IP Library Granted Patent US 10,336,298
Granted Patent B2
US 10,336,298 · App. 13/704,982 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Transparent pane having a heatable coating

Inventors: Susanne Lisinski (Köln, DE); Martin Melcher (Herzogenrath, DE); Volkmar Offermann (Eschweiler, DE); Andreas Schlarb (Wuppertal, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B60S1/026B32B17/10036B32B17/10174H05B3/84H05B3/86H05B2203/011H05B2203/016
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Patent No.
US 10,336,298
App. No.
13/704,982
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transparent pane with a conductive coating extending at least over a part of the transparent pane surface, in particular over a visual field of the transparent pane is described. The conductive coating is electrically connected to at least two strip-shaped bus bars such that after application of a supply voltage, a current flows over a heating field formed by the conductive coating. The conductive coating has an electrical resistance such that upon application of a supply voltage in the range from more than 100 volts to 400 volts, a heating output from the heating field is in the range from 300 watt/m 2 to 1000 watt/m 2 . The at least two strip-shaped bus bars have a maximum width of less than 5 mm and are dimensioned such that a maximum electrical power loss per unit of length is 10 watt/m. Moreover, the at least two strip-shaped bus bars have a specific resistivity ranging from 2 μohm·cm to 4 μohm·cm.

Claims (29)

1. A transparent pane, comprising:

a first pane having a surface;

a conductive coating extending at least over a part of the surface of the first pane; and

at least two strip-shaped bus bars on the first pane,

wherein the conductive coating is electrically connected to the at least two strip-shaped bus bars, wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are configured to receive a supply voltage from a power source and wherein after application of the supply voltage, a current flows over a heating field formed between the at least two strip-shaped bus bars,

wherein the conductive coating has an electrical resistance such that upon application of the supply voltage in a range between more than 100 volts and 400 volts, a heating output from the heating field is in a range from 300 watt/m 2 to 1000 watt/m 2 ,

wherein the conductive coating has an electrical resistance per surface unit in a range from more than 100 ohms/square meter to 200 ohms/square meter,

wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars have at least in sections of the at least two strip-shaped bus bars, a maximum width of less than 5 mm and a width of the at least two strip-shaped bus bars being dimensioned such that a maximum electrical power loss per unit of length is 10 watt/m,

wherein a cross-sectional area along the width and perpendicular to a length of the at least two strip-shaped bus bars is in a range from 0.01 to 1 mm 2 , and

wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars having a specific resistivity in a range from 2 μohm·cm to 4 μohm·cm.

2. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars have at least in sections of the at least two strip-shaped bus bars, a width in a range from 1 mm to less than 5 mm.

3. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars have an electrical resistance per unit of length in a range from 0.15 ohm/m to 4 ohm/m.

4. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive coating has an electrical resistance such that a current flowing through the heating field has a maximum magnitude of 5 A.

5. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are adapted to be electrically contacted in a common connector zone by connector conductors.

6. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heating field is subdivided by one or a plurality of decoated zones into a plurality of segments galvanically separated from each other, wherein the plurality of segments are serially connected to each other by the at least two strip-shaped bus bars.

7. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heating field is subdivided by one or a plurality of decoated zones into a plurality of segments galvanically connected to each other in series, wherein a current path between the at least two strip-shaped bus bars is lengthened relative to a current path without decoated zones.

8. The transparent pane according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of decoated zones is implemented as parallel lines.

9. The transparent pane according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of decoated zones form a staggered pattern, wherein zone ends of adjacent decoated zones face opposite edges of the transparent pane.

10. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are produced by printing a metallic printing paste onto the conductive coating.

11. The transparent pane according to claim 10 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are produced by using a screen-printing method.

12. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are produced in form of prefabricated metal strips connected to the conductive coating, the prefabricated metal strips being affixed on the conductive coating by a conductive adhesive.

13. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , further comprising a second pane having a surface, wherein the first pane and the second pane are bonded to each other by a thermoplastic adhesive layer, wherein the conductive coating is situated on at least one surface of the first pane and the second pane or on a surface of a carrier disposed between the first pane and the second pane.

14. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent pane is implemented as a motor vehicle windshield, wherein a bus bar of the at least two strip-shaped bus bars disposed on a lower edge of the transparent pane is situated under a resting or parked position of windshield wipers provided to wipe the transparent pane.

15. The transparent pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent pane is implemented as a motor vehicle windshield, wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are disposed on a lateral edge of the first pane.

16. The transparent pane according to claim 15 , wherein the at least two strip-shaped bus bars are covered by at least one opaque covering element.

17. A method comprising:

using the transparent pane according to claim 1 as a functional individual piece, as a built-in part in furniture, devices, or buildings, as well as in means of transportation on land, in air, or on water.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the transparent pane is used as a windshield, rear window, side window, and/or glass roof in means for transportation.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the means for transportation is a motor vehicle.

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 Apr 8, 2013
From: LISINSKI, SUSANNE; MELCHER, MARTIN; OFFERMANN, VOLKMAR; SCHLARB, ANDREAS
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 030172/0215 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10168796 · Jul 7, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130186875A1 · Jul 25, 2013