Saint-gobain Glass France

Dieter Linnhoefer

Bernhard Reul

Michael Labrot

Volkmar Offermann

Franz Kraemling

Walter Goerenz

Horst Mercks

A windshield with an electrically controllable sun visor is described. The windshield includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to one another via an intermediate layer. According to one aspect, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is incorporated into the intermediate layer and above a central field of vision. The functional element is connected to the outer pane via a region of a first thermoplastic layer, and is connected to the inner pane via a region of a second thermoplastic layer. According to another aspect, the region of the first thermoplastic layer and/or the region of the second thermoplastic layer is tinted or colored.

Windshield with electrically controllable sun visor

A window () with an opaque coating () comprising a surface region () which has opaque surface portions () and which is perforated by surface portions () allowing light to pass through and distributed over the surface. At least one flat electroluminescent light element (EL) with several layers, including a transparent electrode (), is placed in at least some of the opaque surface portions () of the surface region (), which element, after applying an electrical supply voltage to the side of the transparent electrode (), radiates light through at least one of the faces of the window ().

Glass pane with opaque coating

A composite pane having at least one weak point for closing a vehicle opening, which includes at least one glass pane and at least one further pane, and an intermediate layer that cormects the at least one glass pane and the at least one further pane to one another. The glass pane is provided with one or more weak points such that, in an event of an object striking the composite pane, the glass pane breaks at the one or more weak points, but the vehicle opening still remains closed at least by deforming the intermediate layer of the composite pane.

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Stolberg, Germany

Dieter Linnhoefer