IP Library Granted Patent US 11,230,088
Granted Patent B2
US 11,230,088 · App. 16/969,816 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Laminated glazing

Inventor: Vincent Sauvinet (Grenoble, FR)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
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Patent No.
US 11,230,088
App. No.
16/969,816
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A curved laminated glazing includes an outer sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass and an inner sheet of a chemically-toughened sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, the outer and inner sheets being joined together by a lamination interlayer, the colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, the glasses of the inner and outer sheets being selected so that 0≤T10 in −T10 out ≤20° C., where T10 in is the temperature T10 of the glass of the inner sheet and T10 out is the temperature T10 of the glass of the outer sheet, the temperature T10 being the temperature at which the glass considered has a viscosity of 10 10 dPa·s.

Claims (35)

1. A curved laminated glazing comprising an outer sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass and an inner sheet of a chemically-toughened sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, said outer and inner sheets being joined together by means of a lamination interlayer, said colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, and the glasses of the inner and outer sheets being selected so that 0≤T10 in −T10 out ≤20° C., where T10 in is the temperature T10 of the glass of the inner sheet and T10 out is the temperature T10 of the glass of the outer sheet, the temperature T10 being the temperature at which the glass considered has a viscosity of 10 10 dPa.s.

2. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness e1 of the outer sheet is within a range of from 1.6 to 2.4 mm.

3. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the ratio R=e2/e1 2 is at most 0.40.

4. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the temperature T10 out is within a range of from 655 to 675° C.

5. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the temperature T10 in is within a range of from 660 to 680° C.

6. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein T10 in −T10 out ≥5° C.

7. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the colored glass has a chemical composition comprising the following constituents, in a weight content that varies within the limits defined below:

SiO 2

68-75%

Al 2 O 3

 0-3%

CaO + MgO

11-16.2%  

MgO

 0-6.5%

Na 2 O

9-12.4% 

K 2 O

 0-1.5%.

8. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the weight content of total iron of the colored glass, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , is within a range of from 0.7 to 1.8%.

9. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the colored glass has a redox ratio, defined as the ratio between the weight content of ferrous iron, expressed in the form FeO, and the weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , ranging from 0.22 to 0.31.

10. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer sheet is made of glass that is not mechanically reinforced.

11. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the laminated glazing is at most 5 mm.

12. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , which is doubly curved and has a double-bending depth of at least 20 mm.

13. A glazing for a transport vehicle, comprising a laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 .

14. A process for obtaining a curved laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

a bending step, wherein a sheet of a sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, referred to as inner glass sheet and intended to become the inner sheet of the glazing, and a sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, referred to as outer glass sheet and intended to become the outer sheet of the glazing, are bent together, said inner glass sheet being positioned above said outer glass sheet, the two glass sheets being separated by means of an interlayer powder, then

a chemical toughening step, wherein the inner glass sheet is bought into contact with a molten potassium salt, then

a lamination step, wherein the inner and outer glass sheets are joined together by means of a lamination interlayer.

15. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thickness e2 is from 0.4 to 0.7 mm.

16. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the ratio R=e2/e1 2 is at most 0.30.

17. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the weight content of total iron of the colored glass, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , is within a range of from 0.8 to 1.5%.

18. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe 2 O 3 , ranging from 0.24 to 0.29.

19. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the thickness of the laminated glazing is at most 4 mm.

20. The glazing for a transport vehicle as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the transport vehicle is a motor vehicle and the glazing is a windshield or a roof.

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 Oct 30, 2020
From: SAUVINET, VINCENT
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 054228/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1851244 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200369004A1 · Nov 26, 2020