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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6908124 | Catch device for a pivoting window The device is suitable for a vehicle window and comprises a first attachment member for fixing to the window, an elongate handle articulated to the first attachment member, a second attachment member for fixing to the vehicle bodywork, and a connecting link connecti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6803111 | Glazing with a member bonded thereto A glazing is provided comprising a glass sheet with a rigid member bonded to it by adhesive which is provided on at least two discrete areas of the member or glass sheet. The adhesive may be a structural adhesive, pre-applied in tablet form, and activated by heat. T... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6774342 | Glazing with electrical terminal A glazing provided with an electric circuit includes an electrically conducting substrate and a terminal for making electrical connection thereto. The terminal is attached to the glazing by an adhesive, rather than solely by solder, and the electrical connection bet... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6495261 | Glazing panels Glazing Panels suitable for vehicle windscreens comprise a solid coloured obscuration band (24) around the perimeter, a fade out band (26) extending inwardly therefrom and a multilayer transparent infra-red reflective and/or absorbing coating (28) have th... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6143148 | Device for feeding substrates to vacuum systems for deposit of surface coating on the substrates A process for supplying plants for the coating of substrates involves introducing the substrates batchwise into the vacuum plant and, subsequently, dividing said batches into single substrates in order to allow recovery of the unsaturation percentage, whi... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5782949 | Device for the manufacture of flat glass sheet with improved characteristics A flat glass sheet is formed using the float process. Before annealing of glass carried on rollers, the glass is conveyed by a fluid bed formed by a mixture of gasses, in order to cool the glass to approximately 600° C. before it reaches an annealing leh... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5609717 | Apparatus for manufacture of insulating glass for automobiles An apparatus for the manufacture of curved insulating glass, for use on automobiles, is made providing separate paths for the two sheets of glass making up the insulating double-glazed glass, until an assembly station (M) is reached. Two separate centerin... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5598293 | Electrochromic glass for use in cars and buildings An electrochromic glass of a size suitable to be used with advantage in automobile or building applications, made from two sheets of glass and as external walls, two transparent conductor layers and two electrodes as the system's active elements and an el... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5584935 | Process and apparatus for the deposition of thin electrochromic layers formed of materials with a stoichiometric composition Thin layers forming an active coloring electrode in an electrochromic cell, in particular in electrochromic glass for use in buildings and vehicles, are produced by vacuum evaporation of metal oxides in an apparatus in which the flow of the vapour to the ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5466037 | Movable transparent panel structure to close the roof of an automobile A panel of glass or other transparent sheet material for use as a transparent sun roof for automobiles has a double-glazed structure formed by two sheets and a gap therebetween. A sealing bead holds the sheets together at a desired distance from each othe... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5329272 | Head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobiles A head-up display device for the display of data aboard automobiles, comprising a unit for the generation of the visual information to be displayed; located within the first part of the optical axis of the device, placed substantially parallel to the long... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5302333 | Process and device for the junction of the ends of an edge gasket on a sheet of glass The starting end and the finishing end of a seam extruded onto a sheet of glass, for example a windshield of an automobile, are joined to complete an edge gasket. A separate supplementary mold receives part of the glass containing the ends of the seam, an... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5272311 | Process and apparatus for the cutting to shape of sheets of plastic material A process and apparatus for cutting sheets of plastic material takes place upon a mobile support, such as a pallet. The pallets is centered for the cutting of the material and for the removal thereof in an assembly zone integral with a production line in ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5242528 | Apparatus for the glueing of metal bases on glass substrates An apparatus, formed by a plurality of devices, permits the automatic glueing of metal bases onto glass windscreens for automobiles. The apparatus is formed by a device for loading the windscreen, a centering device, a device for the hot glueing of a base... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5143796 | Glass windshield for motor vehicles with combined capabilities of sun radiation screen and image combiner A glass article for motor vehicles, in particular a windshield, is provided with a transparent multilayered coating for simultaneously reducing the transmission of incident light energy and combining data relating to driving with the images of the outer e... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5098792 | Process for the manufacture of glass with modified radiant energy characteristics and the product so obtained A process for the manufacture of a glass capable of transmitting and reflecting radiant energy in an amount different from that transmitted and reflected by the original glass is disclosed. An ion implantation of appropriate materials into one or more lay... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5069852 | Method and device for the manufacture of a sealing gasket on the rim of a sheet of glass A method of manufacturing a sealing gasket on the rim of a sheet of glass has a preformed sealing gasket fixed to the rim of a glass. Polymerization is carried on in situ with a polyurethane material in a modified mold in which the preformed sealing gaske... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4997715 | Process for the production of a safety glass and the product thereby obtained A process for the production of a safety glass for instance for cars or buildings, said glass being made of a sheet of glass and a sheet of plastic material, through press forming on said glass sheet of a composition having a urethanic/acrylic/vinylic bas... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4992088 | Process and apparatus for the bending of flat sheets of glass In a horizontal plant for the production of curved and tempered sheets of glass, an apparatus for the bending of the sheets of glass is provided. Conveyor rollers are provided that are downwardly mobile at opposite ends thereof, one with respect to the ot... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4959117 | Apparatus for the pressing of laminated glass/plastic composites An apparatus for pressing laminated composites formed of two glass layers and one interposed thin plastic layer presses the glass/plastic composite while the glass/plastic composite is in a vertical position. A horizontal conveyor delivers the composite t... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4865874 | Apparatus and process for the manufacturing of sheets of safety glass with a superficial coating of plastic material An apparatus for the manufacture, on a commercial scale, of safety glass sheets for motor cars and/or buildings, having a superficial coating of plastic material, includes an automatically activated and self-propelled carriage for facilitating the sprayin... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4514040 | Prismatic refractor for concentrating solar energy on a suitable collecting surface, of fixed position with respect to time The present invention provides a fixed refractor of transparent material consisting of various afocal adjacent straight prismatic elements of specific dimensions which are asymmetrically arranged about an axis parallel to the length of said prisms, to obt... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4419570 | Heating glass pane A heated defrosting glass pane contains an alternation of conductive or nonelectricity-conductive regions. The conductive regions are transparent while in a heated state and are arranged in such a manner that during defrosting, they alone, by themselves, ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4387134 | Electrically conducting laminar article Substrate of glass or other mineral material covered with a coating of SnO2 whose electrical conductivity, transparency in the visible spectrum and thermal reflectivity are very high. This coating is obtained by the technique of vapor phase chemical... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4339259 | Process and apparatus for bending and tempering glass sheets, especially thin sheets Bending and tempering of a glass sheet is achieved in that the glass sheet is submitted to the tempering phase while still being placed, as in the forming phase, on a forming ring integral with a frame which holds the latter, in order to maintain the prev... | 07/13/1982 |
