Saint-gobain Glass France

Sage Electrochromics, Inc.

Li-Ya Yeh

Jean-Christophe Giron

Philippe Letocart

Hans-Werner Kuster

René Gy

Martin Melcher

Michael Labrot

Stefan Droste

Marcel Klein

Christian Effertz

Dang Cuong Phan

Patrick Weber

Harvey Kalweit

Bastien Royer

Martin Arndt

Sebastian Janzyk

Philippe Armand

Annabelle Andreau-Wiedenmaier

Satya Ajjarapu

Matthieu Bilaine

Jean-Pierre Douche

Samuel Dubrenat

Fabien Lienhart

Susanne Lisinski

Alicia Dröge

Norbert Huhn

Driss Lamine

Michael A McCoy

Michael Behmke

Michele Cappuccilli

Julien Orillard

Matthias Alschinger

Wolfgang Von Avenarius

Stephane Auvray

Alexandre Fessemaz

Florence Jacques

Nadine Hecker

Juergen Boeker

Georg Schmidt

Martine Giret

Jurgen Boker

Jürgen BÖKER

The present invention provides for an electroactive device having a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and one or more electroactive layers sandwiched between the first and second conductive layers. One or more adjacent layers of the electroactive device may include a physical separation between a first portion and a second portion of the adjacent layers, the physical separation defining a respective tapered sidewall of each of the first and second portions. The one or more adjacent layers may include one of the first and second conductive layers. The remaining layers of the electroactive device may be formed over the physical separation of the one or more adjacent layers. The remaining layers may include the other of the first and second conductive layers.

Methods for producing lower electrical isolation in electrochromic films

A multilayer film having electrically controllable optical properties. The multilayer film has a first carrier film, a first planar electrode, an active layer having one or more layers in sequence, a second planar electrode, and a second carrier film, arranged one above the other in a planar manner. The first planar electrode and the active layer and optionally the second planar electrode are divided by at least one insulation line into at least two segments that are electrically insulated from one another. The insulation line is introduced with a laser through one of the carrier films and into the first planar electrode and the active layer and optionally the second planar electrode.

Segmented multilayer film with electrically controllable optical properties

An electrochromic structure can include a substrate and an electrochromic residue disposed on the substrate. The electrochromic structure can include an electrochromic stack on the substrate. A process can be used to separate the structure. The process can include forming a filament in the substrate and applying a thermal treatment to the substrate. Forming a filament can be performed by applying a pulse of laser energy to the substrate. In a particular embodiment, a filament pattern including a plurality of filaments can be formed in the substrate. The substrate can include mineral glass, sapphire, aluminum oxynitride, spinel, or a transparent polymer.

Electrochromic structure and method of separating electrochromic structure

The invention relates to glazing () comprising a first glazing sheet (A,B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system () is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet () forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film or the electro-chemical system () is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate () and the third glazing sheet () and is set back relative to the counter-substrate () and relative to the third glazing sheet () over the entire circumference of the substrate (A,B).

Electrochemical glazing having electrically controllable optical and energy-related properties

A method for producing a coated and printed glass panel, includes providing a glass substrate having a metal-containing coating on at least one first surface and a polymeric protective layer arranged on this metal-containing coating, removing the temporary polymeric protective layer and the metal-containing coating only in a predetermined region, applying a ceramic ink in the predetermined region, wherein the removing is carried out with a laser and the polymeric protective layer and the metal-containing coating are intact outside the predetermined region after the removing.

Method for producing a printed, coated panel

A method for producing a coated and printed glass panel, includes a) providing a glass substrate having a metal-containing coating on a first surface and a polymeric protective layer with a thickness d arranged on this metal-containing coating, b) removing the polymeric protective layer in a first region using a carbon dioxide laser, c) removing the metal-containing coating within the first region only in a second region using a solid-state laser such that an edge region is created, in which the metal-containing coating is intact and in which the polymeric protective layer was removed in step b), d) applying a ceramic ink only in the first region, e) heat treating the glass panel at &#x3e;600&#xb0; C., wherein the polymeric protective layer is removed on the entire first surface, in the edge region, the metal-containing coating is dissolved by the ceramic ink lying above it, and the ceramic ink is fired.

A device and a method for producing a patterned functional coating on a first curved glass layer, the device including a support for holding the first curved glass layer, at least one laser, and a guidance unit, provided for guiding the beam of the laser over the functional coating, such that parts of the functional coating are removed in order to pattern the functional coating.

Device and method for producing a patterned functional coating for a glass layer

A composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a functional element having electrically controllable optical properties is embedded in the intermediate layer, the functional element including an active layer between a first carrier film and a second carrier film, wherein the intermediate layer contains a first thermoplastic material and the carrier films contain a second thermoplastic material, and wherein the first carrier film and the second carrier film are fused together along at least one region of the side edge of the functional element.

Composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties

Thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film includes a defined region, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a non-zero wedge angle, and a region surrounding the defined region on all sides, in which the thermoplastic film has a substantially constant thickness, wherein the maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than the thickness in the surrounding region.

Thermoplastic film for a laminated glass pane

Method for cutting a glass layer having a first surface a second surface. The method includes moving a first laser beam, which is generated by a pulsed laser, along a cutting line, where material modifications are produced in the interior of the glass layer between the first surface and the second surface; moving a second laser beam along the cutting line where the glass layer is heated by the laser radiation; and cooling the glass layer along the cutting line, where the glass layer breaks along the cutting line.

Method for cutting a thin glass layer

A process for manufacturing an electrochromic glazing unit includes forming, on one face of a glass sheet, a complete all-solid-state electrochromic stack including in succession a first layer of a transparent conductive oxide; a layer of a cathodically colored mineral electrochromic material to form an electrochromic electrode; a layer of an ionically conductive mineral solid electrolyte; a layer of a cation intercalation material to form a counter electrode; and a second layer of a transparent conductive oxide; then heat treatment of the complete electrochromic stack by irradiation with radiation having a wavelength comprised between 500 and 2000 nm, the radiation originating from a radiating device placed facing the electrochromic stack, a relative movement being created between the radiating device and the substrate so as to raise the electrochromic stack to a temperature at least equal to 300&#xb0; C. for a brief duration, for example shorter than 100 milliseconds.

Fast heat treatment method for a complete all-solid-state electrochromic stack

The invention relates to glazing () comprising a first glazing sheet (A,B) forming a substrate on which at least one film of an electrochemical system () is formed, said system having optical and/or energy-related properties that are electrically controllable, a second glazing sheet () forming a counter-substrate, and a third glazing sheet (). The substrate has characteristics that allow it to be obtained by being cut from a motherboard on which motherboard at least one film of the electrochemical system () is formed. The substrate is located between the counter-substrate () and the third glazing sheet () and is set back relative to the counter-substrate () and relative to the third glazing sheet () over the entire circumference of the substrate (A,B).

A vehicle window for separating a vehicle interior from outer surroundings, includes glass pane with a light guide body made of glass on a region of the interior-side surface of the glass pane, wherein the surface of the light guide body facing the glass pane and the surface facing away from the glass pane enclose a wedge angle such that the thickness of the light guide body decreases in the direction from a lower edge to an upper edge of the glass pane, wherein the light guide body is secured to the interior-side surface of the glass pane by means of laser welding.

Vehicle window with light guide body for a sensor

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