Light Transmissive Sheets, With Gas Space Therebetween And Edge Sealed (e.g., Double Glazed Storm Window, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/34)
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Publication number: 20140356558Abstract: The multiple pane according to the present disclosure includes: a pair of glass panels; a plurality of spacers interposed between the pair of glass panels; and a hermetic bond to hermetically bond peripheries of the pair of glass panels to each other. The multiple pane contains a space formed between the pair of glass panels, the space being to be sealed so as to be in a reduced pressure state. Each of the plurality of spacers is a porous member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Kenji HASEGAWA, Eiichi URIU
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Publication number: 20140356557Abstract: An insulating spacer has a body defining at least one closed insulating cavity. In one embodiment, the spacer is fabricated from a foam material having a desiccant. In one embodiment, the spacer includes a plurality of insulating cavities while maintaining a structure that provides strength to the glazing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventor: Gerhard Reichert
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Patent number: 8898966Abstract: Window pane systems which offer improved protection against blast and impact hazards, including contact blast caused by a bomb or a shell, with or without hollow charge and bullets. A window pane system of the present invention includes multiple glass layers, to absorb the ballistic impact of the explosion; a thick polymer such as polycarbonate, to absorb the kinetic energy of the blast including contact blast; and multiple elastic thin layers of polymer such as polycarbonate, to absorb the blast impact such as the shock wave and shrapnel. Optionally, the last layer is extended such that the last layer is covering up to the full width of the window pane system, preferably in all four sides of the window pane system.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Oran Safety Glass Ltd.Inventor: Zvika Bar
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Patent number: 8900679Abstract: In certain example embodiments of this invention, a window unit may include a vacuum IG (VIG) unit as an inboard lite and a monolithic lite (e.g., with an optional low-E coating thereon) as an outboard lite. A dead air space may separate the inboard and outboard lites. A highly insulated frame may be used to support the inner and outer lites. The VIG unit may be partially embedded or supported in the insulative frame, so that the insulating frame separates the VIG unit inboard lite from the outboard lite thereby reducing conductivity around the edges of the window unit so that R-value can be increased (and U-value decreased). In certain example embodiments, the total R-value of the window unit is at least about R-8, and more preferably at least about R-10 (compared to the much lower R-values of conventional IG units).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jason E. Theios, Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Publication number: 20140349041Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Jean-Marc LEMMER, Nestor P. MURPHY, David D. McLEAN, Richard BLACKER, Herbert LAGE, Jose FERREIRA, Pierre PALLOTTA
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Publication number: 20140349040Abstract: A fenestration assembly is described. The fenestration assembly includes: (1) a layer of film; (2) a frame having a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface, the first surface substantially surrounding and having secured thereon the film and the frame having a thickness such that when the second side is fitted onto a window or a window frame, the thickness of the frame defines a space between the film and the window; and (3) wherein said film is a low-emittance film having an emissivity equal to or less than 0.35.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Normand MARCHAND
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Publication number: 20140340730Abstract: Methods for cutting strengthened glass are disclosed. The methods can include using a laser. The strengthened glass can include chemically strengthened, heat strengthened, and heat tempered glass. Strengthened glass with edges showing indicia of a laser cutting process are also disclosed. The strengthened glass can include an electrochromic film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Howard S. BERGH, Nicolas TIMMERMAN
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Publication number: 20140335291Abstract: The disclosure relates to a multiple pane which includes a pair of glass panels spaced by the spacers and sealed at peripheries thereof. The objective is to provide a multiple pane in which the spacers are formed easily, and a method of preparing the multiple pane. The multiple pane includes: a pair of glass panels; a plurality of spacers interposed between the pair of glass panels; and a hermetic bond to hermetically bond peripheries of the pair of glass panels to each other. The multiple pane contains a space formed between the pair of glass panels, the space being to be sealed so as to be in a reduced pressure state. Each of the plurality of spacers being a porous member formed on one glass panel of the pair of glass panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Kenji HASEGAWA, Eiichi URIU
