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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
May. 06, 2008
Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel F Prone, Trenton, MI (US);
Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);
Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel F Prone, Trenton, MI (US);
Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);
Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A window such as a vehicle window (e.g., windshield) has a de-icing feature. In certain example embodiments, a conductive structure is provided on an interior surface of a substrate of the window, AC tuned to an ice removal frequency is caused to run through the conductive structure, and fields generated by the AC passing through the conductive structure propagate through the substrate to an exterior surface of the window and can be absorbed by ice thereby causing the ice to melt and/or be removed from the window.