IP Library Granted Patent US 12679072
Granted Patent B2
US 12679072 · App. 18/627,756 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Vehicle window glass and manufacturing method therefor, vehicle laminated glass, and vehicle windshield

Inventors: Ayaka Ikegami (Tokyo, JP); Yuukou Minamiya (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Sadakane (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Fujimoto (Tokyo, JP); Jun Ito (Tokyo, JP); Keiichiro Uraji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC INC.
B32B17/10339B32B17/1099B60K35/23
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Patent No.
US 12679072
App. No.
18/627,756
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A window glass for a vehicle includes: a glass plate having a first main surface and a second main surface; a ceramic color layer; and an organic ink layer, in which the glass plate has a curved surface shape in which the first main surface is concave, and has an information transmission and reception region, the ceramic color layer is provided in a peripheral portion of the region on the first main surface, the organic ink layer is provided to cover a partial region on the first main surface and at least a partial region on the ceramic color layer, as well as a boundary portion between the glass plate and the ceramic color layer on the first main surface, and a thickness of the organic ink layer is smaller than a thickness of the ceramic color layer.

Claims (30)

1 . A window glass for a vehicle comprising:

a glass plate having a first main surface and a second main surface;

a ceramic color layer; and

an organic ink layer,

wherein the glass plate has a curved surface shape in which the first main surface is concave, and has an information transmission and reception region through which a signal transmitted and received by an information communication device disposed on a first main surface side passes,

the ceramic color layer is provided in a peripheral portion of the information transmission and reception region on the first main surface of the glass plate,

the organic ink layer is provided to cover a partial region on the first main surface of the glass plate and at least a partial region on the ceramic color layer, as well as a boundary portion between the glass plate and the ceramic color layer on the first main surface of the glass plate, and

a thickness of the organic ink layer is smaller than a thickness of the ceramic color layer.

2 . The window glass for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic color layer has a surface roughness Ra of 0.25 μm or more.

3 . The window glass for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the ceramic color layer is 6 μm to 30 μm, and

the thickness of the organic ink layer is 1 μm to 10 μm.

4 . The window glass for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information transmission and reception region on the first main surface of the glass plate is an independent region separated by the organic ink layer.

5 . The window glass for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information transmission and reception region on the first main surface of the glass plate is continuous with another region on the glass plate without being separated by the organic ink layer.

6 . The window glass for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the window glass is configured to be disposed in a vehicle such that the first main surface of the glass plate is on a vehicle inner side and the second main surface of the glass plate is on a vehicle outer side.

7 . A laminated glass for the vehicle comprising:

the window glass for a vehicle according claim 1 .

8 . A windshield for the vehicle comprising:

the laminated glass for a vehicle according to claim 7 .

9 . A windshield for the vehicle comprising:

the window glass for a vehicle according claim 1 .

10 . A method for manufacturing a window glass for a vehicle, sequentially comprising:

preparing a glass plate having a first main surface and a second main surface;

applying a pasty ceramic color composition to a peripheral portion of an information transmission and reception region, through which a signal transmitted and received by an information communication device disposed on a first main surface side passes, on the first main surface of the glass plate, and performing a heat treatment at a firing temperature equal to or higher than an annealing point of the glass plate to bend and mold the glass plate such that the first main surface is concave and form a ceramic color layer; and

applying an organic ink composition to cover a partial region on the first main surface of the glass plate and at least a partial region on the ceramic color layer, as well as a boundary portion between the glass plate and the ceramic color layer, and curing the organic ink composition to form an organic ink layer,

wherein the organic ink composition is applied such that a thickness of the organic ink layer is smaller than a thickness of the ceramic color layer.

11 . The method for manufacturing the window glass for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the organic ink composition is applied by an inkjet printing.

12 . The method for manufacturing the window glass for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the annealing point of the glass plate is 500° C. to 600° C.

13 . The method for manufacturing the window glass for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the organic ink layer is formed by thermal curing or photocuring of the organic ink composition.

14 . The method for manufacturing the window glass for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the organic ink layer is formed by thermal curing of the organic ink composition, and

the thermal curing is performed at a heat treatment temperature lower than the firing temperature equal to or higher than the annealing point of the glass plate.