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Patent number: 8883277Abstract: A multiple glazing unit with at least three substrates which are held together by a frame structure, in which at least two intermediate gas-filled cavities lie each between two substrates, at least one substrate has, on at least one face in contact with an intermediate gas-filled cavity, an antireflection film which is in a face-to-face relationship relative to said intermediate gas-filled cavity, with an insulating film having reflection properties for infrared and/or in solar radiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: David Janssen, Marcus Neander, Vincent Reymond, Ulrich Billert
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Publication number: 20140322461Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum insulated glass, which comprises two or more glass plates, which can be evacuated, which are oriented in parallel and which are sealed air-tight at the outer edge, with respect to the interior formed by means of spacers, by means of strip-shaped connecting elements attached to the entire perimeter, in particular metal strips connected to each other in a vacuum-tight manner, having the following features: a) the spacers each comprise at least two segments (7, 9) associated with each other, b) the spacers are arranged on closed distribution lines, which are arranged at a distance from each other and extend substantially parallel to the perimeter of the glass plate in question and run out in a defined manner in a curve in the corner regions of the glass plate, c) the segments (7, 9) are made of different materials, and d) the segments (7, 9) have a coating and/or structuring on the surfaces that do not come in contact with the glass plates (5, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Friedl, Stephen Leitenmeier, Christian Herfert
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Publication number: 20140322458Abstract: The present invention discloses a planar glass sealing structure and a manufacturing method thereof, the planar glass sealing structure comprises, in a top-down order: a first glass substrate, an insulating layer, a metal sealing frame and a second glass substrate. The insulating layer is formed as a frame shape, and disposed on a peripheral margin of the first glass substrate; the metal sealing frame is formed by heating to melt a metal solder layer between the first and second glass substrate, and it can keep a fixed gap between the first and second glass substrate, so that an inner space thereof is kept in an excellent sealed condition. The present invention can ensure the sealing structure of two correspondingly assembled glass substrates, so that the inner space thereof is insulated from moisture and oxygen, so as to increase the performance and quality of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yawei Liu, Tai-pi Wu, Chih-Che Liu
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Patent number: 8871537Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device which enables production of a high-resolution organic electroluminescence display device in which display failure is suppressed. The method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes multiple organic electroluminescence elements each including an organic compound layer that includes at least an emission layer, the method including: forming the organic compound layer on a substrate; sequentially forming an intermediate layer and a resist layer on the organic compound layer; removing a part of the resist layer by a photolithography method; and selectively removing, by dry etching, the intermediate layer and the organic compound layer in a region in which the part of the resist layer is removed, the light shielding layer having a function of blocking light having a wavelength of 190 nm or more and 360 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Yoshitoku, Nobuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 8871349Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy, David D. McLean, Richard Blacker
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Patent number: 8871316Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to improved spacers for insulated glass units. Certain example embodiments relate to corrugated spacers that extend around a periphery of an IG unit. In certain example embodiments, the spacer includes at least one structured concave cavity. When positioned in conjunction with a substrate, the cavity may be filled with a sealant. In certain example embodiments, the sealant may be a thermoplastic sealant. In certain example embodiments, another cavity may be provided that may accept a structural sealant. In certain example embodiments, the thickness of the corrugated faces of a spacer may be less than the thickness of the shoulders of spacer.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: David J. Cooper
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Publication number: 20140314973Abstract: A window for a vehicle includes at least one transparent pane suspendable within a frame. The transparent pane comprises a deformable material. The transparent pane defines a first surface position h1 when not subjected to a pressure differential thereacross and a second surface position h2 when subject to the differential pressure thereacross. The first and second surface positions are defined with reference to an outside mold line. The first surface position h1 defines a reverse curvature with respect to the outside mold line. In response to the differential pressure ?P, the second surface position h2 includes bulging of the transparent pane by a predetermined distance ?h. The frame is constructed to be positioned within the vehicle such that the transparent pane presents a surface, when subjected to the pressure differential ?P, that is substantially consistent with the outside mold line of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Alexandre Desroches, David Lencz, Franck Dervault
