Pane arrangement with pane with low-E coating and capacitive switching region

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10523201-B2
Application number	US-201615739691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2016
Priority date	Aug 18, 2015
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A pane arrangement having a pane with an inner surface and an outer surface, a low-E coating arranged on the inner surface of the pane. The pane arrangement having a coating-free first partition line formed in the low-E coating. A capacitive switching region is electrically isolated from a surrounding region of the low-E coating. The surrounding region surrounds the capacitive switching region in sections. The capacitive switching region has a contact region, a supply line region and a first connection region. The supply line region electrically connects the contact region to the first connection region. A coating-free second partition line is formed in the low-E coating. The surrounding region is electrically isolated from an outer region of the low-E coating. The outer region surrounds the surrounding region. A capacitive sensor electronics system is electrically connected to the first connection region of the capacitive switching region and to the surrounding region by a second connection region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pane arrangement, comprising:
a pane with an inner surface and an outer surface;
a low-E coating, which is arranged at least partially on the inner surface of the pane;
at least one coating-free first partition line, formed in the low-E coating so as to form at least one capacitive switching region which is electrically isolated from a surrounding region of the low-E coating,
wherein the surrounding region at least partially surrounds the at least one capacitive switching region,
wherein the at least one capacitive switching region has a contact region, a supply line region, and a first connection region, and
wherein the supply line region electrically connects the contact region to the first connection region;

at least one coating-free second partition line, formed in the low-E coating, by which the surrounding region is electrically isolated from an outer region of the low-E coating, wherein the outer region at least partially surrounds the surrounding region; and
a capacitive sensor electronics system, which is electrically connected to the first connection region of the at least one capacitive switching region and to the surrounding region by means of a second connection region.

2. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the surrounding region completely surrounds the at least one capacitive switching region.

3. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the outer region completely surrounds the surrounding region.

4. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance between the first partition line and the second partition line is in the range from 0.1 mm to 200 cm.

5. The pane arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shortest distance between the first partition line and the second partition line is in the range from 0.5 mm to 100 mm.

6. The pane arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the shortest distance between the first partition line and the second partition line is in the range from 1 mm to 11 mm.

7. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance between the first partition line and the second partition line is unchanged in a section of the second partition line surrounding the contact region and/or the supply line region and/or the connection region.

8. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second partition line surrounds the at least one capacitive switching region like a frame.

9. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the supply line region is in the range from 1 cm to 70 cm, and
wherein a width of the supply line region to be measured perpendicular to the length is in the range from 0.5 mm to 10 mm.

10. The pane arrangement according to claim 9 ,
wherein the length of the supply line region is in the range from 1 cm to 12 cm, and
wherein the width of the supply line region to be measured perpendicular to the length is in the range from 0.5 mm to 2 mm.

11. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact region has a length in the range from 1 cm to 14 cm, and wherein a maximum width of the contact region measured perpendicular to the length is in the range from 1 cm to 14 cm.

12. The pane arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio of the width of the supply line region to the maximum width of the contact region is at least 1:2.

13. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the supply line region is rectangular, strip-shaped, or line-shaped.

14. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact region is circular, elliptical, or drop-shaped.

15. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact region has an angled shape, with rounded corners, wherein the corners have a radius of curvature of at least 3 mm.

16. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact region has an area in the range from 1 cm 2 to 200 cm 2 .

17. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first partition line and/or a width of the second partition line is in the range from 30 μm to 200 μm.

18. The pane arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pane is an inner pane of a composite pane, and
wherein the composite pane furthermore comprises an outer pane with an outer surface and an inner surface and at least one intermediate layer, which bonds the inner surface of the outer pane laminarily to the outer surface of the inner pane.

19. The pane arrangement according to claim 18 , wherein a sensitivity of the capacitive sensor electronics system is selected such that
upon a contact of the contact region on the inner surface of the inner pane and/or the outer surface of the outer pane with a human finger, the capacitive sensor electronics system emits a first switching signal, and
upon contact of the supply line region on the inner surface of the inner pane and/or the outer surface of the outer pane, the capacitive sensor electronics system emits no switching signal or a second switching signal different from the first switching signal.

20. A method for producing a pane arrangement, comprising:
applying a low-E coating to an inner surface of a pane;
introducing at least one first partition line into the low-E coating, which electrically divides the low-E coating into at least one capacitive switching region and at least one surrounding region; and
introducing at least one second partition line into the low-E coating, which electrically divides the at least one surrounding region and an outer region of the low-E coating.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Weber Patrick
• Droste Stefan
• Schmalbuch Klaus
• Bauerle Pascal

Classifications

• G02F1/155

  Electrodes · CPC title

• B32B17/10513

  Electrochromic layer · CPC title

• B32B17/10302

  Edge sealing · CPC title

• B32B17/10174

  Coatings of a metallic or dielectric material on a constituent layer of glass or polymer · CPC title

• B32B17/10055

  with at least one intermediate air space · CPC title