Saint-gobain Vitrage

Saint-gobain Industries

Hans Heuser

Rudolf Pelzer

Hans Ohlenforst

Helmer Radisch

Roger Orain

Christian Hiemenz

Hans-Georg Brunion

A multilayer plastic foil for use as a window. The foil includes a core and a pair of cover layers and includes features of flexibility, durability, scratch resistance, among others, for application of the window for a convertible top vehicle. The pane may include a heating capability.

Flexible, transparent pane for use as a window

A safety window comprises at least one sheet of glass, which may be tempered, and, on the side thereof facing a interior of the vehicle in which the window is to be mounted, a sheet of transparent plastic material bonded adhesively thereto, the plastic material possessing a high capacity of elastic deformation, a modulus of elasticity below 2,000 daN/cm.sup.2 and an elongation to rupture in excess of 60% with less than 2% plastic deformation, the plastic material having self-healing properties and capable of protecting occupants of the vehicle from being cut if said sheet of glass is broken.

Safety window comprising self-healing polymeric layer

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Aachen, Germany

Hans Heuser