IP Library Granted Patent US 10,590,034
Granted Patent B2
US 10,590,034 · App. 16/469,194 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Heat treatable coated article for use in backsplash applications

Inventors: Aritra Biswas (Ras Al Khaimah, AE); Gpoal Balachandran (Ras Al Khaimah, AE)
Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS HOLDING S.P.C.
C03C17/3435C03C17/3423C03C17/3618C03C17/3626C03C17/3649C03C2218/155
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Patent No.
US 10,590,034
App. No.
16/469,194
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Coated articles for use in backsplash applications such as kitchen backsplashes, bathroom backsplashes, and bathroom floor/wall applications. The coated article includes a coating on a glass substrate, where the coating includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of metal-based layers and is configured so that the coated article has desirable glass side reflective coloration (e.g., bronze, blue, silver, and/or grey coloration) and is sufficiently opaque to hide adhesive used to adhere the coated article to walls/floors. The coating may be configured to realize thermal stability in order to have minimal or reduced glass side reflective color shift up heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering).

Claims (42)

1. A backsplash coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

a first dielectric layer;

a first metal based absorber layer over at least the first dielectric layer;

a second dielectric layer over at least the first dielectric layer and the first metal based absorber layer;

a second metal based absorber layer on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers and the first metal based absorber layer;

a third dielectric layer on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers and the first and second metal based absorber layer;

a third metal based absorber layer on the glass substrate over at least the first, second and third dielectric layers and the first and second metal based absorber layers;

a fourth dielectric layer on the glass substrate over at least the first, second and third dielectric layers and the first, second and third metal based absorber layers;

wherein the backsplash coated article has a visible transmission of 0-4%; and

wherein the backsplash coated article is configured to be adhered to a wall or floor so that the coating is to be located between at least the glass substrate and the wall or floor.

2. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article is thermally tempered and has a glass side reflective ΔE* value of no greater than 4.0 due to the thermal tempering.

3. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article is thermally tempered and has a glass side reflective ΔE* value of no greater than 3.0 due to the thermal tempering.

4. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article is thermally tempered and has a glass side reflective ΔE* value of no greater than 2.0 due to the thermal tempering.

5. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a visible transmission of 0-3.0%.

6. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a visible transmission of 0-1.0%.

7. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third metal based absorbing layers comprises material selected from one or more of NbZrO x , NbZrN x , NbZrO x N y , NiCrN x , NiCrO x , NiCrO x N y , NiCrMoO x , NiCrMoN x , NbCrO x , NbCrN x , NbCrO x N y , NbO x and NbN x .

8. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third metal based absorbing layers comprises NbZr.

9. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third metal based absorbing layers comprises a suboxide of NbZr.

10. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third metal based absorbing layers comprises a nitride of NbZr.

11. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third metal based absorbing layers comprises an oxynitride of NbZr.

12. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first, second, third and fourth dielectric layers comprises silicon nitride.

13. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth dielectric layers comprises silicon nitride.

14. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprises a layer comprising zirconium oxide located over and directly contacting the third dielectric layer.

15. The backsplash coated article of claim 14 , wherein the coating comprises another dielectric layer located over and directing contacting the layer comprising zirconium oxide and under the third metal-based absorber layer.

16. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprises an overcoat comprising zirconium oxide.

17. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a glass side reflective a* value of from −10 to +10.0.

18. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a glass side reflective a* value of from −5.0 to +1.0.

19. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a glass side reflective b* value of from −5.0 to +8.0.

20. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the metal based absorber layers comprises a nitride and/or suboxide of NbZr, wherein each of the metal based absorber layers contains at least twice as much Nb as Zr.

21. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coating has a sheet resistance (R s ) of no greater than 25 ohms/square.

22. The backsplash coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a glass side visible reflectance of from 25-35%.

23. A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

a first dielectric layer;

a first metal based absorber layer over at least the first dielectric layer;

a second dielectric layer over at least the first dielectric layer and the first metal based absorber layer;

a second metal based absorber layer on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers and the first metal based absorber layer;

a third dielectric layer on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers and the first and second metal based absorber layer;

a third metal based absorber layer on the glass substrate over at least the first, second and third dielectric layers and the first and second metal based absorber layers;

a fourth dielectric layer on the glass substrate over at least the first, second and third dielectric layers and the first, second and third metal based absorber layers;

wherein the coated article has a visible transmission of 0-4%, a sheet resistance (R s ) of no greater than 40 ohms/square, and a glass side visible reflectance of from 15-40%; and

wherein the coated article is configured to be adhered to a wall so that the coating is to be located between at least the glass substrate and the wall.

24. The coated article of claim 23 , wherein the coated article is a backsplash tile.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: GUARDIAN GLASS HOLDINGS S.P.C.
To: GUARDIAN GLASS MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.P.C.
Reel/Frame 061432/0571 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: GUARDIAN GLASS MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.P.C.
To: GUARDIAN GLASS MANAGEMENT W.L.L.
Reel/Frame 061432/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2020
From: BISWAS, ARITRA; BALACHANDRAN, GOPAL
To: GUARDIAN GLASS HOLDING S.P.C.
Reel/Frame 051552/0966 →
Continuity (1)
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