IP Library Granted Patent US 8,481,857
Granted Patent B2
US 8,481,857 · App. 12/744,052 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Windowpane having an electrical flat connecting element

Inventor: Bernhard Reul (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
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Patent No.
US 8,481,857
App. No.
12/744,052
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention describes a windowpane, in particular vehicle windowpane, having at least one flat-conductor soldered connecting element for making electrical contact, which flat-conductor soldered connecting element has at least one electrically insulating plastic layer and one electrically conductive layer or foil which is connected to a soldering surface for soldering on a line connection which leads on from the windowpane, and which flat-conductor soldered connecting element is adhesively attached to an outer surface of the windowpane, characterized in that at least one electrically insulating buffer layer is provided between a section of the electrically conductive layer or foil with a freely exposed soldering surface, on the one hand, and the surface of the windowpane, on the other.

Claims (19)

1. A connecting element for a windowpane, comprising:

a conductive structure connected with the windowpane;

a line connection leading away from the windowpane, to provide electrical contact to the windowpane;

at least one electrically conductive layer or foil soldered to the conductive structure and to a soldering surface of the line connection, whereby electrical contact between the line connection and the windowpane is provided through an electrical path comprising the soldering surface, the at least one electrically conductive layer or foil, and the conductive structure; and

at least one electrically insulating buffer layer configured to be located at least between the at least one electrically conductive layer or foil and an outer surface of the windowpane, the electrically insulating buffer layer being further configured to expose the at least one electrically conductive layer or foil to the soldering surface of the line connection.

2. The connecting element of claim 1 , wherein the electrically insulating buffer layer is configured to expose the at least one electrically conductive layer or foil to the soldering surface of the line connection along one or more soldering connection points.

3. The connecting element of claim 2 , wherein the one or more soldering connection points are laterally offset with respect to a conductive structure connection point of the at least one electrically conductive layer or foil.

4. The connecting element of claim 3 , wherein the connecting element is adhesively attached to the outer surface of the windowpane through an adhesive layer, and wherein the at least one electrically insulating buffer layer is further configured to be located between the one or more soldering connection points and the adhesive layer.

5. The connecting element of claim 2 , wherein the line connection comprises a cable provided with a soldering foot, the soldering foot being soldered to a soldering connection point of the one or more soldering connection points.

6. The connecting element of claim 2 , wherein the one or more soldering connection points are a first soldering connection point and a second soldering connection point.

7. The connecting element of claim 6 , wherein the first soldering connection point and the second soldering connection point are offset with respect to the conductive structure over an extension of the connecting element along the windowpane.

8. The connecting element of claim 6 , wherein the soldering surface comprises a first soldering foot connected with the first soldering connection point and a second soldering foot connected with the second soldering connection point.

9. The connecting element of claim 6 , further comprising a strand of adhesive crossing the at least one electrically insulating buffer layer in a region between the first soldering connection point and the second soldering connection point.

10. The connecting element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrically insulating buffer layer comprises either:

an electrically insulating bonding layer, or

an electrically insulating bonding layer and an electrically insulating plastic layer.

11. The connecting element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrically insulating buffer layer is made of a thermoplastic adhesive.

12. The connecting element of claim 1 , wherein the windowpane is a vehicle windowpane.

13. An arrangement comprising a plurality of connecting elements according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: SAINT-GLASS GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 042256/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2010
From: REUL, BERNHARD
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 024801/0636 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 059 818 · Dec 11, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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