Patents by Inventor Peter Sønderkær
Peter Sønderkær 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: 12116833Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a seal material in manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, wherein the VIG unit comprises a first glass sheet, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface, a second glass sheet having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass sheets are placed in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other and providing a gap therein between, and a seal material for providing a seal of said gap, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a glass sheet, and arranging said seal material on a major surface of at least one of said glass sheets by means of a nozzle having a nozzle opening of elongated shape, such as a rectangular or oval shape, providing a plurality of support structures on the major surface of at least one of the glass sheets, pairing said first glass sheet and said second glass sheet so that the surface of the at least one of said glass sheets comprising thType: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S.Inventors: Annette Johncock Krisko, Peter Sønderkær, Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
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Patent number: 12065872Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing unit, the vacuum insulated glazing unit comprises a first tempered glass pane and a second tempered glass pane arranged in parallel, having a surface of each pane opposing each other with pillars arranged as spacers between the opposed surfaces. A side frit material is peripherally arranged between the first glass pane and the second glass pane creating an internal void between the glass panes. An evacuation opening is provided in the first glass pane and the evacuation opening comprises an evacuation member, preferably a hollow tube, through which evacuation member the internal void can be evacuated.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventors: Thibault De Rycke, Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen, Søren Vejling Andersen
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Publication number: 20210381304Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a seal material in manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, wherein the VIG unit comprises a first glass sheet, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface, a second glass sheet having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass sheets are placed in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other and providing a gap therein between, and a seal material for providing a seal of said gap, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a glass sheet, and arranging said seal material on a major surface of at least one of said glass sheets by means of a nozzle having a nozzle opening of elongated shape, such as a rectangular or oval shape, providing a plurality of support structures on the major surface of at least one of the glass sheets, pairing said first glass sheet and said second glass sheet so that the surface of the at least one of said glass sheets comprising thType: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
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Publication number: 20210371333Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a seal material on a glass sheet surface of one or more tempered glass sheets for a vacuum insulated glass unit. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining by means of a sensor system (4) surface variation data of at least one tempered glass sheet (3, 30) for said a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit, and applying seal material (2) for an edge seal at a surface (3a, 30a) of said one or more tempered glass sheet (3, 30) by means of one or more nozzles (5) having a nozzle opening (6) for dispensing said seal material. The method further comprises by means of a control system (7) controlling one or more adjustment systems (9, 10, 11) influencing on the applying of said seal material by said one or more nozzles (5) based on said obtained surface variation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
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Patent number: 10704320Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit comprising providing substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the glass panes; providing an evacuation hole in a first glass pane for evacuating a void to a reduced pressure; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head comprising a heating element, the evacuation head having substantially hermetic contact to the first glass pane; arranging the glass panes, the plurality of pillars, the peripheral seal, and the evacuation head in an oven; heating the oven according to a predetermined profile of oven temperatures T1 and compensating for a difference in temperature between the temperatures T1 and a temperature T2 under the evacuation head by activating the heating element to increase the temperature T2 to equal the temperature T1; evacuating the void through the evacuation head after completion of the heating; and sealing the evacuation hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Sejer Mikkelsen
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Patent number: 10697231Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes; providing an evacuation hole for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure, wherein the first and second glass panes are tempered glass; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane, wherein a contact width of the evacuation head to the surface of the first glass pane is less than 50 mm; and evacuating the void through the evacuation head.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen
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Patent number: 10640412Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plurality of vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of first glass panes, applying a soldering material arranged for subsequent connection with a second glass pane to provide a seal between an outside of the VIG unit and an inside void of the VIG unit, moving the first glass panes comprising the soldering material into a treatment compartment, wherein the treatment compartment is pre-heated, drying the soldering material in a heating step by evaporating solvent, wherein the heating is forced convection heating, moving the first glass panes to a cooling compartment, cooling first glass panes and the soldering material thereon in a cooling step, wherein the cooling is by forced convection cooling, moving the first glass panes from the cooling compartment, and subsequently connecting the first glass panes to second glass panes using the dried soldering material.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventor: Peter Sønderkaer
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Patent number: 10633913Abstract: An arrangement for producing vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit and an evacuation cup suitable for such use as well as a method therefore is presented so as to provide a more uniform or homogeneous heating of the part of the glass pane containing the evacuation hole and possibly a soldering material arranged around the evacuation hole, in particular for the reason of preventing larger temperature gradients in the glass pane between the part covered by the evacuation cup and the remaining part and for avoiding excessive locale temperatures of the glass pane under the evacuation cup, which may be harmful the durability of the glass pane, in particular when the glass pane is made from tempered glass, where the tempering of the glass may be influenced by excessive temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventors: Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen, Peter Sønderkær, Annette Johncock Krisko
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Publication number: 20200056421Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing unit, the vacuum insulated glazing unit comprises a first tempered glass pane and a second tempered glass pane arranged in parallel, having a surface of each pane opposing each other with pillars arranged as spacers between the opposed surfaces. A side frit material is peripherally arranged between the first glass pane and the second glass pane creating an internal void between the glass panes. An evacuation opening is provided in the first glass pane and the evacuation opening comprises an evacuation member, preferably a hollow tube, through which evacuation member the internal void can be evacuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Thibault DE RYCKE, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN
