Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
  • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
  • E06B3/663—Elements for spacing panes
  • E06B3/66309—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit
  • E06B3/66314—Section members positioned at the edges of the glazing unit of tubular shape
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
  • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
  • E06B3/677—Evacuating or filling the gap between the panes ; Equilibration of inside and outside pressure; Preventing condensation in the gap between the panes; Cleaning the gap between the panes
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
  • E06B3/66—Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes permanently secured together
  • E06B3/673—Assembling the units
  • E06B3/67326—Assembling spacer elements with the panes
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
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  • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
  • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing

Definitions

• the field of the invention is that of glazing panels comprising glass sheets delimiting internal spaces.
• the invention particularly relates to such a panel comprising at least one component intended to be powered by means of an electrical or electronic signal.
• These panels can be used in all types of applications such as utility glazing, glazing for vehicles or buildings.
• a glazing panel concerned by the invention is for example an insulating glass panel (or "Insulating glass units" in English).
• Such an insulating glazing panel conventionally comprises a first and a second glass sheet associated together via a spacer frame which holds them parallel at a distance from one another.
• the panel is closed at its periphery through a peripheral seal so that the space between the glass sheets, also called internal space is completely closed.
• the internal space can be emptied of any gas, it is called vacuum glazing.
• Energy transfer through a vacuum insulating glazing panel is greatly reduced by the vacuum space.
• the internal space can also trap a gas blade, traditionally dry air.
• the energy transfer through an insulating panel according to this conventional structure is reduced, because of the presence of the air gap in the inner space with respect to a single sheet of glass.
• Energy transfer can be further reduced by increasing the thickness of the internal space to increase the insulation produced by the air gap. There is, however, a limit value of the thickness of the internal space from which convection in the air gap between the glass sheets increases the energy transfer.
• Energy transfer can be further reduced by adding additional layers in the form of additional internal spaces surrounded by additional glass sheets.
• additional glass sheets For example, three parallel glass sheets separated by two internal spaces and sealed at their periphery through a seal. In this way, the thicknesses of the internal spaces can be kept below the maximum limit imposed by the convection effects in the air knives and thus the energy transfer can be further reduced.
• the energy transfer can also be reduced by replacing the air (N 2 , O 2 ) with a gas that is denser and less thermally conductive.
• Adequate gases must be colorless, non-toxic to humans (at least below reasonable levels), non-corrosive, non-flammable, insensitive to exposure to ultraviolet radiation, denser than air and have a higher thermal conductivity. low.
• Argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) are examples of such gases that are commonly substituted for air in insulating glazing panels, ⁇
• a glazing panel incorporating electronic components typically comprises a step of depositing a transparent conductive layer on the first glass sheet, a step of producing the conductive tracks of the internal conductive circuit. from the transparent conductive layer and a step of depositing and joining (by example by means of a conductive glue) electronic components on the conductive tracks of the internal conductive circuit.
• the glazing panel is obtained by applying the second glass sheet to the spacer frame, the assembly being closed at its periphery by a peripheral seal so that the internal space between the glass sheets is completely closed.
• an electrical conductive element for example an electrical wire, one end of which is electrically connected to the inside of the glazing panel and the other end extending beyond the edges of the panel.
• EP I 529922 illustrates such an electrically conductive element in the form of a connector in a double glazing panel.
• the connector allows electrical signals to be supplied from the outside to the inside of the double glazing panel via the spacer.
• this connector consists of a corner piece which is intended to be interconnected between two branches of the intermediate frame 3 of the double glazing.
• This type of connector in the form of a molded part intended to fit into two branches of a spacer frame is specially designed for a given spacer frame and therefore can not adapt to other intermediate frames having for example different dimensions.
• the market for double glazing panels is such that the space between the first and second sheets of glass is generally variable between 6 and 27mm depending on the customer's request.
• such a connector is generally designed to fit into a given peripheral zone of the glazing and does not allow much freedom of placement of the piece in the glazing.
• the invention particularly aims to overcome these disadvantages of the prior art.
• an object of the invention in at least one of its embodiments, is to provide a technique for ensuring the electrical connection from the outside to the inside of a glazing panel comprising at least two glass sheets delimiting an internal space while preserving the possible good thermal insulation properties of the panel in the case of an insulating glass panel.
