IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,528
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,528 · App. 18/247,033 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Composite pane

Inventors: Stephan Gillessen (Alsdorf, DE); Lisa Schmadtke (Würselen, DE); Jefferson Do Rosario (Aachen, DE); Robert Besler (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B32B17/10036B32B17/10229B32B17/10385B32B17/10899B32B2307/306B32B2307/7376B32B2311/08
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Patent No.
US 12,420,528
App. No.
18/247,033
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite pane includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

Claims (28)

1. A composite pane, comprising a laminated stacking sequence composed of

an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface,

an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and

at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane,

wherein

a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and

a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane, and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

2. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane.

3. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane, and the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane.

4. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane, and the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

5. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

6. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and wherein the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating includes a first thermal-radiation-reflecting coating that is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a second thermal-radiation-reflecting coating that is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

7. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane, and wherein the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating includes a first thermal-radiation-reflecting coating that is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a second thermal-radiation-reflecting coating that is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

8. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is implemented as a heatable coating.

9. The composite pane according to claim 8 , wherein the heatable coating comprises a layer system with at least one metal layer embedded between dielectric oxide or nitride layers.

10. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is implemented as at least one heatable wire.

11. The composite pane according to claim 10 , wherein the heatable element is implemented as at least one heatable tungsten wire.

12. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal-radiation-reflecting coating contains a transparent conductive oxide.

13. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the outer pane and/or the inner pane have a thickness of 0.5 mm to 4 mm.

14. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the heatable element is connected to a voltage source.

15. A method for producing a composite pane according to claim 1 , comprising:

a) providing an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane;

b) forming a stacking sequence composed of the outer pane, the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, and the inner pane such that the interior-side surface of the outer pane and the exterior-side surface of the inner pane face one another and the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, and

c) joining the outer pane and the inner pane via the at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer to form a composite pane in a lamination process.

16. The composite pane according to claim 9 , wherein at least one metal layer is a metallic silver layer.

17. The composite pane according to claim 12 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide is indium tin oxide, tin oxide doped with antimony or fluorine, and/or aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al), and/or gallium-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Ga).

18. The composite pane according to claim 17 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide is indium tin oxide.

19. The composite pane according to claim 13 , wherein the thickness is from 1.6 mm to 2.1 mm.

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 Apr 3, 2023
From: GILLESSEN, STEPHAN; SCHMADTKE, LISA; DO ROSARIO, JEFFERSON; BESLER, ROBERT
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 063205/0943 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 20 2020 105 642.5 · Oct 1, 2020 · national
DE 102020125722.8 · Oct 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230405975A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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