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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jose Ferreira, Rumelange, LU;
Pierrot Pallotta, Villerupt, FR;
Richard Blacker, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Muhammad Imran, Brownstown, MI (US);
Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour la Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.), Grand Duche de Luxembourg, LU;
Guardian Glass, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A coated article is provided which may be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) and/or heat bent in certain example instances. In certain example embodiments, a zinc stannate based layer is provided between a tin oxide based layer and a silicon nitride based layer, and this has been found to significantly reduce undesirable mottling damage upon heat treatment/bending. This results in significantly improved bendability of the coated article in applications such as vehicle windshields and the like.