Patents by Inventor Stephan GILLESSEN

Stephan GILLESSEN 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: 12291005
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, on the inner surface of the first pane, a coating-free edge region which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from a side edge of the first pane over at least 5 mm to at most 25 mm on the inner surface, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer includes a transparent region and a colored region, the colored region being arranged at least in the entire coating-free edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Anna Neft, Stephan Gillessen, Stefanie Pengel, Jefferson Do Rosario
  • Patent number: 12179460
    Abstract: A glazing unit includes a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a metal-based functional layer, which is deposited on an internal surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, a coating-free marginal region on the internal surface of the first pane, which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from one side edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm to at most 5 mm on the internal surface, a protective layer, which, in the coating-free marginal region, is disposed directly on the internal surface of the first pane and, in an overlap region directly adjacent to the coating-free marginal region, is disposed on the metal-based functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Anna Neft, Stephan Gillessen, Stefanie Pengel, Jefferson Do Rosario
  • Patent number: 12083868
    Abstract: A composite pane with at least one functional element, includes a first pane including an inner side III and an outer side IV, a second pane including an inner side II and an outer side I, a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the inner side III of the first pane laminarly to the inner side II of the second pane, at least one functional element that is incorporated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the at least one functional element is directly adjacent the inner side III of the first pane and/or the inner side II of the second pane, and a deaeration structure is mounted at least in the region of the functional element that is directly adjacent the first pane and/or second pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Christian Schürgers, Stephan Gillessen, Sebastian Arendt, Andrea Willms
  • Publication number: 20240269965
    Abstract: A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD) includes a windshield, including outer and inner panes joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, with an HUD region; and a projector directed at the HUD region having a radiation predominantly p-polarized; and a reflection coating for reflecting p-polarized radiation. The reflection coating contains exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver. The reflection coating below the electrically conductive layer includes a lower dielectric layer structure with a refractive index of at least 1.9. The reflection coating above the electrically conductive layer includes an upper dielectric layer structure with a refractive index of at least 1.9. A functional coating for reflecting IR radiation and the reflection coating are arranged between the inner and outer panes. The reflection coating is arranged between the inner pane and the functional coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Jan HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20240210686
    Abstract: A composite pane with an HUD region and a sensor region is provided with an electrically conductive coating that reflects the p-polarized radiation of the HUD projector. The electrically conductive coating has precisely one electrically conductive layer based on silver, below which a lower dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged and above which an upper dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged. The ratio of the optical thickness of the upper dielectric layer or layer sequence to the optical thickness of the lower dielectric layer or layer sequence is at least 1.7. A busbar provided for connection to a voltage source is arranged on both sides of the sensor region and is connected to the coating such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the busbars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jan HAGEN, Thomas GALLINELLI, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
  • Publication number: 20240157681
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, on the inner surface of the first pane, a coating-free edge region which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from a side edge of the first pane over at least 5 mm to at most 25 mm on the inner surface, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer includes a transparent region and a colored region, the colored region being arranged at least in the entire coating-free edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Anna NEFT, Stephan GILLESSEN, Stefanie PENGEL, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
  • Publication number: 20240149561
    Abstract: A glazing unit includes a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a metal-based functional layer, which is deposited on an internal surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, a coating-free marginal region on the internal surface of the first pane, which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from one side edge of the first pane over at least 1 mm to at most 5 mm on the internal surface, a protective layer, which, in the coating-free marginal region, is disposed directly on the internal surface of the first pane and, in an overlap region directly adjacent to the coating-free marginal region, is disposed on the metal-based functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Anna NEFT, Stephan GILLESSEN, Stefanie PENGEL, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
  • Publication number: 20240064873
    Abstract: A composite pane with an electrically heatable camera window, which includes, inside the camera window, a first electrically conductive transparent coating for heating the camera window, wherein the first electrically conductive transparent coating is arranged on the first surface of the inner pane inside the camera window and has two busbars provided for connection to a voltage source, which are arranged on two opposite sides of the camera window such that when an electrical voltage is applied to the busbars, a current flows through the first electrically conductive transparent coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
  • Publication number: 20240009967
    Abstract: A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a windshield including an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, having a HUD region; and a projector that is directed at the HUD region and that emits p-polarized radiation; wherein a reflection coating is arranged on the surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing the intermediate layer or within the intermediate layer, which reflection coating is suitable for reflecting p-polarized radiation and which has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver; and an emissivity-reducing coating is arranged on the surface of the inner pane facing away from the intermediate layer, which coating has an electrically conductive layer based on a transparent conductive oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Jan HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20230415571
