IP Library Granted Patent US 12686197
Granted Patent B2
US 12686197 · App. 18/554,546 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Laminated vehicle glazing and device comprising an associated near-infrared detection system

Inventors: Juliette Jamart (Compiegne, FR); Keihann Yavari (Margny-les-Compiegne, FR)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
B32B17/10449B32B3/266B32B17/10036B32B17/10119B32B17/10293B32B17/10348B32B17/10385B32B17/10761G01S7/4811B32B2255/26B32B2307/41B32B2307/42B32B2605/08B32B2605/10
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Patent No.
US 12686197
App. No.
18/554,546
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle laminated glazing includes a first extra clear glass sheet forming an exterior glazing, a lamination interlayer and a second glass sheet forming an interior glazing with a through-hole in this second sheet including a piece with a camouflaging coating.

Claims (38)

1 . A vehicle laminated glazing, comprising:

a first glass sheet forming an exterior glazing, with a first external main face and a second internal main face to be oriented toward a passenger compartment of a vehicle,

a lamination interlayer made of polymer material with a first main face oriented toward the second internal main face and a second main face opposite the first main face,

a second glass sheet forming an interior glazing with a third main face on the side of the second internal main face and a fourth internal main face oriented toward the passenger compartment,

wherein the first glass sheet has a total iron oxide content by weight of at most 0.05%,

a through-hole in a thickness of the second glass sheet, the through-hole being centimetric, hole delimited by a wall, closed-off hole or opening hole,

in the through-hole, a piece which is transparent at least at a working wavelength in an infrared in a range extending from 800 nm to 1800 nm,

the piece having a main connecting surface oriented toward and connected to the second internal main face,

the piece having a main interior surface, opposite the main connecting surface,

wherein the piece comprises a camouflaging coating forming a selective filter which absorbs in the visible range and is transparent at the working wavelength,

and wherein the vehicle laminated glazing has, in a zone of the through-hole with the camouflaging coating a total transmission of at most 10.0% in the visible range.

2 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the laminated glazing has, in the zone of the through-hole with the camouflaging coating, a total transmission of at least 80.0% at the working wavelength.

3 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the camouflaging coating comprises an organic matrix and a coloring agent dispersed in said organic matrix, and wherein the coloring agent absorbs the light located in said visible range and is transparent at said working wavelength, the camouflaging coating having a submillimetric thickness.

4 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 3 , wherein the coloring agent represents between 0.1 and 10% by weight of the camouflaging coating.

5 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , comprising a masking zone which is opaque in the visible range, the making zone being present at an edge of the piece or of the through-hole.

6 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 5 , wherein the masking zone which is opaque in the visible range comprises:

a) a masking layer which is opaque in the visible range and at the working wavelength, which is in the form of at least one film which is opaque in its bulk or a coating which is: on the first or the second glass sheet, or on the lamination interlayer, or on a submillimetric substrate between the second internal main face and the third main face,

b) and/or another camouflaging coating, forming a selective filter which absorbs in the visible range and is transparent at the working wavelength.

7 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 6 , wherein the camouflaging coating is defined by an L*1 of at most 5, a*1, b*1, and the opaque masking layer according to a) is defined by an L*2 of at most 5.

8 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the main interior surface comprises an element which is anti-reflective at said working wavelength.

9 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the piece has a thickness of 2.2 mm less.

10 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , comprising a local heating zone under and/or in said through-hole, spaced apart or on the main connecting surface.

11 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , comprising a functional element connected to the lamination interlayer, wherein the functional element comprises a sheet, the functional element having a first zone facing the through-hole, in the first zone said functional element being transparent at said working wavelength.

12 . The vehicle glazing according to claim 11 , wherein the sheet comprises on the first main face oriented toward the second internal main face or the third main face:

an electrically conductive coating forming a heating layer facing the through-hole, which is transparent at said working wavelength,

and/or the sheet comprises, on the first main face or the second, opposite main face:

an opaque masking element at least partially offset from the through-hole or protruding by at most 20 mm or 10 mm into the through-hole,

or another camouflaging coating forming a selective filter which absorbs in the visible range and is transparent at the working wavelength on an edge zone of the piece or the through-hole and/or under the through-hole.

13 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first glass sheet comprises, on the second internal main face, a functional coating with a first zone facing the through-hole, which functional coating is transparent at said working wavelength in the first zone.

14 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the lamination interlayer comprises a PVB, optionally having a partial interlayer hole in line with the through-hole, or wherein the lamination interlayer comprises a PVB, having an interlayer through-hole, in line with the through-hole.

15 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle laminated glazing is a laminated glazing of a road or railway vehicle.

16 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle laminated glazing is a windscreen or a rear window.

17 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 4 , wherein the organic matrix comprises monomers, oligomers, or polymers comprising at least one methacrylate function, epoxides, varnishes consisting of dispersed PVB particles, latex, polyurethane or acrylate.

18 . The vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 8 , wherein the anti-reflective element comprises an anti-reflective coating on the interior surface.

19 . A device, comprising:

said vehicle laminated glazing according to claim 1 , and

an infrared detection system at the working wavelength in the infrared, arranged in the passenger compartment and comprising a transmitter and/or receiver, so as to transmit and/or receive radiation passing through the laminated glazing at the through-hole with the piece.

20 . The device according to claim 19 , wherein the infrared detection system is a LIDAR or a near infrared camera.