IP Library Granted Patent US 10,502,954
Granted Patent B2
US 10,502,954 · App. 15/994,225 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Laminated glass

Inventors: Shunsuke Sadakane (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Shunpei Oosumi (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
G02B27/0101B32B17/1011B32B17/10036B32B17/10082B32B17/10568B32B17/10761G02B27/0018B32B2250/03B32B2250/40G02B2027/012G03B21/62
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Patent No.
US 10,502,954
App. No.
15/994,225
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated glass includes first and second glass plates to be arranged on the inside and the outside of a vehicle, respectively; an interlayer located between the first and second glass plates and bonded to the first and second glass plates; and a display area used for a head up display, including a region having a wedge shape in a cross section, a thickness at an upper end of the region in a vertical direction being greater than a thickness at a lower end of the region. A difference, Δt [mm], between a thickness of the laminated glass at a thickest portion in the display area and a thickness at a thinnest portion, and a difference, ΔTv [%], between a visible light transmittance of the laminated glass at the thickest portion in the display area and a visible light transmittance at the thinnest portion, satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.2Δt.

Claims (53)

1. A laminated glass comprising:

a first glass plate to be arranged on an inner side of a vehicle;

a second glass plate to be arranged on an outer side of the vehicle;

an interlayer located between the first glass plate and the second glass plate and bonded to the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and

a display area configured to be used for a head up display,

wherein the display area includes a region having a wedge shape in a cross section, a thickness at an upper end of the region in a vertical direction being greater than a thickness at a lower end of the region, when the laminated glass is installed on the vehicle,

wherein a difference in thickness, Δt [mm], between a thickness of the laminated glass at a thickest portion in the display area and a thickness of the laminated glass at a thinnest portion in the display area, and a difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], between a visible light transmittance of the laminated glass at the thickest portion in the display area and a visible light transmittance of the laminated glass at the thinnest portion in the display area, satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.2 Δt, and

wherein a member with a lowest visible light transmittance per unit thickness from among the first glass plate, the second glass plate and the interlayer has a wedge shape in a cross section.

2. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein the difference in thickness, Δt [mm], and the difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.4 Δt.

3. The laminated glass according to claim 2 ,

wherein the difference in thickness, Δt [mm], and the difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.6 Δt.

4. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein either or both of the first glass plate and the second glass plate has a wedge shape in a cross section.

5. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein the interlayer has a wedge shape in a cross section, and

wherein a thickness of the interlayer at a thinnest portion in the display area is 0.65 mm or more.

6. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein the interlayer includes a polyvinyl butyral resin, and the first glass plate and the second glass plate are formed of a green glass.

7. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average value of a wedge angle in the region having a wedge shape in a cross section is 1.5 mrad or less.

8. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average value of a wedge angle in the region having a wedge shape in a cross section is 0.4 mrad or less.

9. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,

wherein a radius of curvature of the laminated glass in the vertical direction is 6000 mm or more.

10. A laminated glass comprising:

a first glass plate to be arranged on an inner side of a vehicle;

a second glass plate to be arranged on an outer side of the vehicle;

an interlayer located between the first glass plate and the second glass plate and bonded to the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and

a display area configured to be used for a head up display,

wherein the display area includes a region having a wedge shape in a cross section, a thickness at an upper end of the region in a vertical direction being greater than a thickness at a lower end of the region, when the laminated glass is installed on the vehicle,

wherein a difference in thickness, Δt [mm], between a thickness of the laminated glass at a thickest portion in the display area and a thickness of the laminated glass at a thinnest portion in the display area, and a difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], between a visible light transmittance of the laminated glass at the thickest portion in the display area and a visible light transmittance of the laminated glass at the thinnest portion in the display area, satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.2 Δt, and

wherein a wedge angle in an area from an upper end of the display area to an upper end of the laminated glass is less than a wedge angle in the region having a wedge shape in a cross section.

11. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein the difference in thickness, Δt [mm], and the difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.4 Δt.

12. The laminated glass according to claim 11 ,

wherein the difference in thickness, Δt [mm], and the difference in visible light transmittance, ΔTv [%], satisfy a relation of ΔTv≥2.6 Δt.

13. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein a member with a lowest visible light transmittance per unit thickness from among the first glass plate, the second glass plate and the interlayer has a wedge shape in a cross section.

14. The laminated glass according to claim 13 ,

wherein either or both of the first glass plate and the second glass plate has a wedge shape in a cross section.

15. The laminated glass according to claim 13 ,

wherein a member with a lowest visible light transmittance per unit thickness from among the first glass plate, the second glass plate and the interlayer has a wedge shape in a cross section,

wherein the interlayer has a wedge shape in a cross section, and

wherein a thickness of the interlayer at a thinnest portion in the display area is 0.65 mm or more.

16. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein the interlayer includes a polyvinyl butyral resin, and the first glass plate and the second glass plate are formed of a green glass.

17. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein an average value of a wedge angle in the region having a wedge shape in a cross section is 1.5 mrad or less.

18. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein an average value of a wedge angle in the region having a wedge shape in a cross section is 0.4 mrad or less.

19. The laminated glass according to claim 10 ,

wherein a radius of curvature of the laminated glass in the vertical direction is 6000 mm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2018
From: SADAKANE, SHUNSUKE; OOSUMI, SHUNPEI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045951/0841 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-109820 · Jun 2, 2017 · national
JP 2018-087220 · Apr 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180348516A1 · Dec 6, 2018