Patents by Inventor Thomas HOLTSTIEGE

Thomas HOLTSTIEGE 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: 11783156
    Abstract: A glazing for a façade glazing, window, door, or interior room divider, includes a frame having a metallic first frame element, a metallic second frame element, and a connecting polymeric third frame element surrounding the frame elements at least in some sections and preferably completely, and a glazing unit arranged in the frame, wherein at least one RFID transponder is arranged on one of the inner faces of the frame, a strip-shaped coupling element is electromagnetically coupled to the RFID transponder, and the coupling element is galvanically or capacitively coupled, in at least one coupling region, to one of the metallic frame elements and preferably, in two coupling regions, to, in each case, one of the metallic frame elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alicia Dröge, Thomas Holtstiege, Christopher Marjan, Christian Effertz
  • Publication number: 20230253696
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit includes at least one spacer, which is shaped around the periphery to produce a spacer frame and delimits an inner region, a first glass pane, which is arranged on a first pane contact surface of the spacer frame, and a second glass pane, which is arranged on a second pane contact surface of the spacer frame, and the glass panes project beyond the spacer frame and an outer region is formed, which is filled at least in some sections, with a sealing element, wherein at least one RFID transponder is arranged in the outer region or in the outer edge region of the glass panes, and the RFID transponder contains a slot antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Alicia DRÖGE, Klaus SOLBACH, Bernd GECK
  • Patent number: 11663425
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Tim Schmitz, Stefan Droste
  • Patent number: 11655670
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit, includes at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between the at least two glass panes near edges of the at least two glass panes, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case an electrically conductive frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, and wherein the at least one RFID transponder is arranged at a corner of the insulating glazing unit, and wherein an end of the at least one RFID transponder pointing toward the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit is not more than 30 cm from the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Alicia Dröge, Christian Effertz, Christopher Marjan
  • Publication number: 20230074877
    Abstract: A glazing includes a frame made of a metallic first frame element, a metallic second frame element, and a polymeric third frame element connecting the frame elements at least in some sections, a glazing unit arranged in the frame, and a RFID transponder having a dipole antenna or a slot antenna and an operating frequency f, wherein the frame surrounds the end faces of the glazing unit and, at the same time, covers the RFID transponder in the viewing direction through the glazing unit, a distance D between the center of the dipole antenna or the center of the slot antenna and the nearest adjacent corner of the glazing unit is from 40% to 100% of a vacuum wavelength lambda corresponding to the operating frequency f, and the RFID transponder is arranged on an interior-side surface of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alicia DRÖGE, Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Christian EFFERTZ, Christopher MARJAN
  • Publication number: 20220356753
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit, includes at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between the at least two glass panes near edges of the at least two glass panes, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case an electrically conductive frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, and wherein the at least one RFID transponder is arranged at a corner of the insulating glazing unit, and wherein an end of the at least one RFID transponder pointing toward the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit is not more than 30 cm from the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Alicia DRÖGE, Christian EFFERTZ, Christopher MARJAN
  • Patent number: 11436466
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit that has at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case a frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, into which the insulating glazing is inserted using spacers, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the a least one transponder is positioned at the edge or on the boundary edge of a glass pane such that, in the installed state of the window, door, or façade glazing, it is positioned on or above a spacer in the surrounding, in particular metallic, frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Alicia Dröge, Christian Effertz, Christopher Marjan
  • Patent number: 11434688
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit, includes at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case an electrically conductive frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the at least one transponder is arranged at a corner of the insulating glazing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Alicia Dröge, Christian Effertz, Christopher Marjan
  • Publication number: 20220261612
    Abstract: A glazing for a façade glazing, window, door, or interior room divider, includes a frame having a metallic first frame element, a metallic second frame element, and a connecting polymeric third frame element surrounding the frame elements at least in some sections and preferably completely, and a glazing unit arranged in the frame, wherein at least one RFID transponder is arranged on one of the inner faces of the frame, a strip-shaped coupling element is electromagnetically coupled to the RFID transponder, and the coupling element is galvanically or capacitively coupled, in at least one coupling region, to one of the metallic frame elements and preferably, in two coupling regions, to, in each case, one of the metallic frame elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Alicia DRÖGE, Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Christopher MARJAN, Christian EFFERTZ
