Frame assembly comprising a vacuum insulated glass unit fixed to a frame by means of a structural adhesive

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit frame assembly (), wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly () comprises: a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit () comprising two glass sheets () separated by a gap () between said glass sheets (), wherein a plurality of support structures () are distributed in said gap () and wherein said gap () is sealed, and a frame () comprising elongated frame profile arrangements (-) arranged to provide a frame opening () extending in a frame opening plane (P) defined between the elongated frame profile arrangements (-). A plurality of edges (-) of said rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit () overlaps an elongated frame profile arrangement (-) of said frame (), and an inwardly directed, major surface () of a glass sheet (,) of the vacuum insulated glass unit () is bonded to the overlapped elongatedframe profile arrangement (-) by means of a structural adhesive(). Said overlapping edges (-) of the vacuum insulated glass unit () are allowed to thermally deflect (DIS) relative to said elongated frame profiles (-) in a deflection direction (D, D) perpendicular to said frame opening plane (P) due to a temperature difference (ΔT=T−T) between the two glass sheets (), and wherein said allowed thermal deflection of the overlapping edges (-) is allowed to have a varying magnitude along the edge (-) between the corners () where the respective edge (-) terminates. The present disclosure additionally relates to a vacuum insulated glass unit.