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Publication number: 20140314972Abstract: The invention provides emission control coatings. The coating includes a transparent conductive film over which there is an oxygen barrier film. In some embodiments, the transparent conductive film comprises indium tin oxide and the oxygen barrier film comprises silicon nitride.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Cardinal CG CompanyInventors: Kari B. Myli, Gary L. Pfaff, Greg Vance, Klaus H.W. Hartig
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Publication number: 20140308464Abstract: The invention relates to a glazed module comprising a metal framework and an insulating glazing comprising a water-tight barrier, said insulating glazing being cold-bent, the metal framework and the insulating glazing being rendered integral by a holding means which forces the insulating glazing to retain the bent shape conferred on it by the framework. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the glazed module comprising a metal framework and an insulating glazing, the insulating glazing being cold-bent, after it has been assembled with a water-tight barrier, by a force which causes it to take the shape of the metal framework and then held in this bent shape by a holding means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Fabien Levasseur, Romain Decourcelle, Christophe Swiderski
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Patent number: 8851423Abstract: An improved vibration damping apparatus is provided for use with window structures, including windows used in vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft. The vibration damping system includes at least two separate layers of solid material that are typically substantially clear at visible wavelengths, in which the two layers are spaced-apart by a predetermined distance to form a space or gap therebetween. This gap will be of a size and shape to enhance vibration damping when it is filled with a gaseous compound, such as air. The air-film vibration damping system created by the above structure can be applied to an external pane of a window structure, or to the interior pane of a window structure, or perhaps to both an exterior pane and an interior pane of the same window structure, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Damping Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Lewis, Michael L. Parin
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Patent number: 8844218Abstract: An insulated glazing unit with a nanotechnology enhanced film for improved IGU insulating capability. The present invention makes use of a layered film or sheet system to further provide a double or triple pane window glazing unit sound, vibration, and thermal insulation with the option of allowing users to still view through the unit clearly.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Inventor: Robert James Showers
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Publication number: 20140272207Abstract: The present application provides an adsorbent strip that prevents window fogging, the strip including no more than 25 weight percent of polymer binder; and at least 75 weight percent of adsorbent particles. Also provided is a window spacer comprising the adsorbent strip and a partial window assembly, including a first pane of glass, a second pane of glass; and a window spacer comprising the adsorbent strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MICROPORE, INC.Inventors: Douglas B. McKenna, Vince Suddard
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Publication number: 20140272208Abstract: A vacuum glass panel having a getter filler that includes a plurality of fillers having getter functions without the need for a separate getter, thus reducing costs and enhancing durability, and to a method of manufacturing same. The vacuum glass panel according to the present invention includes: an upper glass plate; a lower glass plate facing the upper glass plate; a sealing portion that is formed along the edges of the upper and lower glass plates and seals the upper and lower glass plates so that a vacuum layer is formed in the space between the upper and lower glass plates; and at least one getter filler that is placed in the vacuum layer, keeps the gap between the upper and lower glass plates constant, and suctions gas from the vacuum layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: LG Hausys, Ltd.Inventors: Su-Bin Song, Beom-Goo Son, Soon-Ho Kwon, Youn-Ki Jun
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Publication number: 20140272206Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a method of making a coated article and/or glazing (e.g., for automobile, window, and/or other applications). A colored paint that is not technically a frit is used to form a desired pattern. The paint is screen printed on a substrate. Screen printing parameters are selected, e.g., so that the mesh has a high threads per inch count; the paint is pushed through the screen using hydraulic forces that account for a sheer thinning property of the paint by balancing squeegee speed, squeegee angle relative to the screen, and hardness of the squeegee; and/or relative humidity above and/or near the screen is at least about 80%. Preferably, the paint is substantially fully curable at 400 degrees C. or less. The substrate with the pattern thereon may be heat treated in certain example embodiments and possibly built into an insulated glass unit or other product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Matthew S. Walp
