IP Library Granted Patent US 11,052,578
Granted Patent B2
US 11,052,578 · App. 16/495,014 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Method for producing a thermoplastic combination film

Inventors: Martin Arndt (Aachen, DE); Michele Cappuccilli (Aachen, DE); Wolfgang Von Avenarius (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B29C41/02B29C65/08B29C65/16B29C65/48B29K2101/12B29L2031/34B29L2031/3475
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Patent No.
US 11,052,578
App. No.
16/495,014
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a thermoplastic combination film suitable for a composite glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic combination film includes at least one defined area, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a variable wedge angle, the method including providing a first thermoplastic film, producing a second thermoplastic film with a variable wedge angle, wherein the three-dimensional shape of second thermoplastic film is obtained by molding on a mold, and joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film.

Claims (18)

1. Method for producing a thermoplastic combination film suitable for a composite glass pane, wherein

the thermoplastic combination film comprises at least one defined area, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a variable wedge angle, the method comprising:

providing a first thermoplastic film,

producing a second thermoplastic film with a variable wedge angle, wherein a three-dimensional shape of the second thermoplastic film is obtained by molding on a mold, and

joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the molding on a mold comprises:

obtaining a polymer melt,

introducing the polymer melt into the mold,

releasing the second thermoplastic film from the mold.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film and producing the second thermoplastic film are done simultaneously.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein joining together the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film comprises

placing the second thermoplastic film on the first thermoplastic film, and

gluing and/or laser welding and/or cold welding and/or ultrasonic bonding.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic film has a constant thickness.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film contain at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl butyral, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyurethane, polypropylene, polyacrylate, polyethylene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinyl chloride, polyacetal resins, casting resins, polyacrylates, fluorinated ethylene propylene copolymers, polyvinyl fluoride, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymers, and copolymers and mixtures thereof.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first thermoplastic film is made substantially of PVB.

8. Head-up display arrangement, comprising a projector for illuminating a head-up display area of a composite glass pane and a composite glass pane equipped with a thermoplastic combination film obtained according to a method of claim 1 , wherein, during operation, the projector substantially illuminates the defined area.

9. Camera arrangement, comprising a camera and a composite glass pane at least comprising a first glass layer, a second glass layer, and a thermoplastic combination film obtained according to a method of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic combination film is arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer and wherein the camera is directed at the defined area and records light beams that pass through the composite glass pane.

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 Sep 17, 2019
From: ARNDT, MARTIN; CAPPUCCILLI, MICHELE; VON AVENARIUS, WOLFGANG
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 050408/0838 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17170606 · May 11, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
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