US 12,168,906 B2
Vacuum insulated glass unit frame solution
Utku Ahmet Özden, Hørsholm (DK); Jacob Christian Molbo, Hørsholm (DK); and Jens Troels Plesner Kristensen, Hørsholm (DK)
Assigned to VKR HOLDING A/S, Horsholm (DK)
Filed by VKR HOLDING A/S, Hørsholm (DK)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,026.
Application 18/376,026 is a continuation of application No. 17/422,479, granted, now 11,834,895, previously published as PCT/DK2020/050009, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PA201970020 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; application No. PA201970021 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; application No. PA201970022 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; application No. PA201970023 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; application No. PA201970024 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; application No. PA201970025 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019; and application No. PA201970026 (DK), filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044201 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E06B 3/54 (2006.01); E04D 13/03 (2006.01); E04D 13/035 (2006.01); E06B 3/02 (2006.01); E06B 3/14 (2006.01); E06B 3/56 (2006.01); E06B 3/62 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01); E06B 3/67 (2006.01); E06B 3/677 (2006.01); E06B 7/23 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/6612 (2013.01) [E04D 13/03 (2013.01); E04D 13/031 (2013.01); E04D 13/0315 (2013.01); E04D 13/035 (2013.01); E04D 13/0351 (2013.01); E04D 13/0354 (2013.01); E06B 3/025 (2013.01); E06B 3/14 (2013.01); E06B 3/5427 (2013.01); E06B 3/5454 (2013.01); E06B 3/5481 (2013.01); E06B 3/56 (2013.01); E06B 3/62 (2013.01); E06B 3/6621 (2013.01); E06B 3/677 (2013.01); E06B 7/2301 (2013.01); E06B 7/2305 (2013.01); E06B 2003/6208 (2013.01); E06B 2003/6229 (2013.01); E06B 2003/6238 (2013.01); E06B 2003/6291 (2013.01); Y02A 30/249 (2018.01); Y02B 80/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly, wherein said vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly comprises:
a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit comprising two glass sheets separated by a gap between said glass sheets, wherein a plurality of support structures are distributed in said gap and wherein said gap is sealed, and
a frame arrangement comprising elongated frame profile arrangements which frames said vacuum insulated glass unit in a frame opening extending in a frame opening plane defined between the elongated frame profile arrangements, and wherein said frame arrangement comprises a fixation system fixating the vacuum insulated glass unit at the frame arrangement,
wherein said fixation system is arranged so as to allow edges of said vacuum insulated glass unit to thermally deflect in a deflection direction perpendicular to said frame opening plane due to a temperature difference between the two glass sheets,
wherein said fixation system is configured so as to allow the magnitude of said thermal deflection is configured to vary along the edge between the corners where the respective edge terminates;
wherein said fixation system comprises a plurality of fixation arrangements, wherein said plurality of fixation arrangements fixates said vacuum insulated glass unit at discrete fixation points distributed along the edges of the vacuum insulated glass unit, and wherein said plurality of fixation arrangements are attached to or between one or more frame members of said frame assembly, whereby the thermal deflection of the edges is substantially at its minimum at the discreet fixation points; and
wherein said fixation points are placed so that the corners of the vacuum insulated glass unit, where the respective edge terminates, are configured to deflect in a first direction relative to a straight, common line extending through two of said discrete fixation points of the respective edge, and so that a centre portion of the same edge is configured to deflect in an opposite direction than said first direction, relative to the straight, common line, when the vacuum insulated glass unit thermally deflects.