    Abstract: A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a windshield with an HUD region, inner and outer panes joined via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a projector directed at the HUD region having a radiation predominantly p-polarized. The windshield has a reflection coating for reflecting p-polarized radiation. The reflection coating has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver. A lower dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged below the electrically conductive layer. An upper dielectric layer or layer sequence with a refractive index of at least 1.9 is arranged above the electrically conductive layer. The ratio of the optical thickness of the upper dielectric layer or layer sequence to the optical thickness of the lower dielectric layer or layer sequence is between 2.10 and 3.20. The reflection coating includes no dielectric layers with a refractive index less than 1.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jan HAGEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
  • Publication number: 20230405975
    Abstract: A composite pane includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Robert BESLER
  • Publication number: 20230073820
    Abstract: A vehicle pane with a temperature sensor, includes a substrate and a transparent, electrically conductive coating on a surface of the substrate, wherein a temperature measuring field that is electrically isolated from the surrounding electrically conductive coating by a separating line is formed in the electrically conductive coating, a measurement current path running between two electrical contact points is formed from a region of the electrically conductive coating in the temperature measuring field, the electrical contact points can be connected to a voltage source such that an electric current flows through the measurement current path, and the electrical contact points can be connected to an analysis unit that is suitable for measuring the current strength of the electric current, determining the electrical resistance of the measurement current path therefrom, and determining the temperature from the electrical resistance using calibration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Robert BESLER
  • Publication number: 20230062539
    Abstract: A composite pane for a vehicle with an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer and the composite pane is provided for separation of a vehicle interior for occupants from an external environment, wherein at least one radar sensor is integrated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer and is designed and arranged such that the radar sensor emits radar beams into the vehicle interior and receives reflected radar beams, and the radar sensor is connected to an evaluation unit for determining movement and/or presence of persons or animals in the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Marcel KLEIN, Valentin SCHULZ, Robert BESLER
  • Publication number: 20220371410
    Abstract: A composite pane with at least one functional element, includes a first pane including an inner side III and an outer side IV, a second pane including an inner side II and an outer side I, a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the inner side III of the first pane laminarly to the inner side II of the second pane, at least one functional element that is incorporated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the at least one functional element is directly adjacent the inner side III of the first pane and/or the inner side II of the second pane, and a deaeration structure is mounted at least in the region of the functional element that is directly adjacent the first pane and/or second pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christian SCHÜRGERS, Stephan GILLESSEN, Sebastian ARENDT, Andrea WILLMS
  • Patent number: 11407204
    Abstract: A laminated glazing incorporates an electrically controllable device and the manufacture thereof including an operation of preassembly with a thin plastic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Jean-Jacques Bris
  • Patent number: 11077650
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite pane for a motor vehicle includes heating the plastic film at least in the region of the LED into a fluid state by a heating source positioned on an outer surface of the first pane or the second pane or arranged at a distance from the outer surface of the first pane or the second pane, and introducing the LED into the plastic film into the fluid state with displacement of a predefined volume of the plastic film. After introducing the LED into the plastic film, the method includes laminating the first pane and the second pane with the interposed plastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephan Gillessen, Pascal Bauerle, Jean Jacques Bris
  • Publication number: 20200369007
    Abstract: A laminated glazing incorporates an electrically controllable device and the manufacture thereof including an operation of preassembly with a thin plastic strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Pascal BAUERLE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jean-Jacques BRIS
  • Patent number: 10703074
    Abstract: An automotive luminous signaling glazing for example forming a laminated vehicle front windshield, includes a first exterior glazing, with a first main face and a second main face; a lamination interlayer made of polymeric material and a set of electrically conductive wires anchored on an anchoring face of the lamination interlayer, which is either the fifth main face or the sixth main main of the lamination interlayer; an interior second glazing, with a third main face and a fourth main face, the second main face and the third main face being the internal faces of the laminated glazing; and a set of diodes emitting in the direction of the interior glass. For each of the diodes, the lamination interlayer comprises a blind aperture on the opposite face to the anchoring face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Jean-Jacques Bris
  • Patent number: 10647092
    Abstract: A vehicle luminous signaling glazing forming, for example, a laminated vehicle windshield includes a first exterior glazing, with first main face and second main face, a lamination interlayer made of polymeric material with an other edge face, a second interior glazing, with third main face and fourth main face, the second main face and the third main face being the internal faces of the laminated glazing. The glazing also includes a flexible carrier for the diodes including a diode zone, an emerging electrical supply zone emerging from the other edge face, divided into a plurality of track strips, carrying electrical tracks, with an individual width Wi of less than 5 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Arthur Stricher
  • Publication number: 20190270285
    Abstract: A composite pane for a motor vehicle has a first pane and a second pane, wherein the two panes are laminated with an interposed plastic film. At least one depression is introduced into the plastic film in the direction of the first pane, in which depression a light-emitting diode is arranged, wherein a light-emission side of the light-emitting diode is oriented in the direction of the first pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Pascal BAUERLE, Jean Jacques BRIS