Composite pane having an electrically heatable coating

• US 9,596,719 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2011
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Offermann, Volkmar, Schlarb, Andreas, Melcher, Martin, Lisinski, Susanne
• Primary Examiner(s): Laflame, Jr., Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/704,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20130092676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,078 Days
• Field of Search: 219/202, 219/203, 219/522, 219543-547
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10192 patterned in the form of columns or grids
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10348 comprising an obscuration band
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/026 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/013 Heaters using resistive films or coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/016 Heaters using particular connecting means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/86 the heating conductors being embedded in the transparent or reflecting material H05B3/845 takes precedence

Abstract

A composite pane having an electrically heatable coating is described. The composite pane comprises: at least two individual panes; an intermediate layer, which connects the individual panes to one another; at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating on at least one side of at least one of the at least two individual panes, the at least one side faces the intermediate layer; and at least two bus bars, which are connected to the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating, wherein a first bus bar is electrically connected to a first feed line provided for connection to one pole of a voltage source and a second bus bar is electrically connected to a second feed line provided for connection to the second pole of the voltage source.

Claims

1. A composite pane with an electrically heatable coating, comprising:

at least two individual panes,

an intermediate layer, which bonds the at least two individual panes to one another,

at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating on at least one side of at least one of the at least two individual panes facing the intermediate layer, and

at least two bus bars, the at least two bus bars being connected to the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating, wherein a first bus bar is electrically connected to a first feed line provided for connection to one pole of a voltage source and a second bus bar is electrically connected to a second feed line provided for connection to a second pole of the voltage source,

wherein the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating

contains silver,

has a sheet resistance of 1 ohm/square to 10 ohm/square, and

has n linear incisions, where n is an integer>

2, wherein each of said n linear incisions has a width in a range of from 10 μ

m to 500 μ

m, the n linear incisions dividing the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating into a plurality of coating regions, with each of said n linear incisions extending from one edge to an opposite edge of the electrically conductive coating, wherein the coating regions of the plurality of coating regions adjacent to each other are completely electrically isolated from one another electrically by a respective incision and are electrically connected to one another in series by a bus bar without a feed line, and wherein the n linear incisions are implemented such that a resistance of the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating results in a heating output from 300 W/m² to 1000 W/m² with an operating voltage in a range of 100 V to 400 V- and wherein a coating section of the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating situated in a region of a shortest geometric distance between the first bus bar and the second bus bar is electrically interrupted by a plurality of said n linear incisions, wherein a number of said n linear incisions is selected depending on a magnitude of the operating voltage, such that a voltage drop over an individual incision of said n linear incisions, by which two adjacent coating regions of the plurality of coating regions are electrically separated from one another, is less than a breakdown voltage of an incision of said n linear incisions.

2. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the coating regions of the plurality of coating regions adjacent to each other are electrically isolated from one another in sections by a respective incision, but are implemented in a connected manner.

3. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the width of each of the n linear incisions is such that the operating voltage provided is greater than the electrical breakdown voltage of said each incisions.

4. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the at least two individual panes contain glass, or polymers.

5. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating has a sheet resistance in a range from;

3 ohm/square to 5 ohm/square.

6. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating extends over at least 90% of a surface area of one side of the at least two individual panes.

7. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the n linear incisions are introduced into the at least one electrically conductive coating by laser structuring, mechanical ablation, or by chemical or physical etching.

8. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the bus bars are disposed on edges of the composite pane that are vertical in an installed position.

9. The composite pane according to claim 1, wherein the first bus bar and the second bus bar are respectively disposed on an edge of one side of the composite pane.

10. A method comprising:

using the composite pane according to claim 1 in means of transportation for travel on land, in air, or on water.

11. A method comprising:

using the composite pane according to claim 1 as a motor vehicle pane in means of transportation with an on-board voltage in a range from more than 100 V to 400 V.

12. A method comprising:

using the composite pane according to claim 1 as a motor vehicle pane in motor vehicles that are driven by conversion of electrical energy.

13. A method comprising:

using the composite pane according to claim 1 as a motor vehicle pane in hybrid electric vehicles that are driven by conversion of another energy form in addition to conversion of electrical energy.

14. The composite pane according to claim 4, wherein the glass contained in the at least two individual panes comprises flat glass, float glass, quartz glass, borosilicate glass or soda-lime glass.

15. The composite pane according to claim 4, wherein the polymers contained in the at least two individual panes comprise polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, or mixtures thereof.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the composite pane is used as a windshield, rear window, side window, or glass roof in means for transportation.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the means for transportation is a motor vehicle.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the conversion of electrical energy within the motor vehicles driven by conversion of electrical energy comprises:

accumulators, rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, or internal combustion engine driven generators.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the motor vehicle driven by conversion of electrical energy is an electric vehicle.

20. A composite pane with an electrically heatable coating comprising:

at least two individual panes,

an intermediate layer, which bonds the at least two individual panes to one another,

at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating on at least one side of at least one of the at least two individual panes facing the intermediate layer, and

at least two bus bars, the at least two bus bars being connected to the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating, wherein a first bus bar is electrically connected to a first feed line provided for connection to one pole of a voltage source and a second bus bar is electrically connected to a second feed line provided for connection to a second pole of the voltage source,

wherein the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating contains silver, has a sheet resistance of 1 ohm/square to 10 ohm/square, and has n linear incisions, where n is an integer≧

2, wherein each of said n linear incisions has a width in a range of from 10 μ

m to 500 μ

m, the n linear incisions dividing the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating into a plurality of coating regions, with each of said n linear incisions extending from one edge towards an opposite edge of the electrically conductive coating without reaching the opposite edge of the electrically conductive coating, wherein the coating regions of the plurality of coating regions are electrically connected to one another in series, wherein the coating regions of the plurality of coating regions adjacent to each other are electrically isolated from one another in sections by a respective incision but are implemented in a connected manner such that the current flows meanderingly through the coating, and wherein the n linear incisions are implemented such that a resistance of the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating results in a heating output of from 300 W/m2 to 1000 W/m2 with an operating voltage in a range of from more than 100 V to 400 V, in particular, in a range of from 280 V to 400 V, and wherein a coating section of the at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating situated in a region of a shortest geometric distance between the first bus bar and the second bus bar is electrically interrupted by a plurality of said n linear incisions, wherein a number of said n linear incisions is selected depending on a magnitude of the operating voltage such that a voltage drop over an individual incision of said n linear incisions by which two adjacent coating regions of the plurality of coating regions are electrically separated from one another, is less than a breakdown voltage of an incision of said n linear incisions.