• Another objective of the invention in at least one of its embodiments, is to implement such a technique that adapts to any type of glazing panel comprising at least two sheets of glass delimiting an internal space of which thickness is controlled by a spacer frame.
• Another objective of the invention in at least one of its embodiments, is to implement such a technique that does not require the design of a part specifically adapted to the dimensions of the panel and in particular to the dimensions of a spacer. separating the two sheets of glass.
• Another object of the invention in at least one of its embodiments, is to implement such a technique which allows a large freedom of positioning of the electrical connection in the panel and / or which allows to ensure as much of electrical connections from the outside to the inside of the panel as needed.
• the invention in at least one of its embodiments, still aims to provide such a panel that is simple to perform and for a low cost.
• the invention relates to a glazing panel, in particular an insulating glazing panel, comprising at least a first and a second glass sheet associated together via an intermediate frame which keeps them at a distance from each other and, between said at least two sheets of glass, at least one internal space comprising a blade of an insulating gas closed by the spacer frame disposed around said space internal.
• the spacer frame comprises an opening communicating the internal space with the outside of the panel.
• the panel comprises at least one electrically conductive element inserted in the opening, a first end of the conductive element being located in the internal space and a second end of the conductive element being located at the outside the inner space
• the panel also comprises a first plug of thermoplastic elastomer material closing the opening around the electrically conductive element.
• the general principle of the invention is based on the creation in the existing spacer frame of a conventional glazing panel of an opening communicating the internal space with the outside of the panel which allows the insertion of element (s) conductor (s) providing the electrical connection from the outside to the inside of a panel.
• the first plug of thermoplastic elastomer material ensures the seal and therefore allows, in the case of a insulating glass panel, to preserve the possible good thermal insulation properties of the panel.
• connection technique can be adapted to any type of multi-glazed glazing panel.
• such a technique does not require the design of a part specifically adapted to the dimensions of the panel and in particular to the dimensions of an interlayer separating the two sheets of glass.
• such a connection technique according to the invention allows a large freedom of positioning of the electrical connection in the panel and / or ensures as many connections electrical from the outside to the inside of the panel as needed.
• connection technique according to the invention is simple and inexpensive.
• thermoplastic elastomer material consists at least partially of synthetic rubber.
• thermoplastic elastomer material is polyisobutylene.
• the panel comprises, in the internal space, at least one insulating substrate coated, at least partially, with at least one conductive track electrically connected to the second end of the conductive element.
• the insulating substrate coated, at least partially, with at least one conductive track is a printed circuit board.
• the conductive element is an electrical cable comprising at least one elongate conductive element protected by an insulating sheath.
• the sheath is formed at least in part of low density polyethylene (also referred to by the acronym LDPE and defined in that its density is close to 0.92), high density polyethylene (also referred to by the acronym HDPE). and defined in that its density is close to 0.95) and polyamide.
• LDPE low density polyethylene
• HDPE high density polyethylene
• polyamide polyamide
• the first end of the electrical cable is embedded in a second plug of thermoplastic elastomer material.
• the panel comprises a tank secured in the internal space on the spacer frame so as to be positioned facing the opening, the tank comprising a through hole allowing the passage of the second end of the electric cable and, advantageously, the insulating substrate coated, at least partially, with at least one conductive track is arranged in a slot provided in one side of the tank so that a portion of the insulating substrate coated, at least partially, with the conductive track is located in the tank, the second plug of thermoplastic elastomeric material filling the empty space in the tank.
• the internal space comprises an insulating gas blade.
• the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a glazing panel, in particular an insulating glazing panel, comprising at least a first and a second glass sheet associated together by the intermediate of an intermediate frame which keeps them at a distance from each other and, between said at least two sheets of glass, at least one internal space closed by the spacer frame disposed around said internal space.
• the method comprises the following steps:
• thermoplastic elastomer material closing the opening around the electrically conductive element by means of a first plug of thermoplastic elastomer material.
• the method according to the invention comprises a step of insertion, in the internal space, of at least one insulating substrate coated, at least partially, with at least one conductive track and a step of making a link. electrical conductor track with the second end of the conductive element.
