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).
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Patent number: 12291005Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Anna Neft, Stephan Gillessen, Stefanie Pengel, Jefferson Do Rosario
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Patent number: 12179460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Anna Neft, Stephan Gillessen, Stefanie Pengel, Jefferson Do Rosario
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Patent number: 12083868Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Christian Schürgers, Stephan Gillessen, Sebastian Arendt, Andrea Willms
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Publication number: 20240269965Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Jan HAGEN
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Publication number: 20240210686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jan HAGEN, Thomas GALLINELLI, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Publication number: 20240157681Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Anna NEFT, Stephan GILLESSEN, Stefanie PENGEL, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Publication number: 20240149561Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Anna NEFT, Stephan GILLESSEN, Stefanie PENGEL, Jefferson DO ROSARIO
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Publication number: 20240064873Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
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Publication number: 20240009967Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Jan HAGEN
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Publication number: 20230415571Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jan HAGEN, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Stephan GILLESSEN
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Publication number: 20230405975Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Lisa SCHMADTKE, Jefferson DO ROSARIO, Robert BESLER
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Publication number: 20230073820Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Robert BESLER
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Publication number: 20230062539Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Marcel KLEIN, Valentin SCHULZ, Robert BESLER
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Publication number: 20220371410Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Christian SCHÜRGERS, Stephan GILLESSEN, Sebastian ARENDT, Andrea WILLMS
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Patent number: 11407204Abstract: A laminated glazing incorporates an electrically controllable device and the manufacture thereof including an operation of preassembly with a thin plastic strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Jean-Jacques Bris
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Patent number: 11077650Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Stephan Gillessen, Pascal Bauerle, Jean Jacques Bris
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Publication number: 20200369007Abstract: A laminated glazing incorporates an electrically controllable device and the manufacture thereof including an operation of preassembly with a thin plastic strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Pascal BAUERLE, Stephan GILLESSEN, Jean-Jacques BRIS
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Patent number: 10703074Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Jean-Jacques Bris
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Patent number: 10647092Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Pascal Bauerle, Stephan Gillessen, Arthur Stricher
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Publication number: 20190270285Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Stephan GILLESSEN, Pascal BAUERLE, Jean Jacques BRIS