Patents by Inventor Pascal Le Masson

Pascal Le Masson 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: 6680134
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a flexible or rigid, transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin layers, which includes at least one functional layer predominantly based on silver Ag placed between two coatings of dielectric material, at least one of the coatings comprising a layer predominantly based on aluminum nitride AlN. The functional layer or at least one of the functional layers is modified by incorporating at least one minor metal M other than Ag and/or the said AlN-based layer, or at least one of them, is modified by incorporating at least one metal M′ in a minor amount compared with the aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Marc Maurer, Norbert Huhn, Pascal Le Masson
  • Patent number: 6503636
    Abstract: A stack of layers reflecting heat radiation for transparent substrates comprises at least one silver functional layer and, on both faces of the latter, antireflection layers formed by one or more metal compounds. The antireflection layer under the silver layer comprises an upper partial layer of zinc oxide contiguous to the silver layer, and an additional partial layer, under the zinc oxide layer, which is formed by aluminum nitride and is under internal tensile stresses. With the aid of the AlN layer under tensile stresses, it is possible to compensate the internal compressive stresses existing in the ZnO layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Pascal Le Masson, Alfred Hans, Norbert Huhn, Klaus Fischer, Marc Maurer
  • Publication number: 20020197459
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a flexible or rigid, transparent substrate provided with a stack of thin layers, which includes at least one functional layer predominantly based on silver Ag placed between two coatings of dielectric material, at least one of the coatings comprising a layer predominantly based on aluminium nitride AlN. The functional layer or at least one of the functional layers is modified by incorporating at least one minor metal M other than Ag and/or the said AlN-based layer, or at least one of them, is modified by incorporating at least one metal M′ in a minor amount compared with the aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Maurer, Norbert Huhn, Pascal Le Masson