Patents by Inventor Simon Johnsen

Simon Johnsen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250137316
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit comprising depositing a coating material on at least a portion of a pillar core under conditions effective to provide a deposited coating material; annealing the deposited coating material at a reduced pressure and in an inert atmosphere to form a coating layer on the pillar core, thereby providing a coated pillar; disposing at least one of the coated pillar between first and second substantially parallel glass panes; disposing a peripheral seal material around a periphery of the first and the second glass panes to form a pre-sealed VIG unit; and heating the pre-sealed VIG unit under reduced pressure to form the peripheral seal and a sealed cavity between the first and second glass panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Simon JOHNSEN
  • Patent number: 12264532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof or skylight window comprising a frame and an insulated glazing unit, where the insulated glazing unit comprises a first glass pane (10) and a second glass pane (20) each having inner surfaces (11, 21) opposing each other, and a side seal (4) arranged between the first glass pane (10) and the second glass pane (20) creating a sealed cavity (40) between the glass panes (10, 20). The first glass pane (10) comprises an edge surface region (14) overlapping the side seal (4) along at least a first part of the side seal (4), wherein the edge surface region (14) comprises an enamel layer (16) comprising pigments reflecting near infrared light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Simon Johnsen, Patrick Vandereecken
  • Publication number: 20240344324
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roof window (1), wherein the roof window comprises a frame (2) supporting a glass unit (3) comprising an first outer major surface (9a) for facing the interior of a building, and a second outer major surface (9b) for facing away from the interior of a building when the window is installed in an aperture of a building. The frame (2) comprises one or more frame profiles (2a-2d) that is/are hollow and comprises an interior frame profile space (7) enclosed by exterior frame profile walls (5a-5f). A frame reinforcement profile (8) is arranged in the interior frame profile space (7), and the thermal conductivity coefficient (krp) of the material of the reinforcement profile (8) is higher than the thermal conductivity coefficient (ksw) of the material of the exterior frame walls (5a-5f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Jean Claude Gadgaard Tønning, Simon Johnsen
  • Patent number: 12054983
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, the method comprising disposing a sealing composition around a periphery of first and second substantially parallel glass panes to define a cavity and form a pre-sealed VIG unit; flowing gas comprising a reactive oxygen species into the cavity; heating the sealing composition to a first temperature; and heating the sealing composition to a second temperature to form the peripheral seal and a sealed cavity between the first and second glass panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Thibault De Rycke, Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen, Simon Johnsen, Søren Vejling Andersen
  • Publication number: 20240200393
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a building aperture window (1), wherein the building aperture window (1) comprises an insulated glass unit (2) arranged in a frame (3). The frame (3) comprises one or more hollow profiles (4) comprising walls (7) of a polymer material, and wherein the one or more hollow profiles (4) comprises one or more cavities (5) with a wood fibre insulation material (6). The wood fibre insulation material (6) may have a thermal conductivity coefficient (?im) below 0.06 W/(m·K), such as below 0.05 W/(m·K), such as below 0.04 W/(m·K). The present disclosure moreover relates to a method of filling a cavity (5) of one or more building aperture window (1) frame profiles (4) with an insulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Simon JOHNSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN
  • Patent number: 12012800
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aperture cover such as a window or a door. The aperture cover comprises a vacuum insulated glass unit (3), and a frame (2, 17) such as a sash. The frame (2, 17) comprises elongated structural frame members (8) which together encloses a frame opening (2a). The vacuum insulated glass unit (3) overlaps (18) at least one of the elongated structural frame members (8) so that the edge surface (7) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) extends beyond the outer side surface (14) of the overlapped elongated structural frame member (8). The frame (2) moreover comprises an elongated connection profile (6) comprising a connection wall member (6a) which extends parallel to the overlapped structural frame member (8) and is connected to at least one of the outer major surfaces (S1, S2) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3), and the elongated connection profile (6) comprises a fixation member (6b) which is connected to the overlapped structural frame member (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Utku Ahmet Özden, Jacob Christian Molbo, Jens Troels Plesner Kristensen, Søren Vejling Andersen, Peter Jean Claude Gadgaard Tønning, Simon Johnsen
  • Patent number: 11952832
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glazing unit, to the use thereof and to a method of manufacturing such a unit. The vacuum insulated glazing comprises a first glass pane, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface and a second glass pane having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass panes being arranged in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen, Simon Johnsen, Søren Vejling Andersen, Thibault De Rycke
