Transparent composite material as cladding material for architectural features in building construction
AssigneeSC Innovation, LLC
InventorMartin Augustyniak
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Abstract
A composite material may be used as a building material to provide desirable visible aesthetics, such as in a roof or facade. The composite material may include two or more materials, wherein a first material provides desirable qualities for appearance and a second material provides desirable qualities for strength or other characteristics desirable of a building material. Each of the first material and the second material may be transparent, such that the composite material is also transparent. The first material may be Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) and the second material may be Polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a composite material comprising:
- a support carrier comprising one or more layers, in which the support carrier comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET);
- a first protection layer on a first side of the support carrier, in which the first protection layer comprises at least one of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) or ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE);
- and
- a second protection layer on a second side of the support carrier,
- in which the composite material has a tensile strength of at least 60 megapascals at 5% strain.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a composite material comprising:
- a support carrier comprising one or more layers;
- a first protection layer on a first side of the support carrier, in which the first protection layer comprises a fluoropolymer;
- and
- a second protection layer on a second side of the support carrier,
- in which the composite material has a tensile strength of at least 60 megapascals at 5% strain, and
- in which the composite material comprises a metal layer on the support carrier, in which the composite material is configured to reflect infrared (IR) radiation and maintain visible light transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.