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Publication number: 20190368264Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit comprising providing substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the glass panes, providing an evacuation hole in a first glass pane for evacuating a void to a reduced pressure, covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head comprising a heating element, the evacuation head having substantially hermetic contact to the first glass pane; arranging the glass panes, the plurality of pillars, the peripheral seal, and the evacuation head in an oven; heating the oven according to a predetermined profile of oven temperatures T1 and compensating for a difference in temperature between the temperatures T1 and a temperature T2 under the evacuation head by activating the heating element to increase the temperature T2 to equal the temperature T1; evacuating the void through the evacuation head after completion of the heating; and sealing the evacuation hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Sejer MIKKELSEN
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Patent number: 10465436Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising, providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes; providing an evacuation hole in the first glass pane for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane; evacuating the void through the evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head comprises a ceramic heating element; and heating the ceramic heating element and sealing an evacuation tube tip of an evacuation tube disposed in the evacuation hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Sejer Mikkelsen
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Publication number: 20190062195Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plurality of vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of first glass panes, applying a soldering material arranged for subsequent connection with a second glass pane to provide a seal between an outside of the VIG unit and an inside void of the VIG unit, moving the first glass panes comprising the soldering material into a treatment compartment, wherein the treatment compartment is pre-heated, drying the soldering material in a heating step by evaporating solvent, wherein the heating is forced convection heating, moving the first glass panes to a cooling compartment, cooling first glass panes and the soldering material thereon in a cooling step, wherein the cooling is by forced convection cooling, moving the first glass panes from the cooling compartment, and subsequently connecting the first glass panes to second glass panes using the dried soldering material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Peter Sønderkaer
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Publication number: 20190003243Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes; providing an evacuation hole for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure, wherein the first and second glass panes are tempered glass; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane, wherein a contact width of the evacuation head to the surface of the first glass pane is less than 50 mm; and evacuating the void through the evacuation head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN
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Publication number: 20180238106Abstract: A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising, providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes, providing an evacuation hole in the first glass pane for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane; evacuating the void through the evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head comprises a ceramic heating element, and heating the ceramic heating element and sealing an evacuation tube tip of an evacuation tube disposed in the evacuation hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Sejer MIKKELSEN
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Publication number: 20180238104Abstract: An arrangement for producing vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit and an evacuation cup suitable for such use as well as a method therefore is presented so as to provide a more uniform or homogeneous heating of the part of the glass pane containing the evacuation hole and possibly a soldering material arranged around the evacuation hole, in particular for the reason of preventing larger temperature gradients in the glass pane between the part covered by the evacuation cup and the remaining part and for avoiding excessive locale temperatures of the glass pane under the evacuation cup, which may be harmful the durability of the glass pane, in particular when the glass pane is made from tempered glass, where the tempering of the glass may be influenced by excessive temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Annette Johncock KRISKO
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Patent number: 9453363Abstract: The pane module comprises a pane element composed by glass sheets (31, 35) and provided with a border element (37, 38) by molding. The border element is adhered to the pane element during the molding process and at least partially encases the border of at least one sheet element.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: VKR Holding A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
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Patent number: 9453364Abstract: The pane module is composed by a border element (2) molded around the pane element (1) encasing it on the edge and interior faces. The frame may be of a rectangular configuration, but it is to be understood that more complex configurations may be necessary for achieving a water proof connection to the structure in which the window is mounted or to a surrounding window frame. A fitting (42) is embedded in the border element (2) during its manufacture and is subsequently or simultaneously connected to the frame (3). When using a wooden or extruded frame the fitting may be driven into the finished frame member and when using a molded frame the fitting may be embedded therein during molding.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: VKR Holding A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
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Patent number: 9376852Abstract: The pane module comprises a pane element composed by glass sheets (31, 35) and provided with a border element (37, 38) by molding. The border element is adhered to the pane element during the molding process and at least partially encases the border of at least one sheet element.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: VKR Holding A/SInventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
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Publication number: 20160138323Abstract: The pane module comprises a pane element composed by glass sheets (31, 35) and provided with a border element (37, 38) by moulding. The border element is adhered to the pane element during the moulding process and at least partially encases the border of at least one sheet element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Kristian Ørnsvig NIELSEN, Lars KRISTENSEN
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Patent number: 9249613Abstract: The invention relates a method for making a window, where the sash is connected to the frame by a pair of hinges, each comprising a first hinge part connected to the sash and a second hinge part connected to the frame. The sash is made from a plastic material by molding, and that one or more functional elements are attached to the sash during the molding thereof. The functional elements can include a stay arm having a base member, which is attached to the sash bottom member, and the first hinge parts. Also, the frame may be made by molding.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: VKR Holding A/SInventors: Lars Kristensen, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Peter Sønderkær