. A stack of at least two sputter-deposited light transmissive inorganic layers, one of which being electrically conductive and having a high index of refraction with the one above it (relative to the substrate being antireflected) having a low index of refraction, in combination with a thin lubricating overlayer comprising a solvent-soluble lubricant such as a solvent-soluble fluoropolymer can achieve this desired combination of properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Clark I. Bright, F. Eugene Woodard, Steven J. Pace, Julius G. Kozak
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Patent number: 5744227Abstract: An improved way to impart antireflection properties to light transmissive substrates and, at the same time, achieve a durable surface and electrical conductivity is disclosed. A stack of at least two sputter-deposited light transmissive inorganic layers, one of which being electrically conductive and having a high index of refraction with the one above it (relative to the substrate being antireflected) having a low index of refraction, in combination with a thin lubricating overlayer comprising a solvent-soluble lubricant such as a solvent-soluble fluoropolymer can achieve this desired combination of properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1995Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Clark I. Bright, F. Eugene Woodard, Steven J. Pace, Julius G. Kozak