Electrically heatable automobile glazing of laminated glass

• US 5,271,994 A
• Filed: 12/07/1990
• Issued: 12/21/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saint Gobain Vitrage International "LES Miroirs"
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
• Inventors: Termath, Gunter
• Primary Examiner(s): Thibodeau, Paul J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HOA T
• Application Number:
  US07/623,859
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 428/31, 428/216, 428/432, 428/434, 428/437, 428/469, 428/699, 428/621, 428/622, 428/632, 428/631, 428/642, 359/360, 359/548, 359/549, 359/585, 55/60.2, 55/60.4, 296/84.1
• US Class Current: 428/216
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10174 Coatings of a metallic or dielectric material on a constituent layer of glass or polymer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24975 No layer or component greater than 5 mils thick
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/3163 Next to acetal of polymerized unsaturated alcohol [e.g., formal butyral, etc.]

Abstract

An electrically heatable laminated glazing system is disclosed comprising two single glass panes (1,4) bonded together by a thermoplastic film of polyvinyl butyral (3). One of these two panes (1) bears a layered construction (2). The layered construction comprises a conducting silver layer (22), an anti-reflective cover layer (23) of zinc oxide disposed on the silver layer (22), and a bonding layer (24) utilized to improve a bond between the polyvinyl butyral film (3) and the anti-reflective covering layer (23). The bonding layer comprises one of the metals in groups IV, V, or VII of the periodic system or an oxide of these metals.

Claims

1. A laminated glazing system comprising:

first and second glass panes, one of said glass panes bearing a layered construction, wherein said layered construction is bonded to the other glass pane by a polyvinyl butyral film,

said layered construction comprising a silver layer, an anti-reflective layer of ZnO disposed on said silver layer, and a bonding layer disposed on said anti-reflective layer and contacting said film,

said bonding layer comprising at least one metal from groups IV, V, or VIII of the periodic system or an alloy or oxide of these metals.

2. The laminated glazing system of claim 1 further comprising a metallic layer or substoichiometric metallic oxide layer positioned between said anti-reflective covering layer and said silver layer.

3. The laminated glazing system of claim 1 wherein said layered construction is applied by means of cathode sputtering.

4. The laminated glazing system of claim 1 wherein the bonding layer is a metal oxide and has a thickness of between about 10 and 100 Angstroms.

5. The laminated glazing system of claim 1 wherein the bonding layer is a metal or alloy and has a thickness of between about 10 and 30 Angstroms.

6. The laminated glazing system of claim 5, wherein the bonding layer comprises tantalum, titanium, nickel, or a nickel-chromium alloy.

7. The laminated glazing system of claim 1 wherein the bonding layer comprises titanium, nickel, nickel-chromium, tantalum, or an oxide of these metals.

8. The laminated glazing system of claim 1, wherein the bonding layer is titanium oxide.

9. A laminated glazing system comprising:

first and second glass panes, one of said glass panes bearing a layered construction, wherein said layered construction is bonded to the other glass pane by a polyvinyl butyral film,

said layered construction comprising a conductive silver layer, an anti-reflective layer of ZnO disposed on said conductive silver layer, and a bonding layer disposed on said anti-reflective layer and contacting said film,

said bonding layer comprising at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic system in the form of an oxide.

10. The laminated glazing system of claim 9 wherein the bonding layer comprises an oxide of nickel.

11. The laminated glazing system of claim 9 wherein the thickness of said bonding layer is between 10 and 100 Angstroms.

12. The laminated glazing system of claim 9 which further comprises a metallic layer or a substoichiometric metallic oxide layer positioned between said antireflective layer and said silver layer.