Saint-Gobain Glass France

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

Saint-Gobain Vitrage

Sage Electrochromics, Inc.

Saint-Gobain Sekurit France

Wagon Sas

Michael Labrot

Michael Balduin

Karl-Josef Ollfisch

Hubert Havenith

Herbert Radermacher

Jefferson Do Rosario

Florian Manz

Bernhard Reul

Guenther Schall

Frédéric Clabau

Jean Sablayrolles

Marcel Klein

Valentin Schulz

Philippe Letocart

Volkmar Offermann

Sebastian Schurse

Martin Melcher

Marc Lemaire

Christian Effertz

Li-Ya Yeh

Didier Jousse

Patrick Weber

Benno Dunkmann

Thierry Olivier

Lothar Schmidt

Marcus Neander

Marc Maurer

Jean-Yves Laluet

Jun Tan

Xiaofeng Guo

Heinz J Schilde

Guillaume Lecamp

Alicia Dröge

Stefan Ziegler

Uwe Van Der Meulen

Günther Schall

Andreas Sznerski

Monique Elmer

Marie-Christine Duclos

Estelle Metay

Ingo Von Der Weiden

Frédéric Berthe

Alexandra Dekoninck

Thorsten Frost

Matthias Alschinger

Manfred Jansen

Bianca Bergs

Dieter Linnhoefer

Cédric Marguerite

Frederic Berthe

Franz Kr{overscore (a)}mling

Georg Schmidt

Laurent Maillaud

Hasso Gien

Udo Matzerath

Atlal Laouar

Luz Rodriguez Gonzalez

Dieter Linnhöfer

Jens Altes

Rolf Kötte

Thomas Meissen

Jean-Edouard De Salins

Marie-Helene Breniaux

Laurent Tardy

Marie-Hélène Breniaux

Luz Rodriguez Gonazález

Klaus Schmalbuch

An exterior trimming part for a pillar of a vehicle, includes a bracket fixedly connected to the pillar, and a glass cover plate fixedly connected to the bracket and covering an exterior surface of the bracket. The bracket has a receiving space opened at least towards the glass cover plate. The exterior trimming part further includes an electronic component disposed at the receiving space. The exterior trimming part not only has good scratch resistance, but also has intelligent functions.

Exterior trimming part for pillar of vehicle

A vehicle includes an outer glass pane, an outer laminated layer, an inner laminated layer, and one inner glass pane, wherein a PDLC layer stack is arranged between the outer and inner laminated layers, the PDLC layer stack formed by a) an outer polymeric carrier layer, b) an outer electrically conductive layer, c) a PDLC layer, d) an inner electrically conductive layer, and e) an inner polymeric carrier layer, wherein at a lateral section of the PDLC layer stack, the inner electrically conductive layer protrudes together with the inner polymeric carrier layer, and at another lateral section of the PDLC layer stack, the outer electrically conductive layer protrudes together with the outer polymeric carrier layer, and a busbar is arranged in each case on the protruding inner electrically conductive layer and the protruding outer electrically conductive layer.

Long busbars having segments for increased robustness

A method for producing a laminated pane with a functional element with electrically switchable optical properties, includes creating a first stack of layers including a first pane, a first thermoplastic laminating film, a separating film, a second thermoplastic laminating film, a second pane, laminating the first stack of layers while being heated, taking the first pane with the first thermoplastic laminating film off the second pane with the second thermoplastic laminating film, and the at least one separating film is removed from the stack of layers, providing a functional element having an active layer, placing the functional element into the stack of layers, whereby a second stack of layers is formed, laminating the second stack of layers to form a laminated pane, wherein the separating film is detachable residue-free from the first thermoplastic laminating film and the second thermoplastic laminating film.

Method for laminating a laminated pane comprising a functional element with electrically switchable optical properties

A vehicle pane, includes successively a) an outer glass pane, b) at least one laminated layer, c) a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix, in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, and in each case an electrically conductive layer on both sides of the polymer matrix, d) at least one laminated layer, and e) an inner glass pane. The TL(inside) is in the range from 5 to 46% and the TL(outside) is in the range from 20 to 73% and the TL(outside) is greater than or equal to TL(inside), wherein the TL(inside) is the light transmittance of an inner stack that is formed by the inner glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the inner glass pane, and TL(outside) is the light transmittance of an outer stack that is formed by the outer glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the outer glass pane.

