IP Library Granted Patent US 11,052,639
Granted Patent B2
US 11,052,639 · App. 16/609,663 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Thermoplastic film for a laminated glass pane

Inventors: Martin Arndt (Aachen, DE); Michele Cappuccilli (Aachen, DE); Wolfgang Von Avenarius (Herzogenrath, DE); Li-Ya Yeh (Geilenkirchen, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
B32B17/10036B32B17/10761B32B17/10568B32B2315/08B32B2605/006B32B2605/08G02B27/0101G02B2027/0121
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Patent No.
US 11,052,639
App. No.
16/609,663
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film includes a defined region, which is provided for a camera window or an HUD (head-up display) region that has a non-zero wedge angle, and a region surrounding the defined region on all sides, in which the thermoplastic film has a substantially constant thickness, wherein the maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than the thickness in the surrounding region.

Claims (30)

1. Thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film comprises

a defined region that is provided for a camera window or an HUD region, said defined region having a non-zero wedge angle, and

a region surrounding the defined region on all sides of said defined region, the thermoplastic film having a constant thickness in said region entirely surrounding the defined region on all sides of said defined region, wherein

a maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than a thickness in the surrounding region.

2. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the defined region has a variable wedge angle.

3. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the thermoplastic film in the surrounding region is between 50 μm and 2000 μm.

4. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film is made substantially of PVB.

5. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film has a noise-reducing effect.

6. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the defined region extends over an area of 2000 mm 2 to 200,000 mm 2 for an HUD region and over an area of 2000 mm 2 10,000 mm 2 for a camera window.

7. The thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film has a first surface and an opposite second surface, whose planes are arranged parallel to one another in the surrounding region, and wherein the thermoplastic film has, in the defined region, a mirror plane/plane of symmetry, which is arranged parallel to the planes of the first surface and the second surface in the surrounding region centrally between these planes.

8. Method for producing a thermoplastic film suitable as an intermediate layer for a laminated glass pane, wherein the thermoplastic film comprises at least a defined region that is provided for a camera window or an HUD region, said defined region having a non-zero wedge angle, and the thermoplastic film comprises a surrounding region that surrounds the defined region on all sides of said defined region, the thermoplastic film having a constant thickness in said region entirely surrounding the defined region on all sides of said defined region, wherein a maximum thickness in the defined region of the thermoplastic film is less than a thickness in the surrounding region, the method comprising:

providing a thermoplastic film having a constant thickness,

ablating the thermoplastic film using a laser in at least one defined region.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the wedge angle in the defined region changes.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein first, a first surface of the thermoplastic film having a constant thickness is treated with the laser in the defined region and then, the second surface of the thermoplastic film is treated with the laser in the same defined region.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein an ablation depth is between 0.10 mm and 0.30 mm.

12. Laminated glass pane, comprising a first glass layer, a second glass layer, and a thermoplastic film according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic film is arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer.

13. Method for producing a laminated glass pane, comprising:

providing a first glass pane

providing a second glass pane

placing a thermoplastic film according to claim 1 on the first glass pane,

placing a second glass pane on the thermoplastic film, and

joining the second glass pane to the thermoplastic film.

14. Head-up display arrangement, comprising a projector for illuminating a head-up display area of a laminated glass pane and a laminated glass pane according to claim 12 , wherein, during operation, the projector substantially illuminates the defined region.

15. Camera arrangement, comprising a camera and a laminated glass pane according to claim 12 , wherein the camera is directed at the defined region and records light beams that pass through the laminated glass pane.

16. A method comprising utilizing the laminated glass pane according to claim 12 as a front pane with a head-up display and/or camera window in means of transportation on water, on land, and in the air.

17. The thermoplastic film according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the thermoplastic film in the surrounding region is between 300 μm and 850 μm.

18. The thermoplastic film according to claim 17 , wherein the thickness of the thermoplastic film in the surrounding region is between 380 μm and 760 μm.

19. The thermoplastic film according to claim 6 , wherein the defined region extends over an area of 10,000 mm 2 to 200,000 mm 2 for an HUD region.

20. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the ablation depth is between 0.15 mm and 0.25 mm.

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 Oct 30, 2019
From: ARNDT, MARTIN; CAPPUCCILLI, MICHELE; VON AVENARIUS, WOLFGANG; YEH, LI-YA
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 050867/0727 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17183444 · Jul 27, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
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