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).
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Publication number: 20240092149Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Sébastien CALIARO, Thomas LAMBRICHT, Cécile MUSIALSKI, Charlotte JACOB, Florent DELSAUX
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Patent number: 11827561Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Publication number: 20230358919Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Sebastien CALIARO, Loick DOGOT, Thomas LAMBRICHT
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Patent number: 11807574Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Patent number: 11718552Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventor: Thomas Lambricht
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Patent number: 11668800Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Thomas Lambricht, Jean-Francois Noulet, Sebastien Caliaro
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Patent number: 11407677Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Nicolas Fedullo, Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Patrick Ayoub, Francois Boland
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Patent number: 11407676Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Publication number: 20220227664Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Cécile MUSIALSKI, Charlotte JACOB
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Patent number: 11390557Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Patent number: 11345628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Patent number: 11319240Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Yannick Sartenaer, Quentin Fraselle, Nicolas Chorine, Maxime Collignon
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Publication number: 20220119300Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Yannick SARTENAER, Quentin FRASELLE, Nicolas CHORINE, Maxime COLLIGNON
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Publication number: 20220119301Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Yannick SARTENAER, Quentin FRASELLE, Nicolas CHORINE, Maxime COLLIGNON
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Patent number: 11306020Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a luminous transmission LTD4?87% and having a composition free of antimony and arsenic, comprising total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) from 0.002-0.04% and erbium (expressed in the form of Er2O3) from 0.003-0.1%. The glass sheet composition further having a redox ratio ?32% and satisfying the formula 1.3*Fe2O3?Er2O3?21.87*Cr2O3?53.12*Co?2.6*Fe2O3. Such a glass sheet has a high luminous transmittance and has warm-toned to neutral colored edges and is particularly suitable due to its aesthetics as building glass or interior glass, as well as in furniture applications, as automotive glass, or as cover glass in electronic devices/displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Audrey Dogimont
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Patent number: 11279648Abstract: The invention relates to glass sheet having a composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: Total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-0.15% Selenium (expressed in the form of Se) 0.0003-0.005% Cobalt (expressed in the form of Co) 0.00005-0.0015%; the glass sheet being characterized in that: N?10.3*Fe2O3+0.11; N being defined as Formula (I). Such a glass sheet has a high luminous transmittance and has colorless/achromatic edges (very neutral in color). This invention is particularly suitable due to its aesthetics as building glass or interior glass, like for example in furniture applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Audrey Dogimont, Aline Degand
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Publication number: 20220050181Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Meijie LI, Yannick SARTENAER, Quentin FRASELLE, Thomas LAMBRICHT
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Publication number: 20220048814Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Sébastien CALIARO, Sylvain DRUGMAN, Loïck DOGOT
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Patent number: 11214507Abstract: A glass sheet having a composition comprising a total iron content of 0.002-0.03% expressed in the form of Fe2O3 and in weight percentage with respect to the total weight of glass, and further satisfying the formula N*5?0.05; N*5 being defined as N*5=?{square root over ((a*5?a*0)2+(b*5?b*0)2)}, a*5 and b*5 being measured for a sheet thickness of 5 mm in transmission with illuminant D65, 10°, SCI; a*0 and b*0 being computed for a sheet thickness of 0 mm in transmission with illuminant D65, 10°, SCI. Such a glass sheet allows a color rendering of the sheet which is essentially the same whatever the view path available for an observer of the object integrating said glass sheet (when looking through its main faces or through its edges or through a zone bearing a diffusing coating).Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Thomas Lambricht, Audrey Dogimont
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Patent number: 11203549Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 60?SiO2?78%; 5?Na2O?20%; 0.9<K2O?12%; 4.9?Al2O3?8%; 0.4<CaO<2%; 4<MgO?12%. The invention corresponds to an easily chemically-temperable soda-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for mass production than aluminosilicate glass, and therefore is available at low cost, and with a base glass/matrix composition that is close to or very similar to compositions already used in existing mass production.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventor: Thomas Lambricht