Optical impression of a PDLC vehicle pane through a combination of dark inner and outer stacks

An improved functional element having electrically controllable optical properties includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film is folded around the edge of the first carrier film at least at one side edge and seals an exit surface of the active layer at the side edge.

Functional element having electrically controllable optical properties

A functional element having electrically controllable optical properties, includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film has an overhanging region beyond the first carrier film and at least one barrier film is arranged on at least one edge region of the first carrier film and the overhanging region of the second carrier film.

A composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a functional element having electrically controllable optical properties is embedded in the intermediate layer, the functional element including an active layer between a first carrier film and a second carrier film, wherein the intermediate layer contains a first thermoplastic material and the carrier films contain a second thermoplastic material, and wherein the first carrier film and the second carrier film are fused together along at least one region of the side edge of the functional element.

Composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties

A vehicle window pane, includes, in this sequence, a first glass pane, one or a plurality of polymer layers, a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the PDLC layer, or an SPD layer, including a polymer matrix in which suspension droplets are embedded, in which light-polarizing particles are suspended, wherein an electrically conductive layer is arranged in each case on both sides of the SPD layer, one or a plurality of polymer layers, and a second glass pane, wherein, in the case of the PDLC layer, the liquid crystal droplets or, in the case of the SPD layer, the suspension droplets have an average size of more than 2 &#x3bc;m. The vehicle window pane can be switched between a transparent state and a turbid or opaque state.

Vehicle window pane with polymer film with defined droplet size distribution

A laminated vehicle glazing includes an AMOLED screen between the internal faces of the glazings and which is located in a visual comfort zone, and is alone or adjacent with another or several other flexible AMOLED screens also clustered in the visual comfort zone.

Laminated vehicle glazing with AMOLED screen

A vehicle window has a plurality of integrated electro-optical elements, wherein the electro-optical elements have a common supply voltage, wherein the integrated electro-optical elements are controllable individually or in groups such that the electro-optical elements change the optical properties of the window at the respective location, wherein a first logical interface for feeding in the common supply voltage and a second logical interface for feeding in a common control signal are provided for controlling the electro-optical elements and for providing the common supply voltage, wherein, downstream from the logical interface, the control signal is converted into control signals for the control of the integrated electro-optical elements individually or in groups, wherein the physical interface is arranged on one of the outer faces of the window, wherein the physical interface for the first logical interface and the second logical interface has, together, 3 or 4 electrical connections.

Vehicle window having a plurality of integrated electro-optical elements and method for its manufacture

A process for manufacturing a transport vehicle laminated glazing includes placing in succession to form a stack: a first glazing, a first lamination interlayer made of polymeric material, a second lamination interlayer made of polymeric material and, in a reserve produced in the latter, a flexible OLED element or screen, which is directly extended toward one edge of the glazing by a connection element that is connected thereto and that extends out of the stack, a third lamination interlayer made of polymeric material, and a second glazing, then in subjecting the resulting assembly to a vacuum at room temperature so as to remove air from the stack, then heating the resulting assembly to a temperature of at most equal to 85&#xb0; C. while continuing to subject it to a vacuum.

Process for manufacturing an automotive glazing panel into which an OLED screen is incorporated

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 device for heating objects and a method that has recourse to the device, particularly for heating and/or bending one or more glass panes positioned one on top of the other, covering each other. The device includes a furnace line, plural supports, particularly transport molds that transport and/or bend the objects, the objects being placed on the supports positioned on transport carriages, a drive device that progresses the transport carriages through the furnace line and plural heating elements provided above the objects in the furnace line. In the device the heating elements are positioned on the whole above the entire furnace line and the heating elements can be operated and regulated so as to form heating zones suited to dimensions of the objects.

Heating objects on a line-production oven

A laminated vehicle glazing includes an AMOLED screen between the internal faces Fand Fof the glazings and which is located in a widened masking zone of enamel on face F, and is alone or adjacent with another or several other flexible AMOLED screens also clustered in the zone.

A glass pane is described. The glass pane has at least one pane, and one adhesive layer on the pane. The adhesive layer has at least one thermoplastic film with a luminescent pigment and a barrier film with an anti-scratch coating.

Glass pane as head-up display

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Aachen, Germany

Michael Labrot