Laminated pane with functional element having electrically controllable optical properties

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11673374-B2
Application number	US-201816761704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2017
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A laminated pane with a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, includes a laminated stack sequence composed of an outer pane, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and an inner pane, and a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, which functional element is arranged, at least in sections, between the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer, wherein at least one transparent body is arranged between the outer pane and the functional element and/or between the inner pane and the functional element in sections.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A laminated pane with a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, comprising:
a laminated stack sequence composed of an outer pane, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and an inner pane, and
a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, which functional element is arranged, at least in sections, between the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer,
wherein at least one transparent body is arranged between the outer pane and the functional element and/or between the inner pane and the functional element in sections, wherein the transparent body has transmittance in the visible light spectrum of more than 30%, wherein the transparent body is arranged completely within a through-vision region of the functional element through the laminated pane, wherein the transparent body contains a transparent film and/or a transparent fiber and/or a transparent layer applied by screen printing or 3D printing, and wherein an area A of the transparent body is less than or equal to 50% of an area of the functional element.

2. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent body is arranged between the functional element and the first intermediate layer and/or between the functional element and the second intermediate layer.

3. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent body consists of a transparent film, or wherein the transparent body consists of a transparent fiber.

4. The laminated pane according to claim 3 , wherein the film or the fiber contains or is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polyurethane (PU), polyamide, polyimide, or polyvinylidene fluoride.

5. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent body consists of a transparent layer applied by screen printing or 3D printing.

6. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent body is clear or has a tint or a coloration.

7. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the stack sequence is laminated in an autoclave method, a vacuum bag method, a vacuum ring method, a calendar method, by means of vacuum laminators, or combinations thereof.

8. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the transparent body is from 5 μm to 500 μm.

9. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent body is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film with a thickness greater than or equal to 100 μm.

10. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional element is a PDLC (polymer dispersed liquid crystal) film.

11. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent film is a polymeric transparent film.

12. The laminated pane according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent body is arranged only between the functional element and the first intermediate layer or only between the functional element and the second intermediate layer.

13. The laminated pane according to claim 3 , wherein the transparent film is a transparent polymeric film.

14. The laminated pane according to claim 5 , wherein the transparent layer is made of glass, polymer, or resin.

15. The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the area A of the transparent body is less than or equal to 10% of the area of the functional element.

16. A method for producing a laminated pane according to claim 1 , comprising:
a) arranging an outer pane, a first intermediate layer, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, a second intermediate layer, and an inner pane one above another in this order, wherein at least one transparent body is arranged between the outer pane and the first intermediate layer, between the first intermediate layer and the functional element, between the functional element and the second intermediate layer, and/or between the second intermediate layer and the inner pane, and
b) joining the outer pane and the inner pane by lamination.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein in step a) the transparent body is arranged between the first intermediate layer and the functional element or between the functional element and the second intermediate layer.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein in step b) the lamination is carried out by an autoclave method, a vacuum bag method, a vacuum ring method, a calendar method, by means of vacuum laminators, or a method combined therefrom.

19. A method comprising utilizing a transparent body in a laminated pane according to claim 1 for inscribing, for marking.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Klein Marcel
• Manz Florian
• Schulz Valentin

Classifications

• B32B17/10504 Primary

  Liquid crystal layer · CPC title

• B32B17/10761

  containing vinyl acetal · CPC title

• B60J3/04

  adjustable in transparency · CPC title

• B32B3/18

  characterised by an internal layer formed of separate pieces of material {which are juxtaposed side-by-side (B32B5/02 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B32B17/10339

  Specific parts of the laminated safety glass or glazing being colored or tinted (tinted glass sheet B32B17/1011; tinted interlayer B32B17/10651) · CPC title