• the method according to the invention comprises a step of coating the first end of the electric cable in a second plug of thermoplastic elastomer material.
• the first and second plugs can be separate or form one and the same overall plug.
• the method according to the invention comprises the following steps: - securing a reservoir in the internal space on the spacer frame so as to be positioned facing the opening, the reservoir comprising a through hole allowing the passage of the second end of the electric cable,
• FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of a portion of an insulating glazing panel according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 illustrates a view of the intermediate frame of the panel of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 illustrates a particular embodiment of the glazing panel according to the invention according to which the electrically conductive element is an electrical cable comprising at least one elongate conductive element protected by an insulating sheath;
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the main steps of a method of manufacturing an insulating glazing panel according to one embodiment of the invention.
• the glazing panel 100 is a double glazing panel comprising a first and a second glass sheet 10, 11 (for example 4 mm thick soda-silico-calcium glass sheets) associated together via an intermediate frame 12 which keeps them at a distance from one another. Between the two sheets of glass 10, 11, there is an internal space
• a peripheral seal 13 seals between the internal space and the outside.
• the spacer frame 12 (also called spacer) extends at the periphery of the glass sheets and is for example made of galvanized steel 0.4 mm thick.
• the spacer frame 12 comprises a transverse hollow section which has, for example, the shape of a square.
• a tablet desiccant material (not shown in the figures) is disposed inside the spacer frame 12.
• the peripheral seal 13 comprises polyisobutylene sealing layers 13 disposed respectively between the spacer frame 12 and each of the first and second sheets of glass 10, 11.
• the peripheral seal 13 also comprises a bead of polysulfide or silicone resin disposed in contact with the sealing layers 13 between each of the sheets 10, 11 and the spacer frame 12. It is also possible to implement a leaktight peripheral seal still, for example based on glass solder.
• the double glazing panel 100 further comprises a coating 16, for example a layer reflecting infrared radiation, for example, a layer "Stopsol Super Silver” marketed by AGC Glass Europe.
• a coating 16 for example a layer reflecting infrared radiation, for example, a layer "Stopsol Super Silver” marketed by AGC Glass Europe.
• the coating may also be located for example on the entire inner surface of the second glass sheet 11, or only on a portion of the inner face of one of the glass sheets 10, 11.
• the internal space 15 comprises an insulating gas blade comprising for example a mixture of 90% argon and 10% dry air by volume.
• the insulating gas blade is between 10 and 15 mm.
• the gas blade is 11 mm thick.
• the spacer frame 12 includes an opening 122 communicating the internal space 15 with the outside of the panel.
• the panel comprises at least one electrically conductive element 14 inserted in the opening 122, a first end 141 of the conductive element being located in the internal space and a second end 142 of the conductive element being located outside the the internal space 15.
• the opening can be made in any position on the spacer frame (at a length of the glazing, at a width of the glazing or even at a corner).
• FIG. 2 represents a portion of the spacer frame 12 having been drilled on both sides to make the opening 122.
• the panel also comprises a first plug 17 of thermoplastic elastomer material closing the opening 122 around the electrically conductive element 14.
• the first plug 17 according to the invention can take any form suitable for closing the opening 122.
• the thermoplastic elastomer material consists at least partially of synthetic rubber. Even more preferably, the thermoplastic elastomer material is polyisobutylene.
• FIG. 3 illustrates a particular embodiment of the glazing panel according to the invention according to which the electrically conductive element is an electric cable comprising at least one elongated conductive element, for example three conductive, protected wires. by an insulating sheath 143.
• the electrically conductive element is an electric cable comprising at least one elongated conductive element, for example three conductive, protected wires. by an insulating sheath 143.
• any number of elongated conductive elements can be implemented, for example a number between 1 and 10, or even a larger number.
• the diameter of the electric cable is not greater than 60% of the thickness (separating the two glass sheets 10, 1 1) from the spacer frame.
• the insulating sheath 143 is formed at least in part of low density polyethylene (also referred to by the acronym LDPE and defined in that its density is close to 0.92), high density polyethylene (also referred to as acronym HDPE and defined in that its density is close to 0.95) and polyamide.
• the sheath is a sheath referenced RBK-ILS-125-NR3-0-65MM and marketed by Tyco Electronics.
