Patents by Inventor Thorsten Frost
Thorsten Frost 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: 10343949Abstract: A coated article includes a glass substrate supporting a coating. The coating may include, moving away from the glass substrate, a layer comprising diamond-like carbon (DLC); a layer comprising zinc oxide, wherein a concentration of OH-groups at a surface of the layer comprising zinc oxide farthest from the glass substrate is no greater than about 40%; and a layer comprising aluminum nitride on the glass substrate over and directly contacting the layer comprising zinc oxide. The DLC layer may be temporary, and designed to be burned off during heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLCInventors: Jens-Peter Muller, Herbert Lage, Thorsten Frost, Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Publication number: 20170022096Abstract: A method of making a heat treated (HT) or heat treatable coated article. A method of making a coated article includes a step of heat treating a glass substrate coated with at least layer of or including carbon (e.g., diamond-like carbon (DLC)) and an overlying protective film thereon. In certain example embodiments, the protective film may be of or include both (a) an oxygen blocking or barrier layer, and (b) a release layer of or including zinc oxide. Treating the zinc oxide inclusive release layer with plasma including oxygen (e.g., via ion beam treatment) improves thermal stability and/or quality of the product. Following and/or during heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, or the like) the protective film may be entirely or partially removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Jens-Peter MULLER, Herbert LAGE, Thorsten FROST, Vijayen S. VEERASAMY
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Patent number: 9434640Abstract: A method of making a heat treated (HT) or heat treatable coated article. A method of making a coated article includes a step of heat treating a glass substrate coated with at least layer of or including carbon (e.g., diamond-like carbon (DLC)) and an overlying protective film thereon. In certain example embodiments, the protective film may be of or include both (a) an oxygen blocking or barrier layer, and (b) a release layer of or including zinc oxide. Treating the zinc oxide inclusive release layer with plasma including oxygen (e.g., via ion beam treatment) improves thermal stability and/or quality of the product. Following and/or during heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, or the like) the protective film may be entirely or partially removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jens-Peter Muller, Herbert Lage, Thorsten Frost, Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Publication number: 20140150497Abstract: A method of making a heat treated (HT) or heat treatable coated article. A method of making a coated article includes a step of heat treating a glass substrate coated with at least layer of or including carbon (e.g., diamond-like carbon (DLC)) and an overlying protective film thereon. In certain example embodiments, the protective film may be of or include both (a) an oxygen blocking or barrier layer, and (b) a release layer of or including zinc oxide. Treating the zinc oxide inclusive release layer with plasma including oxygen (e.g., via ion beam treatment) improves thermal stability and/or quality of the product. Following and/or during heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, or the like) the protective film may be entirely or partially removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventors: Jens-Peter MULLER, Herbert LAGE, Thorsten FROST, Vijayen S. VEERASAMY
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Patent number: 6926786Abstract: In a method for making laminated glass, a sheet includes two glass substrates with an interlayer sheet between them. This sheet includes a polymer based film provided on one of the surfaces with a thin functional layer. The sheet is cut out in dimensions substantially identical to or greater than one of the glass substrates. The sheet is slit on at least the thickness of the film provided with the functional layer so as to delimit at least a peripheral zone of the film located between the slitting line and its edge. The interlayer sheet is assembled between the glass substrates. The peripheral zone is then detached by mechanical traction to transform the laminated glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Saint-Gobain VitrageInventors: Thorsten Frost, Stefan Immerschitt, Franz Kraemling, Philippe Leclercq, Laurent Poncet, Heinz Schilde
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Publication number: 20020094407Abstract: In a method for making laminated glass, a sheet includes two glass substrates with an interlayer sheet between them. This sheet includes a polymer based film provided on one of the surfaces with a thin functional layer. The sheet is cut out in dimensions substantially identical to or greater than one of the glass substrates. The sheet is slit on at least the thickness of the film provided with the functional layer so as to delimit at least a peripheral zone of the film located between the slitting line and its edge. The interlayer sheet is assembled between the glass substrates. The peripheral zone is then detached by mechanical traction to transform the laminated glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2002Publication date: July 18, 2002Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Thorsten Frost, Stefan Immerschitt, Franz Kraemling, Philippe Leclercq, Laurent Poncet, Heinz Schilde
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Patent number: 6410120Abstract: A curved, transparent laminated glazing is made of at least two fixed panes and of a multilayer laminate placed between them. The laminate includes at least one support film provided with a thin layer and with external adhesive layers, as well as with a marginal strip of an opaque material for delimiting the viewing area of the laminated glazing on at least one side. The support film, which extends over the viewing area, is cut to size according to the invention in such a way that its cut edge is still just covered by the marginal strip at least in a direction of viewing in transmission.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Saint-Gobain VitrageInventors: Thorsten Frost, Hasso Gien, Manfred Jansen, Franz Kr{overscore (a)}mling, Michael Labrot, Udo Matzerath, Heinz Schilde
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Patent number: 6352754Abstract: A method for making laminated glass. The sheet includes two glass substrates with an interlayer sheet between them. This sheet includes a polymer based film provided on one of the surfaces with a thin functional layer. The sheet is cut out in dimensions substantially identical to or greater than one of the glass substrates. The sheet is slit on at least the thickness of the film provided with the functional layer so as to delimit at least a peripheral zone of the film located between the slitting line and its edge. The interlayer sheet is assembled between the glass substrates. The peripheral zone is then detached by mechanical traction to transform the laminated glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Thorsten Frost, Stefan Immerschitt, Franz Kraemling, Philippe Leclerco, Laurent Poncet, Heinz Schilde
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Patent number: 5932329Abstract: In a laminated glass pane comprising two glass sheets (1, 2) and a transparent support film (4) having an infra red reflecting surface coating (3), connected to the two glass sheets (1, 2) by adhesive layers (5, 6), the first adhesive layer (5) has a thickness of at most about 50 .mu.m. The second adhesive layer (6) preferably has a thickness of 0.76 mm.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Saint-Gobain VitrageInventors: Thorsten Frost, Heinz Schilde, Manfred Jansen
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Patent number: 5453339Abstract: In a windshield having a holographic element integrated in the windshield for example a reflection hologram for reflecting optical information into the visual range of the driver, the edge region (4) of the hologram is resolved like a web. The web decreases from a high area fraction in the zone adjoining the actual hologram to a low area fraction in the zone bordering the glass area.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1993Date of Patent: September 26, 1995Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage InternationalInventors: Thorsten Frost, Manfred-Andreas Beeck