Heated glass panel for electromagnetic shielding

• US 10,582,572 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2015
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Tondu, Thomas, Mayeux, Jean-Benoit
• Primary Examiner(s): LaFlame, Jr., Michael A
• Application Number:
  US15/517,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20180270912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10045 with at least one intermediate layer consisting of a glass sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10055 with at least one intermediate air space
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/01 Heaters comprising a particular structure with multiple layers
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/013 Heaters using resistive films or coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/84 Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/00 Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields devices for absorbing radiation from an antenna H01Q17/00

Abstract

A glazing unit providing heating and electromagnetic shielding functions, including at least one substrate, a heating layer deposited on one of the faces of the substrate, and an electromagnetic shield, wherein the electromagnetic shield comprises an electrically conductive coating that covers a portion of the heating layer, the heating layer being electrically insulated from the coating by electrically insulating components.

Claims

1. A glazing unit providing heating and electromagnetic shielding functions, comprising at least one substrate, a heating layer deposited on one of the faces of the substrate, and an electromagnetic shield that comprises an electrically conductive coating taking the form of a metal coating arranged on a periphery of the glazing unit, wherein the metal coating covers a portion of the heating layer, said heating layer being electrically insulated from said metal coating by one or more electrically insulating components.

2. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein, with the one or more electrically insulating components intermediate, the electrically conductive coating covers the heating layer and extends right round the periphery of the glazing unit.

3. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heating layer covers said one of the faces of the substrate except for a peripheral zone at an edge of the glazing unit, the electrically conductive coating covering said peripheral zone while nonetheless remaining electrically insulated from the heating layer.

4. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a coverage of the heating layer by said electrically conductive coating, widthwise in a direction of a center of the glazing unit, is comprised between 2 millimeters and 2 centimeters.

5. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal coating is opaque.

6. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrically conductive coating takes the form of an adhesive.

7. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heating layer forms a portion of the electromagnetic shield.

8. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic shield comprises an electromagnetically shielding layer separate from the heating layer and electrically insulated therefrom.

9. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more electrically insulating components between the heating layer and the electrically conductive coating are made of plastic.

10. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more electrically insulating components are made of an electrical insulator and are formed from one or more interlayer films extending right over the heating layer or are formed from a film of limited width extending from the edge face of the glazing unit and stopping so as to cover the heating layer a distance away from the edge face of the glazing unit.

11. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a widthwise extent of the one or more electrically insulating components is at least equal to a widthwise coverage of said electromagnetically shielding, electrically conductive coating.

12. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electromagnetically shield includes an electrically conductive electromagnetically shielding layer that is deposited on a face of the substrate other than the face bearing the heating layer or on a substrate other than that bearing the heating layer if the glazing unit includes a plurality of substrates.

13. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least two glass sheets and an interlayer separating the two glass sheets, said interlayer being a gas-filled cavity and/or a sheet of plastic of the type made of PVB, the heating layer and the electromagnetically shielding electrically conductive coating, and an electromagnetically shielding layer, the electromagnetically shielding layer being associated with one of the glass sheets and arranged between the two glass sheets, whereas the heating layer is deposited on the other glass sheet and on an exterior face opposite that associated with the interlayer.

14. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the heating layer is covered with a protective protecting film made of plastic, or with a thin protective layer, or even is laminated with a third glass sheet.

15. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glazing unit is used in the aeronautical, nautical, terrestrial automotive, or architectural fields.

16. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coverage of the heating layer by said electrically conductive coating is one centimeter.

17. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the metal coating is based on copper.

18. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein the one or more electrically insulating components are made of plastic.

19. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein the film of limited width is an adhesive.

20. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein the widthwise extent of the one or more electrically insulating components is larger than the widthwise coverage of said electromagnetically shielding, electrically conductive coating.

21. The glazing unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more insulating components are made of one or more films.