Saint-gobain Glass France

Sophie Milhe Poutingon

Pascal Bauerle

Adele Verrat-Debailleul

Adèle Verrat-Debailleul

Laetitia Massault

Laeticia Massault

An automobile vehicle including at least one glazing unit capable of operating as a direction indicator light, the glazing unit including: a first transparent sheet including first and second main faces, and an edge face; one or more light sources, each including a light-emission face opposite the edge face, connected to emit a flashing light synchronized with flashing of other direction indicator lights of the vehicle; a mechanism for extraction of light in at least one region of the first main face or the second main face of the first sheet or situated in a thickness of the first sheet, the extraction mechanism emitting, when illuminated by the light sources, an auto yellow light; and a mechanism rendering opaque situated toward inside of the vehicle with respect to the extraction mechanism and totally masking the extraction mechanism to render the extraction mechanism invisible from the inside of the vehicle.

Motor vehicle with turn signal repeater glazing

An illuminated vehicle signaling glazing unit, including: a first transparent sheet made of mineral glass including a first main face configured to be directed toward outside the vehicle, a second main face configured to be directed toward inside the vehicle, and an edge face; one or more light sources, or light-emitting diodes, each including a light-emission face opposite the edge face, light emitted by the light sources being guided into the first sheet between the first and the second main faces thereof; a mechanism extracting light in at least one region of the first or second main faces of the first sheet or within a thickness of the first sheet; and an opaque layer formed from ink or from enamel, situated toward the inside of the vehicle with respect to the extraction mechanism and totally masking the extraction mechanism of the light to render it invisible from inside the vehicle.

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Senlis, France

Sophie Milhe Poutingon