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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Patent number: 8492736Abstract: A quartz window with an interior plenum is operable as a shutter or UV filter in a degas chamber by supplying the plenum with an ozone-containing gas. Pressure in the plenum can be adjusted to block UV light transmission into the degas chamber or adjust transmittance of UV light through the window. When the plenum is evacuated, the plenum allows maximum transmission of UV light into the degas chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Yen-Kun Victor Wang, Shang-I Chou, Jason Augustino
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Publication number: 20130174892Abstract: A glass sheet has an electrically conductive film having a sheet resistance in the range of 9.5 to 14.0 ohms/square; an emissivity in the range of 0.14 to 017 and an absorption coefficient of greater than 1.5×103 cm?1 in the wavelength range of 400-1100 nanometers, and a surface roughness of less than 15 nanometers Root Means Square. A glass sheet of another embodiment of the invention has an electrically conductive film having a phosphorous-fluorine doped tin oxide pyrolytically deposited film on the surface of the glass sheet, wherein the ratio of phosphorous precursor to tin precursor is in the range of greater than 0-0.4. The coated glass sheets of the invention can be used in the manufacture of multi sheet insulating units, OLEDs and solar cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventor: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
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JOINED UNIT OF GLASS BASE MEMBERS, AIRTIGHT ENVELOPE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS STRUCTURAL UNIT
Publication number: 20130171380Abstract: A joined unit of glass base members is provided, comprising first and second glass base members and a joining member which extends along opposing surfaces of the first and second glass base members, wherein glass base member is elastically deformed while being depressed in an internal direction of the glass base member in the vicinity of an end portion in a widthwise direction of the joining member, a boundary surface between the elastically deformed glass base member and the joining member and a surface of the elastically deformed glass base member, which are disposed in the vicinity of the end portion in the widthwise direction of the joining member, are positioned on an internal side of the glass base member, and an area, in which a residual stress is a compressive stress, is formed in the vicinity of the end portion in the widthwise direction of the joining member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA -
Patent number: 8475893Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel (VIP) in an example comprises first and second walls and a plurality of tensile elements. The first and second walls are structurally coupled to allow formation of a vacuum cavity between the first and second walls. The plurality of tensile elements structurally supports the first and second walls against external pressure contemporaneous with tension on the plurality of tensile elements. The plurality of tensile elements is located in the vacuum cavity between the first and second walls.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventor: Alan Feinerman
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Publication number: 20130164464Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to coated articles with low-E coatings having one or more barrier layer systems including multiple dielectric layers, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, providing barrier layer systems that each include three or more adjacent dielectric layers advantageously increases layer quality, mechanical durability, corrosion resistance, and/or thermal stability, e.g., by virtue of the increased number of interfaces. These barrier layer systems may be provided above and/or below an infrared (IR) reflecting layer in the low-E coating in different embodiments. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, other types of windows, or in any other suitable application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)Inventors: Herbert LAGE, Jose FERREIRA, Pierre PALLOTTA
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Publication number: 20130149473Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to insulating glass (IG) units including three substantially parallel spaced apart glass substrates, wherein at least two of the surfaces include low-emissivity (low-E) coatings and at least some of the non-low E coated surfaces have antireflective (AR) coatings disposed thereon. In certain example embodiments, low-E coatings are provided on the second and fifth surfaces of the IG unit, and each internal surface of the IG unit that does not support a low-E coating does support an AR coating. Additional AR coatings may be provided on one or both of the outermost surfaces in certain example embodiments. In some cases, the center substrate need not be heat treated because of the reduced absorption enabled by providing the low-E coatings on the two outermost substrates, as well as the reduced heat accumulation in the center lite itself and in the two adjacent spacers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Marcus Frank, Brent Boyce, Hartmut Knoll, Alexander Lorenz, Uwe Kriltz
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Publication number: 20130142972Abstract: A vacuum insulating glass (VIG) panel comprises first and second panels of glass spaced from another with a separation space therebetween. The VIG panel further comprises spacers disposed between the first and second glass panels to define the separation space. The spacers are generally arranged in a matrix between the first and the second glass panels. The spacers are coated with a coating material comprising particles having an average size of less than about 1 micron.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: RAYOTEK SCIENTIFIC, INC.Inventor: William Raggio
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Patent number: 8455066Abstract: An insulating unit having a neutral grey color and a solar heat gain coefficient less than 0.40 includes a clear glass sheet spaced from a coated glass sheet. The coated glass sheet includes a colored glass substrate having a solar infrared reflective coating. The composition of the coated substrate includes a base glass portion and a glass colorant portion, the glass colorant portion including total iron in the range of 0.04 to less than 0.28 weight percent; CoO in the range of 32 to 90 parts per million, and Se in the range of greater than 0 to less than 5.5 parts per million. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention the glass substrate at a thickness of 0.223 inches has a* chromaticity coordinates of ?3.5 to +2.5 and b* chromaticity coordinates of ?1 to ?15, and a visible light transmittance of 40 to 80%.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Heithoff, Glenn T. Miner
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Publication number: 20130136875Abstract: 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: January 25, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventor: Guardian Industries Corp.
