IP Library Granted Patent US 9,599,306
Granted Patent B2
US 9,599,306 · App. 15/041,510 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Illuminating glazing unit for a vehicle

Inventor: Adèle Verrat-Debailleul (Villers-sur-coudun, FR)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
F21S48/22B32B17/10036B32B17/1077B32B17/10541B32B17/10761B32B17/10788B60Q1/268B60Q1/2611B60Q3/0213G02B6/0021G02B6/0095G02B6/0036G02B6/0068
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Patent No.
US 9,599,306
App. No.
15/041,510
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illuminating glazing unit for vehicles includes a first transparent sheet with a first main face, a second main face, and a peripheral edge, a plurality of light-emitting diodes, each having an emitting face, and a light extraction element, which may be located on one of the main faces of the first sheet, wherein the first sheet is pierced with a through hole delimited by an internal edge, and wherein one or more of the light-emitting diodes are housed in the through hole, with their emitting faces turned toward the internal edge.

Claims (26)

1. An illuminating glazing unit for vehicles, comprising:

a first transparent sheet of mineral glass with a first main face, a second main face, and a peripheral edge;

a second transparent sheet of mineral glass with a first main face, a second main face and a peripheral edge;

a transparent lamination interlayer which is in adhesive contact with the second main face of the first sheet and the first main face of the second sheet;

a plurality of light-emitting diodes, each having an emitting face, and

a light extraction element located on one of the first and second main faces of the first transparent sheet,

wherein the first transparent sheet is pierced with a through hole delimited by an internal edge, and wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are housed in the through hole, with their emitting faces turned toward the internal edge.

2. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light extraction element is located in the immediate proximity of the through hole, the distance separating the internal edge from the light extraction element being not more than 20 cm.

3. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the distance is not more than 5 cm.

4. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light extraction element is an opaque diffusing coating located on the second main face of the first sheet.

5. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the opaque diffusing coating is white in color.

6. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light extraction element takes the form of one or more areas arranged around the through hole.

7. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the light extraction element takes the form of a pattern with central symmetry, or the form of a pattern with axial symmetry.

8. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a center of symmetry of the pattern with central symmetry is superimposed on a center of symmetry of the through hole.

9. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 7 , wherein an axis of symmetry of the pattern with axial symmetry is superimposed on an axis of symmetry of the through hole.

10. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through hole in which the plurality of light-emitting diodes are housed is closed by a cover.

11. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the cover is an opaque cover.

12. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the cover is made of a translucent or transparent material, and wherein the glazing unit additionally contains light-emitting diodes located in the through hole whose emitting faces are turned toward the cover.

13. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the cover is a removable cover, fixed onto the first main face of the first sheet by reversible fixing means.

14. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 10 , wherein at least part of the plurality of light-emitting diodes are attached to the cover and spaced apart from the second transparent sheet.

15. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light extraction element is located on the first main face of the first transparent sheet.

16. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two of the plurality of light-emitting diodes are housed in the through hole so as to emit light along two different directions toward the internal edge.

17. The illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the two different directions are in opposite directions.

18. A vehicle having an illuminating glazing unit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first main face of the first sheet of the glazing unit is in contact with the inside of the vehicle.

19. The vehicle as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle.

20. The vehicle as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the illuminating glazing unit is part of a roof of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 16, 2025
From: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
Reel/Frame 071969/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: VERRAT-DEBAILLEUL, ADÈLE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 037715/0017 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 12 50740 · Jan 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14374713
Related Publication 20160161081A1 · Jun 9, 2016