IP Library Granted Patent US 10,237,920
Granted Patent B2
US 10,237,920 · App. 15/885,426 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate

Inventors: Alwin Timmermann (Cologne, DE); Dirk Wohlfeil (Raeren, BE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
H05B3/03B60R11/04H05B3/10H05B3/84B60R2011/0026H05B2203/008H05B2203/032Y10T29/49083
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Patent No.
US 10,237,920
App. No.
15/885,426
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.

Claims (30)

1. A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate, comprising:

a pane with an enclosure on the inner side of the pane;

a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source, which is/are turned toward the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane;

a baffle plate, which is arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path; and

an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate, which directly heats the predefined region by thermal radiation,

wherein the baffle plate has, outside the electrically heatable area, an electrical heating element, and

wherein the electrically heatable area is heatable by thermal conduction.

2. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation receiver contains a camera or a photosensor light-sensitive sensor for infrared, visible, and/or ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation.

3. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation source contains an incandescent bulb or a light-emitting diode for infrared, visible, and/or ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation.

4. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate contains, or is made of, a metal.

5. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate has thermal conductivity of more than 80 W/(m K).

6. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the predefined region and the electrically heatable area have each a substantially planar shape, and wherein an angle between a plane defining the predefined region and a plane defining the electrically heatable area is from 5° to 65°.

7. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the region has transparency for electromagnetic radiation of >60%.

8. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically heatable area has a heating output of 0.5 W/dm 2 to 10 W/dm 2 .

9. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate has a patterning on the side turned toward the beam path.

10. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the pane contains glass, polymers and/or mixtures thereof.

11. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the pane is of a substantially rectangular shape, and wherein the enclosure is arranged in an edge region of the pane between a center of the pane and an edge of the pane.

12. A method for receiving and/or transmitting of electromagnetic signals through a pane, the method comprising:

providing a pane having a predefined region that is transparent in a wavelength range of electromagnetic radiation;

arranging a baffle plate in an inner side of the pane, the baffle plate having an electrically heatable area that emits thermal radiation, and

heating the predefined region of the pane by the thermal radiation,

wherein the predefined region is configured for passage of electromagnetic signals that operate within the wavelength range,

wherein the baffle plate has, at an edge of the electrically heatable area, an electrical heating element, and

wherein the electrically heatable area is heatable by thermal conduction.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the arranging of the baffle plate is so that the thermal radiation strikes the predefined region in a substantially perpendicular direction.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the predefined region comprises an opaque and/or colored edge that is not transparent in the wavelength range of electromagnetic radiation.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein reception of the electromagnetic signals is by way of a radiation receiver arranged in the inner side of the pane that contains a camera or a light-sensitive sensor for infrared, visible, and/or ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein transmission of the electromagnetic signals is by way of a radiation source arranged in the inner side of the pane that contains an incandescent bulb or a light-emitting diode for infrared, visible, and/or ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the predefined region and the electrically heatable area have each a substantially planar shape, and wherein an angle between a plane defining the predefined region and a plane defining the electrically heatable area is from 5° to 65°.

18. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the baffle plate has a patterning on a side of the baffle plate that faces the predefined region.

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 Feb 1, 2018
From: TIMMERMANN, ALWIN; WOHLFEIL, DIRK
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 044804/0847 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 12158006 · Mar 5, 2012 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14371107
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