IP Library Granted Patent US 9,297,197
Granted Patent B2
US 9,297,197 · App. 14/593,064 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Coated article with IR reflecting layer and method of making same

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Patent No.
US 9,297,197
App. No.
14/593,064
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An IG window unit includes a coating supported by a glass substrate. The coating from the glass substrate outwardly comprising at least the following: a dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride; a dielectric layer comprising an oxide of titanium; another dielectric layer; a layer comprising zinc oxide; an infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising silver on the glass substrate, located over and directly contacting the layer comprising zinc oxide, wherein the coating includes only one IR reflecting layer; a layer comprising an oxide of Ni and/or Cr located over and directly contacting the IR reflecting layer comprising silver; and an overcoat comprising (i) a layer comprising tin oxide located over the layer comprising the oxide of Ni and/or Cr and (ii) a layer comprising silicon nitride located over and contacting the layer comprising tin oxide.

Claims (18)

1. An IG window unit including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating from the glass substrate outwardly comprising at least the following:

a dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride;

a dielectric layer comprising an oxide of titanium;

another dielectric layer;

a layer comprising zinc oxide;

an infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising silver on the glass substrate, located over and directly contacting the layer comprising zinc oxide, wherein the coating includes only one IR reflecting layer;

a layer comprising an oxide of Ni and/or Cr located over and directly contacting the IR reflecting layer comprising silver;

an overcoat comprising (i) a layer comprising tin oxide located over the layer comprising the oxide of Ni and/or Cr and (ii) a layer comprising silicon nitride located over and contacting the layer comprising tin oxide;

wherein the IG unit has an SHGC value of at least 0.65, a visible transmission of at least 70%, and an Energy Rating of at least 25; and

wherein said glass substrate is an interior glass substrate, the IG unit further comprising an exterior glass substrate to be located adjacent an exterior of a building in which the IG unit is provided, wherein the coating is provided on a surface of the interior glass substrate facing a gap between the interior and exterior glass substrates, and wherein the IG unit has, as viewed from an exterior of the building, a reflective a* value of from about −4 to 0 and a reflective b* value of from about −1 to +2.5.

2. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein the IG unit has an SHGC value of at least 0.68, a visible transmission of at least 74.5%, and an Energy Rating of at least 29.

3. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein the IG unit has a U-value of no greater than 0.30 Btu/h ft F.

4. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein said another dielectric layer comprises silicon nitride.

5. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein said dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is from 60-160 angstroms thick.

6. The IG unit of claim 5 , wherein said dielectric layer comprising an oxide of titanium is from 40-120 angstroms thick.

7. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein said dielectric layer comprising an oxide of titanium is from 40-120 angstroms thick.

8. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein said IR reflecting layer comprising silver is from 65-95 angstroms thick.

9. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein the IG unit has a visible transmission of at least 74.5%

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded May 30, 2018
From: CENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RECHERCHES POUR LE VERRE ET LA CERAMIQUE S.À R.L.
To: GUARDIAN EUROPE S.À R.L.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 044900 FRAME 0321. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: CENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RECHERCHES POUR LE VERRE ET LA CERAMIQUE S.A.
To: CENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RECHERCHES POUR LE VERRE ET LA CERAMIQUE S.À R.L.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: CENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RECHERCHES POUR LE VERRE ET LA CERAMIQUE S.A.
To: CENTRE LUXEMBOURGEOIS DE RECHERCHES POUR LE VERRE ET LA CERAMIQUE S.À.R.L.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
To: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC.
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