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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Mark M. Matsco, South Lyon, MI (US);
Michael E. Sykes, Livonia, MI (US);
Roland Sauer, Wixom, MI (US);
Barry B. Hoult, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Exatec, LLC., Wixom, MI (US);
Abstract
A window panel for use in automotive glazing applications is described, in which inner planer piece transparent plastic is bonded to an outer piece molded from an opaque plastic creating a masking border. The two pieces have overlapping portions, and may be of reduced or tapering thickness to create a transition masking zone of reduced or varying opacity. The inner piece may be designed to separate from the outer piece at a lower impact force than that required to fracture the pieces to establish a prescribed failure mode. The window panel may be formed by a two shot molding process in which the inner and outer pieces are molded respectively to increase the overall window panel size beyond that able to be molded by a one shot process.