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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip S. Wilson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Magna International of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/736 ;
Abstract
A window for a motor vehicle includes transparent polycarbonate plastic material and reinforcement particles dispersed within the polycarbonate plastic material. The reinforcement particles constitute less than 10% of the total volume of the window. At least 50% of the reinforcement particles have a thickness of less than 10 nanometers. The reinforcement particles are selected and configured such that the window has a transmittance of visible light which is at least 95% of the transmittance of visible light that would exist through the window in the absence of the reinforcement particles.