IP Library Granted Patent US 12,049,062
Granted Patent B2
US 12,049,062 · App. 17/274,594 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Glass laminate including reflective film

Inventors: John F. Vanderlofske, III (Minneapolis, MN); Eileen M. Franey (Woodbury, MN); Stephan J. Pankratz (Eagan, MN); Matthew B. Johnson (Woodbury, MN); Brianna N. Wheeler (Bloomington, MN); Adam D. Haag (Woodbury, MN); Kristy A. Gillette (Spring Valley, WI); Jonah Shaver (St. Paul, MN)
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
B32B17/10036B32B7/12B32B17/10458B32B17/10743B32B17/10761G02B5/30G02B27/0018B32B2307/416B32B2307/42
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Patent No.
US 12,049,062
App. No.
17/274,594
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glass laminate ( 100 ) including first and second glass layers ( 102,104 ), a reflective film ( 110 ) having opposed first and second major surfaces and disposed between the first and second glass layers ( 102,104 ) with the first and second major surfaces facing the respective first and second glass layers ( 102,104 ), a first adhesive layer ( 117 ) disposed between and bonding together the first glass layer ( 102 ) and the reflective film ( 110 ), and a second adhesive layer ( 119 ) disposed between and bonding together the second glass layer ( 104 ) and the reflective film ( 110 ) is described. The second adhesive layer ( 119 ) is thicker than the first adhesive layer ( 117 ) such that the first major surface of the reflective film ( 110 ) is separated from an outermost major surface of the first glass layer ( 102 ) by distance d 1 , the second major surface of the reflective film ( 110 ) is separated from an outermost major surface of the second glass layer ( 104 ) by a distance d 2 , and 0.05<d 1 /d 2 <0.9.

Claims (10)

1. A glass laminate comprising:

first and second glass layers having substantially parallel outermost major surfaces facing away from one another;

a reflective film having opposed first and second major surfaces and disposed between the first and second glass layers with the first and second major surfaces facing the respective first and second glass layers, the reflective film having an average reflectance for a first polarization state in a predetermined visible wavelength range at a predetermined angle of incidence of at least 15% and an average transmittance for an orthogonal second polarization state in the predetermined visible wavelength range at the predetermined angle of incidence of at least 30%;

a first adhesive layer disposed between and bonding together the first glass layer and the reflective film; and

a second adhesive layer disposed between and bonding together the second glass layer and the reflective film, the second adhesive layer being thicker than the first adhesive layer such that the first major surface of the reflective film is separated from the outermost major surface of the first glass layer by a distance d 1 , the second major surface of the reflective film is separated from the outermost major surface of the second glass layer by a distance d 2 , and 0.05≤d 1 /d 2 ≤0.9.

2. The glass laminate of claim 1 , wherein 0.1≤d 1 /d 2 ≤0.8.

3. The glass laminate of claim 1 , wherein the second adhesive layer is at least 2 times thicker than the first adhesive layer.

4. The glass laminate of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer has a thickness in a range of 1 micron to 75 microns and the second adhesive layer has a thickness in a range of 300 microns to 1000 microns.

5. The glass laminate of claim 1 , wherein the second glass layer is at least 1.5 times thicker than the first glass layer.

6. The glass laminate of claim 1 , wherein the average reflectance of the reflective film for the first polarization state in the predetermined visible wavelength range at the predetermined angle of incidence is at least 20%, and wherein the average transmittance of the reflective film for the second polarization state in the predetermined visible wavelength range at the predetermined angle of incidence is at least 50%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: VANDERLOFSKE, JOHN F., III; FRANEY, EILEEN M.; PANKRATZ, STEPHAN J.; JOHNSON, MATTHEW B.; WHEELER, BRIANNA N.; HAAG, ADAM D.; GILLETTE, KRISTY A.; SHAVER, JONAH
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62735567 · Sep 24, 2018
Related Publication 20220050287A1 · Feb 17, 2022
Cited By (1)
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