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Publication number: 20130129945Abstract: The subject of the invention is a glazing unit comprising a glass substrate (1) equipped on one of its faces, intended to form face 1 of said glazing unit in the use position, with a thin-film multilayer comprising, from the substrate (1), a film (2) of a transparent electrically conductive oxide, an intermediate film (3) having a refractive index lying in the range from 1.40 to 1.55 and having an optical thickness Y, and a photocatalytic film (4) the optical thickness X of which is at most 50 nm, said optical thicknesses X and Y, expressed in nanometers, being such that: 110·e?0.025X?Y?135·e?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Anne Durandeau, Andriy Kharchenko, Sebastien Roy, Hadia Gerardin, Anne Lorren
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Publication number: 20130129944Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventor: Guardian Industries Corp.
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Patent number: 8445083Abstract: 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: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
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Publication number: 20130104980Abstract: Glasses comprising Bi203, ZnO B203 and optionally a colorant including an oxide of a metal such as iron, cobalt, manganese, nickel, copper and chromium are suitable to form hermetic seals in solar cell modules, architectural glass windows and MEMS devices. Glass frit and paste compositions suitable for flow and bonding to various substrates—glass, metal, silicon, in the temperature range of 400-500 degrees Centigrade. The broad compositional range in mole % is 25-70% Bi203, up to 65% ZnO, and 1-70% B203. Such glasses do not have batched in alumina or silica. Such glasses lack alumina and silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: FERRO CORPORATIONInventors: Srinivasan Sridharan, John J. Maloney, Chandrashekhar Khadilkar, Robert P. Blonski, David L. Widlewski
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Publication number: 20130101759Abstract: Vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units and edge seals for VIG units are provided. The VIG units include an edge seal that includes a viscous material, and is configured to allow the glass sheets to move laterally relative to one another when the glass sheets experience differential thermal strain and further configured such that viscous shear occurs within at least a portion of the viscous material when there is relative lateral movement between the glass sheets. The edge seals comprise a cavity that contains at least a portion of the viscous material, wherein at least a portion of a boundary defining the cavity is reversibly expandable and collapsible such that the viscous material and the cavity are configured to maintain volume compatibility when one or both of the viscous material and the cavity undergo a temperature-induced volume change.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventor: Robert S. Jones
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Publication number: 20130101760Abstract: The invention relates to double glazing comprising at least one glass sheet that has a set of low-emission layers on each side, one side being coated with layers which are produced using sputtering and which include at least one metal layer that reflects infrared radiation. The other side of said at least one glass sheet comprises one or more metal oxide layers that are deposited using gas phase pyrolysis. The disclosed glazing has a minimum light transmittance of 60 percent (with 4 mm thick clear glass sheets).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: AGC Glass EuropeInventors: Lorenzo Pesce, Eric Tixhon
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Publication number: 20130089684Abstract: The invention relates to triple glazing comprising at least one glass sheet that has a system of layers on one side which are produced using sputtering and include at least one metal layer that reflects infrared radiation. The at least one glass sheet has a set of low-emission layers on the other side, said set of layers comprising one or more oxide layers that are deposited using gas phase pyrolysis. The disclosed glazing has a minimum light transmittance of 60 percent (standard EN 410, illuminant D65 at 2°) with 4 mm thick glass sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: AGC Glass EuropeInventors: Lorenzo Pesce, Eric Tixhon
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Publication number: 20130078397Abstract: An insulated glass sealant includes an elastomeric matrix that is the reaction product of a carboxyl-terminated polymer and a polycarbodiimide. A method of sealing an insulated glass unit includes applying the insulated glass sealant to one or more glass sheets, a spacer to be disposed between the glass sheets, or both; and contacting the one or more glass sheets with the spacer to define an annular space between the glass sheets and to produce the insulated glass unit. The sealants maintain the excellent attributes of traditional polyurethane sealants, such as low water swell, low moisture vapor transmission, good adhesion to the window frame, low migration of the insulating gas, and good workability, but without the use of polyisocyanates in the curing process. Methods for making the sealant and for sealing insulated glass panels, such as glass windows, with these rugged sealants, and the resulting articles, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Cray Valley USA, LLCInventors: Herbert Shin-I Chao, Nan Tian
