Patents by Inventor Massimo MICHETTI
Massimo MICHETTI 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: 20240066839Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising first and second sheets of glass joined together by an interlayer structure comprising at least a first layer of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The surface compressive stress in a central region of a first major surface of the first sheet of glass is dependent upon the thickness of the first sheet of glass. For a thickness t of the first sheet of glass between 1.4 mm and 2.6 mm the minimum surface compressive stress CSmin (in MPa) in the central region of the first major surface of the first sheet of glass is given by CSmin (MPa)=21.0×t3?118.6×t2+236.9×t?a1, wherein a1 is between 135 MPa and 140 MPa. The second sheet of glass may be a sheet of chemically strengthened glass having a thickness between 0.3 mm and 1.0 mm. The laminated glazing may be fixed or movable in an aperture in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Pilkington Group LimitedInventor: Massimo MICHETTI
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Publication number: 20240009969Abstract: As car manufacturers have worked to improve the fuel efficiency of their vehicles, one of the areas where they have been able to make major improvements has been aerodynamics. As most of the drag is the result of the frontal area of the vehicle, the installation angle of the windshield has been getting smaller and smaller to facilitate the smooth displacement of air. One of the drawbacks of this approach is that the light reflected back to the driver by the windshield increases as the installation angle decreases and the incidence angle increases. At high incidence angles, the intensity of the reflection may become objectionable. The invention reduces reflection at high incident angles by means of an anti-reflective layer and a polarization layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Zhaoyu WANG, José NUNEZ REGUEIRO, Sebastian M. GOMEZ SOCOLA, Pooria HOSSEINI, Massimo MICHETTI
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Publication number: 20230302772Abstract: In addition to providing for vision and protection from the external elements, various other features, such as lighting, cameras, sensors and displays have been integrated within automotive glazings Some of these require a laminate with an offset between the edges of at least two of the glass layers to accommodate components and/or connectors. When the edge of one glass layer is offset, such that it is no longer substantially captured by the mounting means used to install the glazing in the vehicle, the mechanical strength is reduced. To compensate, the remaining layer must be made stronger, usually by increasing the thickness. Even when compensated, the security of the glazing remains compromised as the smaller glass layer is not directly connected to the vehicle. If the larger glass layer should break, the opening may be left unprotected. By providing an innovative integrated reinforcement in the offset portion, a secure, stronger and lighter laminate can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Massimo MICHETTI, Gonzalo Rafael VIZCARRA MENDOZA, Andres Fernando SARMIENTO SANTOS, Raghu K. PENDYALA, Vincenzo MANNINO, Osmar CURI GRADOS, Fabian VEGA
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Patent number: 11619364Abstract: The trend towards increasing the glazed area in automobiles has reduced the potential locations for mounting cabin lighting. This is especially true for vehicles having large panoramic glazing. Attempts to utilize integrated light sources within the glazing have had mixed results. Embedded LEDs in the laminate tend to be too bright for night driving. Edge feed illumination with light dispersing elements on the glass to date have only been able to provide low intensity levels. Both approaches tend to reduce visibility and aesthetics in the off state. The current invention provides a means and a method to produce a laminate which provides bright cabin lighting without compromising the function of the glazing to serve as a window, by creating a light dispersing layer that is substantially invisible when in the off state and very bright in the on state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: AGP AMERICA S.A.Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Massimo Michetti, Raghu K. Pendyala, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Ivan Arturo Cornejo, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Jorge Ramos, José Nuñez-Regueiro, Alexey Krasnov
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Publication number: 20220402256Abstract: Due to the increased glazed area of modern vehicles, especially the large panoramic glass roofs, we have seen a substantial growth in the use of anti-reflective coatings. Unfortunately, these types of coatings accentuate fingerprints and smudges. The invention provides an automotive glazing which is substantially resistant to fingerprints, and a method of manufacture thereof through the application of an anti-fingerprint coating based on low surface energy silanes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Allan DE OLIVEIRA, José NUÑEZ-REGUEIRO, Massimo MICHETTI, Eduardo D. TEMOCHE, Zhaoyu WANG
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Publication number: 20220388282Abstract: An automotive laminated glazing is provided, comprising an outer glass layer and an inner glass layer, said outer glass layer having a first surface and a second surface and said inner glass layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein the inner glass layer has a thickness of not more than 1.0 mm and is chemically strengthened, and wherein the fourth surface features a low-e coating, obtainable by chemically strengthening a flat glass pane having a thickness of not more than 1.0 mm, then applying the low-e coating, and finally laminating the flat glass pane to a curved glass pane forming the outer layer, thereby cold bending said flat glass pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: AGP America S.A.Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Zhaoyu WANG, José NUÑEZ-REGUEIRO, Iván CORNEJO, Massimo MICHETTI, Allan DE OLIVEIRA, Eduardo D. TEMOCHE
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Publication number: 20220381418Abstract: The trend towards increasing the glazed area in automobiles has reduced the potential locations for mounting cabin lighting. This is especially true for vehicles having large panoramic glazing. Attempts to utilize integrated light sources within the glazing have had mixed results. Embedded LEDs in the laminate tend to be too bright for night driving. Edge feed illumination with light dispersing elements on the glass to date have only been able to provide low intensity levels. Both approaches tend to reduce visibility and aesthetics in the off state. The current invention provides a means and a method to produce a laminate which provides bright cabin lighting without compromising the function of the glazing to serve as a window, by creating a light dispersing layer that is substantially invisible when in the off state and very bright in the on state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Massimo MICHETTI, Raghu K. PENDYALA, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Ivan Arturo CORNEJO, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Jorge RAMOS, José NUÑEZ-REGUEIRO, Alexey KRASNOV
