80 results about "Insulated glazing" patented technology

The invention discloses a sintering process for an aluminum alloy plate of a flat thick film heater. An insulating glass medium is sintered to the surface of the aluminum alloy layer by layer through multiple times of printing and sintering, so that the final thickness of an insulating layer is larger than 200 microns, then the insulating standard indexes such as the withstand voltage of 4200 VDC and the like are achieved, the harsh requirement for ultrahigh high-voltage insulating safety is met, meanwhile, by means of a temperature control sintering furnace, an accurate temperature control curve is achieved, the temperature is slowly increased to 200-300 DEG C at the speed of 3-5 DEG C / min, and heat preservation is conducted; organic carriers can be fully and gently removed, and bubbles, pinholes or cracks caused by sudden volatilization are avoided.

The application relates to the field of building energy saving, and particularly discloses a photovoltaic-electrochromic integrated toughened vacuum insulating glass intelligent outer facade component which comprises, from outside to inside, a first toughened glass substrate, a first PVB film, a cadmium telluride battery piece, a second PVB film, a second toughened glass substrate, a hollow layer, an EC electrochromic layer, a third toughened glass substrate, a vacuum cavity, a support column, an inner layer toughened glass substrate and a wiring module. The cadmium telluride battery piece is used for providing driving electric energy for the EC electrochromic layer, the vacuum cavity and the hollow layer form a double heat insulation structure, and the wiring module is used for realizing electric energy transmission and control signal access. The application realizes integrated integration of photovoltaic power generation, electrochromic light control and vacuum insulation functions, has the characteristics of good energy saving effect, high structural strength, excellent sealing performance and high intelligent degree, and is suitable for the field of building outer facades.

Device (12) for manufacturing an insulating glass unit (6) comprising at least a first outer glass plate (2), a second outer glass plate (2') and a middle glass plate (3); wherein the device (12) has the following features: (a) a module (14) for applying a spacer, which is provided with a device for applying a spacer (16), for arranging a spacer (4) on the first outer glass plate (2); (b) a first press (22) comprising a fixed plane (224) and a movable plane (222) for coupling the first outer glass plate with the middle glass plate (3) to produce a pre-assembled product (5); (c) a rotary conveyor (26) for rotating the pre-assembled product (5) by an angle of about 180° with respect to a substantially vertical axis; (d) a second press (24) having a fixed plane (244) and a movable plane (242) for coupling the second glass plate (2') to the middle plate (3) of the pre-assembled product (5) to produce the insulating glass (6), wherein a spacer (4') is arranged on the second outer glass plate (2').

A transparent glazing article, comprising at least one glass substrate equipped, on at least one of its faces, with a coating consisting of a stack of thin layers, the coating comprising the following sequence of layers, with reference to the surface of the substrate: - a first layer comprising niobium nitride, - a layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide, - a second layer comprising niobium nitride, wherein the first and second layers comprising niobium nitride are in direct contact with the layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide.

The invention relates to an insulating glass assembly (10) with an inner glazing (1) and an outer glazing (2) and with a motor-driven sunshade or blackout blind (3) integrated in the space between the panes (4), wherein: - a winding shaft (5) with the windable blind (3) attached to it is arranged on a rotatable axis, - the free end (7) of the blind (3) is connected to a crossbar (6), - the crossbar (6) is connected at its two ends (15, 16) to a driver (17, 18) which are coupled to the rotatable winding shaft (5) via at least one tension element (19), - an electric motor drive (20) causes the axis driving the winding shaft (5) to rotate and the crossbar (6) to advance in one direction or the other. According to the invention, the blind (3) or blackout blind isthe free end (7) of the curtain (3) is movably connected to the crossbar (6) for tolerance compensation between curtain (3) and crossbar (6).

Embodiments herein relate to methods for attachment of a retention member to an insulating glazing unit, resulting structures, and systems for the accomplishing the same. In some embodiments, a method of attaching a retention member to an insulating glazing unit can include placing a spacer unit between a first pane of glass and a second pane of glass to form the insulating glazing unit and applying an adhesive composition to at least one of a perimeter of the insulating glazing unit and the retention member. The method can further include mounting the retention member onto perimeter edges of at least one of the first pane and the second pane. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A insulated glazing unit is disclosed. The insulated glazing unit can include a first panel, a second panel, an electrochromic device coupled to the first panel, and one or more sensors. The one or more sensors can be located within a sealed space defined by the spacer, the first panel, and the second panel.

