US 7,520,416 B2
Transparent window with non-transparent contact surface for a soldering bonding
Richard Crumbach, Aachen (Germany); Bernhard Reul, Herzogenrath (Germany); and Andreas Sznerski, Baesweiler (Germany)
Assigned to Saint-Gobain Glass France, Courbevoie (France)
Appl. No. 10/526,931
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/03034
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 08, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/040944, PCT Pub. Date May 13, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 102 49 992 (DE), filed on Oct. 26, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0126196 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
Int. Cl. B23K 31/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 228—121  [219/543; 219/203] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transparent pane comprising:
at least one electroconducting, non-transparent contact surface placed on a surface of the pane, to connect it by soldering to a connection piece, the contact surface including at least one cutout,
wherein, in a region of the soldering location, the at least one cutout of the contact surface is configured to be at least partially filled with a soldering filler metal, the filler being visible through the pane after the connection piece has been soldered to the contact surface.