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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Saint-gobain Glass France, Courbevoie, FR;
Laetitia Massault, Magny les Compiegne, FR;
Adele Verrat-Debailleul, Villers-sur-Coudun, FR;
Pascal Bauerle, Roye, FR;
Sophie Milhe Poutingon, Senlis, FR;
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
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.