Patent ID: 9441416
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: C03C,E06B,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit, comprising: first and second substantially parallel spaced apart substrates comprising glass that are bonded together by an edge seal, said first and second substrates and said edge seal defining a cavity having a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; wherein said edge seal is located proximate a periphery of the first and second substrates but is not located in a central area of the VIG window unit, and wherein said edge seal comprises (i) a meltable metallic or substantially metallic layer; and (ii) an absorber film; and wherein the absorber film comprises both a dielectric layer and a metallic or substantially metallic layer, wherein the dielectric layer directly contacts at least one of the first and second glass substrates.