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Patent number: 8389077Abstract: This invention relates to a window designed to prevent or reduce bird collisions therewith. In certain example embodiments, the window may include an insulating glass (IG) window unit having first and second substrates spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one of the substrates supports an ultraviolet (UV) reflecting coating for reflecting UV radiation so that birds are capable of more easily seeing the window. By making the window more visible to birds, bird collisions and thus bird deaths can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Jemssy Alvarez
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Patent number: 8375657Abstract: In an insulating glazing unit including at least one curved rigid pane, another rigid pane and a spacer frame joining the two panes together by an impermeable adhesive, a space is created between the panes. The spacer frame has a variable cross-section over its length, looking in the direction of its longitudinal extension, in the region of the joining between the curved rigid pane and the other rigid pane. The spacer frame, in at least in the aforementioned region, includes a plastically deformed elastomer material when the two rigid panes are mutually pressed together.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Detlef Buchwald, Oliver Kroessel, Helmut Maueser, Stefan Immerschitt, Hubert Hauser
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Patent number: 8377524Abstract: 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: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jason E. Theios, Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Patent number: 8377525Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, and/or methods of making the same. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to VIG units having large pump-out ports, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) unit is provided. First and second spaced-apart glass substrates are provided, and a gap is provided between the spaced-apart substrates. A pump-out port has a size (e.g., diameter) of at least about 30 mm. A cover seals the pump-out port. A getter is in communication with the gap. The pump-out port is sealed using the cover, in making the vacuum insulating glass unit, via a sealing material provided proximate to the cover and/or proximate to the pump-out port.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: David J. Cooper, Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Publication number: 20130040080Abstract: An apparatus for removing volatile residues from a substrate is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for removing halogen-containing residues from a substrate includes a chamber suitable for operating maintaining a vacuum therein and a heat module positioned to heat a substrate disposed in the chamber. The apparatus for removing halogen-containing residues from a substrate also includes at least one of A) a temperature controlled pedestal having a projection extending radially therefrom suitable for supporting the temperature control pedestal on a ledge of the chamber body, the projection thermally isolating the base from the chamber body; B) a pair of substrate holders that include two support flanges extending radially inward from an inner edge of an arc-shaped body, each support flange having a substrate support step that includes a sloped landing; or C) a domed window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Kenneth J. Bhang, Matthew F. Davis, Travis Morey, James D. Carducci
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Publication number: 20130040079Abstract: The invention relates to a spacer (8) to be sandwiched between first and second glass sheets (5) of a vacuum glazing panel, such as to maintain a first space between the glass sheets, which space forms a first cavity (4) under a vacuum of less than 1 mbar, a sealing joint (1) being positioned on the periphery of the glass sheets enclosing the first cavity. According to the invention, one such spacer (8) comprises cold-worked austenitic stainless steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Sebastien Caliaro, Francois Closset, Florence Scheyvaerts
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Patent number: 8372539Abstract: A substrate useful for the formation of, inter alia, a flow field plate for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, the substrate formed of at least one resin-impregnated sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite comprising two major surfaces, the substrate having an active area with flow field channels thereon, the sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having a local web thickness in at least about 50% of its active area that is no more than about 55% greater than the minimum web thickness of the active area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Daniel W. Krassowski, Thomas W. Weber, David J. Stuart, Jeffery J. Gough, Robert A. Mercuri, Jeremy H. Klug
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Publication number: 20130029063Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.Inventor: Guardian Industries Corp.
