VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH TELLURIUM OXIDE AND/OR VANADIUM OXIDE INCLUSIVE SEAL

    公开(公告)号:US20240167324A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376483

    申请日:2023-10-04

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    IPC分类号: E06B3/663

    CPC分类号: E06B3/66342 E06B3/66333

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel includes may include: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a seal provided between at least the first and second substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer and/or a second seal layer; and wherein the first seal layer may include from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, and wherein the first seal layer comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %.

    METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH OPTIMIZED LASER SPEED

    公开(公告)号:US20240166559A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18377335

    申请日:2023-10-06

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    摘要: A method of making a vacuum insulating panel, the vacuum insulating panel comprising a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second glass substrates, and a seal provided between at least the first and second glass substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer and/or a second seal layer. The method may include laser heating, using a laser beam from a continuous wave near-IR laser, seal material in order to form the first seal layer; wherein the laser heating may include causing the laser beam to move at a lateral speed of from about 5-70 mm/second relative to the substrates and the first seal material so that the laser beam at least partially passes through at least one of the glass substrates and impinges upon at least the second seal layer in order to heat the second seal layer and fire and/or sinter the first seal material thereby forming the first seal layer.

    METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH OPTIMIZED LASER BEAM SIZE

    公开(公告)号:US20240167329A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376900

    申请日:2023-10-05

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    IPC分类号: E06B3/673 E06B3/66 E06B3/663

    摘要: A method of making a vacuum insulating panel, the vacuum insulating panel including a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second glass substrates, and a seal provided between at least the first and second glass substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer. The method may include: providing first seal material for the first seal layer in a location at least partially between at least the first and second glass substrates; laser heating, using a laser beam from a continuous wave near-IR laser, the first seal material in order to form the first seal layer; wherein said laser heating may comprise using the laser beam, having a size of from about 2-15 mm, so that the laser beam at least partially passes through at least one of the glass substrates to fire and/or sinter the first seal material thereby forming the first seal layer, in a manner so that the first seal layer a density of from about 2.8-4.0 g/cm3; and after forming the first seal layer, evacuating the gap to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure.

    VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH EDGE SEAL
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240167320A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18379275

    申请日:2023-10-12

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    IPC分类号: E06B3/663 E06B3/66

    CPC分类号: E06B3/66333 E06B3/6612

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel includes first and second substrates (e.g., glass substrates), a hermetic edge seal, a pump-out port, and spacers sandwiched between at least the two substrates. The gap between the substrates may be at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure to provide insulating properties. The vacuum insulating panel may include a multi-layer edge seal structure, including at least one layer including boron oxide (e.g., B2O3 or any other stoichiometry).

    VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH CERAMIC SPACERS
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240167317A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18517044

    申请日:2023-11-22

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    IPC分类号: E06B3/663

    CPC分类号: E06B3/66304

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel includes first and second substrates (e.g., glass substrates), a hermetic edge seal, a pump-out port, and spacers sandwiched between at least the two substrates. The gap between the substrates may be at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure to provide insulating properties. The vacuum insulating panel may include ceramic (e.g., aluminosilicate glass) spacers, which may be chemically strengthened.

    VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL FOR PUMP-OUT TUBE AND/OR METHOD OF MAKING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240167313A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376914

    申请日:2023-10-05

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel may include: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a pump-out/evacuation tube extending at least partly into an aperture in one of the substrates; and a pump-out/evacuation tube seal. The pump-out/evacuation tube seal may include at least one of: (a) from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, wherein the pump-out tube seal comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %; and/or (b) tellurium oxide and from about 10-50 wt. % vanadium oxide, wherein the pump-out tube seal by wt. % comprises more tellurium oxide than vanadium oxide, and wherein the vanadium oxide comprises VO2 and V2O5, and wherein more V in the pump-out tube seal is in a form of VO2 than V2O5. A substantially donut-shaped laser beam may be used to heat pump-out tube material in order to form a pump-out tube seal.

    METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH PRE-HEATING AND LASER HEATING

    公开(公告)号:US20240167327A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376897

    申请日:2023-10-05

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    摘要: A method of making a vacuum insulating panel, where the vacuum insulating panel may include a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second glass substrates, and a seal provided between at least the first and second glass substrates, the seal including a first seal layer and/or a second seal layer. The method may include at least one of: providing first seal material for the first seal layer at a location between at least the first and second glass substrates; pre-heating the glass substrates, the first seal material, and the second seal layer; wherein said pre-heating may cause at least one of (a) at least one of the glass substrates, (b) the second seal layer, and/or (c) the first seal material, to reach a pre-heat temperature; wherein the pre-heat temperature may be from about 40-120 degrees C. less than a melting point (Tm) of the first seal material, from about 150-450 degrees less than a melting point (Tm) of the second seal material, and/or within about 70 degrees C. of a softening point (Ts) of the first seal material; after said pre-heating, laser heating the first seal material in order to fire and/or sinter the first seal material and form the first seal layer in a manner so that the first seal layer may have a density of from about 2.8-4.0 g/cm3; and after forming the first seal layer, evacuating the gap to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure.

    VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH OPTIMIZED SEAL THICKNESS(ES)

    公开(公告)号:US20240167319A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376503

    申请日:2023-10-04

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    发明人: Scott V. THOMSEN

    IPC分类号: E06B3/663 E06B3/66

    CPC分类号: E06B3/66333 E06B3/6612

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel may include a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a seal provided between at least the first and second substrates, the seal including a first seal layer, a second seal layer, and a third seal layer, wherein the first seal layer may be located between at least the second and third seal layers; wherein, for at least one location of the seal, the first seal layer has a first thickness, the second seal layer has a second thickness, and the third seal layer has a third thickness; and wherein the first thickness may be greater than the second thickness and less than the third thickness.

    VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH OPTIMIZED COMPRESSIVE AND/OR TENSILE STRESS IN GLASS

    公开(公告)号:US20240167318A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18376495

    申请日:2023-10-04

    申请人: LuxWall, Inc.

    IPC分类号: E06B3/663 E06B3/66

    CPC分类号: E06B3/66333 E06B3/6612

    摘要: A vacuum insulating panel comprising: a first glass substrate; a second glass substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second glass substrates, wherein the gap is at pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a seal provided at least partially between at least the first and second substrates; and wherein at least one of the glass substrates is tempered, has compressive stress at a center of the glass substrate as viewed from above in a surface compression region of at least about 10,000 psi, and has one, two, or all three of: (i) a compressive stress proximate an edge of the glass substrate as viewed from above in the surface compression region of at least about 10,000 psi, (ii) tension stress at the center of the glass as viewed from above in the central tension region of at least about 5,800 psi, and/or (iii) compressive stress proximate a corner of the glass substrate as viewed from above in the surface compression region of at least about 10,000 psi.