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US 7,067,175 B2Granted
Method of making heat treatable coated article with diamond-like carbon (DLC) inclusive layer
AssigneeGuardian Industries Corp.
InventorVijayen S. Veerasamy
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Abstract
A method of making a coated article includes providing a protective layer on a substrate over a coating in order to protect the coating. The protective layer may protect the coating before or during heat treatment in certain example embodiments of this invention.
Claims11
A method of making a heat treated coated article for use in a window comprising diamond-like carbon (DLC), the method comprising:
- providing a glass substrate that supports at least a layer comprising diamond-like carbon (DLC);
- forming a protective layer over at least the layer comprising DLC, the protective layer for protecting the layer comprising DLC from significantly burning off during heat treatment;
- heat treating the glass substrate together with the layer comprising DLC and the protective layer;
- and
- using the heat treated glass substrate in a window.
2 more elements
A method of making a coated article, the method comprising:
- providing a low-E coating on a glass substrate;
- and
- forming a layer comprising carbon over the low-E coating, the layer comprising carbon for protecting the low-E coating, and wherein the layer comprising carbon burns off during heating of the coated article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.