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Publication number: 20130004685Abstract: A method for sealing the curved vacuum glass comprises: first preparing metallized layer bonded with the glass plate on the edge surface of the curved glass to be sealed by locally heating the metal slurry coating; then air-tightly sealing the edges of two glass plates by using the metal brazing technology, or air-tightly sealing the edges of two glass plates by air-tightly welding the metal sealing sheet between the metallized layers of two glass plates to be sealed. A curved vacuum glass is also provided. The method makes the sealing part have firm connection, good air tightness and good thermal shock resistance. The sealing structure made of the metal sealing sheet is well compatible with the temperature deformation caused by the temperature difference between the internal and external glass plates of the vacuum glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: LUOYANG LANDGLASS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Yanbing Li, Zhangsheng Wang
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Publication number: 20120328803Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to substrates or assemblies having two-colored laser-fused frits, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a first pattern is formed or written on a glass sheet by laser fusing a first frit material to the glass sheet. A second pattern is formed by laser fusing a second frit material disposed on the first frit material. An optional thin film coating is supported by the glass sheet. The glass sheet with the first and second patterns and optional coating is cut prior to heat treatment. A YAG or other type of laser may be used to directly or indirectly heat the frit materials, at the same or different times, and the frit materials may be wet-applied to the substrate. In certain instances, the laser firing raises the temperature of the glass substrate to no more than 100 degrees C. or preferably even lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Jason E. THEIOS
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Publication number: 20120321822Abstract: The invention relates to a compound sealing method for glass plates, which is characterized by realizing the air-tight joint between compounded glass plates in a preset position by using a metal brazing technology. The invention provides a brand new technological method for the compound sealing between glass plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: LUOYANG LANDGLASS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Yanbing Li
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Publication number: 20120321821Abstract: A method for sealing vacuum glass and a vacuum glass product processed by said method are provided. The method specifically is: preparing metallized layers (6) consolidated with glass plates on the surface to be sealed at the edge of the glass plates by the known sintering process; enabling hermetically sealing the edges of the two glass plates (1, 2) by welding and connecting metal sealing sheet (7) between the metallized layers (6) of the tow glass plates to be hermetically sealed. A brand new technology for manufacturing vacuum glass is provided by sintering metallized layers on the surface of the glass plates, and hermetically sealing the edges of the glass plates by use of the metallized layers and metal sealing sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: LUOYANG LANDGLASS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Yanbing Li, Zhangsheng Wang
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Publication number: 20120315409Abstract: Vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, edge seals for VIG units and methods for forming the edge seals are provided. The VIG units include an edge seal that includes a viscous material, which serves to restrict the rate at which gas permeates into a vacuum space defined between the glass sheets of the VIG unit. The edge seals are configured to allow the glass sheets to move laterally relative to one another when the glass sheets experience differential thermal strain and further configured such that viscous shear occurs within at least a portion of the viscous material when there is relative lateral movement between the glass sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventor: Robert S. Jones
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Publication number: 20120315410Abstract: An insulating unit having a neutral grey color and a solar heat gain coefficient less than 0.40 includes a clear glass sheet spaced from a coated glass sheet. The coated glass sheet includes a colored glass substrate having a solar infrared reflective coating. The composition of the coated substrate includes a base glass portion and a glass colorant portion, the glass colorant portion including total iron in the range of 0.04 to less than 0.28 weight percent; CoO in the range of 32 to 90 parts per million, and Se in the range of greater than 0 to less than 5.5 parts per million. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention the glass substrate at a thickness of 0.223 inches has a* chromaticity coordinates of ?3.5 to +2.5 and b* chromaticity coordinates of ?1 to ?15, and a visible light transmittance of 40 to 80%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Robert B. Heithoff, Glenn T. Miner
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Patent number: 8329303Abstract: A method is described herein for controlling the oxygen level within an oven while sintering a frit to a glass plate where the sintered frit and glass plate are subsequently sealed to another glass plate to form a sealed glass package. Examples of the sealed glass package include a light-emitting device (e.g., organic light emitting diode (OLED) device), a photovoltaic device, a food container, and a medicine container.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrew Douglas Banks, Heather Debra Boek, Jason Arthur Howles