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Patent number: 8833105Abstract: A method for making a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is provided in which an exposed end of a pump-out tube of a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is sealed using a laser that is applied to the end of the pump out tube in controlled sequential manner as opposed to a short duration, high-powered application of a laser. In particular, a method is disclosed in which a multiphase sequential variable power application of laser energy to an exposed end of a pump-out tube for controlled exposure times and decreasing laser trace diameters produces a more controlled melting of the tube glass to reduce or eliminate undesirable outgassing that may occur during a high-power short duration exposure of laser energy to the end of the pump-out tube to seal the tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Timothy A. Dennis, Andrew W. Pantke
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Patent number: 8834976Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Guardian Industries Corp., Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et al Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy, David D. McLean, Richard Blacker, Herbert Lage, Jose Ferreira, Pierre Pallotta
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Publication number: 20140248447Abstract: A single glass panel for a fire door and a double glazed glass panel for a fire door that have a fireproofness with which the glass sheet passes an international standard ISO 0834 flame insulating performance test and are as inexpensive as possible. For example, the single glass panel for a fire door is obtained by forming a heat reflecting coating with a low emissivity on at least one surface of a glass sheet that is a heat strengthened glass sheet or is more thermally strengthened than a heat strengthened glass sheet, and the double glazed glass panel for a fire door includes a first glass sheet (2B) obtained by forming a heat reflecting coating (4) with an emissivity of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Takashi Hisada, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Sachiko Nishikawa, Takashi Yokota
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Patent number: 8821999Abstract: Vacuum-insulated glass (VIG) windows (10) that employ glass-bump spacers (50) and two or more glass panes (20) are disclosed. The glass-bump spacers are formed in the surface (24) of one of the glass panes (20) and consist of the glass material from the body portion (23) of the glass pane. Thus, the glass-bump spacers are integrally formed in the glass pane, as opposed to being discrete spacer elements that need to be added and fixed to the glass pane. Methods of forming VIG windows are also disclosed. The methods include forming the glass-bump spacers by irradiating a glass pane with a focused beam (112F) from a laser (110). Heating effects in the glass cause the glass to locally expand, thereby forming a glass-bump spacer. The process is repeated at different locations in the glass pane to form an array of glass-bump spacers. A second glass pane is brought into contact with the glass-bump spacers, and the edges (28F, 28B) sealed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Richard R Grzybowski, Daniel R Harvey, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Daniel Louis Gabriel Ricoult, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov
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Publication number: 20140242306Abstract: A glass-coated gasket comprises a gasket main body defining an inner hole and having a first contact surface and a second contact surface opposite the first contact surface, and a glass layer formed over at least a portion of one of the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The glass layer comprises a low melting temperature glass. A vacuum insulated glass window comprises a substrate/glass-coated gasket/substrate structure that can be sealed using a thermo-compressive sealing step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Shari Elizabeth Koval, Xinghua Li, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Mark Alejandro Quesada, William Richard Trutna
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Patent number: 8802203Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to improved seals for glass articles. Certain example embodiments relate to a composition used for sealing an insulted glass unit. In certain example embodiments the composition includes vanadium oxide, barium oxide, zinc oxide, and at least one additional additive. For instance, another additive that is a different metal oxide or different metal chloride may be provided. In certain example embodiments, a vacuum insulated glass unit includes first and second glass substrates that are sealed together with a seal that includes the above-described composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Timothy A. Dennis
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Publication number: 20140220268Abstract: The invention relates to a glass panel including a first (5) and a second (5) glass sheet combined together via at least one spacer (8) that keeps the glass sheets at a certain distance from each other, wherein an inner gap (4) between said glass sheets (5) includes at least a first recess (41) in which a vacuum of lower than 1 mbar is formed, said recess being sealed by a peripheral seal arranged at the periphery of the glass sheets around said inner space (4), the seal (1) being a metal seal rigidly connected to the first and second glass sheets, respectively. According to the invention, the metal seal (1) further includes a means (11) for placing the inner gap (4) in communication with the outside of the panel, wherein said communication means can be sealed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: AGC Glass EuropeInventor: Priscille Dreux
