ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,801, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CARLEX GLASS AMERICA LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Coated glazing" was invented by Michael Bard (Wadern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated glazing useful for vehicles includes a first glass substrate, and a heatable coating formed on the first glass substrate, the heatable coating including at least one heatable layer, at least one dielectric layer, and at least one integrated portion of a heatable layer and a dielectric layer, wherein the integrated portion is formed in a differential heating area of the heatable coating, for variably heating the first glass substrate for deicing wiper ...