Method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11911997-B2
Application number	US-202118247709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2021
Priority date	Oct 9, 2020
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen or roof. The method includes the deposition (b) of an enamel layer on a stack of thin layers deposited on a first glass sheet as well as the deposition (c), at least on the enamel layer, of refractory particles based on oxides, of metals or carbides, at least one dimension of which is larger than 30 μm. The stack of thin layers is completely dissolved by the enamel layer at the end of a bending procedure (d) carried out before laminating (e) the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet by a lamination interlayer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, comprising:
a. providing a first glass sheet, coated on at least part of one of the faces thereof with a stack of thin layers,
b. a step of depositing, on part of the surface of the stack of thin layers, an enamel layer,
c. a step of depositing, at least on said enamel layer, refractory particles based on oxides, carbides or metals, at least one dimension of which is greater than or equal to 30 μm,
d. a step of simultaneously bending the first glass sheet and an additional glass sheet, with the enamel layer facing said additional glass sheet,
e. a step of laminating said first glass sheet with the additional glass sheet by a lamination interlayer, such that the enamel layer is facing said interlayer,
said method further comprising a step of pre-firing the enamel layer during which the stack of thin layers located under the enamel layer is at least partially dissolved by said enamel layer, said pre-firing step being either a step b 1 performed between step b and step c or a step c 1 carried out between step c and step d, the stack of thin layers located under the enamel layer being completely dissolved by said enamel layer at least by the end of step d,
wherein the refractory particles are deposited in a mixture with infrared radiation absorbent elements.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stack of thin layers comprises at least one functional layer.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one functional layer is an electrically conductive functional layer that is a metal layer or a layer of a transparent conductive oxide.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the metal layer is a silver or niobium layer and the layer of a transparent conductive oxide is a layer of indium tin oxide, doped tin oxide or doped zinc oxide.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after step d, the enamel layer is opaque, has a black hue, and forms a strip at the periphery of the first glass sheet.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the refractory particles are based on oxides selected from simple metal oxides and complex oxides, high-melting glass or glass-ceramic frits, or inorganic pigments.

7. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the simple metal oxides include aluminum, titanium or zirconium oxide, and the complex oxides include silicates.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the refractory particles have at least one dimension greater than or equal to 40 μm.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one dimension is greater than or equal to 60 μm.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the refractory particles are elongated, and have a length/diameter ratio greater than 3.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of particles having at least one dimension greater than or equal to 30 μm is at least 0.1 g/m 2.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the refractory particles are deposited on the enamel layer and on areas of the first glass sheet near the enamel layer.

13. The method according to claim 1 , comprising between step b and step c, or between step b 1 and step c, a step b 2 of depositing, solely on the enamel layer, an adhesion layer capable of fixing the refractory particles onto the enamel layer.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising, after step c and before step d, a step c 2 of removing refractory particles other than those fixed by the adhesion layer.

15. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, between step d and step e a step d 1 of removing the refractory particles.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additional glass sheet has a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.2 mm.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additional glass sheet carries, on the face opposite the face facing the lamination interlayer, an additional stack of thin layers.

18. A laminated curved glazing capable of being obtained by the method of claim 1 .

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the laminated curved glazing is a motor vehicle windscreen or roof.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared radiation absorbent elements include a resin, pigments or carbon black.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Flamary-Mespoulie Florian

Classifications

• B32B17/10348 Primary

  comprising an obscuration band · CPC title

• B32B1/00

  Layered products having a non-planar shape · CPC title

• B32B17/10036

  comprising two outer glass sheets · CPC title

• B32B17/10174 Primary

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

• B32B17/10761

  containing vinyl acetal · CPC title