Patents by Inventor Rene Gy
Rene Gy 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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Publication number: 20230393385Abstract: The invention relates to glazing (1) comprising a first glazing sheet (10; 10A, 10B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system (12) is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet (14) forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (18). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film of the electrochemical system (12) is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate (14) and the third glazing sheet (18) and is set back relative to the counter-substrate (14) and relative to the third glazing sheet (18) over the entire circumference of the substrate (10; 10A, 10B).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: René GY, Jean-Christophe Giron, Li-Ya Yeh, Philippe Letocart, Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier, Philippe Armand
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Patent number: 11770880Abstract: The subject of the invention is an induction cooking device comprising at least one inductor positioned under a thermally or chemically strengthened glass plate, the composition of the glass being of lithium aluminosilicate type.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: EUROKERA S.N.C.Inventors: Mathilde Laurent, Rene Gy, Stephanie Pelletier, Gaelle Ferriz
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Patent number: 11650410Abstract: The invention relates to glazing (1) comprising a first glazing sheet (10; 10A, 10B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system (12) is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet (14) forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (18). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film or the electro-chemical system (12) is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate (14) and the third glazing sheet (18) and is set back relative to the counter-substrate (14) and relative to the third glazing sheet (18) over the entire circumference of the substrate (10; 10A, 10B).Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: René Gy, Jean-Christophe Giron, Li-Ya Yeh, Philippe Letocart, Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier, Philippe Armand
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Publication number: 20210370646Abstract: A laminated glazing unit includes a first sheet of soda-lime-silica mineral glass having a thickness e1 of between 1.5 mm and 2.5 mm, a second sheet of mineral glass and a lamination interlayer, the first and second mineral glass sheets being adhesively bonded together by the lamination interlayer. The second mineral glass sheet is a sheet of soda-lime-silica mineral glass having a thickness e2 of between 0.4 and 1.1 mm, the second sheet of soda-lime-silica mineral glass being chemically toughened. A surface compressive stress of the second sheet of soda-lime-silica mineral glass is between 350 MPa and 550 MPa and a ratio R=e1/e22 is at most 20 mm?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: René GY, Vincent SAUVINET, Malte Jonathan LINN
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Publication number: 20200371343Abstract: The invention relates to glazing (1) comprising a first glazing sheet (10; 10A, 10B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system (12) is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet (14) forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (18). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film or the electro-chemical system (12) is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate (14) and the third glazing sheet (18) and is set back relative to the counter-substrate (14) and relative to the third glazing sheet (18) over the entire circumference of the substrate (10; 10A, 10B).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: René GY, Jean-Christophe Giron, Li-Ya Yeh, Philippe Letocart, Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier, Philippe Armand
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Patent number: 10718937Abstract: The invention relates to glazing (1) comprising a first glazing sheet (10; 10A, 10B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system (12) is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet (14) forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (18). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film of the electrochemical system (12) is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate (14) and the third glazing sheet (18) and is set back relative to the counter-substrate (14) and relative to the third glazing sheet (18) over the entire circumference of the substrate (10; 10A, 10B).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: René Gy, Jean-Christophe Giron, Li-Ya Yeh, Philippe Letocart, Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier, Philippe Armand
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Patent number: 10542590Abstract: An induction cooking device including at least one inductor positioned under a thermally strengthened glass plate, the composition of which glass is not of lithium aluminosilicate type, characterized in that the glass has the following characteristics: its thickness is at most 4.5 mm, the c/a ratio of the glass before strengthening is at most 3.0 after Vickers indentation under a load of 1 kg, c being the length of the radial cracks and a being the half-diagonal of the Vickers impression, the ?/(e·E·?) ratio is at least 20 K·mm?1, or even 30 K·mm?1, ? being the maximum stress generated at the core of the glass by the thermal strengthening in Pa, e being the thickness of the glass in mm, E being the Young's modulus in Pa and ? being the linear thermal expansion coefficient of the glass in K?1 is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: EUROKERA S.N.C.Inventors: Mathilde Laurent, Rene Gy, Stephanie Pelletier, Gaelle Ferriz, Emmanuel Lecomte
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Patent number: 10405379Abstract: A plate intended for covering or receiving induction heating elements, more particularly an induction cooking plate, said plate being a glass plate with a lithium aluminosilicate-type composition, said plate having a surface zone at least 5 ?m thick that includes potassium ions in replacement of the lithium ions of the glass. In addition, an induction cooking appliance incorporating said plate and to a method for producing said plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: EUROKERA S.N.C.Inventors: Claire Lestringant, Rene Gy, Gaelle Ferriz, Pablo Vilato
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Patent number: 10343378Abstract: A laminated glazing includes at least one outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet and a polymeric insert located between the two glass sheets, in which the inner sheet has a thickness of not more than 1.5 mm, the outer glass sheet is a glass sheet of different chemical composition from that of the inner sheet, the difference between the temperatures Tp1 and Tp2 being less than 80° C., the temperature Tp1 being defined as the mean between the upper annealing temperature and the softening point of the outer glass sheet and the temperature Tp2 being defined as the mean between the upper annealing temperature and the softening point of the inner glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Claire Lestringant, René Gy, Stephan Kremers
