Patents by Inventor Michel Hannotiau

Michel Hannotiau 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).

  • Patent number: 7803463
    Abstract: A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: AGC Flat Glass Europe SA
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Patent number: 7622186
    Abstract: A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: AGC Flat Glass Europe SA
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Publication number: 20080044665
    Abstract: A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert TERNEU, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Publication number: 20060154090
    Abstract: A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Patent number: 7037555
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glazing panel having a solar factor (FS) of less than 70% and being composed of a vitreous substrate and a tin/antimony oxide coating layer provided on the vitreous substrate and having a Sb/Sn molar ratio ranging from 0.01 to 0.5, preferable 0.03 to 0.5, the method including the steps of providing reactants in gaseous phase which comprise tin and antimony compounds, which are present in an amount effective to form the tin/antimony oxide coating layer; and forming the tin/antimony oxide coating layer pyrolytically on the vitreous substrate from the reactants in gaseous phase to provide the glazing panel having a solar factor (FS) of less than 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Publication number: 20010031366
    Abstract: A glazing panel having beneficial anti-solar properties comprises a vitreous substrate carrying a tin/antimony oxide coating layer containing tin and antimony in a Sb/Sn molar ratio of from 0.01 to 0.14. In one application the coated substrate has a solar factor FS of less than 70% and the panel is formed by chemical vapor deposition from a reactant mixture comprising a source of tin and a source of antimony. In another application it is particularly suitable for use in vehicle glazing, in particular in vehicle roof windows, and the coated substrate has a spray-formed pyrolytic tin/antimony oxide coating having a thickness of at least 400 nm and, whereby the coated substrate has a luminous transmittance (TL) of less than 35% and a selectivity (TL/TE) of at least 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Patent number: 6231971
    Abstract: A glazing panel having a solar factor (FS) of less than 70% includes a sheet of glass; and at least two coating layers provided on the sheet of glass including first and second coating layers, the first coating layer being composed of tin and antimony oxides and having a Sb/Sn molar ratio ranging from 0.01 to 0.5 and being one of (A) pyrolytically formed from reactants in a gaseous phase or (B) pyrolytically spray formed, and the second coating layer being composed of tin oxide doped with fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Philippe Legrand, Michel Hannotiau, Alain Schutz
  • Patent number: 5730771
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal oxide coated glass which is a glass substrate bearing a pyrolytically formed coating composed of at least two metal oxides and which has a corrosion resistance at least equal to 5 as determined by Applicants' defined transmission test, the method including contacting a hot glass substrate with a coating precursor material composed of a tin-containing material and a titanium-containing material in the presence of oxygen to form a metal oxide coating composed of at least two metal oxides including tin oxide and titanium oxide on the hot glass substrate by pyrolyzing the coating precursor material as it contacts the hot glass substrate, wherein the titanium-containing material comprises a titanium chelate which is a reaction product of octyleneglycol titanate and acetylacetone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Michel Hannotiau
  • Patent number: 5721054
    Abstract: A glazing panel produced by pyrolytic coating of a substrate is described. One absorbent coating layer comprises at least one metal oxide selected from the oxides of chromium, cobalt and iron. A non-absorbent coating layer, in contact with absorbent layer comprises a material having a refractive index n(.lambda.) within the range 1.4 to 3.0. The glazing panel exhibits a color purity of greater than 16%, as measured by reflection from the coated side; and a solar factor of less than 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Karel Vandiest, Robert Terneu, Michel Hannotiau, Philippe Legrand
  • Patent number: 5396080
    Abstract: A method is described for monitoring the thickness and uniformity of a transparent coating applied to a substrate in sheet form. The method comprises directing polychromatic light at the coating at a plurality of locations and measuring the intensity of light reflected from said coating. At each location, the intensity of reflected light is measured at at least two discrete monitoring wavelengths and said measurements are processed to generate an electrical signal which may be compared with one or more predetermined threshold values and with such electrical signals generated at other locations to yield indications of whether the thickness and uniformity of the coating lies within predetermined tolerance values.. The first discrete monitoring wavelength lies in the range 400 to 480 nm (blue) and the second discrete monitoring wavelength lies in the range 580 to 750 nm (red). A third discrete monitoring wavelength, which lies in the range 480 to 580 nm (green) may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Michel Hannotiau, Guy Renard, Robert Terneu
  • Patent number: 5256485
    Abstract: A coated glass substrate includes a glass substrate; and a metal oxide coating provided on the glass substrate, which metal oxide coating is a pyrolytically formed oxidized metal coating, includes a metal oxide layer whose metal constituents consist essentially of aluminum atoms and vanadium atoms in an amount ranging from about 2% to about 10% of the aluminum atoms, and has a refractive index of at least 1.67.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Michel Hannotiau
  • Patent number: 5203903
    Abstract: In methods of forming a coating comprising a pyrolytically formed oxide layer on a travelling hot glass substrate, the substrate is contacted with coating precursor material in the presence of oxygen. In order to prevent interaction between the glass of the substrate and the coating precursor material used for applying an upper coating stratum, and/or to facilitate modification of the optical or other properties of the coating as a whole, an oxide substratum of said coating ("the undercoating layer") is pyrolytically formed in an incompletely oxidized state by contacting the substrate in an undercoating chamber with undercoat precursor material in the presence of oxygen in insufficient quantity for full oxidation of the undercoat material on the substrate and such undercoat is overcoated with an upper coating layer while it is still in an incompletely oxidized state, and while the substrate is still hot, thereby to preserve such undercoat in an incompletely oxidized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Glaverbel
    Inventors: Robert Terneu, Michel Hannotiau