IP Library Granted Patent US 8,816,215
Granted Patent B2
US 8,816,215 · App. 13/580,741 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Disk with an electrical connection element

Inventors: Bernhard Reul (Herzogenrath, DE); Mitja Rateiczak (Wuerselen, DE); Stefan Ziegler (Aachen, DE); Andreas Schlarb (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
H05B3/84H01R2201/26H05B2203/016B32B15/018B23K35/264H01R13/03H01R2201/02H01R4/028C22C12/00B23K35/262C22C13/00C22C38/10C22C38/08
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Patent No.
US 8,816,215
App. No.
13/580,741
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a disk with an electrical connection element, having a substrate with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, and a connection element with a second coefficient of thermal expansion.

Claims (26)

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,

wherein the connection element comprises 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 second coefficient of thermal expansion is ≦4×10 −6 /° C.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. The pane according to claim 7 , wherein the proportion of tin in the solder material is 3 wt.-% to 99.5 wt.-%.

9. The pane according to claim 7 , wherein a proportion of bismuth, indium, zinc, copper, silver, or compositions thereof in the solder material is 0.5 wt.-% to 97 wt.-%.

10. 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.-%.

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

12. The pane according to claim 11 , wherein the connection element is coated with 0.1 μm to 0.3 μm nickel and/or 3 μm to 10 μm silver.

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

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

applying an electrically conductive structure on a substrate;

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

soldering the connection element to the electrically conductive structure.

14. A method comprising: using the pane with an electrical connection element according to claim 1 for motor vehicles with electrically conductive structures.

15. The pane according to claim 1 , further comprising a coating containing between the layer of solder material and the connection element, wherein the coating containing silver prevents the solder material from spreading to the connection element.

16. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the connection element has a recessed portion on a side facing the electrically conductive structure, the recessed portion adapted to contain the solder material and prevent outflow of the solder material.

17. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein edge regions of the connection element are bent upward, the solder material being formed in a space formed between the bent edge regions and the electrically conductive structure.

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

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 Oct 31, 2012
From: REUL, BERNHARD; RATEICZAK, MITJA; ZIEGLER, STEFAN; SCHLARB, ANDREAS
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 029216/0553 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10155181 · Mar 2, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120318566A1 · Dec 20, 2012