Patents by Inventor Thomas Lambricht

Thomas Lambricht 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: 12600204
    Abstract: A glass panel having a noble material appearance, including in order: a glass sheet having a luminous transmission LTD of at least 85% and having a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm to 6 mm, a decorative layer having a noble material pattern and where the decorative layer is continuous, an opaque top layer where the opaque top layer is discontinuous. The glass panel thereby has opaque zones defined by an optical density OD>1.5, and semi-transparent zones that correspond to one or several patterns and defined by a luminous transmission LTD of from 3 to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sébastien Caliaro, Thomas Lambricht, Cécile Musialski, Charlotte Jacob, Florent Delsaux
  • Publication number: 20250282306
    Abstract: A decorative panel for a vehicle's interior, the panel including a carrier adapted to fix the decorative panel on the vehicle. The decorative panel further includes a glass sheet with an internal face and an external face. The decorative panel also includes an adhesion layer. The adhesion layer is positioned between the carrier and the internal face of the glass sheet. The adhesion layer integrally covers the internal face of the glass sheet. The luminous transmittance of the adhesion layer is at least 1%. The combination of the decorative panel with a light source is also considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Xavier CARNOY, Robert HICK, Thomas LAMBRICHT, Laurent VANDIEVOET
  • Publication number: 20250276636
    Abstract: A decorative panel for a vehicle's interior. The decorative panel includes a glass sheet with an internal and an external face. The decorative panel further includes a backing. The backing integrally covers the internal face of the glass sheet. The backing is made of a material adapted to be injected, the material presenting a hardness of at least 50 Shore A. The luminous transmittance of the backing is at least 1%. The decorative panel may be used in combination with a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Xavier CARNOY, Robert HICK, Thomas LAMBRICHT, Laurent VANDIEVOET
  • Patent number: 12366681
    Abstract: A cover glass sheet configured to cover at least a display device, having an outer sheet face and an inner sheet face where the inner sheet face faces the display device and wherein the outer sheet face includes (a) at least a display zone (1) allowing visualization of at least part of a screen of the display device, the display zone having a perimeter, Pdisplay; and (b) at least an opaque zone (2) corresponding to a layer of opaque paint being added at the exception of the display zone, to all or part of the remaining inner sheet face and directly surrounding at least 10-100% of the display perimeter, the opaque zone has a mean surface roughness defined by an opaque arithmetic amplitude value, Ra(op). The outer sheet face further includes at least one textured zone covering between 0.5% to 99.5% of the opaque zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sebastien Caliaro, Loick Dogot, Thomas Lambricht
  • Patent number: 12344551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a partially textured glass article that includes (a) providing partially textured mother glass substrate that includes a first main surface and a second main surface which are opposed to each other; (b) irradiating the first main surface of the glass substrate with a laser to form a separating line on the first main surface that defines contour lines and extends from the first main surface to the second main surface dividing the glass article from the glass substrate, the glass article being a size smaller than the mother glass substrate; and (c) separating the partially textured glass article is separated from the mother glass substrate by the separating line. The method allows cutting a large partially textured mother glass substrate, with high precision, into smaller articles of partially textured glass at a requested size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Sébastien Caliaro, Sylvain Drugman, Loïck Dogot
  • Patent number: 12222443
    Abstract: A detection device with an optical device comprising at least one light source and at least one light sensitive element optically decoupled inside the detection device. A protective housing encloses the optical device. An optical cover comprising an internal surface facing the optical device and an external surface opposite to the internal surface, wherein the optical cover is transparent at the operating wavelength of the optical device, and comprises at least two separate apertures. A first aperture faces the light source and a second aperture faces the light sensitive element. The optical cover is one piece comprised of diffusing, absorbing, multilayer elements, and/or wavelength-changing elements placed between the first and second apertures in an optical decoupling zone outside the field of view of the light source and the sensitive element to avoid the stray light travelling from the light source to the sensitive element within the optical cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Meijie Li, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Thomas Lambricht
  • Patent number: 12208682
