IP Library Granted Patent US 12,138,888
Granted Patent B2
US 12,138,888 · App. 18/557,659 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Composite pane with functional film and busbar

Inventors: Arthur Palmantier (Aachen, DE); Uwe Van Der Meulen (Nideggen, DE); Nino Tings (Eschweiler, DE); Simon Breuer (Baesweiler, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
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Patent No.
US 12,138,888
App. No.
18/557,659
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite pane with functional film includes a peripheral edge of the composite pane, a peripheral edge of the functional film, a busbar, an outer pane with exterior-side and interior-side surfaces, an inner pane with exterior-side and interior-side surfaces, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane. The functional film is encased in the thermoplastic intermediate layer, the peripheral edge of the functional film is set back in the direction of the surface center of the composite pane relative to the peripheral edge of the composite pane, and the busbar is arranged between the interior-side surface of the outer pane and the exterior-side surface of the inner pane and runs between the peripheral edge of the composite pane and the peripheral edge of the functional film in the edge region of the composite pane.

Claims (28)

1. A composite pane with a functional film at least comprising a peripheral edge of the composite pane, a peripheral edge of the functional film, at least one busbar, 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 a thermoplastic intermediate layer that joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein

the functional film is encased in the thermoplastic intermediate layer,

the peripheral edge of the functional film is set back in a direction of a surface center of the composite pane relative to the peripheral edge of the composite pane,

the at least one busbar is arranged between the interior-side surface of the outer pane and the exterior-side surface of the inner pane and runs between the peripheral edge of the composite pane and the peripheral edge of the functional film, and

along the at least one busbar, a distance x between the busbar and the peripheral edge of the functional film is between 5 mm and 50 mm.

2. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein along the at least one busbar, the distance between the busbar and the peripheral edge of the functional film is 10 mm to 30 mm.

3. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film comprises at least one carrier film based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), triacetyl cellulose (TAC), and/or polycarbonate and/or copolymers or mixtures thereof.

4. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film is a reflecting film that is metal-free and is suitable for reflecting at least 5% of p-polarized light incident on the film.

5. The composite pane according to claim 4 , wherein the reflecting film as a functional film is between 20 μm and 120 μm thick.

6. The composite pane according to claim 4 , wherein the reflecting film as a functional film is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based film that is coated with a copolymer layer stack based on PET and/or polyethylene naphthalate (PEN).

7. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one busbar is mounted on and electrically contacts an electrically conductive layer.

8. The composite pane according to claim 7 , wherein the electrically conductive layer is mounted flat on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or the exterior-side surface of the inner pane.

9. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer comprises at least one first thermoplastic bonding film and a second thermoplastic bonding film, between which the functional film is inserted.

10. The composite pane according to claim 9 , wherein the first thermoplastic bonding film has a thickness of 200 μm to 1000 μm and the second thermoplastic bonding film is between 10 μm and 120 μm thick.

11. The composite pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic bonding film is a film with acoustically damping properties, an infrared-radiation-absorbing intermediate layer, a colored intermediate layer, or a combination of these.

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

a) providing the inner pane or the outer pane,

b) applying the at least one busbar,

c) placing the thermoplastic intermediate layer with functional film thereon to form a layer stack, and

d) laminating the layer stack with the outer pane or the inner pane to form a composite pane, wherein, before or during step c), the functional film is cut back, and after being cut back, the peripheral edge of the functional film has a distance of 5 mm to 50 mm from the busbar.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein before or during step a), an electrically conductive layer is applied to the interior-side surface of the outer pane or the exterior-side surface of the inner pane and the at least one busbar is electrically conductively applied to the electrically conductive layer.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein during or after step b) and before step d), a deaeration structure is embossed into the at least one busbar.

15. A method comprising providing a composite pane according to claim 1 in a motor vehicle.

16. The composite pane according to claim 2 , wherein along the at least one busbar, the distance between the busbar and the peripheral edge of the functional film is 15 mm to 25 mm.

17. The composite pane according to claim 3 , wherein the carrier film is based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

18. The composite pane according to claim 4 , wherein the functional film is a reflecting film that is metal-free and is suitable for reflecting between 15% to 30% of p-polarized light incident on the film.

19. The composite pane according to claim 5 , wherein the reflecting film as a functional film is between 30 μm and 90 μm thick.

20. The composite pane according to claim 10 , wherein the first thermoplastic bonding film has a thickness of 300 μm to 850 μm and the second thermoplastic bonding film is between 15 μm and 90 μm thick.

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 May 6, 2024
From: VAN DER MEULEN, UWE; TINGS, NINO; BREUER, SIMON
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 067324/0960 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21171134 · Apr 29, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
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