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US 12,523,088 B2Granted
Multi-pane glass unit and a method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJae-Young Choi, Joon Hoi Kim, JinWook Song
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Abstract
A multi-pane glass unit includes a first outer glass pane and a second outer glass pane facing each other, a first inner glass pane between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane, a first spacer located between the first outer glass pane and the first inner glass pane, and a second spacer located between the second outer glass pane and the first inner glass pane.
Claims20
A multi-pane glass unit comprising:
- a first outer glass pane and a second outer glass pane facing each other;
- a first inner glass pane between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane;
- a first spacer located between and directly contacting a main surface of the first outer glass pane and a first main surface of the first inner glass pane, the first spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the first outer glass pane;
- a second spacer located between and directly contacting a main surface of the second outer glass pane and a second main surface of the first inner glass pane, the second spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the second outer glass pane;
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- a sealing material surrounding a circumference of the first spacer and a circumference of the second spacer and filling a space between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane,
- wherein a thickness of the first inner glass pane is less than a thickness of the first outer glass pane and a thickness of the second outer glass pane,
- a composition of the first inner glass pane is different from a composition of the first outer glass pane and a composition of the second outer glass pane,
- a circumference of the first inner glass pane is offset inward with respect to a circumference of the first outer glass pane and a circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- wherein the sealing material does not protrude outward of the circumference of the first outer glass pane and the circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- the first spacer and the second spacer have surface portions that directly abut one another,
- wherein one or more of the first spacer and the second spacer directly contacts the circumference of the first inner glass pane, and
- wherein the first spacer contacts a major surface of the first outer glass pane with an entire surface of the first spacer spanning from a peripheral edge of the first spacer to an interior edge of the first spacer, and the second spacer contacts a major surface of the second outer glass pane with an entire surface of the second spacer spanning from a peripheral edge of the second spacer to an interior edge of the second spacer.
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A multi-pane glass unit, comprising:
- a first outer glass pane and a second outer glass pane facing each other;
- a first inner glass pane between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane;
- a first spacer located between the first outer glass pane and the first inner glass pane, the first spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the first outer glass pane;
- a second spacer located between the second outer glass pane and the first inner glass pane, the second spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the second outer glass pane;
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- a sealing material surrounding a circumference of the first spacer and a circumference of the second spacer and filling a space between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane,
- wherein a thickness of the first inner glass pane is less than a thickness of the first outer glass pane and a thickness of the second outer glass pane,
- a composition of the first inner glass pane is different from a composition of the first outer glass pane and a composition of the second outer glass pane,
- a circumference of the first inner glass pane is offset inward with respect to a circumference of the first outer glass pane and a circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- wherein the sealing material does not protrude outward of the circumference of the first outer glass pane and the circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- the first spacer and the second spacer have surface portions that directly abut one another,
- wherein only one of the first spacer and the second spacer is in contact with the circumference of the first inner glass pane, and
- wherein the first spacer has a protruding portion that defines a groove into which the circumference of the first inner glass pane is accommodated, and wherein the second spacer has a groove into which the protruding portion of the first spacer is accommodated.
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A multi-pane glass unit comprising:
- a first outer glass pane and a second outer glass pane facing each other;
- a first inner glass pane between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane;
- a first spacer located between and directly contacting a main surface of the first outer glass pane and a first main surface of the first inner glass pane, the first spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the first outer glass pane;
- a second spacer located between and directly contacting a main surface of the second outer glass pane and a second main surface of the first inner glass pane, the second spacer spacing the first inner glass pane apart from the second outer glass pane;
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- a sealing material surrounding a circumference of the first spacer and a circumference of the second spacer and filling a space between the first outer glass pane and the second outer glass pane,
- wherein a thickness of the first inner glass pane is less than a thickness of the first outer glass pane and a thickness of the second outer glass pane,
- a composition of the first inner glass pane is different from a composition of the first outer glass pane and a composition of the second outer glass pane,
- a circumference of the first inner glass pane is offset inward with respect to a circumference of the first outer glass pane and a circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- wherein the sealing material does not protrude outward of the circumference of the first outer glass pane and the circumference of the second outer glass pane,
- the first spacer and the second spacer have surface portions that directly abut one another, and
- wherein each of the first spacer and the second spacer directly contacts the circumference of the first inner glass pane.
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