	US 11,745,702 B2
	Coating including electrically conductive lines directly on electrically conductive layer
Krishna Kamal Uprety, Valencia, CA (US); Alexander Zirom Bimanand, Burbank, CA (US); and Khushroo Homi Lakdawala, Chatsworth, CA (US)
Assigned to PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/710,047.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,790, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0180562 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. B60S 1/02 (2006.01); H01B 5/14 (2006.01); H01B 1/08 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01); G01K 7/16 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC B60S 1/026 (2013.01) [H01B 1/02 (2013.01); H01B 1/08 (2013.01); H01B 5/14 (2013.01); H05K 9/009 (2013.01); B60J 1/00 (2013.01); G01K 7/16 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24917 (2015.01)]

17 Claims

1. A vehicle transparency comprising:

a coating comprising:

a continuous, transparent, and electrically conductive layer having a transmittance of visible light of 40% or higher; and

a heater film comprising a plurality of electrically conductive lines directly on at least a portion of the continuous, transparent, and electrically conductive layer, the electrically conductive lines having a thickness of 50 nm to 50 μm,

wherein the plurality of electrically conductive lines are thicker than the continuous, transparent, and electrically conductive layer, and

wherein the plurality of electrically conductive lines comprise a first nickel layer, a copper layer on the first nickel layer, and a second nickel layer on the copper layer.