IP Library Granted Patent US 8,809,742
Granted Patent B2
US 8,809,742 · App. 13/500,862 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Coated disk having a heatable communication window

Inventors: Bernhard Reul (Herzogenrath, DE); Dang Cuong Phan (Aachen, DE); Günther Schall (Kreuzau, DE); Susanne Lisinski (Köln, DE); Jean-Luc Lesage (Compiègne, FR)
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
H05B3/84B32B17/10174H05B2203/008H05B2203/016B32B17/10036
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Patent No.
US 8,809,742
App. No.
13/500,862
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transparent disk that can be electrically heated over a large surface area, comprising: a large-surface-area, electrically conductive, transparent coating, which is applied to a transparent substrate, at least two bus ribbons, which are electrically connected to the electrically conductive transparent coating, at least one locally delimited region free from the coating, wherein at least one heating conductor having two poles is applied inside the free region, and wherein the first pole is electrically connected to the electrically conductive, transparent coating and the second pole is electrically connected to the electrically conductive, transparent coating or a bus ribbon. A method for the production of the disk is also described.

Claims (29)

1. A transparent pane electrically heatable over a large area, comprising:

an electrically conductive transparent coating having a large surface, the electrically conductive transparent coating being applied on a transparent substrate;

at least two current collector strips electrically connected to the electrically conductive transparent coating;

at least one locally delimited region free of the electrically conductive transparent coating, each of the at least one locally delimited region being located between two current collector strips; and

at least one heating conductor having a first pole and a second pole applied within the at least one locally delimited free region, wherein the first pole is electrically connected to the electrically conductive transparent coating and the second pole is electrically connected to either the electrically conductive transparent coating or to one of the at least two current collector strips.

2. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein a total resistance of the at least one heating conductor is from 70% to 130% of an equivalent substitute resistance of the at least one locally delimited region free of the coating.

3. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor has a straight, meander, or wave shape.

4. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor has a line width of 0.05 mm to 20 mm.

5. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first pole and the second pole are connected to at least one contacting line.

6. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein at least two contacting lines are electrically connected in at least one node point.

7. The transparent pane according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two contacting lines and the at least one node point are comb shaped and the at least two contacting lines are electrically contacted in a form of comb tips with the electrically conductive transparent coating.

8. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the at least two contacting lines is 1 mm to 30 mm and/or the distance between the at least one heating conductors is 5 mm to 15 mm.

9. The transparent pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one contacting line is electrically connected to the electrically conductive coating over a length of 0.5 mm to 100 mm.

10. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor comprises a conductive screen printing paste.

11. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor has a layer thickness of 1 μm to 50 μm.

12. A method for production of a transparent pane electrically heatable over a large area, the method comprising:

applying an electrically conductive transparent coating on a transparent substrate;

removing the electrically conductive transparent coating from a locally delimited region;

applying at least two current collector strips on the electrically conductive transparent coating and electrically connecting the at least two current collector strips to the electrically conductive transparent coating, wherein the locally delimited region is located between the at least two current collector strips; and

applying and electrically connecting at least one heating conductor on a first pole to the electrically conductive transparent coating and applying and electrically connecting at least one heating conductor on a second pole to the electrically conductive transparent coating or to a current collector strip.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising removing the electrically conductive transparent coating in the locally delimited region with laser ablation or mechanical abrasion.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the at least two current collector strips, and/or the at least one heating conductor are produced in a screen printing, ink jet, pulse jet, engraved roller, or offset printing process.

15. A method comprising: using the transparent pane according to claim 1 , as a motor vehicle glazing with a communication window or as a laminated glass windshield with a communication window.

16. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein a total resistance of the at least one heating conductor is from 95% to 105% of an equivalent substitute resistance of the at least one locally delimited region free of the coating.

17. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor has a line width of 0.1 mm to 5 mm, or 0.15 mm to 1 mm.

18. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the at least two contacting lines is 5 mm to 15 mm and/or the distance between the at least one heating conductors is 5 mm to 15 mm.

19. The transparent pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one contacting line is electrically connected to the electrically conductive coating over a length of 1 mm to 50 mm, or 3 mm to 10 mm.

20. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor comprises a silver-containing screen printing paste.

21. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating conductor has a layer thickness of 5 μm to 30 μm.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 16, 2025
From: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
Reel/Frame 071969/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2012
From: REUL, BERNHARD; PHAN, DANG CUONG; SCHALL, GUNTHER; LISINSKI, SUSANNE; LESAGE, JEAN-LUC
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 028578/0154 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 09178862 · Dec 11, 2009 · regional
Continuity (1)
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