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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
James G Anderson, Beaver Dams, NY (US);
Jack A Bricker, Tarentum, PA (US);
Earl L May, Irwin, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 81 ; 428131 ; 428174 ; 428192 ; 65 93 ; 65102 ; 296 9621 ; 296201 ;
Abstract
Selected portions of a glass sheet are heated to elevated temperatures and offset, i.e. reformed, relative to the remaining portions of the glass sheet while maintaining the optical properties of the remaining portions of the glass sheet. The reformed area can be used as a structure to which guide brackets are other hardware can be secured or as an integral glass ledge to guide the up and down movement of the glass sheet within a vehicle door frame.