US 12,280,609 B2
Method for printing a structured silver coating having improved current-carrying capacity
Klaus Weissborn, Übach-Palenberg (DE)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/050,323
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058490
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/206592, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18169255 (EP), filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0053376 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B41M 1/12 (2006.01); B41M 1/34 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/12 (2006.01); H05B 3/84 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 3/006 (2013.01) [B41M 1/12 (2013.01); B41M 1/34 (2013.01); H05B 3/12 (2013.01); H05B 3/84 (2013.01); H05B 2203/013 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a silver coating on a glass pane, wherein the silver coating includes at least one busbar and/or at least one solder contact surface, wherein the method comprises printing the silver coating onto the glass pane to form a printed silver coating by screen printing with a screen including a printing pattern having printing and non-printing regions and baking the printed silver coating, wherein the printing region of the printing pattern for the busbar and/or the printing region of the printing pattern for the solder contact surface is provided at least partially with a dot matrix or a line matrix, and wherein the dimensions of the dots of the dot matrix of the printing region of the screen are below the resolution of the printing pattern or the dimensions of the lines of the line matrix of the printing region of the screen are below the resolution of the printing pattern.