Sealants, vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) units having seals formed from the sealants, and methods for producing the VIG units using the sealants are provided. The sealants include a mixture of glass materials in powder form, a foaming agent in powder form, and a carrier medium. The foaming agent includes carbon black, carbide(s), or a combination thereof. The glass materials have compositions including: 50 to 70 wt. % SiO2; 1 to 7 wt. % CaO; 0 to 7 wt. % MgO; 0 to 6 wt. % Al2O3; 1 to 6 wt. % Fe2O3 or FeO; 0 to 7 wt. % TiO2; 0 to 16 wt. % R2O, wherein R is chosen from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, or a combination thereof; 0 to 1 wt. % SO3; 0 to 2 wt. % MnO; and 0 to 6 wt. % SrO+BaO.

The invention relates to an insulating glass arrangement (10) with an inner glazing (1) and an outer glazing (2) and with a motor-driven sun protection or blackout blind (3) integrated in the space between the panes (4), wherein: - a winding shaft (5) with the winding and unwinding blind (3) attached to it is arranged on a rotatable axis, - the free end (7) of the blind (3) is connected to a crossbar (6), - the crossbar (6) is connected at its two ends (15, 16) to each of a driver (17, 18) which are coupled to the rotatable winding shaft (5) via at least one tension element (19), - an electric motor drive (20) causes the axis driving the winding shaft (5) to rotate and the crossbar (6) to be advanced in one direction or the other.

The disclosure relates to a multiple glazing, the multiple glazing comprising: at least one transparent layer; at least one photovoltaic cell; and at least one insulating layer comprising an inert gas. The disclosure also relates to a multiple glazing, the glazing comprising: a first vacuum insulated glazing unit; a second vacuum insulated glazing unit; and an inert gas layer between the first and second vacuum insulated glazing units.

A method for manufacturing a sensor element for a potentiometric sensor includes: forming a glass layer made of an electrically insulating glass on a surface of a base body, in particular a base body made from an electrically insulating material; arranging a substrate made of copper or a copper-based alloy having a mass fraction of at least 60% copper on the glass layer; covering the substrate arranged on the glass layer with a glass body, for example a glass plate, made of an ion-selective, in particular pH-selective, glass; and subsequently controlling the temperature of the arrangement of the base body, substrate and glass body thus formed in such a way that the substrate is integrally bonded to the glass body made of the ion-selective glass and the glass layer on the surface of the base body.

An apparatus for applying a flexible spacer to a glass plate including an applicator for flexible spacers, and a support backing for the glass plate. The support backing includes a lateral support and a translator, the lateral support includes an inlet support, a process support, and an outlet support, wherein the process support, arranged between inlet support and outlet support is adapted to contrast the action of the applicator according to a direction substantially perpendicular to said lateral support, and the apparatus includes a translator adapted to move along a direction, a contrasting device including a contrasting element adapted to be moved between a support position, in which it forms a continuation of said process support, and a retracted position, in which it is adapted to allow the passage of the translator.

A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit, and a window having the same, the VIG unit including paired glass sheets separated by support structures maintaining a gap between the paired glass sheets, a dense edge sealing peripherally arranged creating a sealed cavity between the paired glass sheets, a getter placed in the gap between the glass sheets, where the pressure in the sealed cavity is no higher than 0.001 mbar, where at least one of the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet includes a low-emission coating, where the edge sealing is made from low temperature glass frit powder material, and includes less than 0.1 wt % lead, less than 1 wt % solvent and less than 1 wt % binder, where gaseous inclusions in the edge sealing constitutes less than 5% of the total volume, and where the glass frit powder material includes tellurium oxide and vanadium oxide.

A connecting element, in particular for contacting an electrically conductive coating and / or an electrically controllable functional element in an insulated glazing, includes at least one flat conductor, which is arranged on a first side of an electrically insulating carrier film, and the flat conductor has at least one first connection region with at least one first solder deposit and at least one second connection region with at least one second solder deposit, and at least one second adhesive layer, which is arranged below and / or next to the second connection region on a second side of the carrier film facing away from the first side.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a vacuum insulation glass panel using a multi-layered film, and a vacuum insulation glass panel manufactured by the method. A vacuum insulation space portion is formed in a glass plate structure (vacuum insulation body) in which a spacer is installed between a plurality of glass plates to maintain a constant gap between the glass plates, so that excellent durability and strength can be obtained even with a light weight, thereby improving mechanical properties. In addition, the vacuum insulation glass panel may have a bulletproof glass function, and when applied to buildings, external impact during natural disasters (for example, earthquakes) can be minimized, and has excellent visibility due to a light transmittance of 92% or greater, and has excellent durability and excellent ultraviolet stability.

