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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103961 | TRANSPARENT ARTICLE WHICH CAN BE ELECTRICALLY EXTENSIVELY HEATED, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND THE USE THEREOF An electrically heatable, transparent article and a method for fabricating such article are described. The article comprises an electrically conductive transparent coating and a transparent substrate. The coating is in contact with electrical bus bars and delimits a loc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103960 | DISC WITH A HEATABLE, OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT SENSOR ARRAY A pane having a heatable, optically transparent sensor array comprising at least: a) a pane, b) at least one optically transparent sensor array on the surface of the pane, c) at least one heatable film which is fitted to the optically transparent sensor array, comprisin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120000896 | ELECTRICALLY EXTENSIVELY HEATABLE, TRANSPARENT OBJECT, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF A heatable, transparent object and methods of making such device are described. Such device can be electrically heatable and can be created on an electrically insulating substrate.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110297661 | DEFROSTING, DEFOGGING AND DE-ICING STRUCTURES Defrosting, defogging, and de-icing structures are disclosed herein. An example of the structure includes at least one optically transparent member, at least one electrical strip extending along the at least one surface of the at least one optically transparent member; ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110259880 | MECHANICAL SCRAPER SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONIZED PULSE ELECTROTHERMAL DEICING A mechanical scraper with synchronized pulse electrothermal deicing includes a heating element that is coupled to a power supply and that is operable to convert power from the power supply into heating energy. A controller controls the magnitude and duration in which po... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110253692 | Electrical heater for vehicle windshields and windows An electrical heater for vehicle windshields and windows includes an electrically driven heater element and heater circuit wiring electrically connected to the element for electrically the element to produce heat from the element when energized, wherein the heater circu... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110233182 | HEATED VEHICLE WINDOW A heated vehicle window includes at least one ply of a glazing material, provided with an antenna and an array of electrical conductors forming a heating circuit. The heating circuit comprises a plurality of electrical conductors and at least two busbars for supplying d... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110215078 | WINDSHIELD HEATER A windshield heater includes a substrate that is sized and shaped to cover a typical automotive windshield when placed adjacent an interior side of the windshield. The device includes one or more heating elements supported by the substrate, with the heating elements bei... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204037 | WINDSHIELD HEATER A windshield heater for heating the bottom section of a vehicle windshield includes a heating element located proximate the windshield selectively energized by direct current from the electrical circuit of the vehicle. The heater may be a heating element directly adhere... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198334 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A HEATED GLAZING The subject of the invention is a method of obtaining a heated window, comprising
| 08/18/2011 |
| 20110174796 | Vehicles Including Rear Defroster Assemblies with Protective Barriers A vehicle includes a rear window and a defroster assembly including heating lines extending across the rear window. A protective barrier at least partially covers the heating lines. The protective barrier includes a film that provides a barrier between the heating lines... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110155713 | Carbon nanotube defrost windows A defrost window includes a transparent substrate, a carbon nanotube film, a first electrode, a second electrode and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a top surface. The carbon nanotube film is disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate. Th... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110132888 | DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING LAMINATED GLAZING TO AN APPARATUS OUTSIDE THE GLAZING, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING GLAZING PROVIDED WITH ONE SUCH CONNECTION DEVICE, AND RESULTING GLAZING A connection device configured to equip a laminated glazing unit requiring an electrical connection to equipment outside of the glazing unit. The laminated glazing unit includes at least one set of two sheets having a glass function between which are positioned a lamina... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110062139 | Transparent Window Pane Provided with a Resistive Heating Coating A transparent glazing unit including a resistive heating coating that extends over a substantial part of the glazing unit, in particular over a main viewing field, and is electrically connected to at least two busbars such that, when an electrical supply voltage is appl... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110030276 | HEATED REAR SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY A rear slider window assembly includes a frame portion, at least one fixed window panel and at least one movable window panel that is movable along the frame portion. The movable window panel is movable between a closed position and an opened position and has a first el... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110006050 | Thermally Heated Collapsible Sun shade The present invention is a heated sun shield assembly that has suction cups which attach the shield to the windshield of an automobile. The shade has a flexible opaque heated sheet that is attached to a flexible frame. The frame is designed and can be folded and twisted... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100314378 | GLASS PANE AND GLASS PANE ARRANGEMENT The invention relates to a glass pane (1), comprising at least two individual panes and an adhesive layer located in between them, with the glass pane (1) having a local heating area (8) which only extends over part of the overall area of the pane (... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100270280 | TRANSPARENT WINDOW PANE WITH A HEATING COATING A transparent window pane including an electrically heating coating that extends over a large part of the surface of the window pane, or over its field of vision, and which is electrically connected to at least two busbars of low electrical resistance, such that, after ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100258547 | ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE LAMINATED GLAZING The invention discloses an electrically heated window having minimised hot spots. The window comprises at least two plies of a glazing material having a ply of an interlayer material laminated therebetween. An array of heating wires is carried by one of the plies, the h... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100252545 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO PRINTED CIRCUITS ON PLASTIC PANELS A system for effectively defrosting a plastic window includes a transparent plastic panel, a heater grid having a plurality of grid lines that are integrally formed with the plastic panel, and equalizing means for equalizing the electrical current traveling through each... