Patent ID: 9228352
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: E04C,E04D,E06B,Y02A,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A skylight assembly for use on a building to allow transmission of light from a building exterior to a building interior while limiting heat transfer, the skylight assembly comprising: a translucent glazing unit including a top plastic layer having a surface facing the building exterior and a bottom plastic layer having a surface facing the building interior spaced apart from the top plastic layer, the top and bottom plastic layers having a sealed outer periphery defining an enclosed cavity, at least a portion of the enclosed cavity being filled with insulating aerogel particles which allow light transmission and limit heat transfer and wherein a plurality of alternating depressions are disposed in the top and bottom plastic layers to retain said aerogel particles in a substantially uniform thickness; and a peripheral frame having polymeric material formed in-situ entrapping and directly bonding to a peripheral region of the translucent glazing unit, the polymeric material contacting the sealed outer periphery, the frame overlying the top plastic layer being a first thickness, and the frame being in direct contact with the bottom plastic layer being a second thickness and forming a leak-tight joint between the periphery region of the translucent glazing unit and the frame while leaving a center region of the translucent glazing unit free to transmit light.