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US 12,091,906 B2Granted
Thermally enhanced multi-component glass doors and windows
AssigneeQuaker Window Products Co.
InventorsBen Neuner, Curtis Weavers, Aaron Haller
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Abstract
A building component includes a first glass pane connected to a second glass pane to form an insulated glass unit. The first glass pane and the second glass pane define a pocket therebetween. The insulated glass unit is positioned in a frame. The building component includes an insulating material in the middle portion of the frame. The insulating material defines a continuous frame thermal break extending through the frame. The frame thermal break is aligned with the pocket. The frame thermal break has a width of at least 1 inch. The pocket has a width that is less than the width of the frame thermal break.
Claims24
A building component comprising:
- a double pane insulated glass unit including:
- a first glass pane having an outer surface;
- and
- a second glass pane having an outer surface, wherein the second glass pane is spaced from the first glass pane, the first glass pane and the second glass pane defining a pocket therebetween, wherein a central plane extends through the pocket and is spaced equal distances from the first glass pane and the second glass pane;
- a building component frame including a first side, a second side, and a middle portion intermediate the first side and the second side, the first glass pane of the double pane insulating glass unit is an outermost pane on the first side of the building component frame and the second glass pane of the double pane insulating glass unit is an outermost pane on the second side of the building component frame;
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- an insulating material in the middle portion of the building component frame, the insulating material defining a continuous frame thermal break circumscribing the double pane insulated glass unit and extending through the building component frame, the insulating material having a thermal conductance in a range of 0.21 British thermal units per hour square feet degrees Fahrenheit (Btu/(hr·ft2·° F.)) to 0.84 Btu/(hr·ft2·° F.),
- a panel frame circumscribing the double pane insulated glass unit and positioned in the building component frame, wherein the panel frame and the double pane insulated glass unit are at least one of pivotable and slidable when positioned in the building component frame, wherein the panel frame includes an insulating material defining a panel thermal break intermediate the first side and the second side, wherein the panel thermal break is aligned with the pocket such that the central plane extends through the panel thermal break when the building component is in a closed position,
- wherein the central plane extends through a center of the panel thermal break and forms a common central plane of the building component with substantially equal portions of the panel thermal break extending on each side of the common central plane when the building component is in a closed position, and
- wherein the frame thermal break has a width of at least 1 inch, and wherein the pocket has a width that is less than the width of the frame thermal break.
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A building component comprising:
- a double pane insulated glass unit including:
- a first glass pane having an outer surface;
- and
- a second glass pane having an outer surface, wherein the second glass pane is spaced from the first glass pane, the first glass pane and the second glass pane defining a pocket therebetween, wherein a central plane extends through the pocket and is spaced equal distances from the first glass pane and the second glass pane;
- a building component frame including a first side, a second side, and a middle portion intermediate the first side and the second side, wherein the middle portion of the building component frame comprises an insulating material defining a frame thermal break, wherein the frame thermal break is aligned with the pocket such that the central plane extends through the frame thermal break, the first glass pane of the double pane insulating glass unit is an outermost pane on the first side of the building component frame and the second glass pane of the double pane insulating glass unit is an outermost pane on the second side of the building component frame;
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- a panel frame circumscribing the double pane insulated glass unit and positioned in the building component frame, the panel frame including a first side, a second side, and a middle portion intermediate the first side and the second side, wherein the middle portion of the panel frame comprises an insulating material defining a panel thermal break circumscribing the double pane insulated glass unit, wherein the panel thermal break is aligned with the pocket such that the central plane extends through a center of the panel thermal break and forms a common central plane of the building component with substantially equal portions of the panel thermal break extending on each side of the common central plane, wherein the frame thermal break, the panel thermal break, and the pocket define a continuous thermal break extending through the building component when the building component is in a closed position, wherein the panel thermal break has a width of at least 1 inch, and wherein the pocket has a width that is less than the width of the panel thermal break.
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