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Patent number: 10307992Abstract: A laminated glazing includes at least one outer glass sheet and a polymeric sheet, in which the outer glass sheet has a thickness of not more than 2 mm and a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 70×10?7 K?1.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Claire Lestringant, René Gy, Stephan Kremers
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Patent number: 10071930Abstract: A non-reinforced glass sheet, the chemical composition of which is of lithium aluminosilicate type, has a thickness of at most 2.0 mm. Furthermore, an electronic device, in particular a pocket or portable electronic device, includes, as protective glass, the non-reinforced glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Claire Lestrigant, René Gy, Julien Sellier
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Patent number: 9604876Abstract: A glass sheet, the thickness of which is at most 2 mm, including a surface zone under compression and a central zone under tension, such that the depth at which the transition between compression and tension occurs is at least 100 micrometers, the ratio between the depth and the thickness being at least 0.1, the sheet additionally being such that the flexural stress at break in a “ring-on-tripod” test is at least 70 MPa, after Vickers indentation under a load of 60 N.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: René Gy, Julien Sellier, Hugues Obame
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Publication number: 20160338152Abstract: The invention relates to a plate intended for covering or receiving induction heating elements, more particularly an induction cooking plate, said plate being a glass plate with a lithium aluminosilicate-type composition, said plate having a surface zone at least 5 ?m thick that comprises potassium ions in replacement of the lithium ions of the glass. The present invention likewise pertains to an induction cooking appliance incorporating said plate and to a method for producing said plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.Inventors: Claire LESTRINGANT, Rene GY, Gaelle FERRIZ, Pablo VILATO
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Publication number: 20160279904Abstract: A laminated glass comprising at least one chemically tempered pane is described. The chemically tempered pane comprises a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to each other by means of an intermediate layer. The first pane is a chemically tempered glass pane having a thickness less than or equal to 2.1 mm, wherein the intermediate layer contains at least one thermoplastic connection layer and a thermoplastic carrier layer, and the carrier layer has a functional coating or functional inclusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Sandra SIENERTH, Stephan KREMERS, René GY
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Publication number: 20160263969Abstract: A laminated glazing includes at least one outer glass sheet and a polymeric sheet, in which the outer glass sheet has a thickness of not more than 2 mm and a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 70×10?7 K?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Claire LESTRINGANT, René GY, Stephan KREMERS
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Publication number: 20160257094Abstract: A laminated glazing includes at least one outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet and a polymeric insert located between the two glass sheets, in which the inner sheet has a thickness of not more than 1.5 mm, the outer glass sheet is a glass sheet of different chemical composition from that of the inner sheet, the difference between the temperatures Tp1 and Tp2 being less than 80° C., the temperature Tp1 being defined as the mean between the upper annealing temperature and the softening point of the outer glass sheet and the temperature Tp2 being defined as the mean between the upper annealing temperature and the softening point of the inner glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Claire LESTRINGANT, René GY, Stephan KREMERS
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Publication number: 20160229155Abstract: A composite pane for vehicles is described. The composite pane comprising a polymeric pane, which has a thickness of 1.5 to 10 mm, and a glass pane, which has a thickness less than or equal to 1 mm and is connected to the polymeric pane in a planar manner, wherein the polymeric pane contains at least polycarbonate (PC) and/or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and the glass pane is a chemically tempered glass pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Sandra SIENERTH, Stephan KREMERS, Rene GY
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Publication number: 20150307394Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat glass, comprising: (a) impregnating a glass textile with a molten glass composition, the glass forming the fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the glass forming the molten glass composition, said step (a) comprising (a1) impregnating the glass textile with a glass frit composition, and (a2) heating the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a1) to a temperature above the softening temperature of the glass frit; and (b) cooling the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a) so as to obtain a glass sheet, and to a glass sheet manufactured using such a process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORSInventors: Rene GY, Mathieu JOANICOT, Anne CHOULET
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Publication number: 20150291472Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat glass, comprising, in succession: (a) immersing a glass textile into a molten glass bath so as to obtain a glass textile impregnated with molten glass, the glass forming the fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the molten glass bath, (b) removing the impregnated textile from the molten glass bath, and (c) cooling the impregnated glass textile removed from the molten glass bath so as to obtain a glass sheet, and to a glass sheet manufactured using such a process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORSInventors: Rene Gy, Mathieu Joanicot, Anne Choulet
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Publication number: 20150251947Abstract: A non-reinforced glass sheet, the chemical composition of which is of lithium aluminosilicate type, has a thickness of at most 2.0 mm. Furthermore, an electronic device, in particular a pocket or portable electronic device, includes, as protective glass, the non-reinforced glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Claire Lestrigant, René Gy, Julien Sellier