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Publication number: 20140212605Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a vacuum glass, comprising: a plurality of plate glasses arranged to be spaced apart at fixed distances; a sealing material provided along edges of the plate glasses to seal and adhere to the plate glasses; and a plurality of pillars arranged between the plate glasses to maintain the distances between the plate glasses. The plurality of pillars are arranged at different arrangement distances in vertical and horizontal directions. Thus, the thermal insulation performance of the vacuum glass may be improved, and stress applied to the vacuum glass may be reduced by the pillars to secure the safety of a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: LG Hausys, Ltd.Inventors: Beom Goo Son, Su Bin Song, Youn Ki Jun
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Patent number: 8790757Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
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Patent number: 8789343Abstract: The invention provides a spacer having an engineered wall with multiple corrugation fields including first and second corrugation fields having differently configured corrugations. Also provided are multi-pane glazing units that incorporate such a spacer.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Cardinal IG CompanyInventors: Benjamin J. Zurn, Gary R. Matthews, John Brian Shero
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Patent number: 8790783Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Richard Blacker, Marcus Frank, Muhammad Imran
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Publication number: 20140205774Abstract: The invention relates to a glazing unit, in particular an insulating glazing unit, comprising at least a first (5) and a second (5) glass sheet joined together via at least one spacer (8) that keeps them a certain distance apart from each other and, between said at least two glass sheets, at least one internal space (4) closed by a peripheral seal (101) placed on the periphery of the glass sheets, around said internal space, the seal having a U-shaped cross section comprising a first flange (ion) securely fastened to the first glass sheet and a second flange (1012) securely fastened to the second glass sheet. According to the invention, the first flange is securely fastened in a first recess (521) produced in the edge face of the first glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: AGC Glass EuropeInventors: Sebastien Caliaro, Francois Closset, Priscille Dreux, Olivier Fontaine De Ghelin
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Patent number: 8778469Abstract: When local heating by use of laser sealing or the like is applied, the bonding strength between glass substrates and a sealing layer is improved to provide an electronic device having increased reliability. An electronic device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, and a sealing layer to seal an electronic element portion disposed between these glass substrates. The sealing layer is a layer obtained by locally heating a sealing material by an electromagnetic wave, such as laser light or infrared light, to melt-bond the sealing material, the sealing material containing sealing glass, a low-expansion filler and an electromagnetic wave absorber. In the first and second glass substrates, each reacted layer is produced to have a maximum depth of at least 30 nm from an interface with the sealing layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Sohei Kawanami, Yoshinori Ami, Yoko Mitsui
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Publication number: 20140186556Abstract: A window includes a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit in a window frame. The window frame includes at least one vacuum insulated structure (VIS) for improving the insulating functionality of the frame, so that the frame can adequately insulate the periphery of the VIG unit. Such windows may be used in residential and/or commercial window applications for buildings. The use of a window frame having at least one VIS is advantageous in that allows for improved window frame thermal performance and a narrow frame design if desired for improved aesthetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventor: Ryan L. DEAR
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Publication number: 20140186557Abstract: Vacuum-insulated glass windows include two or more glass panes, and glass-bump spacers formed in a surface of one of the panes. The glass-bump spacers consist of the glass material from the body portion of the glass pane. At least one of the glass panes comprises chemically-strengthened glass. Methods of forming VIG windows include forming the glass-bump spacers by irradiating a glass pane with a focused beam from a laser. Heating effects in the glass cause the glass to locally expand, thereby forming a glass-bump spacer. In embodiments where the glass-bump spacers are formed in a chemically-strengthened glass pane, the glass-bump spacers may be formed before or after the chemical strengthening. A second glass pane is brought into contact with the glass-bump spacers, and the edges sealed. The resulting sealed interior region is evacuated to a pressure of less than one atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Richard Robert Grzybowski, Michael S. Pambianchi, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov
