Guardian Industries Corporation

Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.a. (c.r.v.c.)

Guardian Glass, LLC

Other

Guardian Europe S.a.r.l.

Guardian Do Brasil Vidros Planos Ltda.

Guardian Industires Corp.

Jean-Marc Lemmer

Nestor P Murphy

Richard Blacker

Anton Dietrich

Philip J Lingle

Jose Ferreira

Muhammad Imran

Marcus Frank

Scott V Thomsen

Jens-Peter Muller

David D Mclean

Pierre Pallotta

Ronald E Laird

Jens-Peter Müller

Brent Boyce

Yongli Xu

Greg Miller

Herbert Lage

Uwe Kriltz

Jochen Butz

Artur Siwek

Alexey Krasnov

Jose Nunez-Regueiro

George G Neuman

Bryce Corsner

Nancy Bassett

Hong Wang

Keith H Schillinger

Willem Den Boer

Marcel Schloremberg

Hong Yang Wang

David D McLean

Afonso Kreling

Fabiola Ramos Torres

Juan Baillo Abreu

Pierre Pallota

A coated article is provided with at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. In certain example embodiments, a titanium oxide layer is provided over the IR reflecting layer, and it has been found that this surprisingly results in an IR reflecting layer with a lower specific resistivity (SR) thereby permitting thermal properties of the coated article to be improved.

Coated article with IR reflecting layer(s) and method of making same

Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NiTiO). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.

Coated article including low-emissivity coating insulating glass unit including coated article, and/or methods of making the same

Certain example embodiments relate to coated articles with sequentially activated low-E coatings, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, one or more infrared reflecting layers is/are activated via a non-equilibrium preconditioning activation that uses photons with specific frequencies/frequency ranges, followed by a more equilibrium thermal activation. The preconditioning activation aids in rearranging the silver atoms to energetically favorable positions, while helping to avoid their unwanted agglomeration. The more equilibrium thermal stage of activation aids in aligning the chemical potentials of the layers of the stack and in further densification of the preconditioned silver layer. Doing so, in turn, helps to reduce the likelihood of stresses building-up in the coating, the formation of point and dimensional defects, other unwanted efficiency-reducing phenomena, and/or the like. Advantageously, emissivity can be lowered to a value lower than that achievable using conventional thermal, flash, and laser scanning, approaches alone.

Coated article with sequentially activated low-E coatings, and/or method of making the same

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anti condensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

Articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings and/or methods of making the same

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anti condensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

Articles including ITO inclusive coatings for vehicle windshields and/or methods of making the same

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

Articles including ITO inclusive coatings and/or methods of making the same

Coated article including low-emissivity coating, insulating glass unit including coated article, and/or methods of making the same

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

Coated article with sequentially activated low-E coating, and/or method of making the same

Articles including anticondensation coatings and/or methods of making the same

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