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US 11,976,511 B2Granted
Thermal dampening devices for window systems
AssigneeArconic Technologies LLC
InventorsStephen Montz, Ion-Horatiu Barbulescu
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Abstract
A window system includes a frame, a glazing assembly held within the frame and including a glass stop attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the glass stop to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame, and a thermal dampening device positioned within the air pocket and defining one or more discrete cavities.
Claims18
A window system, comprising:
- a frame;
- a glazing assembly held within the frame and including:
- an infill;
- and
- a glass stop having a glass stop base extending laterally from the infill and one or more legs extending from the glass stop base and attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the one or more legs to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame;
- and
- a thermal dampening device positioned within the air pocket and engageable with the glass stop base, the thermal dampening device providing a base and a plurality of fins that extend from the base and define one or more discrete cavities,
- wherein the base is made of a rigid material and the plurality of fins are made of a flexible material different from the rigid material.
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A method of reducing thermal transmission through a window system, comprising:
- positioning a thermal dampening device within an air pocket defined between a glazing assembly and a frame of the window system, the thermal dampening device providing a base and a plurality of fins that extend from the base and define one or more discrete cavities, the glazing assembly including:
- an infill;
- and
- a glass stop having a glass stop base extending laterally from the infill and one or more legs extending from the glass stop base and attached to the frame, wherein attaching the one or more legs to the frame defines the air pocket between the glass stop and the frame, and wherein the thermal dampening device is positioned within the air pocket and engageable with the glass stop base;
- and
- reducing thermal transmission through the air pocket with the thermal dampening device,
- wherein the base is made of a rigid material and the plurality of fins are made of a flexible material different from the rigid material.
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A method of retrofitting a window system, comprising:
- removing a glass stop from a glazing assembly held within a frame of the window system, the glass stop having a glass stop base extending laterally from an infill of the glazing assembly and one or more legs extending from the glass stop base and attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the one or more legs to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame;
- arranging a thermal dampening device such that it is positioned within the air pocket when the glass stop is attached to the frame, the thermal dampening device providing a base and a plurality of fins that extend from the base and define one or more discrete cavities, wherein the base is made of a rigid material and the plurality of fins are made of a flexible material different from the rigid material;
- and
- reattaching the glass stop to the frame, wherein the thermal dampening device engages the glass stop base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.