IP Library Granted Patent US 7,629,040
Granted Patent B2
US 7,629,040 · App. 12/030,566 · Granted Dec 8, 2009

Infrared reflection glass plate and laminated glass for vehicle window

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Patent No.
US 7,629,040
App. No.
12/030,566
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle. An infrared reflection glass plate which is a glass plate with an infrared reflection film, wherein the infrared reflection film has a stacked coating film (X) having a coating film ( 1 ) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film ( 2 ) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 alternately stacked in this order from the glass plate side; the total number of the coating film ( 1 ) and the coating film ( 2 ) is at least 3; and the geometrical thickness of the coating film ( 1 ) is from 70 to 150 nm and the geometrical thickness of the coating film ( 2 ) is from 100 to 200 nm.

Claims (15)

1. An infrared reflection glass plate which is a glass plate with an infrared reflection film,

wherein the infrared reflection film comprises a stacked coating film (X) and a thin film(Y),

the stacked coating film (X) has a coating film ( 1 ) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film ( 2 ) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 wherein, from the glass plate side, beginning with coating film ( 1 ), coating film ( 1 ) and coating film ( 2 ) are alternately stacked, and the total number of coating film ( 1 ) and coating film ( 2 ) in stack (X) is at least 3 coating film ( 1 ) has a geometrical thickness of 70 to 150 nm, and coating film ( 2 ) has a geometrical thickness of 100 to 200 nm

the thin film (Y) has a multilayer structure made of an inorganic material on the non-glass plate side of the stacked coating film (X),

the thin film (Y) and the coating film of the stacked coating film (X) are in contact with each other, and

the thin film (Y) is a multilayer thin film having a high refractive index layer (c) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and having a geometrical thickness of from 5 to 40 nm and a low refractive index layer (d) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 and having a geometrical thickness of from 5 to 40 nm alternately stacked in a totally even number of layers, and the layer in contact with the coating film ( 1 ) of the stacked coating film (X) is the low refractive index layer (d).

2. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one coating film ( 1 ) is a single layer film ( 1 a ) of titanium oxide or titanium oxynitride.

3. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one coating film ( 1 ) is a high refractive index multilayer film ( 1 b ) having a multilayer structure comprising at least two layers made of different high refractive index inorganic materials, and at least one layer of the high refractive index multilayer film ( 1 b ) is a layer of titanium oxide or titanium oxynitride.

4. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 3 , wherein at least one layer of the high refractive index multilayer film ( 1 b ) is a layer of titanium oxide or titanium oxynitride, and at least one other layer of the high refractive index multilayer film ( 1 b ) is a layer of zirconium oxide.

5. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked coating film (X) comprises two high refractive index multilayer films ( 1 b - l ) containing a layer of zirconium oxide and a layer of titanium oxide or titanium oxynitride and having a total geometrical thickness of from 70 to 150 nm, and the coating film ( 2 ) present between the two high refractive index multilayer films ( 1 b - l ).

6. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the coating film ( 2 ) is a layer of silicon oxide.

7. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer (c) of the thin film (Y) is a layer of titanium oxide, and the low refractive index layer (d) of the thin film (Y) is a layer of silicon oxide.

8. A laminated glass for a vehicle window, which comprises a first glass plate, a second glass plate having an infrared reflection film having a sheet resistance of at least 1 kΩ/□, and an interlayer interposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the first glass plate being disposed on the car inLerior side, wherein the second glass plate having an infrared reflection film is the infrared reflection glass plate as defined in claim 1 .

9. The laminated glass for a vehicle window according to claim 8 , which has a visible light transmittance to light incident from the second glass plate side of at least 70%.

10. The infrared reflection glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the geometrical thickness of the high refractive index layer (c) of the thin film (Y) is from 7 to 11 nm, and the geometrical thickness of the low refractive index layer (d) of the thin film (Y) is from 25 to 35 nm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2008
From: YAOITA, KAZUYA; MIYAGI, TAKAHIRA; KATAYAMA, YOSHIHITO; KIMURA, YUKIO
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 021459/0585 →