A frequency-selective insulated glass for architectural applications is provided. The insulated glass comprises: a first glass layer; and an insulating metal thin film layer disposed on one surface of the first glass layer. Here, the insulating metal thin film layer comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged in a plane of the insulating metal thin film layer, wherein at least some of the unit cells include: a grid pattern including a plurality of longitudinal slits and a plurality of transverse slits; an inner circular slit disposed at a center of the grid pattern; and an outer circular slit surrounding the inner circular slit and spaced apart from the inner circular slit.

Insulating glass units and techniques for manufacturing insulating glass units are described. In some examples, a manufacturing technique involves filling a between-pane space located between a first glass pane and a second glass pane of an insulating glass unit with an insulative gas to ambient pressure at the location where the insulating glass unit is manufactured. The insulating glass unit can include one or more features allowing the pressure of the insulative gas to be adjusted (increased and / or decreased) after initial fabrication of the insulating glass unit. For example, the insulating glass unit can include one or more features allowing the pressure of the insulating gas to be adjusted from ambient pressure at the location of manufacture to a different ambient pressure corresponding to an elevation where the insulating glass unit is intended to be delivered and installed in a building.

An electrical feedthrough and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electrical feedthrough includes a lead pin, a housing, a glass, and an inner guide surface and / or an outer guide surface. The housing is located radially outward of the lead pin. The glass is located between the lead pin and the housing, insulating the lead pin and the housing from each other. The glass defines an axial inner heterogeneous interface with the lead pin and an axial outer heterogeneous interface with the housing. The inner guide surface defines an inner crack surface with the glass, the inner crack surface extending from an axial end surface of the glass to the axial inner heterogeneous interface. The outer guide surface defines an outer crack surface with the glass, the outer crack surface extending from the axial end surface of the glass to the axial outer heterogeneous interface. In this way, the electrical feedthrough can have better stability and durability.

Insulating glass units and techniques for manufacturing insulating glass units are described. In some examples, a manufacturing technique involves filling a between-pane space located between a first glass pane and a second glass pane of an insulating glass unit with an insulative gas to ambient pressure at the location where the insulating glass unit is manufactured. The insulating glass unit can include one or more features allowing the pressure of the insulative gas to be adjusted (increased and / or decreased) after initial fabrication of the insulating glass unit. For example, the insulating glass unit can include one or more features allowing the pressure of the insulating gas to be adjusted from ambient pressure at the location of manufacture to a different ambient pressure corresponding to an elevation where the insulating glass unit is intended to be delivered and installed in a building.

Certain example embodiments relate to electric-potential driven shades usable with insulating glass (IG) units, IG units including such shades, and / or associated methods. In such a unit, a dynamic shade is located between the substrates defining the IG unit, and is movable between retracted and extended positions. The dynamic shade includes on-glass layers including a transparent conductor and an insulator or dielectric film, as well as a shutter. The shutter includes a resilient polymer, a conductor, and optional ink. If shutter coil skew is detected, voltage(s) may be applied one or more areas of the on-glass transparent conductor to compensate for or otherwise attempt to correct the detected coil skew.

Frequency-selective insulating glass for construction is provided. The insulating glass comprises: a first glass layer; and an insulating metal thin film layer disposed on one surface of the first glass layer. Herein, the insulating metal thin film layer includes a plurality of unit cells arranged in a plane of the insulating metal thin film layer, and at least some of the unit cells include: a grid pattern including a plurality of longitudinal slits and a plurality of transverse slits; and a circular slit disposed in a central portion of the grid pattern to intersect at least one of the plurality of longitudinal slits and at least one of the plurality of transverse slits.