  • Patent number: 11414919
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit has at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, and which has in each case a frame, in particular a metallic frame, surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the at least one transponder is arranged on an inner surface of one of the glass panes in the spaced region between the spacer profile and the edge of the glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Thomas Holtstiege, Alicia Dröge, Christian Effertz, Christopher Marjan
  • Publication number: 20220231405
    Abstract: A vehicle pane includes a first substrate, at least one antenna structure and a connection region, wherein the antenna structure is arranged on a flexible film, wherein, additionally, a first line region is provided on the flexible film, wherein the connection region is arranged on a carrier, wherein, additionally, a second line region is provided on the carrier, wherein the flexible film has a first contact region and the carrier has a second contact region for the reciprocal connection of the first line region to the second line region, wherein the flexible film is routed around one end of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Varun RAMESH KUMAR, Guillaume FRANCOIS, Thomas HOLTSTIEGE
  • Publication number: 20220223995
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a glass pane, an electrically conductive functional component, at least two busbars, wherein the electrically conductive functional component is electrically conductively connected to the busbars such that when an electrical voltage is applied to the busbars, a current can flow through the electrically conductive functional component, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data, wherein a reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is formed at least partially by one of the two busbars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Tim SCHMITZ, David BERTEL
  • Publication number: 20220025696
    Abstract: A façade glazing with a metal frame and an insulating glazing unit inserted into the frame, which unit has at least two glass panes and a spacer and sealing profile extending circumferentially therebetween close to their edges, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element and wherein the frame engages around the edges of the insulating glazing unit and, at the same time, covers the at least one RFID transponder in the through-vision direction (arrow A) through the glass panes, wherein at least one separate metal coupling element is inserted into the frame adjacent the transponder for coupling out and coupling in HF radiation transmitted via the transponder to the outside of the façade glazing and received from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alicia DRÖGE, Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Christopher MARJAN, Christian EFFERTZ
  • Publication number: 20220013881
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit includes a spacer which is shaped around the periphery to form a spacer frame and delimits an inner region, a first glass pane, which is arranged on a pane contact surface of the spacer frame, and a second glass pane, which is arranged on a second pane contact surface of the spacer frame, and the glass panes project beyond the spacer frame and form an outer region, which is filled, at least in sections with a sealing element, wherein an RFID transponder is arranged in the outer region or in the outer edge region of the glass panes, and a strip-shaped coupling element is electromagnetically coupled to the RFID transponder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Alicia DRÖGE, Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Christopher MARJAN, Christian EFFERTZ
  • Publication number: 20210256230
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Tim SCHMITZ, Stefan DROSTE
  • Publication number: 20210230934
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit, includes at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case an electrically conductive frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the at least one transponder is arranged at a corner of the insulating glazing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Alicia DRÖGE, Christian EFFERTZ, Christopher MARJAN
  • Publication number: 20210182648
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit that has at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case a frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, into which the insulating glazing is inserted using spacers, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the a least one transponder is positioned at the edge or on the boundary edge of a glass pane such that, in the installed state of the window, door, or façade glazing, it is positioned on or above a spacer in the surrounding, in particular metallic, frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Alicia DRÖGE, Christian EFFERTZ, Christopher MARJAN
  • Publication number: 20200408031
    Abstract: An insulating glazing unit has at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between them near their edges, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, and which has in each case a frame, in particular a metallic frame, surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, wherein the at least one transponder is arranged on an inner surface of one of the glass panes in the spaced region between the spacer profile and the edge of the glass pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas HOLTSTIEGE, Alicia DRÖGE, Christian EFFERTZ, Christopher MARJAN