GLASS WITH TERMINAL

• US 20120067641A1
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company), Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company), Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
• Inventors: Tokiwa, Junichi, Yoneyama, Miki
• Application Number:
  US13/254,968
• Publication Number:
  US 20120067641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/84.R
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1278 in association with heating wires or layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7047 with a fastener through a screw hole in the coupling device
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/06 Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders
• 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

Abstract

A glass-with-terminal, in which a terminal is bonded to a glass without using solder, is disclosed. The glass-with-terminal has a configuration wherein a terminal (14) is bonded to a glass (11) provided on the surface thereof with a silver print (12). The terminal (14) includes a bent portion (21) formed, in at least one end of the terminal, to be bent toward the silver print (12). The terminal (14) is bonded to the glass (11) through an adhesive (23), so that the bent portion (21) makes contact with the upper surface of the silver print (12).

Claims

1. A glass-with-terminal, comprising:

a glass;

a silver print provided on a surface of said glass;

a terminal bonded to said glass provided with said silver print;

wherein said terminal includes a terminal part adapted to be connected to an electrical component and a base part supporting said terminal part, said base part including a bent portion formed to be bent toward said silver print, said base part being made by using a material thinner than a material of said terminal part; and

wherein said base part is bonded to said glass through an adhesive, so that said bent portion makes contact with an upper surface of said silver print.

2. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said adhesive is disposed on a non-printed area formed by cutting away a part of an extended pattern;

and

wherein said terminal is bonded to said glass at said non-printed area with said bent portion contacting the upper surface of said silver print.

3. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bent portion includes a plurality of contact points contacting the upper surface of said silver print.

4. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said bent portion includes a distal end portion formed in an arcuate cross-sectional shape.

5. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said terminal has a height of 25 mm or less.

6. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said terminal has a width of 15 mm or less.

7. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said terminal has a length of 50 mm or less.

8. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said adhesive becomes hardened at room temperature.

9. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base part is provided with at least one through-hole, and wherein said base part is sandwiched by said adhesive through said through-hole.

10. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base part has a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.

18. A vehicle comprising a glass-with-terminal mounted thereon, the glass-with-terminal being as set forth in claim 1 to 17.

11. A glass-with-terminal, comprising:

a glass;

a silver print provided on a surface of said glass;

a terminal bonded to said glass provided with said silver print;

wherein said terminal includes a terminal part adapted to be connected to an electrical component and a base part supporting said terminal part, said base part including a bent portion formed to be bent toward said silver print, said base part being made by using a material thinner than a material of said terminal part;

wherein said base part is bonded to said glass through an adhesive, so that said bent portion makes contact with an upper surface of said silver paint; and

wherein said terminal is bonded to the upper surface of said silver print, the bonding surface of said silver print being previously treated with a primer.

12. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said terminal has a height of 25 mm or less.

13. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said terminal has a width of 15 mm or less.

14. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said terminal has a length of 50 mm or less.

15. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said adhesive become hardened at room temperature.

16. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said base part is provided with at least one through-hole, and wherein said base part is sandwiched by said adhesive through said through-hole.

17. A glass-with-terminal as set forth in claim 11, wherein said base part has a thickness in a range of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.