Patents by Inventor Peter Sønderkaer

Peter Sønderkaer 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: 12116833
    Abstract: 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 th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S.
    Inventors: Annette Johncock Krisko, Peter Sønderkær, Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
  • Patent number: 12065872
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Thibault De Rycke, Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen, Søren Vejling Andersen
  • Publication number: 20210381304
    Abstract: 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 th
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
  • Publication number: 20210371333
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Henrik Aslak Jensen, Timothy Alan Dennis
  • Patent number: 10704320
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Sejer Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 10697231
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 10640412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventor: Peter Sønderkaer
  • Patent number: 10633913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Villiam Sejer Mikkelsen, Peter Sønderkær, Annette Johncock Krisko
  • Publication number: 20200056421
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Thibault DE RYCKE, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20190368264
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Sejer MIKKELSEN
  • Patent number: 10465436
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Thomas Sejer Mikkelsen
  • Publication number: 20190062195
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Sønderkaer
  • Publication number: 20190003243
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN
  • Publication number: 20180238106
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Thomas Sejer MIKKELSEN
  • Publication number: 20180238104
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN, Peter SØNDERKÆR, Annette Johncock KRISKO
  • Patent number: 9453363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9453364
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9376852
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sønderkær, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Lars Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20160138323
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Peter SØNDERKÆR, Kristian Ørnsvig NIELSEN, Lars KRISTENSEN
  • Patent number: 9249613
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Lars Kristensen, Kristian Ørnsvig Nielsen, Peter Sønderkær