Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel 10 having a substrate 12 with one or more surfaces and one or more features 30 within the substrate 12. When electromagnetic radiation is introduced at or directed toward one or more surfaces of the substrate 12, the features 30 redirect the electromagnetic radiation in one or more predetermined directions.

Abstract: A colorant for a high redox glass composition comprising: total iron (Fe2O3) 0 to 1.1 weight percent; and from 0.0001 to 0.15 weight percent of at least one of the following: Cu nanostructures, Au nanostructures, or Ag nanostructures, wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the glass composition. The colorant of the invention can be used to make glass compositions having various colors.

Abstract: A process for producing an article having modified optical, chemical, and/or physical properties is disclosed. The process includes (a) fluidizing a starting material; (b) forcing the fluidized starting material toward the article; and (c) passing the fluidized starting material through a high energy zone. The passing step can occur before the forcing step; after the forcing step but before the fluidizing material comes in contact with the surface of the article; and/or after the forcing step and after the fluidized material comes in contact with the surface of the article. The properties of the article are modified because the article has nano-scaled structures distributed on the surface of the article and/or at least partially embedded in the article.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spacer frame for making a multi-sheet unit. The frame includes a spacer stock member having a first end and a second end, and a corner key comprising a bendable elongated body having a first end in the first end of the spacer stock member, an opposite second end in the second end of the spacer stock member, and a cut out between the ends, the ends of the corner key bendable relative to one another to decrease the spacing of the cut out.

Abstract: The present invention provides spacer stock for making a spacer frame for a multi-sheet unit. The spacer stock includes a first supporting surface; a second supporting surface opposite to, and facing away from, the first supporting surface; a base surface between and connecting the first and second supporting surfaces, and wherein the first and second supporting surfaces and base surface are made of plastic and rate of moisture and/or gas movement through portions of the first and second supporting surfaces is greater than the rate of moisture and/or gas movement, respectively through the base surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-sheet unit with a spacer frame having at least three sides, at least three corners, a first sheet supporting surface and an opposite second sheet supporting surface. The spacer frame includes a spacer stock member having a first end, an opposite second end, the at least three sides and at least two corners of the at least three corners; a corner key comprising a bendable elongated body having a first end in the first end of the spacer stock member, an opposite second end in the second end of the spacer stock member to provide one of the corners of the at least three corners of the spacer frame, and a cut out between the ends of the corner key, the ends of the corner key bendable relative to one another to decrease the spacing of the cut out; a first sheet secured to the first sheet supporting surface by a first moisture and/or gas impervious layer, and a second sheet secured to the second sheet supporting surface by a second moisture and/or gas impervious layer.

Abstract: A glass composition for forming a blue colored glass is disclosed. The glass composition is made up of a base glass portion, iron oxide, and at least one first additive compound selected from Nd2O3 in an amount up to 1 weight percent and/or CuO in an amount up to 0.5 weight percent. The base glass portion has the following components: SiO2 from 66 to 75 weight percent; Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent; CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent; MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent; Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; B2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; and K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent. The total iron in the glass composition ranges from 0.3 to 1.2 weight percent, and the glass composition has a redox ratio ranging from 0.15 to 0.65.

Abstract: A method and resultant product are disclosed wherein a metal film is deposited by sputtering a metal cathode target in an essentially nonreactive atmosphere comprising inert gas and a reactive gas, wherein the concentration of reactive gas is sufficiently low that the sputtering is accomplished in the metallic mode, i.e. the film is deposited as metal. The metal film of the present invention is harder than a metal film sputtered in an atmosphere consisting of only inert gas. The method and resultant product may further comprise thermal oxidation of the metal film, which proceeds more efficiently than oxidation of a metal film sputtered in an atmosphere consisting of only inert gas.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel 10 having a substrate 12 with one or more surfaces and one or more features 30 within the substrate 12. When one or more surfaces of the substrate 12 are illuminated, the features 30 redirect the illumination to form an image.

Abstract: A novel glass composition is disclosed. The glass composition includes a base glass composition made up of SiO2 from 65 to 75 weight percent, Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent, CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent, MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent, Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent, K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent, B2O3 0 to 5%, and MnO2 0 to 0.5%, and a colorant and property modifying material portion made up of total iron up to 0.65 weight percent, Se ranging from 2 PPM to 10 PPM, at least one UV absorber selected from CeO2, V2O5, TiO2 and MoO3, CoO up to 20 PPM, and Cr2O3 up to 75 PPM, wherein the glass composition has a redox ratio ranging from 0.2 to 0.6.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low emissivity, low shading coefficient, low reflectance multi-layer coating and coated article having a visible light transmittance of greater than about 50%, preferably greater than about 55%, a shading coefficient of less than about 0.33 and en exterior reflectance of less than about 30%. The coated article, e.g. an IG unit, has a substrate with a first antireflective layer deposited over the substrate. A first infrared reflective layer is deposited over the first antireflective layer and a first primer layer is deposited over the first infrared reflective layer. A second antireflective layer is deposited over the first primer layer and a second infrared reflective layer is deposited over the second antireflective layer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low emissivity, low shading coefficient, multi-layer coating and coated article having a luminous transmission of less than about 70 percent, a shading coefficient less than about 0.44 and a solar heat gain coefficient of less than about 0.38 and a ratio of luminous transmittance to solar heat gain coefficient of greater than about 1.85. The coated article, e.g. an IG unit, has a substrate with at least one antireflective layer deposited over the substrate. At least one infrared reflective layer is deposited over the antireflective layer and at least one primer layer is deposited over the infrared reflective layer. Optionally a second antireflective layer is deposited over the first primer layer and optionally a second infrared reflective layer is deposited over the second antireflective layer.

