IP Library Granted Patent US 9,403,345
Granted Patent B2
US 9,403,345 · App. 14/854,282 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Coated article with IR reflecting layer and method of making same

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Patent No.
US 9,403,345
App. No.
14/854,282
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An IG window unit includes a coating supported by a glass substrate. The coating includes 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; and an overcoat comprising (i) a layer comprising tin oxide and (ii) a layer comprising silicon nitride located over and contacting the layer comprising tin oxide. The IG unit may have an SHGC value of at least 0.65, a visible transmission of at least 70%, and/or an Energy Rating of at least 25.

Claims (14)

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;

an overcoat comprising (i) a layer comprising tin oxide 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 said dielectric layer comprising an oxide of titanium is from 40-120 angstroms thick.

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

5. The IG unit of claim 4 , wherein said another dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is located between and directly contacting the layer comprising the oxide of titanium and the layer comprising zinc oxide.

6. The IG unit of claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprising a layer comprising Ni and Cr located over and directly contacting the IR reflecting layer comprising silver.

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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