IP Library Granted Patent US 11,351,757
Granted Patent B2
US 11,351,757 · App. 16/616,132 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Composite pane and method for producing the composite pane

Inventors: Günther Schall (Kreuzau, DE); Stephan Gier (Bous, DE); Richard Brocker (Mönchengladbach, DE); Michael Balduin (Alsdorf, DE); Nikolai Borchmann (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B32B17/10587B32B17/10036B32B17/10761B32B17/10899B32B2605/006
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Patent No.
US 11,351,757
App. No.
16/616,132
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite pane includes a first pane, a second pane, and a thermoplastic film arranged between the two panes, wherein at least one pane is in the form of a flat glass and at least one pane surface has a plurality of elongated elevations and elongated depressions that extend along a first pane direction and are alternatingly arranged in a second pane direction perpendicular to the first pane direction, the thermoplastic film is produced by extrusion and at least one film surface has a plurality of elongated elevations and elongated depressions that extend along a first film direction and are alternatingly arranged in a second film direction perpendicular to the first film direction, wherein the elongated elevations of the at least one pane are arranged at an angle different from 90° relative to the elongated elevations of the thermoplastic film.

Claims (21)

1. Composite pane comprising a first pane, a second pane, and at least one thermoplastic film arranged between the first and second panes, the composite pane further comprising two opposite pane edges extending in a transverse direction in an installed state and two opposite pane edges extending in a vertical direction in the installed state, wherein

at least one pane of the first and second panes is in the form of a flat glass and at least one pane surface has a plurality of elongated elevations and elongated depressions that extend along a first pane direction and are alternatingly arranged in a second pane direction perpendicular to the first pane direction,

the thermoplastic film is produced by extrusion and at least one film surface has a plurality of elongated elevations and elongated depressions that extend along a first film direction and are alternatingly arranged in a second film direction perpendicular to the first film direction,

wherein the first pane and second pane each have elongated elevations and elongated depressions and wherein the elongated elevations and elongated depressions of the first pane are arranged parallel relative to the elongated elevations and elongated depressions of the second pane,

wherein the elongated elevations of the first pane and the second pane each are arranged at an angle of 0° relative to the elongated elevations of the thermoplastic film, and

wherein the elongated elevations and elongated depressions of the first pane and the second pane extend along a line, wherein the line is the shortest line that connects the two opposite pane edges extending in the transverse direction to one another.

2. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between adjacent elevations and a distance between adjacent depressions of the thermoplastic film are greater than or equal to 50 mm.

3. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pane that is in the form of a flat glass is produced in the float glass method or the fusion draw method.

4. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film is made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB).

5. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pane that is in the form of a flat glass has a pane thickness of less than 2.1 mm.

6. The composite pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one pane that is in the form of a flat glass has a pane thickness in the range from 0.5 mm to 1.1 mm.

7. The composite pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one pane that is in the form of a flat glass has a pane thickness of less than 2.1 mm, and the other pane has a pane thickness in the range from 1.4 mm to 2.6 mm.

8. The composite pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one pane that is in the form of a flat glass has a pane thickness of less than 2.1 mm, and the other pane has a pane thickness of at least 2.1 mm.

9. The composite pane according to claim 8 , wherein the other pane has a pane thickness in the range from 2.1 mm to 2.6 mm.

10. Method for producing a composite pane according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

providing the first pane,

providing the second pane,

laminating the first and second panes with at least one thermoplastic film arranged between the first and second panes,

wherein the first and second panes and the thermoplastic film are arranged such that the elongated elevations at least of one pane of the first and second panes are arranged at an angle different from 90° relative to the elongated elevations of the thermoplastic film.

11. A method comprising utilizing a composite pane according to claim 1 in means of transportation for travel on land, in the air, or on water.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the composite pane is a windshield in a motor vehicle.

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 Sep 1, 2020
From: SCHALL, GÜNTHER; GIER, STEPHAN; BROCKER, RICHARD; BALDUIN, MICHAEL; BORCHMANN, NIKOLAI
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 053661/0868 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17172622 · May 24, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200156352A1 · May 21, 2020