Patent ID: 11959331
Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An aperture covering, wherein said aperture covering comprises:
a vacuum insulated glass unit comprising a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet, wherein an evacuated gap is placed between the first and second glass sheets, and wherein a plurality of support structures are distributed in the evacuated gap, and wherein a rigid, fused edge seal seals the evacuated gap,
a frame enclosing a frame opening,
elongated fixation profiles each of which are fixed to and arranged parallel to an elongated structural frame member,
wherein each elongated fixation profile comprises a fixation wall which extends opposite to an exterior major surface of the vacuum insulated glass unit and is fixed to the exterior major surface of the vacuum insulated glass unit by means of a bonding seal,
wherein the fixation profile comprises a connection member extending from said fixation wall wherein the connection member is fixed to the elongated, structural frame member,
wherein the elongated structural member faces the opposite interior major surface of the vacuum insulated glass unit placed opposite to the exterior major surface of the vacuum insulated glass unit,
wherein the evacuated gap overlaps the elongated structural member, and
wherein the edges of the vacuum insulated glass unit extends into a receiving slot provided by the frame, and wherein the receiving slot has a width which is larger than 1.5 times the thickness of the part of the vacuum insulated glass unit which extends into the receiving slot.