Pane having an electric heating layer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10728959-B2
Application number	US-201815871732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2018
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

A pane having an electric heating layer is described, including: a first pane having a surface; at least one electric heating layer that is applied to at least part of the surface and has at least one uncoated zone; at least two busbars, provided for connection to a voltage source, which are connected to the electric heating layer such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the busbars; and n separating lines which electrically subdivide the electric layer into m segments. The segments are arranged in the form of strips around the uncoated zone such that the current path for the heating current is at least partially guided around the uncoated zone and the segments have equal width and the sum of widths of segments is equal to the width of the electric heating layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pane having an electric heating layer, comprising:
a pane with a surface;
at least one electric heating layer that is applied at least on part of the surface and includes at least one uncoated zone in a corner of the surface;
at least two busbars provided for connection to a voltage source, at least two busbars being connected to the electric heating layer such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the at least two busbars; and at least one separating line that electrically subdivides the electric heating layer into at least two segments, wherein there is only one more of the at least two segments than the at least one separating line;
wherein the at least two segments are arranged in strip form such that the current path for the heating current is guided curving away from the at least one uncoated zone,
wherein, for each busbar of the at least two busbars, the at least two segments have equal widths at that busbar.

2. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electric heating layer has three separating lines.

3. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electric heating layer has at least seven separating lines and no more than twenty-five separating lines.

4. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each separating line is from 30 μm to 200 μm at a given busbar.

5. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each separating line is from 70 μm to 140 μm at a given busbar.

6. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the uncoated zone is from 0.5 dm 2 to 15 dm 2 .

7. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the uncoated zone is from 2 dm 2 to 8 dm 2 .

8. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two busbars is implemented as fired printing paste.

9. The pane according to claim 8 , wherein the fired printing paste contains at least one of metallic particles, metal particles, and carbon particles.

10. The pane according to claim 8 , wherein the fired printing paste has a specific resistance from 0.8 μohm·cm to 7.0 μohm·cm.

11. The pane according to claim 8 , wherein the fired printing paste has a maximum width from 4 mm to 30 mm.

12. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two busbars are arranged on one or more of a region of the electric heating layer and the surface of the pane that is areally bonded to a second pane via a thermoplastic intermediate layer.

13. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the pane contains glass.

14. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the pane contains flat glass, float glass, quartz glass, borosilicate glass, or soda lime glass.

15. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the pane contains a polymer.

16. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the pane contains one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, and polymethyl methacrylate.

17. The pane according to claim 1 , wherein the electric heating layer is a transparent, electrically conductive coating.

18. The pane according to claim 17 , wherein the electric heating layer has a sheet resistance from 0.4 ohm/square to 10 ohm/square.

19. The pane according to claim 18 , wherein the electric heating layer contains silver, indium tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, or aluminum-doped zinc oxide.

20. A method for producing a pane having an electric heating layer, comprising:
applying an electric heating layer having an uncoated zone onto a surface of a pane, such that the uncoated zone is in a corner of the surface;
connecting at least two busbars to the electric heating layer, the at least two busbars being configured for connection to a voltage source and being parallel to each other such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the busbars; and
introducing at least one separating line that electrically subdivides the electric heating layer into at least two segments,
wherein there is only one more of the at least two segments than the at least one separating line,
wherein each of the segments are arranged at least partially in strip form past the uncoated zone such that the current path for the heating current is guided curving away from the uncoated zone, and
wherein, for each busbar of the at least two busbars, the at least two segments have equal widths at that busbar.

21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein introducing at least one separating line includes laser patterning.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Phan Dang Cuong
• Dimitrijevic Bojan
• Schall Guenther

Classifications

• H05B2203/013

  Heaters using resistive films or coatings · CPC title

• H05B2203/007

  using multiple electrically connected resistive elements or resistive zones · CPC title

• H05B3/84 Primary

  Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields · CPC title

• H05B2203/008

  with layout including a portion free of resistive material, e.g. communication window · CPC title

• B32B17/10036

  comprising two outer glass sheets · CPC title