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Patent number: 8329267Abstract: A flexible edge seal is provided for a vacuum insulating glazing unit having a first glass pane and a second glass pane spaced-apart from the first. The edge seal comprises a seal member formed of a hermetically bondable material and having a first end, a second end and a center section disposed therebetween. The first end is hermetically bondable to a first glass pane. The second end is hermetically bondable to a second glass pane. The center section comprises a plurality of convolutes.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Eversealed Windows, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth J. Bettger, David H. Stark
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Publication number: 20120308746Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: David J. Cooper
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Publication number: 20120308747Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to 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 composition may be combined with a binder solution that substantially or completely burns out by the time the composition is melted. In certain example embodiments, a CTE filler is included with a frit material. 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: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Timothy A. DENNIS
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Patent number: 8323797Abstract: A composite article comprises a first glass layer, a silicone layer, a second glass layer, and an organic layer. The silicone layer is disposed adjacent to the first glass layer. The silicone layer includes a cured silicone composition. The second glass layer is disposed adjacent to the silicone layer, spaced from and substantially parallel to the first glass layer. The organic layer is disposed adjacent to the second glass layer, spaced from and substantially parallel to the silicone layer. The organic layer includes a cured organic composition. A method of making a composite article including a first glass layer and a polymeric layer disposed adjacent to the first glass layer includes providing a dual-compartment chamber. The chamber includes a first compartment and a second compartment separated by a polymeric separator. The separator can be manipulated through pressure differentials between the compartments.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Bizhong Zhu, Carl Allen Fairbank, Raymond Lee Tabler, Nathan P. Greer
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Publication number: 20120301642Abstract: A core-shell nanoparticle which includes a core formed of a transparent material and a shell including vanadium dioxide (VO2) doped to have a semiconductor-metal phase transition within a range of 10° C. to 40° C. A ratio of thicknesses of the core to the shell is in a range of 1:1 to 50:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Philip Mark Shryane ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20120295043Abstract: In order to provide a spacer profile for an insulated glazing unit, which profile has a cross-section based on a rectangular shape, is provided with two parallel spaced side walls which, when said insulated glazing unit is assembled, will be placed against the panes of glass to be kept apart from each other, and is further provided with first and second transverse walls which extend between said side walls and of which the first will be adjacent to the edge of the glazing unit and the second will face the space between the panes, with the intention of enabling simple handling of said profile when assembling the spacer frame whilst maintaining a high absorptive capacity for water vapor, it is proposed that said spacer profile comprises a binder matrix and, embedded therein, a particulate adsorbent material for water vapor, and that the binder matrix is permeable to water vapor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Ensinger Kunststofftechnologie GbRInventor: Wilfried Ensinger
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Patent number: 8313817Abstract: A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, IncInventors: Mitchell V. Bruce, Brian L. Smith, Thomas R. Scarniac
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Patent number: 8304046Abstract: An encapsulated getter arranged in vacuum glazing comprising an encapsulating box and a getter placed in the encapsulating box. The encapsulating box forms a closed cavity, and there is a gap between the getter and an inner surface of the encapsulating box. The position of the getter can be fixed with respect to the encapsulating box by filling material which is air permeable and thermal insulating in the gap.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Beijing Synergy Vacuum Glazing Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ning Zhao
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Patent number: 8304045Abstract: 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: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
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Publication number: 20120269996Abstract: A heat insulating glazing element comprises a glass pane arrangement with a first outer glass pane and a second outer glass pane, of which the first outer glass pane protrudes the second outer glass pane along the entire circumference by an overlapping surface, a spacer assembly comprising spacers provided for setting a distance between the glass panes, and an edge seal assembly for scaling a gap between the glass panes against the surroundings and comprises a profiled frame attached vacuum-tight to the overlapping surface of the inside of the first outer glass pane, wherein the glazing element is set up in such a way that the pressure in the gap is lower compared to the exterior atmospheric pressure, and wherein the frame is attached vacuum-tight to an outer face of the second outer glass pane and forms an evacuated space connected to the gap at the side edge of the second outer glass pane, and at least one evacuating device is provided which is arranged through the frame for the evacuation of the evacuatedType: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventor: Steffen Jäger
