Clear view panel for overhead door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12000202-B2
Application number	US-202318188705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Priority date	Oct 4, 2020
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure provide an overhead door panel. The overhead door panel includes a pair of parallel glass panes, a metal frame with parallel lateral stiles oriented perpendicular to the pair of parallel glass panes, a first seal system located at a first lateral stile, and a second seal system located at a second lateral stile, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage with at least one glass pane of the pair of parallel glass panes and a lateral stile of the parallel lateral stiles of the metal frame such that the first seal system and the second seal system are between the at least one glass pane and the lateral stile.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An overhead door panel, comprising:
a pair of glass panes;
a metal frame section with parallel lateral stiles oriented perpendicular to the pair of glass panes;
a first seal system comprising a first glass run channel and a first central extrusion located at a first lateral stile of the parallel lateral stiles; and
a second seal system comprising a second glass run channel and a second central extrusion located at a second lateral stile of the parallel lateral stiles, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage with at least one glass pane of the pair of glass panes and the metal frame section such that the at least one glass pane is spatially distanced from the metal frame section, wherein an interior cavity that is essentially free of inert gases is formed in the overhead door panel between the pair of glass panes, the metal frame section, first seal system, and second seal system, wherein the interior cavity is also free of desiccate fill.

2. The overhead door panel of claim 1 , further comprising:
a vapor permeable membrane located adjacent to the metal frame section.

3. The overhead door panel of claim 2 , wherein the vapor permeable membrane wraps an end of the overhead door panel before an endcap is fastened to the end of the overhead door panel.

4. The overhead door panel of claim 2 , wherein a material for the vapor permeable membrane is selected such that a water vapor transmission going in one direction through the material is greater than the water vapor transmission going in an opposite direction through the material.

5. The overhead door panel of claim 4 , wherein the material is selected from a group consisting of: high-density polyethylene or stretched polytetrafluoroethylene laminate.

6. The overhead door panel of claim 1 , wherein the first seal system comprises a first polymer extrusion and a second polymer extrusion.

7. The overhead door panel of claim 1 , wherein the second seal system comprises a first polymer extrusion and a second polymer extrusion.

8. An overhead door panel, comprising:
a first glass pane;
a second glass pane; and
a central extrusion to spatially separate the first glass pane and the second glass pane, wherein the central extrusion is connected to the first glass pane by a first polymer extrusion and connected to the second glass pane by a second polymer extrusion, wherein the first polymer extrusion is engaged with the second polymer extrusion to form a first seal system, wherein an interior cavity formed between the first glass pane and the second glass pane is free of inert gases.

9. The overhead door panel of claim 8 , further comprising:
a second seal system located on a second lateral stile opposite a first lateral stile where the first seal system is located, wherein the second seal system is coupled to the first glass pane and the second glass pane to enclose the interior cavity.

10. The overhead door panel of claim 9 , wherein the second seal system comprises a third polymer extrusion connected to the first glass pane and a fourth polymer extrusion connected to the second glass pane.

11. The overhead door panel of claim 8 , wherein the interior cavity is free of desiccate fill.

12. The overhead door panel of claim 8 , further comprising:
a vapor permeable membrane located adjacent to a vertical stile of the overhead door panel.

13. The overhead door panel of claim 12 , wherein a material for the vapor permeable membrane is selected such that a water vapor transmission going in one direction through the material is greater than the water vapor transmission going in an opposite direction through the material.

14. The overhead door panel of claim 13 , wherein the material is selected from a group comprising of: high-density polyethylene or stretched polytetrafluoroethylene laminate.

15. The overhead door panel of claim 12 , further comprising:
an endcap coupled to the vertical stile and over the vapor permeable membrane.

16. An insulated window comprising:
a pair of glass panes;
a metal frame section;
a first seal system; and
a second seal system, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage with at least one glass pane of the pair of glass panes and with the metal frame section such that the at least one glass pane is spatially distanced from the metal frame section and such that an interior cavity free of inert gases is formed between the pair of glass panes, the metal frame section, the first seal system, and the second seal system, wherein the interior cavity is free of desiccate fill.

17. The insulated window of claim 16 , further comprising:
a vapor permeable membrane located adjacent to the metal frame section.

18. The insulated window of claim 17 , wherein a material of the vapor permeable membrane is selected from a group consisting of: high-density polyethylene or stretched polytetrafluoroethylene laminate.

Assignees

• Cornellcookson Llc

Inventors

• Balay Joseph L
• Balay Thomas

Classifications

• E06B3/64 Primary

  Fixing of more than one pane to a frame · CPC title

• E06B3/24

  specially adapted for double glazing (separable parts for securing panes E06B3/64) · CPC title

• E06B3/5821

  hooked on or in the frame member, fixed by clips or otherwise elastically fixed (E06B3/585 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E06B3/70

  Door leaves (wing frames E06B3/04) · CPC title

• E06B2003/7044

  Garage doors · CPC title