IP Library Granted Patent US 12,280,563
Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,563 · App. 17/424,380 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Laminated glass pane and method for the production thereof

Inventors: Alexandra Yatim (Aachen, DE); Patrick Weber (Alsdorf, DE); Sara Borhani Haghighi (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B32B17/10036B32B17/061B32B17/10165B32B17/10174B32B17/10293B32B17/10532B32B17/10541B32B17/1055B32B17/10761B32B17/10788B32B17/10816H10K59/126H10K59/131H10K59/50H10K71/00B32B2307/412B32B2457/206H10K59/1201
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Patent No.
US 12,280,563
App. No.
17/424,380
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated glass pane includes an outer glass pane and an inner glass pane, which are firmly connected to each other by a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes at least one first electric functional element and at least one second electric functional element, wherein at least one metallic protective layer is arranged between the two electric functional elements, wherein the at least one first electric functional element is a display and/or the at least one second electric functional element is a PDLC film and/or a light source.

Claims (28)

1. A laminated pane comprising:

an outer pane and an inner pane, which are firmly connected to one another by at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer having at least one first electrical functional element and at least one second electrical functional element, the at least one second electrical functional element being adapted to be supplied by an alternating voltage, at least one metallic protective layer being arranged between the at least one first and the at least one second electrical functional elements, the at least one metallic protective layer being arranged and configured to shield the least one first electrical functional element against field-bound interference generated by the at least one second electrical functional element,

wherein the at least one first electrical functional element is an OLED display and the at least one second electrical functional element is a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal film or an OLED light source, or both.

2. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer comprises or consists of at least one metal layer.

3. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer is arranged on a carrier film.

4. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer comprises or consists of a metallic foil.

5. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer has a thickness of from 0.5 μm to 500 μm.

6. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein

(i) if the at least one first electrical functional element is located between the at least one metallic protective layer and the outer pane, an area of an orthogonal projection of the at least one metallic protective layer onto the outer pane is at least 90% of an area of an orthogonal projection of a plane of the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer containing the at least one first functional element onto the outer pane, or

(ii) if the at least one first electrical functional element is located between the at least one metallic protective layer and the inner pane, an area of the orthogonal projection of the at least one metallic protective layer onto the inner pane is at least 90% of an area of the orthogonal projection of a plane of the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer containing the at least one first functional element onto the inner pane.

7. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer is grounded.

8. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein a layer of thermoplastic material with a thickness of at least 0.3 mm is arranged between the at least one first electrical functional element and the at least one second electrical functional element.

9. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic protective layer is electrically connected to a ground terminal of the OLED display.

10. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer comprises:

a first layer of a thermoplastic material containing the at least one first electrical functional element,

a second layer of a thermoplastic material containing the at least one second electrical function element,

a third layer made of a thermoplastic material, which contains a connection line for the at least one first electrical functional element, which is roped out of the laminated pane.

11. The laminated pane according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer is applied to a carrier film, a layer of a thermoplastic material being arranged in each case on both sides of the carrier film, directly adjacent to the carrier film.

12. The laminated pane according to claim 10 , wherein a fourth layer of a thermoplastic material is arranged directly adjacent to the inner pane and/or a fifth layer of a thermoplastic material is arranged directly adjacent to the outer pane.

13. A method of manufacturing a laminated pane according to claim 1 , comprising:

producing a stacking sequence of an outer pane, an inner pane and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer comprises at least a first electrical functional element and at least a second electrical functional element, between which at least one metallic protective layer is arranged,

laminating the stacking sequence into a composite pane.

14. A method comprising utilizing the laminated pane according to claim 1 in a transport vehicle for land, air or water or as a built-in part in furniture, appliances and buildings, or as building glazing in construction sector or architectural sector, indoors or outdoors.

15. The laminated pane according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one metal layer is an aluminum layer, a stainless steel layer, a copper layer, a silver layer or a gold layer.

16. The laminated pane according to claim 3 , wherein the carrier film is a polymeric carrier film which contains or consists of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyepoxide or polyimide.

17. The laminated pane according to claim 4 , wherein the metallic foil is an aluminum foil, a stainless steel foil, a copper foil, a silver foil or a gold foil.

18. The laminated pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer has a thickness of from 20 μm to 50 μm.

19. The laminated pane according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one metallic protective layer is transparent to light visible to the human eye.

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 2, 2021
From: YATIM, ALEXANDRA; WEBER, PATRICK; BORHANI HAGHIGHI, SARA
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 057373/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19152806 · Jan 21, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220123084A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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