110 results about "Insulated glazing" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit frame assembly (10), wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly (1) comprises: a frame (20) comprising elongated frame profile arrangements (20a-20d, 70) which frames a vacuum insulated glass unit (1) in a frame opening (21), wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit (1) comprises at least two glass sheets (2a, 2b) separated by a gap (11) between said glass sheets (2a, 2b), wherein a plurality of support structures (12) are distributed in said gap (11), and wherein said gap (11) is sealed by means of a sealing system (1b, 1c) which seals an evacuation hole (1a) arranged in a first (2a) of said glass sheets and extending to the gap (11). A lamination glass sheet (14) is attached to an outer major surface (4a) of said first glass sheet (2a) by means of a lamination layer (16), and wherein said sealing system (1c) extends into a hole (14a) in the lamination glass sheet (14), and the edge (8a-8c) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) proximate the hole (14a) in the lamination glass sheet (14), said sealing system (1c) and said hole in the lamination glass sheet (14) into which the sealing system (1c) extends are covered by the frame (20). The disclosure additionally relates to a retrofitting frame system (100) and a laminated vacuum insulated glass unit (1).

The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit frame assembly (10), wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly (10) comprises: a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit (1) comprising two glass sheets (2a, 2b) separated by a gap (11) between said glass sheets (2a, 2b), wherein a plurality of support structures (12) are distributed in said gap (11) and wherein said gap (11) is sealed, and a frame (20) comprising elongated frame profile arrangements (20a-20d, 70) arranged to provide a frame opening (21) extending in a frame opening plane (P2) defined between the elongated frame profile arrangements (20a-20d, 70). A plurality of edges (8a-8d) of said rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit (1) overlaps an elongated frame profile arrangement (20a-20d, 70) of said frame (20), and an inwardly directed, major surface (4a, 4b, 15, 35a) of a glass sheet (2a, 35a,) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) is bonded to the overlapped elongated 15 frame profile arrangement (20a-20d, 70) by means of a structural adhesive(45a). Said overlapping edges (8a-8d) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) are allowed to thermally deflect (DIS4) relative to said elongated frame profiles (20a-20d, 70) in a deflection direction (D1, D2) perpendicular to said frame opening plane (P2) due to a temperature difference (ΔT=T1−T2) between the two glass sheets (2a, 2b), and wherein said allowed thermal deflection of the overlapping edges (8a-8d) is allowed to have a varying magnitude along the edge (8a-8d) between the corners (9) where the respective edge (8a-8d) terminates. The present disclosure additionally relates to a vacuum insulated glass unit.

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.

The present disclosure relates to a method of providing a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (1), wherein the method comprises: providing a lamination assembly (10) comprising a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) comprising at least two, tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b) separated by a plurality of support structures (12) distributed in a gap (13) between the tempered glass sheets (11a, 11b), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between one of the tempered glass sheets (11a, 1b) of the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3), arranging the lamination assembly (10) between clamping bodies (7, 8) providing clamping surfaces (4, 5), wherein at least one of said clamping surfaces (4, 5) is configured to be displaced by one or more clamping body displacers (6, 21) to change the distance between the clamping surfaces (4, 5), and operating the clamping body displacers (6, 21) to provide a compression pressure (F) to the lamination assembly (10) by means of the clamping surfaces (4, 5), and heating the lamination assembly (10). The disclosure additionally relates to a system for providing laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units (1), and use of such a system.

To provide a packing material for vacuum heat insulation glass that, even when a vacuum heat insulation glass is curved with a temperature difference, can prevent deterioration in heat insulation property due to generation of a gap between a lid constituted of a frame body supporting the glass and a refrigerating showcase body, and to provide a lid for a refrigerating case using the same.SOLUTION: A packing material for vacuum heat insulation glass includes: a foundation part whose cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction defines a polygon; and a deflection part having rigidity that is lower than that of the foundation part, whose cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction defines an arc-shape, and having a side end that is firmly fixed to the foundation part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

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').

The invention discloses a glass powder / FeSiAl composite material with low-frequency wave absorbing performance. The glass powder / FeSiAl composite material is composed of a FeSiAl nanosheet and a glass phase wrapping the FeSiAl nanosheet. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the glass powder / FeSiAl composite material, which specifically comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing FeSiAl powder and glass powder, and calcining at 500-600 DEG C under the protection of inert gas to obtain the required composite material. According to the invention, an insulating glass phase is used as an isolation barrier layer, so that the Fe-Si-Al powder can be effectively prevented from forming a conductive path, the transportation of space carriers at a grain boundary is inhibited, the low-frequency dielectric loss is reduced, and interface polarization exists between different materials; the composite material has the minimum reflection loss of-56 dB at the frequency of 2.9 GHz, and the bandwidth (RL value is-10 dB) of the composite material can reach 4 GHz.

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.

A conductor for an insulated glazing unit (IGU) is described. The IGU may have two or more panes. The two or more panes may run parallel to one another. The IGU may have one or more seals that form a glazing interior space with the first pane and the second pane. The glazing interior space may include one or more recipient devices and multiple busbars. Each of the busbars may be coupled to at least one of the one or more recipient devices. The conductor may include multiple conducting elements that are respectively electrically connected to different ones of the busbars providing power and / or control signals received from a controller for the one or more recipient devices. The conductor may penetrate at least one of the one or more seals at a location where at least two of the busbars are available for connection.

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.

Herein is disclosed a method of providing a laminated vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (1), including the steps of providing a lamination assembly (10) comprising a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11), and a lamination layer (2) arranged between the vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit (11) and a further sheet (3), arranging the lamination assembly (10) between clamping bodies (7, 8) providing clamping surfaces (4, 5) and arranged in an evacuation chamber having rigid side walls, wherein at least one of said clamping surfaces (4, 5) is configured to be displaced inside the evacuation chamber by one or more clamping body displacers (6,21) to change the distance between the clamping surfaces (4, 5), operating the one or more clamping body displacers (6, 21) to provide a compression pressure (F) to the lamination assembly (10) by means of the clamping surfaces (4, 5), heating of the outer major surface (10a, 1 1a) of the lamination assembly facing away from the further sheet by means of a first heating arrangement (9a) time delayed compared to the start of the heating of the outwardly facing major surface (10b) of the further sheet (3) by means of a further heating arrangement (9b), and subjecting the lamination assembly (10) to an evacuation step in the evacuation chamber.

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.