IP Library Granted Patent US 8,816,214
Granted Patent B2
US 8,816,214 · App. 13/575,566 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Disk with an electrical connection element

Inventors: Stefan Ziegler (Aachen, DE); Mitja Rateiczak (Wuerselen, DE); Bernhard Reul (Herzogenrath, DE); Andreas Schlarb (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: Saint Gobain Glass France
H05B3/84C22C38/08C22C13/00B23K35/262H01R2201/26H01R2201/02C22C12/00H05B2203/016H01R13/03B23K35/264H01R4/028C22C38/10B32B15/018
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Patent No.
US 8,816,214
App. No.
13/575,566
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pane with an electrical connection element is described, including a substrate made of glass with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an electrically conductive structure with a layer thickness of 5 μm to 40 μm on a region of the substrate, a connection element with a second coefficient of thermal expansion, and a layer of a solder material that connects the connection element electrically to subregions of the electrically conductive structure.

Claims (28)

1. A pane, comprising:

a substrate made of glass having a first coefficient of thermal expansion;

an electrically conductive structure with a layer thickness of 5 μm to 40 μm on a region of the substrate;

a connection element having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the difference between the first coefficient of expansion and the second coefficient of expansion is <5×10 −6 /° C.; and

a layer of a solder material electrically connecting the connection element to subregions of the electrically conductive structure,

the connection element comprising 50 wt.-% to 75 wt.-% iron, 25 wt.-% to 50 wt.-% nickel, 0 wt.-% to 20 wt.-% cobalt, 0 wt.-% to 1.5 wt.-% magnesium, 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% silicon, 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% carbon, and 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% manganese.

2. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum outflow width b is less than 0.5 mm.

3. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum outflow width b is defined as a distance between outer edges of the connection element and a point of the solder material crossover, at which the solder material drops below a layer thickness of 50 μm.

4. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum outflow width b in the intermediate space formed by the electrical connection element and the electrically conductive structure is pulled back into a concave meniscus.

5. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive structure has a layer thickness of 8 μm to 15 μm.

6. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive structure comprises silver.

7. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the layer thickness of the solder material is <3.0×10 −4 m.

8. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the solder material contains elements selected from the group consisting of: tin and bismuth, indium, zinc, copper, silver, or compositions thereof.

9. The pane according to claim 8 , wherein a proportion of tin in the solder material is 3 wt.-% to 99.5 wt.-%.

10. The pane according to claim 8 , wherein a proportion of bismuth, indium, zinc, copper, silver, or compositions thereof in the solder material is 0.5 wt.-% to 97 wt.-%.

11. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the connection element comprises at least 55 wt.-% to 70 wt.-% iron, 30 wt.-% to 45 wt.-% nickel, 0 wt.-% to 5 wt.-% cobalt, 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% magnesium, 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% silicon, or 0 wt.-% to 1 wt.-% carbon.

12. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the connection element comprises at least 50 wt.-% to 60 wt.-% iron, 25 wt.-% to 35 wt.-% nickel, 15 wt.-% to 20 wt.-% cobalt, 0 wt.-% to 0.5 wt.-% silicon, 0 wt.-% to 0.1 wt.-% carbon, or 0 wt.-% to 0.5 wt.-% manganese.

13. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the connection element is coated with nickel, tin, copper, and/or silver.

14. The pane according to claim 13 , wherein the connection element is coated with 0.1 μm to 0.3 μm nickel and/or 3 μm to 10 μm silver.

15. A method for production of the pane with an electric connection element according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

a) arranging and applying a solder material on the connection element as a platelet with a fixed layer thickness, volume, shape, and arrangement;

b) applying an electrically conductive structure on a substrate;

c) arranging the connection element with a solder material on the electrically conductive structure; and

d) soldering the connection element to the electrically conductive structure.

16. A method comprising: using the pane according to claim 1 for motor vehicles with electrically conductive structures.

17. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum outflow width b is approximately 0 mm.

18. A method comprising: using the pane according to claim 1 with heating conductors and/or antenna conductors.

19. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the solder material flows out with an outflow width b of <1 mm from an intermediate space between the connection element and the electrically conductive structure.

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 Sep 6, 2012
From: ZIEGLER, STEFAN; RATEICZAK, MITJA; REUL, BERNHARD; SCHLARB, ANDREAS
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 028906/0385 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10155181 · Mar 2, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120298416A1 · Nov 29, 2012