US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE on May 20 for "Connection assembly, having a composite pane and a functional element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,173, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Connection assembly, having a composite pane and a functional element" was invented by Francois Hermange (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly includes a composite pane composed of a first pane and a second pane, which are connected to an intermediate layer, and an electro-optical functional element having an active layer arranged between two surface electrodes, which electro-optical functional element is arranged between the first pane and the second pane, wherein in each case a single flexible bus bar in the form ...