IP Library Granted Patent US 11,413,851
Granted Patent B2
US 11,413,851 · App. 16/633,322 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Hybrid polymer for visco-elastic plastic spacer

Inventors: Fabien Bouillet (Compiegne, FR); David Shackleford (Framingham, MA); Jocelyn Rebufa (Paris, FR)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
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Patent No.
US 11,413,851
App. No.
16/633,322
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A viscoelastic plastic interlayer intended to be arranged between two glass sheets of a glazing in order to provide it with vibroacoustic damping properties, includes two outer layers of thermoplastic adhesive, an inner layer arranged between the two outer layers, the inner layer having a loss factor tan δ greater than or equal to 1.6 at 20° C. and for a frequency range of between 2 kHz and 8 kHz, and first and second barrier layers arranged respectively between the outer layers and the inner layer 3 , and composed of a viscoelastic plastic material.

Claims (25)

1. A viscoelastic plastic interlayer intended to be arranged between two glass sheets of a glazing in order to impart to it vibroacoustic damping properties, the interlayer comprising:

two outer layers of thermoplastic adhesive,

an inner layer arranged between the two outer layers, said inner layer having a loss factor tan δ greater than or equal to 1.6 at 20° C. and for a frequency range of between 2 kHz and 8 kHz, and

first and second barrier layers arranged respectively between said outer layers and the inner layer and composed of a viscoelastic plastic material,

wherein the inner layer is formed from an aqueous emulsion of at least two polymers having an interpenetrating network and the two polymers are an acrylate and an acrylic.

2. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said loss factor tan δ of the inner layer is greater than or equal to 2.

3. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner layer has a shear parameter g=G′/e of between 4.3·10 9 and 4.5·10 10 Pa/m at 20° C. and for a frequency range of between 2 kHz and 8 kHz, G′ being the shear modulus of the inner layer and e the thickness of the inner layer.

4. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the viscoelastic plastic interlayer has a shear parameter g=G′/e of between 4.8·10 9 and 5.1·10 10 Pa/m at 20° C. and for a frequency range of between 2 kHz and 8 kHz, G′ being the shear modulus of the interlayer and e the thickness of the interlayer.

5. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said inner layer has a thickness of between 0.5 and 50 μm.

6. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a volume fraction of the inner layer with respect to the interlayer is between 0.2% and 8%.

7. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said first and second barrier layers has a thickness of between 1 and 50 μm.

8. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interlayer is dyed in the mass on a part of its surface and/or has a decreasing cross-section tapering in a wedge shape from the top toward the bottom of a laminated glazing in which it is intended to be arranged and/or comprising particles having a function of filtering infrared light.

9. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two outer layers are each made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and have a thickness between 0.2 and 0.8 mm.

10. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second barrier layers are made of polyester.

11. The viscoelastic plastic interlayer as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first and second barrier layers are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

12. A laminated sheeting comprising:

a first glass sheet,

a second glass sheet, and

an interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , the interlayer being arranged between the first and second glass sheets.

13. The laminated sheeting as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:

said first glass sheet has a thickness of between 0.5 and 2.1 mm, and

said second glass sheet has a thickness of between 0.5 and 2.1 mm.

14. A method comprising utilizing a glazing as claimed in claim 12 as a vehicle windshield.

15. A method comprising utilizing a glazing as claimed in claim 12 as a construction glazing, either as a single glazing or integrated into a multiple glazing.

16. A method for producing an interlayer as claimed in claim 1 , comprising at least one deposition step on the first or the second impermeable layer, by means of a liquid coating process, of an inner layer from an aqueous emulsion of at least two polymers having an interpenetrating network and the two polymers are an acrylate and an acrylic.

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 Jul 30, 2020
From: BOUILLET, FABIEN; SHACKLEFORD, DAVID; REBUFA, JOCELYN
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 053360/0028 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1757020 · Jul 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200156354A1 · May 21, 2020