Compressible pillar for a vacuum insulated glazing unit

    公开(公告)号:US10533366B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US16274875

    申请日:2019-02-13

    申请人: VKR Holding A/S

    摘要: A compressible pillar is disclosed for the preparation of a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, having a longitudinal extent in a longitudinal direction when in an uncompressed state, and comprising: a deformable part comprising an open structure, wherein the open structure at least partially collapses under a compression force acting in the longitudinal direction of the compressible pillar, the compression force being of at least one value selected within the range of 60 N to 320 N such as a value of the compression force being selected from the range of 60 N to 140 N, from the range of 140 N to 230 N, or from the range of 230 N to 320 N, wherein the longitudinal extent of the compressible pillar decreases to a compressed longitudinal extent when the compressible pillar is subjected to the compression force, and wherein the compressed longitudinal extent of the compressible pillar increases to an expanded longitudinal extent when the compression force is released, wherein the increase in the longitudinal extent is less than the decrease in the longitudinal extent. Furthermore is disclosed a process of manufacturing a compressible pillar, a method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing unit by the use of such pillars and a vacuum insulated glazing unit comprising such pillars.

    Compressible pillar for a vacuum insulated glazing unit

    公开(公告)号:US11162298B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16990046

    申请日:2020-08-11

    申请人: VKR HOLDING A/S

    摘要: A compressible pillar for the preparation of a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit, having a longitudinal extent in the pre-compressed state and including a deformable part having an open structure, which open structure will at least partially collapse when the pillar is subject to a compression force acting in the longitudinal direction of the pillar, the compression force being of at least one value selected within the range of 60 N to 320 N, the pillar will exhibit a partly irreversible deformation causing a reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar when the pillar is subjected to the compression force, so that when the compression force is fully released the pillar will exhibit an expansion in the longitudinal direction of the pillar which is less that the reduction in the longitudinal extent of the pillar. Further is shown a process for manufacturing of a compressible pillar, a method of producing a VIG unit as well as a VIG unit.

    Vacuum insulating glass units based on topographic representations

    公开(公告)号:US11047167B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16970145

    申请日:2019-02-20

    申请人: VKR HOLDING A/S

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method of providing vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units each comprising at least a first and a second glass pane and a plurality of support pillars distributed between opposing surfaces of said glass panes to provide a gap (8) between the glass panes. A plurality of pane elements are provided, and individual topographic representations (TOPREP_2a TOPREP_2n) of each of said plurality of pane elements (2a-2n) are obtained based on input (4) from a measuring arrangement (3), and the topographic representations are stored in a data storage (DS). The stored topographic representations are processed and resulting surface distance characteristic between pairs of panes are estimated. Vacuum insulating glass (VIG) assemblies are thus provided based on estimated resulting surface distance characteristics. The present disclosure additionally relates to a system.