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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918954 | Method and apparatus for sealing a glass package An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electrom... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7736453 | Method for producing a fire protection glazing A method for producing a fire protection glazing including at least two flat substrates and a fire protection element, preferably transparent, including at least one film or a film system which includes at least one intumescent layer and is disposed between the subs... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7361252 | Methods for laminating films for SPD light valves and SPD light valves incorporating such laminated films The invention is directed to a method for laminating a suspended particle device (SPD) film which comprises forming a suspended particle device film; positioning the suspended particle device film within an unlaminated stack of components for forming a laminated sus... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7144464 | Process for producing a curved pane arrangement for a motor vehicle A process for producing an arched pane arrangement for a motor vehicle, using a flexible die (24), a plastic film (22) being pressed onto the arched glass pane (18) in order to form a film combination (26) and the film combination being s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137799 | Vessel and system for curing a repair to a component made from composite materials The present invention provides a pressure vessel for exerting pressure on a repair to a component made of composite materials to cure the repair in the field. The pressure vessel includes a body having a chamber for receiving the repair to the component; a portal op... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7101611 | Plastic window, especially for motor vehicles, and process for its manufacture The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated w... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6998169 | Plastic glazing, in particular for motor car and method for making same The invention relates to a product which is at least partly transparent and of high optical quality, equivalent to that of a glass window, which can be approved as a motor-vehicle window according to the various standards in force, and having a plastic core coated w... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6946360 | Fluid pressure bonding An improved method of bonding involves using direct fluid pressure to press together the layers to be bonded. Advantageously one or more of the layers are sufficiently flexible to provide wide area contact under the fluid pressure. Fluid pressing can be accomplished... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6903151 | Wet-stick adhesives, articles, and methods A wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises: at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, when homopolymerized, has ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6751831 | Method of forming a three-dimensional camouflage fabric A base textile with a camouflage pattern is subjected to hot fluid streams to create flat regions and puckered or wrinkled regions, enhancing the three dimensional characteristics of the resulting material. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6698485 | Device for de-airing laminates A device for fast, easy and cost-effective de-airing of different shape, size and thickness laminates that comprises a flexible vacuum ring with a built-in longitudinal channel that can be matingly mounted about a periphery of a multi-ply laminate, and a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6621157 | Method and device for encapsulating an electronic component in particular a semiconductor chip For encapsulating an electronic component, in particular a semiconductor chip the component (3) at a distance is fastened onto a flat substrate (2). For this on the substrate there is deposited an elastomer layer (4, 9) which compensates the differing the... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6294035 | Method of fabricating thin-sheet-coated composite substrate A method of fabricating a thin-sheet-coated composite substrate bonds together a thin sheet and a substrate which unavoidably has an irregular thickness with an adhesive so that the outer surface of the thin sheet has the highest possible flatness. A surf... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5904801 | Apparatus for setting a gap between glass substrates An apparatus for setting a gap of a glass panel (W) having two glass substrates (20, 21) is disclosed. It includes an annular spacer (12) for surrounding the glass panel (W), a supporting plate (11) for supporting the glass panel and the annular spacer, t... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5735318 | Automatic method and device for filling insulating glazing units An automatic method and device for filling, with gases other than air, insulating glazing units. The method entailing a step for injecting the gas and expelling the air so as to produce a laminar flow through a manifold constituted by the hollow region of... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5560959 | Process for producing a multi-layer film A process for producing a multi-layer film having a plurality of synthetic resin layers laminated on a releasable flat substrate by casting, which comprises firstly forming on the substrate a synthetic resin layer having adhesive or sticking properties, a... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5536347 | No autoclave process for forming a safety glass laminate A no autoclave process for forming a safety laminate which involves interposing a plasticized polyvinyl butyral sheet having a water content of 0.2 weight percent or more between a pair of glass layers to form a laminate assembly, enclosing at least the e... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5494546 | Apparatus and method for applying anti-lacerative film to glass An apparatus for laminating a layer of polymer plastic film to a precast layer of glass is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a support saddle having a receiving surface that is shaped and dimensioned to support the precast layer of glass. The layer of po... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5350469 | Process and apparatus for assembling insulating glass panes filled with a gas other than air To fill insulating glass panes with a heavy gas, one of the glass plates (40) of which the insulating glass pane is formed is initially only partly joined to the other glass plate (42) during assembly and to that end is flexed along one edge so that a gap... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5344513 | Method of manufacturing laminated transparent substrate having birefringence A method of manufacturing a laminated transparent substrate comprising the steps of sandwiching between transparent glass substrates ionomer resin formed by bridging ethylenemetacryl acid copolymars with sodium ions, to form a laminated structure and seal... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5286952 | Methods and devices which make use of conductive polymers to join articles Articles including a thin laminar heating element composed of a sintered conductive polymer, and electrodes attached to the heating element so that current flows in the plane of the element. The article can be placed between and in contact with two substr... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5282911 | Method of making curved insulating glazing panes For the manufacture of curved insulating glazing panes having close tolerances of form, surface and thickness, the curved single glass sheets (2; 22) are brought to their desired shape via rigid suction mold plates (1; 21) and are glued together in this c... | 02/01/1994 |