• the insulating substrate 18 coated, at least partially, with at least one conductive track is a printed circuit board 18 which is electrically connected with the first end 141 of the electrical cable.
• the first end 141 of the electrical cable is embedded in a second plug 20 of thermoplastic elastomer material.
• the thermoplastic elastomer material consists at least partially of synthetic rubber. Even more preferably, the thermoplastic elastomer material is polyisobutylene.
• the panel 100 comprises a reservoir 19 secured in the internal space 15 on the spacer frame 12 so as to be positioned facing the opening 122, the reservoir 19 comprising a through hole (not shown) allowing the passage of the first end 141 of the electric cable 14.
• the opening 122 may be made for example by drilling the spacer frame over its entire thickness so as to obtain a through hole. Because the spacer frame comprises a square cross-section, the drilling is preferably carried out on the wall of the insert 12 on the inside of the glazing panel 100 and also on the wall of the insert 12 on the outside of the panel. glazing 100.
• the first hole in the wall on the inner side of the glazing panel is sized to receive the reservoir 19 and the second hole in the wall of the outer side of the glazing panel is sized to insert the first end 141 of the power cable. 14 with a degree of inclination between the cable 14 and the spacer frame 12, for example, between 30 and 90 °.
• the second hole is drilled offset from the first hole in order to insert the cable 14 with its degree of inclination while placing the end of the cable 14 in the bottom of the tank 19 closest to its rear face.
• the reservoir 19 is made of plastic material, for example PA6.
• the reservoir 19 is of rectangular shape and provides a small recess at its base to be inserted into the infill 12 interfered frame.
• An alternative to the embodiment of this reservoir 19 is to design a reservoir formed by two shells interlocking one inside the other to facilitate the insertion of the printed circuit 18 connected to the cable 14 in the reservoir 19.
• the cable 14 and the printed circuit 18 are connected together in a first step.
• the reservoir 19 is positioned on the spacer frame 12 above the first hole.
• the printed circuit board 18, connected to the cable 14, is introduced into a slot 191 provided in one side of the reservoir 19 so that a portion of the printed circuit (preferably the portion of the circuit comprising the electrical track on which must be electrically connected the first end 141 of the electric cable 14) is located in the reservoir 19.
• the polyisobutylene of the second plug 20 is injected via the upper face of the reservoir 19 in order to fill the empty space in the reservoir 19. This polyisobutylene overmoulds the components located inside the reservoir and a portion of the cable 14 at the back of the spacer frame 12 on the outside of the glazing panel.
• the width of the slot 191 corresponds substantially to the width of the printed circuit board 18 to allow escape of polyisobutylene during filling of the tank 19.
• a cover can be placed to close the reservoir 19 to obtain a better rendering aesthetic after injection of the polyisobutylene of the second plug 20 inside the reservoir 19.
• FIG. 4 illustrates a method of manufacturing a glazing panel, in particular an insulating glazing panel, according to one embodiment of the invention.
• the panel comprises at least first and second glass sheets associated together through a spacer frame which holds them at a distance from each other and, between said at least two sheets of glass, at minus an internal space closed by the intermediate frame disposed around said internal space.
• the method comprises the following steps:
• thermoplastic elastomer material elastomer material
• the invention is not limited to the embodiments mentioned above.
• the invention has been illustrated above by means of insulating glazing panels, it also works with any type of glazing panel and in particular with non-insulating glazing panels.
• the invention could for example apply in the case of a glazing with two glass sheets separated by an intermediate frame intended to contain materials that must not come into contact with the outside atmosphere (for example viruses, bacteria , toxic gases, ).
• the glazing panel may comprise several internal spaces (eg triple glazing), each comprising for example a vacuum blade or a gas blade (any type of gas including air and mixtures thereof) or even a blade of liquid (where appropriate solids may also be contained in one or more of the internal spaces),
• the glass sheets of the glazing panels according to the invention may be made of any type of glass, may be textured on the surface, may include any type of coverings intended to perform any function, or may themselves consist of glazed panels laminated with plastic interleaves ...
• a glazing panel according to the invention can be implemented in any type of application such as windows of buildings or vehicles, partitions, ripe, bay windows (eg verandas, roof elements, ...) , floors, stairs, ...

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