Spacer for insulated glass units

US12152434B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ensinger GmbH

Inventors

• Michael Möller · Cham, DE
• Klaus Esser · Hösbach, DE
• Reimar Olderog · Mötzingen, DE
• Heinz Raunest · Furth im Wald, DE
• Bernhard Königsberger · Albersbach, DE
• Peter Runze · Stuttgart, DE
• Christian Helfert · Roth, DE
• Stefan Dierneder · In der Haid, AT
• Leopold Mader · Weitensfeld im Gurktal, AT
• Marc Rehling · Steinenbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2022
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E06B2003/66395
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A spacer is provided that is shapable into a spacer frame, and during manufacture of an insulating glass unit, can be mounted on the glass panes. The spacer is formed having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral surfaces extending at either side of the spacer from the inner surface to the outer surface, and comprises a profiled body. The profiled body comprises two mutually spaced lateral faces running parallel to its longitudinal direction and a base body that extends between the lateral faces and has an outer and an inner face. The profiled body comprises at least in one part of its volume a quantity of particulate desiccant that is embedded in a plastics material. The spacer is coilable about an axis, perpendicularly to the lateral surfaces, and takes a flexurally rigid form in a plane perpendicular to the lateral surfaces.