| 4880485 | Method of making ornamental castings containing stained glass This invention relates to devices and methods of manufacturing ornamental metals and castings using a pattern plate having a parting line where half of the pattern is on the drag side and half of the pattern is on the cope side and the apertures of the dr... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4812359 | Impact-resistant laminate An impact-resistant laminate has a front glass sheet which receives an impact such as a bullet, and a rear polycarbonate sheet. A thin polycarbonate sheet up to about 1 mm thick is adhered to the rear polycarbonate sheet, and carries a self-healing polyur... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4747896 | Protective composite glass and method of manufacturing thereof A protective superposed layer composite glass structure includes at least one glass plate, a polyurethane film, and a polyvinyl butyral sheet between the glass plate and the polyurethane film for attaching the polyurethane sheet to the glass plate. A poly... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4642255 | Laminated article and process for making same A laminated article comprising two outer glass layers, a polyvinyl acetal layer disposed therebetween and a fibrous layer encapsulated in said polyvinyl acetal layer; and a process for producing said laminated article comprising (1) maintaining a substant... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4626303 | Process for making electro-optic element A process for making electro-optic elements are provided which comprises the steps of: a. setting up an enclosure by sealing peripheral areas of a pair of electrode plates spaced at a given distance, b. filling a liquid material capable of producing an electro... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4557776 | Prepressing glass plastic assemblies A method of preliminarily pressing a bent assembly comprising a pair of bent glass sheets and a flexible interlayer comprising a first heating step performed without vacuum, a biasing step, an unbiasing step and followed by a second heating step performed... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4547242 | Autoclave for bonding composite lenses A small autoclave for bonding composite lenses comprising a cylindrical pressure vessel adapted to contain therein a lens tray for holding optical lenses aligned horizontally in a vertical array.... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4504341 | Fabricating shaped laminated transparencies The present invention relates to the simultaneous shaping and lamination of lightweight laminated transparencies, particularly those that are suitable for use in aircraft. The plies of an assembly to be shaped and laminated are assembled with additional e... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4431471 | Laminated panels A method of bonding a first, vitreous sheet to a second sheet to form a laminate which includes the steps of bonding together the sheets using an adhesive material which is at most 250 μm thick and has a viscosity in the range 15 to 300 poises, the adhes... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4385951 | Low pressure lamination of safety glass A laminated glass product is produced without an autoclave by a technique that applies an excess of liquid plasticizer to each upwardly facing interfacial surface of an assembly to be laminated in various stages of assembly while said upwardly facing surf... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4367108 | Manufacture of laminated assemblies A laminate assembly having rigid sheets about a thermoplastic interlayer has interfacial surfaces evacuated and peripheral edges sealed by applying localized vacuum and heat to only the periphery and marginal edge portions. A flexible heating blanket havi... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4364786 | Process for making safety glass laminates subject to nonsymmetrical thermal stress A process is disclosed for producing multi-layer laminates of glass and plastic of the type subject to nonsymmetrical thermal shear stress, such as flat or curved glass-plastic laminates or curved glass-plastic-glass sandwiches. Use of difunctional silane... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4258156 | Method of fabrication of a transparent laminated product The method of fabrication of a laminate formed by at least two transparent sheets consists in forming a stack of sheets after coating the sheet interfaces with a polymerizable adhesive, in subjecting the stack to an overpressure below or equal to 2 bar, i... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4239555 | Encapsulated solar cell array Solar cell array and method for manufacturing same wherein the individual cells of the array are sandwiched and held resiliently captive between and electrically isolated from a transparent protective front cover and a protective rear substrate by an enca... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4232080 | Safety window comprising self-healing polymeric layer A safety window comprises at least one sheet of glass, which may be tempered, and, on the side thereof facing a interior of the vehicle in which the window is to be mounted, a sheet of transparent plastic material bonded adhesively thereto, the plastic ma... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4180426 | Process and apparatus for making multiply sheets Multiply windows are made by assemblying an interlayer of thermoplastic adhesive between plies of the sheet, subjecting the outer surfaces of the plies and the interlayer to vacuum, and subjecting the evacuated assembly to heat and pressure sufficient to ... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4175162 | Method of manufacturing a laminated, light transmitting, fire screening panel A method of manufacturing a laminated, light-transmitting fire-screening panel comprising at least one solid layer of intumescent material sandwiched between two structural plies without the use of a sheet of plastic material to effect the bonding, compri... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4174241 | Simultaneously laminating and press polishing plastic laminated transparencies The present invention relates to simultaneous press polishing and lamination of laminated plastic transparencies such as are used in aircraft as aircraft windshields or aircraft canopies. The present invention is especially useful to minimize deviations f... | 11/13/1979 |