  • Patent number: 11702882
    Abstract: A compressible pillar for the preparation of a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, having a longitudinal extent in the pre-compressed state and including a deformable part having an open structure, which open structure will at least partially collapse when the pillar is subject to a compression force acting in the longitudinal direction of the pillar, the compression force being of at least one value selected within the range of 60 N to 320 N, the pillar will exhibit a partly irreversible deformation causing a reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar when the pillar is subjected to the compression force, so that when the compression force is fully released the pillar will exhibit an expansion in the longitudinal direction of the pillar which is less that the reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar. Further is shown a process for manufacturing of a compressible pillar, a method of producing a VIG unit as well as a VIG unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Utku Ahmet Özden, Annette Johncock Krisko, Simon Johnsen
  • Publication number: 20230212906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof or skylight window comprising a frame and an insulated glazing unit, where the insulated glazing unit comprises a first glass pane (10) and a second glass pane (20) each having inner surfaces (11, 21) opposing each other, and a side seal (4) arranged between the first glass pane (10) and the second glass pane (20) creating a sealed cavity (40) between the glass panes (10, 20). The first glass pane (10) comprises an edge surface region (14) overlapping the side seal (4) along at least a first part of the side seal (4), wherein the edge surface region (14) comprises an enamel layer (16) comprising pigments reflecting near infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Simon JOHNSEN, Patrick VANDEREECKEN
  • Publication number: 20230167675
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a building aperture cover (1) such as a window or a door. The building aperture cover comprises a frame arrangement (2) and a vacuum insulated glass unit (3), wherein the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) comprises an evacuated gap (4) placed between a first and a second glass sheet (3a, 3b), and wherein a plurality of support structures (5) are arranged in the evacuated gap (4). The vacuum insulated glass unit (3) is arranged in the frame arrangement (2, 6). The building aperture cover (1) comprises one or more elongated flexible sealing gaskets (21, 22) arranged between an outer major surface (S1, S2) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) and a frame part (13a, 13c, 23a, 23c) of the frame arrangement (2, 6). The one or more elongated flexible sealing gaskets (21, 22) is arranged to extend substantially parallel to an edge (7, 50a-50d) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Simon JOHNSEN, Thomas Villiam Sejer MIKKELSEN, Annette Johncock KRISKO
  • Publication number: 20230015338
    Abstract: Method for the production of a vacuum insulated glazing unit with more than two panes and a vacuum insulated glazing unit with more than two panes. In one example a triple pane vacuum insulated glazing assembly is fused and the cavity is backfilled during cooling whereby the centre pane temperature may be lowered. This has the advantage of keeping the stresses below the failure boundaries and enabling faster production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Thibault DE RYCKE, Simon JOHNSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20220235601
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing an edge sealing in the process of providing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit. A first glass sheet (1a) and a second glass sheet (1b) is provided. A glass frit powder material (5) is heated to a softening temperature (Tfrit-powder) to soften the glass frit powder material, and the heated, softened glass frit powder material (5) is applied at the first glass sheet (1a) and/or the second glass sheet (1b). The first glass sheet (1a) and the second glass sheet (1b) are paired before or after applying the heated, softened glass frit powder material. The applied glass frit powder material is re-heated by use of at least one heat source (28, 26), the gap between the paired glass sheets is evacuated in a vacuum chamber (22) and the gap between the paired glass sheets is sealed to provide the VIG unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Soren Vejling ANDERSEN, Simon JOHNSEN
  • Publication number: 20220106794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aperture cover such as a window or a door. The aperture cover comprises a vacuum insulated glass unit (3), and a frame (2, 17) such as a sash. The frame (2, 17) comprises elongated structural frame members (8) which together encloses a frame opening (2a). The vacuum insulated glass unit (3) overlaps (18) at least one of the elongated structural frame members (8) so that the edge surface (7) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) extends beyond the outer side surface (14) of the overlapped elongated structural frame member (8). The frame (2) moreover comprises an elongated connection profile (6) comprising a connection wall member (6a) which extends parallel to the overlapped structural frame member (8) and is connected to at least one of the outer major surfaces (S1, S2) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3), and the elongated connection profile (6) comprises a fixation member (6b) which is connected to the overlapped structural frame member (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Utku Ahmet ÖZDEN, Jacob Christian MOLBO, Jens Troels Plesner KRISTENSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Peter Jean Claude Gadgaard TØNNING, Simon JOHNSEN
