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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Vacuum insulated glass (vig) window unit with metal alloy spacers, and/or methods of making the same
Applicant:
Guardian Glass, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Blush, Milford, MI (US);
Jason Theios, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Timothy Hodapp, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/663 (2006.01); C22C 16/00 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 3/66304 (2013.01); C22C 16/00 (2013.01); E06B 3/6612 (2013.01); C22C 2200/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit includes an array of spacers provided between at least a pair of substrates, such as glass substrate. Certain example embodiments relate to a VIG window unit including spacers (e.g., pillars) of or including a metal alloy. The metal alloy of the spacer may be an amorphous metal alloy (e.g., Zr and/or Cu based amorphous alloy). Such metal alloy spacers advantageously reduce the thermal conductivity of the spacer array and can increase the center of glass R-value of the VIG window unit.