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Publication number: 20140162000Abstract: Provided is a heat-strengthened vacuum glass, comprising: a plurality of sheet glasses spaced apart by a predetermined interval; a plurality of spacers interposed between the sheet glasses to maintain the intervals between the sheet glasses; and a sealing material arranged along edges of the sheet glasses to seal and bond the sheet glasses. The heat-strengthened vacuum glass of the present invention has a surface compressive stress of 20 Mpa to 55 Mpa after the seal bonding of the sheet glasses, thus ensuring high thermal resistance, high strength, and, when damaged, high stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTDInventors: Beom Goo Son, Su Bin Song, Youn Ki Jun
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Publication number: 20140161999Abstract: A Multi Chamber gas filled building panel is structured of essentially planar parallel inner (1) and outer (2) plates. Between the inner (1) and outer (2) plates, preferably of glass, there is at least one chamber (3) filled with insulation gas, the chambers (in case of plurality thereof) divided between themselves using dividers (4) usually manufactured of transparent polymer foils. The building panel according to this invention in addition features at least one air-filled chamber (5) which is connected to surrounding air via opening (6) enabling inner volumetric expansion and contraction of insulation gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicants: REFLEX, GORNJA RADGONA, D.O.O., CBS INSTITUT, CELOVITE GRADBENE RESITVE, D.O.O.Inventors: Ales KRALJ, Rudy HAJDINJAK
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Publication number: 20140154436Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a frit slurry paste for use in assemblies (e.g., a vacuum insulated glass unit or a plasma display panel), and methods of making the same. Frit powder, binder material, and a water-based solvent are mixed together to form an intermediate mixture. The frit powder is substantially lead free, and the water-based solvent is provided at a first temperature. Additional water-based solvent is added to the intermediate mixture to form a frit slurry paste. The additional water-based solvent is provided at a second temperature, with the second temperature being lower than the first temperature. The binder material is provided at a concentration of 0.001%-20% by weight with respect to the frit slurry paste or the frit slurry paste absent the frit powder. The frit slurry paste has a bulk viscosity of 2,000-200,000 cps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: David J. COOPER, Timothy A. DENNIS
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Publication number: 20140154434Abstract: Refrigerator doors (which includes freezer doors) are provided for use in display areas where refrigerated merchandise (e.g., frozen or chilled food) is displayed. It is desired to increase energy efficiency of the doors and thus of the refrigerated display system, while at the same time reducing visible reflectance from the doors to make it easier for customers to see merchandise which is being displayed behind the transparent doors. Refrigerator doors according to certain example embodiments of this invention include one or more AR coatings, some of which may include a transparent conductive layer (e.g., ITO) so as to also function as a low-E coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventors: Jose NUNEZ-REGUEIRO, David D. MCLEAN
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Publication number: 20140154435Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to composite pillar arrangements for VIG units that include both harder and softer materials. The softer materials are located on the outside or extremities of the central, harder pillar material. In certain example embodiments, a high aspect ratio mineral lamellae is separated by an organic “glue” or polymer. When provided around a high strength pillar, the combination of the pillar and such a nano-composite structure may advantageously result in superior strength compared to a monolithic system, e.g., where significant wind loads, thermal stresses, and/or the like are encountered.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Vijayen S. VEERASAMY
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Patent number: 8742287Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to apparatuses for sealing the tips of pump-out tubes of vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, and/or associated methods. In certain example embodiments, a laser source used in sealing the pump-out tube is thermally insulated from the VIG unit and emits a laser beam through one or more windows in an oven towards a mirror located therein. The mirror is located so as to redirect the laser beam onto the pump-out tube to thereby seal it. For instance, a substantially horizontal laser beam emitted from a laser source located outside the oven enters into the oven through one or more windows and is reflected by a mirror towards the pump-out tube to be sealed. The repositioning of the laser source advantageously can change its effective focal length and/or the location of the laser beam, e.g., because of the fixed location of the mirror.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Ryan L. Dear
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Patent number: 8736938Abstract: An insulated glazing unit includes a spacer defining a framed area, first and second glazing panes attached to the spacer, a pane conductive layer on an inner surface of the first glazing pane, and a dielectric layer disposed on the pane conductive layer. A shade for use with the insulated glazing unit is affixed to the first glazing pane. The shade includes one or more layers selected from a resilient layer, a substantially transparent shade conductive layer, and an opaque shade conductive layer. When an electric drive is applied between the pane conductive layer and the shade conductive layer, a potential difference between the pane conductive layer and the shade conductive layer causes the shade to extend from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. The shade can further include at least one ink coating layer including pigments that selectively reflect or absorb certain visible colors and infrared.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: New Visual Media Group, L.L.C.Inventors: Elliott Schlam, Mark S. Slater, Jeffrey P. Koskulics, Joshua S. Finch