An article is described herein including a substrate with a first major surface and a second major surface and an infrared-reflective-visible-anti-reflective (IRVAR) coating disposed on the first major surface, the IRVAR coating including a plurality of multilayer sections, each of the multilayer sections disposed successively with respect to one another on the first major surface, each multilayer section comprising at least two layers exhibiting unique indices of refraction. The IRVAR coating exhibits a maximum hardness that is greater than or equal to 4 GPa. The article exhibits (i) an average transmittance that is greater than or equal to 90.0% across a wavelength range of from 450 nm to 900 nm and (ii) an average transmittance through the article that is less than or equal to 85% across a wavelength range of from 1200 nm to 1800 nm.

Insulating glazing (20) at least comprising a first pane (1), a second pane (2), a spacer (5), a glazing interior (3), and an outer interpane space (13), wherein - the first pane (1) is attached to a first pane contact surface (7.1) and a first side surface (17.1) of the spacer (5), - the second pane (2) is attached to a second pane contact surface (7.2) and a second side surface (17.2) of the spacer (5), - the spacer (5) comprises at least one polymeric main body (5.1) and one reinforcing profile (5.2) comprising an inner face (15), an outer face (16), and two side surfaces (17), - the inner face (15) of the reinforcing profile (5.2) is materially joined at least in some sections to the outer surface (9) of the polymeric main body (5.1) and the width of the reinforcing profile (5.2) is less than or equal to the width of the polymeric main body (5.1), and .... no outer seal is introduced into the outer interpane space (13), and the outer face (16) of the reinforcing profile (5.2) is an exposed surface of the insulating glazing (20) facing the surroundings.

Provided is frequency-selective insulating glass for buildings. The insulating glass comprises: a first glass layer; a first insulating metal thin film layer disposed above the first glass layer; a polymer bonding layer disposed above the first insulating metal thin film layer; a second insulating metal thin film layer disposed above the polymer bonding layer; and a second glass layer disposed above the second insulating metal thin film layer. Here, each of the insulating metal thin film layers comprises a plurality of first unit cells and second unit cells. Here, at least a part of the first unit cells comprises: a first pattern of a reference scale; and a first pattern of a first reduced scale, which is disposed in at least one blank area provided in the first pattern of the reference scale.

A vacuum insulated glazing unit including a first glass pane and a second glass pane with inner surfaces opposing each other, a side seal material positioned between edges of the glass panes thereby forming a sealed cavity having a cavity pressure between the first glass pane and the second glass pane, a number of spacers positioned between the first glass pane and the second glass pane inside the sealed cavity, and at least one getter positioned inside the sealed cavity with a surface having an uneven surface structure, the uneven surface structure having a plurality of depressions, where each pair of two consecutive depressions are spaced apart with a depression distance being at the most 25 μm.

A method for making an insulating glass consisting of at least a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and a central glass plate involves arranging a spacer on the first glass plate, coupling the first glass plate to the central glass plate to make a pre-assembled product, rotating the pre-assembled product by an angle of around 180° with respect to a substantially vertical axis, and arranging a spacer on the second glass plate. The method further involves coupling the second glass plate to the central glass plate of the pre-assembled product to make the insulating glass.

Frequency-selective building insulating glass is provided. The insulating glass comprises: a first glass layer; a first insulating metal thin film layer disposed on the first glass layer; a polymer bonding layer disposed on the first insulating metal thin film layer; a second insulating metal thin film layer disposed on the polymer bonding layer; and a second glass layer disposed on the second insulating metal thin film layer. Here, each of the first insulating metal thin film layer and the second insulating metal thin film layer includes a plurality of first unit cells and second unit cells. At least some of the first unit cells include a grid pattern and at least some of the second unit cells include a square slit.

A laminated panes suitable for installation in a building, façade or architectural barrier, includes an electrical carrier adhered directly or indirectly to the first major face of a sheet of glazing material and in electrical communication, with an electrical element between the first sheet of glazing material and a second sheet of glazing material. This provides the advantages that the electrical carrier is less likely to be snagged or lost while allowing connection of electrical elements within laminated panes using means suitable for connection to electrical elements within insulated glazing cavities, such as spacer frame sections with integrated connections.

A glazing includes an integrated secondary glazing pane and a functional element. The advantage of such an arrangement is that a building aperture may be provided with a variety of functional elements which are not normally compatible with an insulated glazing unit, while still offering the ease of use and efficient manufacturing system of an insulated glazing unit. A method of manufacturing such a glazing is also provided.