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100252544 | GLAZING COMPRISING A NETWORK OF CONDUCTING WIRES The invention relates to glazing units provided with conducting wires. The glazing units according to the invention comprise enameled conducting wires applied by screen-printing. When subjected to a “zebra” test (DIN 52305), in which the conducting wires are oriente... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100243632 | VEHICLE WINDOW PANEL A vehicle window panel includes a panel body having a plate shape and made of a resin material. The panel body integrally includes a window portion permitting light to pass therethrough. A conductive layer strip is formed on an interior surface of the window portion by ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100237055 | DEFROSTING OR DEFOGGING STRUCTURE A defrosting or defogging structure includes at least one optically transparent member and an optically transparent composite laminated to the optically transparent member(s). The optically transparent composite includes a thermally and electrically conductive filler ma... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100219173 | VIEWING WINDOW FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF AN OPTICAL SENSOR AND/OR DETECTION SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE A viewing window for an optical sensor and/or detection system in a vehicle, wherein at least one viewing field of the optical system is defined within the viewing window. A window-heating device encircles the viewing field while the viewing field itself is designed to ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100213183 | TRANSPARENT WINDOW WITH AN ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE COATING A transparent window (1) has an electrically heatable coating, which extends over a substantial part of the area of the window (1), in particular over its viewing area (A). In addition, the coating is electrically connected to at least two mutually opposit... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100202052 | A/C SYSTEM SIDE VIEW MIRROR AND SIDE GLASS DE-ICER A vehicle heating system employs a vehicle rearview mirror outer case that defines a cavity within which a mirror resides. A vehicle rearview mirror inner case may define a cavity and the rearview mirror inner case may reside within the rearview mirror outer case. A mir... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100193494 | Conductive Compositions A conductive composition having a conductive component, a glass frit component, an organic medium, a boride component and a platinum group metal component, is provided. Embodiments of the conductive composition incorporate a palladium component and boride component sele... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100163675 | TRANSPARENCY HAVING SENSORS A transparency, e.g. an aircraft laminated windshield, includes one or more sensors to monitor performance of one or more properties, e.g. a heating arrangement of the windshield, and to generate signals representative of the performance of the properties. One part of a... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100084389 | Systems And Methods For Modifying An Ice-To-Object Interface A windshield deicer has a windshield with a substantially transparent heating element that generates heat in response to applied power in a magnitude sufficient to melt an interfacial layer of ice on the windshield; and a controller for limiting duration of the applied ... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100059495 | Heated Multiple Layer Glazings The present invention provides interlayers that comprise a polymer film onto which micro lines have been formed from a conductive material. The interlayers comprising such films can be incorporated, for example, into a two glass pane multiple layer glazing. Such glazing... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100032421 | FLAT ELECTRIC HEATER ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR GLASS PANES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Flat electric heater element having a self-adhesive surface for the purpose of adhesive-bonding to a glass pane of a motor vehicle, and having a passage opening to allow the passage of signals from/to a signaling device which is installed in the motor vehicle.... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100006555 | ASSEMBLY FORMED BY AN ELECTRICALLY-HEATABLE GLAZING UNIT AND AN APPARATUS SENSITIVE TO MAGNETIC FIELDS In an electrically-heated glazing unit including a plurality of collector conductors configured to supply a plurality of heating conductors with an electric current used to heat up the heating conductors and the glazing unit, at least one partial region of the surface o... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090321407 | HEATABLE VEHICLE GLAZING A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material, e.g. glass, and a heatable coating layer provided on a surface of the glazing, in electrical contact with first and second electrically conductive busbars, each busbar having a length, a width and first and second... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090206068 | Window-glass heating device A window-glass heating device for providing each adequate heat amount in accordance with each parts of the glass and for securing the good visibility to a driver, comprises: a first heater having a transparent heating film attached on the whole surface of the vehicle wi... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090050614 | VEHICLE SIDE WINDOW HEATING SYSTEMS In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a heating system for a side window of a vehicle is provided. The heating system comprises a belt seal and a resistive element. The belt seal is configured to be installed on the vehicle at a location a... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090044464 | Transparent window pane provided with a resistive heating coating A transparent glazing unit including a resistive heating coating that extends over a substantial part of the glazing unit, in particular over a main viewing field, and is electrically connected to at least two busbars such that, when an electrical supply voltage is appl... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090014426 | Heatable Glass Pane Disclosed is a heated window pane (1), particularly for side windows of vehicles, comprising two differently polarized contact busbars (6, 7) which extend essentially parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction thereof as well as parallel to a bot... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080308542 | Heated Glass Guard with Sensorless Control for Forklift Trucks An open forklift truck is provided having an elongated windshield that protects the operator from wind chills experienced when operating the truck in a cold storage environment. The windshield is a laminate having a plurality of heating elements disposed therein that ar... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080290081 | Anti-Fogging Device and Anti-Fogging Viewing Member An anti-fogging device has a substantially transparent or optically clear plastic layer with a heater element formed of etched metallic foil bonded to it. The device has an adhesive element disposed at the periphery of the device for sticking to a viewing member such as... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080223842 | Systems And Methods For Windshield Deicing Cost efficient, lightweight and rapid windshield deicing systems and methods are disclosed. The systems utilize step-up converters or inverters, or dual-voltage batteries, to provide a voltage high enough to deice a windshield in less than thirty seconds.... | 09/18/2008 |