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Patent number: 11511525Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising first and second sheets of glass joined together by an interlayer structure comprising at least first and second layers of adhesive interlayer material with a support sheet therebetween is disclosed. The laminated glazing is arranged such that the first layer of adhesive interlayer material is between the first sheet of glass and the support sheet, the second layer of adhesive interlayer material is between the second sheet of glass and the support sheet support material and at least a portion of the second major surface of the first sheet of glazing material faces the first major surface of the second sheet of glazing material. In the event of breakage of the first sheet of glass, the second layer of adhesive interlayer material remains attached to the support sheet thereby keeping the second glass sheet from becoming detached from the laminated glazing.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Neil Winstanley, Marco Ronci, Neil John Durbin, Gustavo Benedetto, Massimo Michetti
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Publication number: 20220371949Abstract: Due to the increased glazed area of modern vehicles, especially the large panoramic glass roofs, we have seen a substantial growth in the use solar control glass and coatings. The solar glass compositions and coatings are expensive to manufacture. While solar coatings are more efficient than compositions, they typically cannot be used on monolithic glazing as they are not durable. They must be applied to one of the surfaces on the inside of a laminate. Most of these products also introduce an undesirable color shift. The invention provides a coating that can be used on glass to produce a laminated or monolithic glazing with a neutral gray solar control coating which also has anti-reflective properties and low emissivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Zhaoyu WANG, José NUÑEZ-REGUEIRO, Sebastián GÓMEZ, Allan MAPLE, Andris SIVARS, Iván CORNEJO, Andrés Fernando SARMIENTO, Massimo MICHETTI, Merlyn ROJAS VALLE
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Patent number: 11421852Abstract: The trend towards increasing the glazed area in automobiles has reduced the potential locations for mounting cabin lighting. This is especially true for vehicles having large panoramic glazing. Attempts to utilize integrated light sources within the glazing have had mixed results. Embedded LEDs in the laminate tend to be too bright for night driving. Edge feed illumination with light dispersing elements on the glass to date have only been able to provide low intensity levels. Both approaches tend to reduce visibility and aesthetics in the off state. The current invention provides a means and a method to produce a laminate which provides bright cabin lighting without compromising the function of the glazing to serve as a window, by creating a light dispersing layer that is substantially invisible when in the off state and very bright in the on state.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AGP America S.A.Inventors: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Massimo Michetti, Raghu K. Pendyala, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Ivan Arturo Cornejo, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Jorge Ramos, José Nuñez-Regueiro, Alexey Krasnov
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Publication number: 20220018516Abstract: The trend towards increasing the glazed area in automobiles has reduced the potential locations for mounting cabin lighting. This is especially true for vehicles having large panoramic glazing. Attempts to utilize integrated light sources within the glazing have had mixed results. Embedded LEDs in the laminate tend to be too bright for night driving. Edge feed illumination with light dispersing elements on the glass to date have only been able to provide low intensity levels. Both approaches tend to reduce visibility and aesthetics in the off state. The current invention provides a means and a method to produce a laminate which provides bright cabin lighting without compromising the function of the glazing to serve as a window, by creating a light dispersing layer that is substantially invisible when in the off state and very bright in the on state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Mario Arturo MANNHEIM ASTETE, Massimo MICHETTI, Raghu K. PENDYALA, Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Ivan Arturo CORNEJO, Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Jorge RAMOS, José NUÑEZ-REGUEIRO, Alexey KRASNOV
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Patent number: 11179916Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Massimo Michetti, Joachim Pilz
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Publication number: 20210122145Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising first and second sheets of glass joined together by an interlayer structure comprising at least a first layer of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The surface compressive stress in a central region of a first major surface of the first sheet of glass is dependent upon the thickness of the first sheet of glass. For a thickness t of the first sheet of glass between 1.4 mm and 2.6 mm the minimum surface compressive stress CSmin (in MPa) in the central region of the first major surface of the first sheet of glass is given by CSmin(MPa)=21.0×t3?118.6×t2+236.9×t?a1, wherein a1 is between 135 MPa and 140 MPa. The second sheet of glass may be a sheet of chemically strengthened glass having a thickness between 0.3 mm and 1.0 mm. The laminated glazing may be fixed or movable in an aperture in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Pilkington Group LimitedInventor: Massimo MICHETTI
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Publication number: 20210114354Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising first and second sheets of glass joined together by an interlayer structure comprising at least first and second layers of adhesive interlayer material with a support sheet therebetween is disclosed. The laminated glazing is arranged such that the first layer of adhesive interlayer material is between the first sheet of glass and the support sheet, the second layer of adhesive interlayer material is between the second sheet of glass and the support sheet support material and at least a portion of the second major surface of the first sheet of glazing material faces the first major surface of the second sheet of glazing material. In the event of breakage of the first sheet of glass, the second layer of adhesive interlayer material remains attached to the support sheet thereby keeping the second glass sheet from becoming detached from the laminated glazing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Pilkington Group LimitedInventors: Neil WINSTANLEY, Marco RONCI, Neil John DURBIN, Gustavo BENEDETTO, Massimo MICHETTI
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Publication number: 20200094528Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Pilkington Group LimitedInventors: Massimo MICHETTI, Joachim PILZ
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Patent number: 10486396Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Massimo Michetti, Joachim Pilz
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Publication number: 20180200996Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Pilkington Group LimitedInventors: Massimo Michetti, Joachim Pilz
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Patent number: 9919496Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Massimo Michetti, Joachim Pilz
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Publication number: 20170021597Abstract: A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventors: Massimo MICHETTI, Joachim PILZ