US 12,240,202 B2
Laminated glass retention system
Adam Richard Rietz, Lake St. Croix Beach, MN (US); Craig Michael Johnson, North Oaks, MN (US); Katherine April Stephan Graham, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US); Scott Edward Thom, White Bear Township, MN (US); Eric Matthew Mueller, Cottage Grove, MN (US); Drew Adam Pavlacky, Lakeland Shores, MN (US); and Jared Shanholtzer, Saint Paul Park, MN (US)
Assigned to Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US)
Filed by Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/988,197.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/895,370, filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,036, filed on Aug. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0123292 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B32B 17/10 (2006.01); E06B 3/56 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01); E06B 3/663 (2006.01); E06B 3/673 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 17/10036 (2013.01) [B32B 17/10761 (2013.01); E06B 3/56 (2013.01); E06B 3/6621 (2013.01); E06B 3/66309 (2013.01); E06B 3/67356 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A window or door assembly, comprising
a frame member defining a channel, the frame member defining a lower end of the channel and an attachment surface thereon;
a glass subassembly, the glass subassembly comprising
an interior laminate pane, wherein the interior laminate pane comprises a polymeric material disposed between a first glass layer and a second glass layer,
an exterior pane,
a proximal end received and seated within the channel,
an inside facing surface on the interior laminate pane,
an outside facing surface on the exterior pane, the outside facing surface proximate the lower end of the channel,
a sealing spacer disposed between the interior laminate pane and the exterior pane, and
a secondary sealant disposed between the interior laminate pane and the exterior pane, the secondary sealant contacts the interior laminate pane and the exterior pane;
a retention member engaging a proximal end of the interior laminate pane and a proximal end of the exterior pane, wherein the retention member further engages the polymeric material of the interior laminate pane, wherein the retention member is completely disposed between a first plane defined by the inside facing surface on the interior laminate pane and a second plane defined by the outside facing surface on the exterior pane;
a glazing material disposed on the attachment surface at the lower end of the channel; and
the outside facing surface of the glass subassembly being attached to the channel of the frame member with the glazing material;
wherein the secondary sealant contacts the sealing spacer and the retention member, wherein a portion of the secondary sealant is beyond an outer periphery of the proximal end of the interior laminate pane and the proximal end of the exterior pane, wherein a channel is defined between the frame member and the secondary sealant, the channel being defined laterally from the proximal end of the glass subassembly.