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Patent number: 8734920Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including a low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, a titanium oxide inclusive bottom layer stack and/or a NiCr-based layer(s) are designed to improve b* coloration values and/or transmission of the coated article. These layer stack portions also advantageously permit a double-silver coated article to achieve (i) an LSG value (Tvis/SHGC) of at least 2.0, (ii) an SHGC value of no greater than 35%, and (iii) a U-value (BTU h?1 ft?2° F.?1) (e.g., x=12 mm) of no greater than 0.30. In certain example embodiments, the titanium oxide based layer may be an interlayer provided in a bottom portion of the layer stack between first and second layers comprising silicon nitride. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, other types of windows, or in any other suitable application.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Marcus Frank, Nancy Bassett, Bryce Corsner
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Patent number: 8728636Abstract: A low-e insulating glass unit has a suspended, coated IR reflecting polymer sheet under tension, e.g. from heat shrinkage. The polymer sheet is coated with a multilayer stack of dielectric and metallic layers, including at least one silver layer deposited upon a zinc oxide seed layer that is at most 15 nm thickness. The use of zinc oxide ensures good seeding for high quality silver layer growth, thereby providing low emissivity. The thinness of the zinc oxide ensures that it resists cracking when the polymer sheet is tensioned.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.Inventors: Ronny Kleinhempel, Julius G. Kozak, Roland C. Thielsch, Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Lee C. Boman
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Patent number: 8704361Abstract: A sealing glass, a sealing material, and a sealing material paste, which suppress metal deposition by reducing glass components (metal oxides) without decreasing the reactivity with and the adhesion to a semiconductor substrate. The sealing glass, contains a low temperature melting glass containing, by mass ratio: from 0.1 to 5% of at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Cr, Co, Ni, Nb, Hf, W, Re, a rare earth element, and optionally Mo; and from 5 to 100 ppm by mass ratio of K2O, wherein the low temperature melting glass has a softening point of at most 430° C. The sealing material device, contains the sealing glass and an inorganic filler in an amount of from 0 to 40% by volume ratio. The sealing material paste contains a mixture of the sealing material and a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventor: Hiroki Takahashi
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Patent number: 8701363Abstract: The specification discloses a window or door, and glazing assemblies therefor, wherein the glazing assemblies include a first pane of glass with an exterior surface coated with a smooth, hardened silica-containing coating, and an opposite surface coated with at least one layer of a low emissivity coating. In one embodiment, a second pane of glass is joined to and spaced from the first pane of glass by a polymeric spacer. In a second embodiment, a third pane of glass is laminated to the second pane, and in a third embodiment, a third pane of glass coated on its interior surface with a low emissivity coating is joined to and spaced from the second pane by a polymeric spacer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Weather Shield Mfg., Inc.Inventor: Edward L. Schield
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Publication number: 20140087101Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent glass substrate having a coating including, in order: a first reflected color neutralization layer; a low-emissivity second layer essentially made up of SnO2:F and having a thickness between 455 and 800 nm; and a third layer that is essentially made up of SiOx, x being less than or equal to 2, and has a thickness between 40 and 65 nm or between 140 and 180 nm. The invention also relates to a double glass sheet and a triple glass sheet, manufactured from such a glass substrate, and to a window comprising said glass sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Eric Tixhon, Delphine Didier
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Publication number: 20140087100Abstract: To provide a low emissivity coating stack having a low emissivity for heat rays and having high visible light transmittance and near infrared transmittance. A low emissivity coating stack 1 comprising a transparent substrate 2, and a thin film laminate portion 3 having at least a first titanium oxide-containing layer 31 containing an oxide of titanium, a low emissivity metal layer 33 containing silver as the main component and a second titanium oxide-containing layer 34 containing an oxide of titanium formed in this order on the transparent substrate 2, which has a surface resistivity of at most 3.3?/? and has a solar heat gain coefficient of at least 0.60 when formed into double glazing glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Kazuya YAOITA