Patent ID: 6066372
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A solar heated vehicle windshield comprising:a first plate of glass having a first exterior surface for facing the ambient air outside the vehicle and a second interior surface;a second plate of glass having a first surface for facing said interior surface of said first plate and a second surface for facing an interior of the vehicle;an interlayer of air space between said first and second plates;means for maintaining said first and second plates in said facing relationship with said interlayer of air therebetween;a reservoir;a heat exchange fluid in said reservoir; anda plurality of spaced-apart channels, each channel attached to said reservoir and having a bore in communication with a corresponding slot in an upper wall of said reservoir, each said channel extending into said interlayer and having a closed top, said fluid capable of a heat exchange with air in said channels when solar energy from the ambient air passes through said first plate and into said interlayer for a heat exchange with said air in said interlayer.