IP Library Granted Patent US 8,881,459
Granted Patent B2
US 8,881,459 · App. 14/005,111 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Device for fixing a pivot-opening glazing, glazing and method of manufacturing the glazing

Inventors: Bastien Grandgirard (Marqueglise, FR); Nicolas Coutellier (Compiegne, FR); Gerard Huchet (Autreches, FR)
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
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Patent No.
US 8,881,459
App. No.
14/005,111
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for fixing a glazed element into an opening for the glazed element to be pivotable with respect to the opening. The device includes at least one projecting element including an axis for fixing the device to an upright of the opening, and at least one baseplate including interior and exterior faces facing a surface of the glazed element. The baseplate is at least partially integrated into a portion of elastic material adhering at least to the interior face. The projecting element rigidly fixes the projecting element to the upright of the opening so that the orientation of the axis with respect to the upright remains unchanged during opening or closing movement of the glazed element and so that during the opening movement, at least part of the portion of elastic material is squashed between the baseplate and the upright or between the baseplate and the glazed element.

Claims (14)

1. A device for fixing a glazed element into an opening for the glazed element to be able to be pivoted with respect to the opening about an axis of rotation through an angle of opening, the device comprising:

at least one projecting element including an axis for fixing the device to an upright of the opening; and

at least one baseplate including an interior face and an exterior face which is situated facing a surface of the glazed element, and an entirety of the baseplate being fully integrated into a portion of elastic material adhering at least to the interior face of the glazed element,

wherein the projecting element includes a rigid fixing means for rigidly fixing the projecting element to the upright of the opening so that an orientation of the axis of the projecting element with respect to the upright remains unchanged during an opening or closing movement of the glazed element and so that during the opening movement of the glazed element, at least one part of the portion of elastic material is squashed between the baseplate and the upright or between the baseplate and the glazed element,

the baseplate being fixed elastically to the projecting element so that an orientation of the baseplate with respect to the axis of the projecting element is changed during the opening or closing movement of the glazed element.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a bent connecting part mechanically connecting the projecting element to the baseplate.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic material of the portion of elastic material has a Young's modulus at 20° C. of between 5 MPa and 75 MPa, end-points inclusive.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic material of the portion of elastic material has a Young's modulus at 100° C. of between 3 MPa and 50 MPa, end-points inclusive.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projecting element includes a bolt including a threaded part and a head which passes through the baseplate, the head being at least partially into the portion of the elastic material.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the baseplate comprises at least one hole opening onto an interior face of the baseplate and onto an exterior face of the baseplate and filled with the material of the portion of the elastic material.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the baseplate comprises at least one anchor tab, or four anchor tabs, positioned in the portion of the elastic material.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projecting element includes a bolt including a threaded part and a head which is welded to the baseplate or formed as an integral part of the baseplate, the head being at least partially integrated into the portion of the elastic material.

9. A glazing comprising the glazed element and at least one, or two, devices as claimed in claim 1 , for fixing the glazed element into the opening.

10. A method of manufacturing a glazing comprising the glazed element and at least one device as claimed in claim 1 for fixing the glazed element into the opening, the device comprises the baseplate which is at least partially, or fully, overmolded in a portion of the elastic material that adheres at least to the interior face of the glazed element.

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 24, 2013
From: GRANDGIRARD, BASTIEN; COUTELLIER, NICOLAS; HUCHET, GERARD
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 031469/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 11 52030 · Mar 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140041308A1 · Feb 13, 2014