Abstract: A colorant for a high redox glass composition comprising: total iron (Fe2O3) 0 to 1.1 weight percent; and from 0.0001 to 0.15 weight percent of at least one of the following: Cu nanostructures, Au nanostructures, or Ag nanostructures, wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the glass composition. The colorant of the invention can be used to make glass compositions having various colors.

Abstract: A neutral gray colored glass composition for automotive vision panels having reduced transmitted color shift characteristics is provided. The glass composition has a base portion including 65 to 75 weight percent SiO2, 10 to 20 weight percent Na2O, 5 to 15 weight percent CaO, 0 to 5 weight percent MgO, 0 to 5 weight percent Al2O3, and 0 to 5 weight percent K2O. The composition also includes major colorants including 0.30 to 0.75 weight percent Fe2O3, 0 to 15 ppm CoO, and 1 to 15 ppm Se. The glass has a luminous transmittance of at least 65 percent at a thickness of 3.9 mm, a redox ratio of 0.2 to 0.675, a TSET of less than or equal to 65 percent, and a standard color shift of less than 6.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method for making a polymer that has nanostructures incorporated into the matrix of the polymer. The method of the invention involves the following steps: mixing a precursor solution for the polymer with a precursor for the nanostructures to form a mixture; forming nanostructures in the mixture from the precursor of the nanostructures; and forming a polymer from the precursor solution of the polymer so that the nanostructures are incorporated into the polymer matrix.

Abstract: A blue colored, infrared and ultraviolet absorbing glass composition having a luminous transmittance of up to 60 percent can form transparent glass panel sets for mounting in automobiles. A non-limiting glass composition includes a standard soda-lime-silica glass base composition and a solar radiation absorbing and colorant portion having 0.9 to 2.0 percent by weight total iron, 0.15 to 0.65 percent by weight FeO, 90 to 250 PPM CoO, and optionally up to 12 PPM Se and up to 0.9 wt % TiO2, and preferably 1 to 1.4 percent by weight total iron, 0.20 to 0.50 percent by weight FeO, 100 to 150 PPM CoO, up to 8 PPM Se, and up to 0.5 wt % TiO2, at a thickness of 0.160 inches (4.06 millimeters) the glass has a dominant wavelength in the range of 480 to 489 nanometers and an excitation purity of at least 8 percent.

Abstract: A glass composition for forming a blue colored glass is disclosed. The glass composition is made up of a base glass portion, iron oxide, and at least one first additive compound selected from Nd2O3 in an amount up to 1 weight percent and/or CuO in an amount up to 0.5 weight percent. The base glass portion has the following components: SiO2 from 66 to 75 weight percent; Na2O from 10 to 20 weight percent; CaO from 5 to 15 weight percent; MgO from 0 to 5 weight percent; Al2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; B2O3 from 0 to 5 weight percent; and K2O from 0 to 5 weight percent. The total iron in the glass composition ranges from 0.3 to 1.2 weight percent, and the glass composition has a redox ratio ranging from 0.15 to 0.65.

Abstract: An integrated window sash includes a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface, a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet supporting surface and a base between the first and second sheet supporting surfaces; a first sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface with marginal edge portions of the first surface of the first sheet secured to the first sheet supporting surface; a second sheet having a first major surface, an opposite second major surface, and a predetermined peripheral configuration with marginal edge portions of the first surface of the second sheet secured to the second sheet supporting surface, wherein the first major surface of the second sheet faces and is spaced from the second major surface of the first sheet to provide a compartment therebetween, and a desiccating medium carried on the base of the sash frame and communicating with the compartment, the base and the desiccating medium defining an interior opening in the sash frame where

Abstract: An insulating unit includes a first and a second sheet, each of the sheets having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface; an arrangement to position the first and second sheets in spaced relation to one another to provide a compartment between the sheets, the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet facing the compartment; a lattice made of muntin bars in the compartment, the lattice having end portions adjacent to and spaced from the arrangement; and a retainer clip having a first end portion connected to an end portion of the lattice and the opposite second end portion having a compressible base, the compressible base in surface contact with the second major surface of the first sheet and the first major surface of the second sheet to retain the lattice in position between the sheets.

Abstract: An integrated window sash includes a sash frame having a first sheet supporting surface, a second sheet supporting surface spaced from the first sheet supporting surface, and a base between the first and second sheet supporting surfaces, the base defining an opening; a first sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface with marginal edge portions of the first surface of the first sheet secured to the first sheet supporting surface, the first sheet sized to pass through the opening toward the first sheet supporting surface; a second sheet having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface with marginal edge portions of the first surface of the second sheet secured to the second sheet supporting surface, the second sheet sized to be larger than the opening, wherein the first major surface of the second sheet faces the second major surface of the first sheet and is spaced therefrom to provide a compartment between the sheets; and a retainer mounted on the base between th