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising a display module with a display on a front face of the display module, a touch-sensitive layer, and a transparent cover attached to the front face of the display module where a front face of the transparent cover has a tactile feedback area. A haptic feedback unit is configured to provide an active haptic feedback by moving or deforming the transparent cover. A control unit is configured to display a graphical user interface on the display to receive a user input via the touch-sensitive layer and to trigger a vehicle function in response to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Laurent Vandievoet, Carter Scott Cannon, Sung-Uk Kim
  • Publication number: 20240092149
    Abstract: A glass panel having a noble material appearance, including in order: a glass sheet having a luminous transmission LTD of at least 85% and having a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm to 6 mm, a decorative layer having a noble material pattern and where the decorative layer is continuous, an opaque top layer where the opaque top layer is discontinuous. The glass panel thereby has opaque zones defined by an optical density OD>1.5, and semi-transparent zones that correspond to one or several patterns and defined by a luminous transmission LTD of from 3 to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sébastien CALIARO, Thomas LAMBRICHT, Cécile MUSIALSKI, Charlotte JACOB, Florent DELSAUX
  • Patent number: 11827561
    Abstract: A trim element for a motor vehicle that includes at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient comprised between 5 m?1 and 15 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. An infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Publication number: 20230358919
    Abstract: A cover glass sheet configured to cover at least a display device, having an outer sheet face and an inner sheet face where the inner sheet face faces the display device and wherein the outer sheet face includes (a) at least a display zone (1) allowing visualization of at least part of a screen of the display device, the display zone having a perimeter, Pdisplay; and (b) at least an opaque zone (2) corresponding to a layer of opaque paint being added at the exception of the display zone, to all or part of the remaining inner sheet face and directly surrounding at least 10-100% of the display perimeter, the opaque zone has a mean surface roughness defined by an opaque arithmetic amplitude value, Ra(op). The outer sheet face further includes at least one textured zone covering between 0.5% to 99.5% of the opaque zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Sebastien CALIARO, Loick DOGOT, Thomas LAMBRICHT
  • Patent number: 11807574
    Abstract: A trim element for a motor vehicle that includes at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. An infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Patent number: 11718552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65?SiO2?78% 8?Na2O?15% 1?K2O<6% 1?Al2O3<6% 2?CaO<10% 0?MgO?6%; as well as a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Thomas Lambricht
  • Patent number: 11668800
    Abstract: A detection device includes (a) a LiDAR sensing device and (b) a housing enclosing the LiDAR sensing device, the housing including at least one cover lens. At least a portion of the cover lens is made of at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm. The cover lens helps to protect the LiDAR sensing device from external degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Thomas Lambricht, Jean-Francois Noulet, Sebastien Caliaro
  • Patent number: 11407676
    Abstract: The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Patent number: 11407677
    Abstract: The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm, and preferably in the wavelength range from 750 to 950 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Nicolas Fedullo, Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Patrick Ayoub, Francois Boland
  • Publication number: 20220227664
    Abstract: A decorative glass element including a transparent glass substrate with an outer surface exposed to an outer environment and separated from an inner surface by a substrate thickness, a structured coating made of a transparent polymer that is applied over all or part of the inner surface of the transparent glass substrate to form a coated substrate and a structured free surface with an RZ roughness between 0.1 and 4 mm, and a base support coupled to the coated substrate with an interior surface facing with or without contact the free surface of the structured coating and protecting the free surface from direct access from the outer environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Cécile MUSIALSKI, Charlotte JACOB
  • Patent number: 11390557
    Abstract: The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient comprised between 5 m?1 and 15 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm, and preferably in the wavelength range from 750 to 1000 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Patent number: 11345628
    Abstract: The invention concerns a trim element for a motor vehicle comprising at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient comprised between 5 m?1 and 15 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm, is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Patent number: 11319240
    Abstract: The invention concerns a trim element for a motor vehicle comprising at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm, is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
  • Publication number: 20220119301
    Abstract: A trim element for a motor vehicle that includes at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. An infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Yannick SARTENAER, Quentin FRASELLE, Nicolas CHORINE, Maxime COLLIGNON