Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080277320 | VEHICLE TRANSPARENCY HEATED WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT - A heatable transparency comprises a substrate and an electrically conductive coating formed over at least a portion of the substrate. A power supply is in contact with the conductive coating. The power supply is configured to provide alternating current (AC) to the conductive coating. | 11-13-2008 |
20080280147 | VEHICLE TRANSPARENCY - A vehicle roof transparency includes a first ply having a first visible light transmission and a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission. A solar control coating is formed over at least a portion of the first or second ply. An interlayer connects the first and second plies. | 11-13-2008 |
20090011205 | VEHICLE TRANSPARENCY - A transparency includes a first ply having a first visible light transmission and a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission. A solar control coating is located between the first ply and the second ply. The solar control coating has a first infrared reflective metallic layer, a second infrared reflective metallic layer and a third infrared reflective metallic layer. The first infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the second infrared reflective metallic layer and the second infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the third infrared reflective metallic layer. | 01-08-2009 |
20090104366 | COATING COMPOSITION WITH SOLAR PROPERTIES - A method of coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; depositing an infrared reflecting layer over at least a portion of a substrate; depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; depositing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the primer layer; and depositing an absorbing layer, wherein the absorbing layer is deposited either under the infrared reflective layer or over the dielectric layer, wherein the absorbing layer comprises an alloy and/or mixture of (a) a metal having an index of refraction at 500 nm less than or equal to 1.0 and (b) a material having a ΔG° | 04-23-2009 |
20090142602 | APPLIANCE TRANSPARENCY - A transparency includes a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. A first coating is provided over at least a portion of the first major surface, the first coating including one or more metal oxide layers. A second coating is provided over at least a portion of the second major surface, the second coating including one or more metallic layers. | 06-04-2009 |
20090197097 | APPLIANCE WITH COATED TRANSPARENCY - An appliance transparency includes a first substrate defining a No. 1 and a No. 2 surface and a second substrate spaced from the first substrate and defining a No. 3 and a No. 4 surface. A first coating is deposited over at least a portion of the No. 2 surface and is free of metallic layers. A second coating is deposited over at least a portion of the No. 4 surface and has at least one metallic layer. A protective coating is deposited over at least a portion of the second coating. | 08-06-2009 |
20090252954 | APPLIANCE WITH COATED TRANSPARENCY - An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 100 Å and optionally or the coating can have a protective coating deposited thereon. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258239 | APPLIANCE WITH COATED TRANSPARENCY - An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thickness in the range of 80 Å to 100 Å and optionally or the coating can have a protective coating deposited thereon. | 10-15-2009 |
20100173141 | COATED NON-METALLIC SHEET HAVING A BRUSHED METAL APPEARANCE, AND COATINGS FOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method of making an article that exhibits a metallic appearance includes treating a surface of a non-metallic substrate, e.g. a glass sheet to have a textured surface, and applying an overlay, e.g. a coating over the pattern. The percent of visible light transmittance, and percent visible light reflectance, of the substrate and the overlay is selected such that the pattern is visible when the article is viewed through one of the surfaces of the substrate or overlay. Also provided is a heatable coating having a low emissivity that can be used as the overlay. | 07-08-2010 |
20100203239 | COATING COMPOSITION WITH SOLAR PROPERTIES - A method of coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; depositing an infrared reflecting layer over at least a portion of a substrate; depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; depositing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the primer layer; and forming an absorbing layer. The absorbing layer includes an alloy and/or mixture of (a) a metal having an index of refraction at 500 nm less than or equal to 1.0 and (b) a material having a ΔG° | 08-12-2010 |
20100242953 | SOLAR REFLECTING MIRROR HAVING A PROTECTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A solar reflecting mirror includes a shaped glass substrate having a focal area, a reflective coating over its convex surface and a sodium ion barrier layer over its concave surface. The shaped substrate has a strain pattern having a radial tension strain at the bottom area, and circumferential compression strain at the periphery of the substrate. As the distance from the periphery of the shaped substrate increases, the circumferential compression strain decreases to a “transition line” where circumferential tension strain begins. As the distance from the transition line in a direction toward the bottom area of the glass substrate increases, the circumferential tension increases. To compensate for the strain pattern in the shaped glass substrate to avoid buckling of, and surface cracks of, the barrier layer, the barrier layer including an oxide of silicon and aluminum thickness, among other things is varied on. A method of making the solar mirror from shaped sections is also discussed. | 09-30-2010 |
20110236715 | SOLAR CONTROL COATINGS WITH DISCONTINUOUS METAL LAYER - An architectural transparency includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the substrate, a continuous metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the first metallic layer, and a subcritical metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer such that the subcritical metallic layer forms discontinuous metallic regions. | 09-29-2011 |
20120207995 | DARK PRIVACY GLASS - A vehicle roof window includes an uncoated glass transparency having an Lta in the range of greater than 0% to 10%, and a solar factor in the range of equal to or less than 30%, measured at a thickness in the range of 3.6-4.1 millimeters (‘mm”), e.g. at a thickness of 3.6 mm, 3.9 mm or 4.1 mm. The solar factor is determined in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) No. 13837. | 08-16-2012 |
20120251819 | METHODS OF CHANGING THE VISIBLE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE OF COATED ARTICLES AND COATED ARTICLES MADE THEREBY - A method is provided for changing the visible light transmittance of a coated article having a functional coating having at least one anti-reflective material and at least one infrared reflective material. The anti-reflective material includes an alloying material capable of combining or alloying with the infrared reflective material. A protective coating is deposited over the functional coating to prevent or retard the diffusion of atmospheric gas and/or vapor into the functional coating. The coated article is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause at least some of the alloying material to combine with at least some of the infrared reflective material to form a substance having a different visible light transmittance than the infrared reflective material. | 10-04-2012 |
20120275018 | COATED GLASSES HAVING A LOW SOLAR FACTOR - A glass transparency for an automotive roof window includes a solar control coating on a surface of a glass substrate to provide the coated glass with a solar factor in the range of equal to or less 30%, and an Lta in the range of greater than 0% to less than 50%. The solar factor is determined in accordance with ISO 13837 (2008). In another embodiment of the invention, the transparency is a laminated transparency having the solar control coating between two glass sheets. | 11-01-2012 |
20130070340 | ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING AND SUBSTRATES COATED THEREWITH - An antireflective coating includes a first high index of refraction coating layer; a first low index of refraction coating layer over the first high index of refraction coating layer; a second high index of refraction coating layer over the first low index of refraction coating layer; and a second low index of refraction coating layer over the second high index of refraction coating layer. | 03-21-2013 |
20140113120 | ANTI-COLOR BANDING TOPCOAT FOR COATED ARTICLES - A coated article includes a functional coating, e.g. an electroconductive low emissivity coating over a surface of a glass substrate and a chemical and/or mechanical protective coating, e.g. a coating of oxides of silicon and aluminum over the functional coating. The protective coating exhibits color banding when viewed under a light source having spectrally narrow emissions, e.g. a fluorescent lamp or light emitting diode, and adjacent ones of the color banding of the protective coating have a Delta E of greater than 5. An anti-banding coating layer of the invention is applied over the protective layer, wherein the anti-banding coating layer exhibits a Delta E of less than 3. | 04-24-2014 |
20140272453 | Solar Control Coatings Providing Increased Absorption Or Tint - A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer having discontinuous metallic regions, a primer over the subcritical layer, and a second dielectric layer over the primer layer. The primer can be a nickel-chromium alloy. The primer can be a multilayer primer having a first layer of a nickel-chromium alloy and a second layer of titania. | 09-18-2014 |