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Publication number: 20120269994Abstract: A marine vehicle component wherein the component is a partition or a light cover, and wherein the marine vehicle component is molded or formed from a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a siloxane-containing copolymer in an amount effective to provide a total of 0.2 to 6.5 wt % of siloxane units based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, a bromine-containing polymer in an amount effective to provide 9 to 13 wt % of bromine, based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, and optionally a third polymer, wherein the wt % of the siloxane-containing copolymer, the bromine-containing polymer, and the optional third polymer, sum to 100 wt %, and 0.05 to 10 wt % of a light diffuser additive, based on the total weight of polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, James Franklin Hoover, Thomas L. Evans
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Publication number: 20120269995Abstract: A transparent laminate structure is provided that includes a front section, a rear section, and a middle section securing the front and rear sections to one another with a gap therebetween. The front section has a strike face formed of an impact resistant layer and a polymer backing layer bonded to the impact resistant layer by an interlayer. The rear section has a forward face comprising at least one polymer layer. The front and middle sections can form an integral subassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SCHOTT CORPORATIONInventors: Katherine T. Leighton, Edgar L. Aleshire, Wiktor Serafin, Christopher M. Snively, Carsten Weinhold, Theodore A. Wegert, Kurt Schaupert
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Patent number: 8291674Abstract: The present invention provides a window frame design that is adapted to receive at least two light-panels. The window frame comprises a stepped frame section that includes a lower step surface and an upper step surface. The lower step surface is adapted to receive a first light-panel so that a section of the first light-panel lies flush against the lower step surface. Similarly, the upper step surface is adapted to receive a second light-panel so that the second light-panel lies flush against the upper step surface. The window frame design of the invention can be either incorporated into a skylight frame that may be attached to a curb unit on a roof or it may be an integral part of a skylight frame-curb assembly that also contains a curb section. In another embodiment of the invention, a window frame design which directly incorporates one or more light-panels during molding is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: V-Tech Patents, L.L.C.Inventors: Arthur J. Valentz, John E. Nemazi, James W. Proscia
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Patent number: 8293344Abstract: 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: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Jean-Marc Lemmer, Nestor P. Murphy
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Patent number: 8284376Abstract: A color filter on thin film transistor (COT) type liquid crystal display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of unit pixels defined by intersections of gate and data lines, the gate and data lines formed on a first substrate, a pad region receiving driving signals and applying the driving signals to the gate and data lines, a seal pattern between the pad region and the pixel region, an outside region having a first black matrix, the outside region being between the seal pattern and the pixel region and the first black matrix formed on the first substrate, and an electrostatic discharge circuit between the pad region and the pixel region, the electrostatic discharge circuit formed on the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dong-Guk Kim
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Patent number: 8283023Abstract: A flexible edge seal for a vacuum insulating glazing unit. The flexible edge seal comprises an elongate first edge seal portion having a substantially constant first cross-section and including a bonding flange at one end, a weld surface at the other end and a first center portion therebetween. An elongate second edge seal portion has a substantially constant second cross-section and includes a bonding flange at one end, a weld surface at the other end and a second center portion therebetween. Each bonding flange includes a substantially flat portion adapted for hermetic bonding to a surface of a different one of a pair of glass panes. The weld surfaces are hermetically joined to one another forming a hermetic seal therebetween. At least one of the first center portion and the second center portion has a convolute cross-section and is asymmetrical to the other center portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Eversealed Windows, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Mott, Kenneth Bettger, Elliot Brown
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Patent number: 8277162Abstract: A unit for opening an insert of a test tray which comprises an accommodating space for accommodating a semiconductor device and a support for supporting the semiconductor device accommodated in the accommodating space, the unit includes a body, a pair of opening devices provided in the body to open the insert, and a positioning guide unit protruding to be inserted into an accommodating space for a semiconductor device when opening the insert and supporting the semiconductor device that is transferred into the accommodating space to be spaced upward apart from a support provided in the accommodating space.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Techwing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun Sung Na, Tae Hung Ku, Jung Woo Hwang
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Publication number: 20120244298Abstract: A coated substrate. The coated substrate includes a unitary substrate having a major surface. A first coating is applied to a first surface segment of the major surface. A second coating applied to a second surface segment of the major surface. The first coating is different than the second coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Russell Huffer, Randy Leland Stull, Henry Boyum, Keith Grubb, Kristen Spurgeon