  • Publication number: 20220074261
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glazing unit and related methods, the unit including a first glass pane and a second glass pane with inner surfaces opposing each other, a side seal material positioned between edges of the glass panes thereby forming a sealed cavity having a cavity pressure between the first glass pane and the second glass pane, a number of spacers positioned between the first glass pane and the second glass pane inside the sealed cavity, and at least one getter having a surface with an increased surface area obtained by laser ablation with a pulsed laser emitting pulses with a pulse length of 500 picosecond or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Thibault DE RYCKE, Simon JOHNSEN
  • Publication number: 20220074258
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glazing unit including a first glass pane and a second glass pane with inner surfaces opposing each other, a side seal material positioned between edges of the glass panes thereby forming a sealed cavity having a cavity pressure between the first glass pane and the second glass pane, a number of spacers positioned between the first glass pane and the second glass pane inside the sealed cavity, and at least one getter positioned inside the sealed cavity with a surface having an uneven surface structure, the uneven surface structure having a plurality of depressions, where each pair of two consecutive depressions are spaced apart with a depression distance being at the most 25 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Thibault DE RYCKE, Simon JOHNSEN
  • Publication number: 20220074260
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass sheet assembly for a vacuum insulated glass unit includes applying an edge seal made of a first material to a perimeter of a first surface of a first glass sheet. The edge seal defining a discontinuity. The method also includes disposing a first surface of a second glass sheet on the edge seal such that a gap is defined between the first surface of the first glass sheet and the first surface of the second glass sheet. The method further includes evacuating the gap through the discontinuity and locally heating the edge seal to at least partially seal the discontinuity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Simon JOHNSEN, Thomas Lind MADSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Annette Johncock KRISKO, Utku Ahmet ÖZDEN
  • Patent number: 11162298
    Abstract: A compressible pillar for the preparation of a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, having a longitudinal extent in the pre-compressed state and including a deformable part having an open structure, which open structure will at least partially collapse when the pillar is subject to a compression force acting in the longitudinal direction of the pillar, the compression force being of at least one value selected within the range of 60 N to 320 N, the pillar will exhibit a partly irreversible deformation causing a reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar when the pillar is subjected to the compression force, so that when the compression force is fully released the pillar will exhibit an expansion in the longitudinal direction of the pillar which is less that the reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar. Further is shown a process for manufacturing of a compressible pillar, a method of producing a VIG unit as well as a VIG unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Utku Ahmet Özden, Annette Johncock Krisko, Simon Johnsen
  • Publication number: 20210293079
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, the method comprising disposing a sealing composition around a periphery of first and second substantially parallel glass panes to define a cavity and form a pre-sealed VIG unit; flowing gas comprising a reactive oxygen species into the cavity; heating the sealing composition to a first temperature; and heating the sealing composition to a second temperature to form the peripheral seal and a sealed cavity between the first and second glass panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thibault DE RYCKE, Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Simon JOHNSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20210254395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glazing unit, to the use thereof and to a method of manufacturing such a unit. The vacuum insulated glazing comprises a first glass pane, having a first interior major surface and a first exterior major surface and a second glass pane having a second interior major surface and second exterior major surface, the glass panes being arranged in parallel with said interior major surfaces facing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Karsten Hansgaard NIELSEN, Simon JOHNSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Thibault DE RYCKE
  • Publication number: 20210254398
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of providing an edge sealing (2) for a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit. The methods may comprise providing one or more glass sheets (1a, 1b). A glass material (5) such as a solder glass material is heated to soften the glass material (5), and the heated glass material is then applied along edges of the one or more glass sheets (1a, 1b) to provide an edge sealing (2) for sealing a gap (13) between paired glass sheets (1a, 1b). The heated glass material (5) may be applied by means of a dispensing nozzle (6). The disclosure moreover relates to a VIG unit and a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Søren Vejling ANDERSEN, Annette Johncock KRISKO, Simon Johnsen