IP Library Granted Patent US 12,585,113
Granted Patent B2
US 12,585,113 · App. 18/387,605 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Laminated glass and head-up display system

Inventors: Yusuke Nishizawa (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Sadakane (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC INC.
G02B27/0101B32B17/10036B32B17/10449B32B17/10541B32B17/10568B32B17/10651B32B17/10761B32B2457/20G02B2027/0118
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Patent No.
US 12,585,113
App. No.
18/387,605
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated glass includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate to bond the first glass plate and the second glass plate; the laminated glass partly having a first area configured to be used by a head-up display; the first glass plate having a 4th surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer, and a 3rd surface facing the interlayer; the second glass plate having a 2nd surface facing the interlayer and a 1st surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer; the first area having a P-polarized light reflective layer disposed on the 4th surface and a light-absorbing layer disposed at a position closer to the 1st surface than the P-polarized light reflective layer; the laminated glass being configured such that the formula of A≥85% is satisfied wherein the total of a visible light transmittance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a visible light transmittance of the light-absorbing layer is Tv %, the total of a visible light reflectance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a visible light reflectance of the light absorbing layer is Rv %, and an absorption A is equal to “100−Tv−Rv” (%); and the laminated glass being configured such that the formula of Rvp≥5% is satisfied wherein the total of a P-polarized light reflectance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a P-polarized light reflectance of the light-absorbing layer is Rvp % when P-polarized light is incident on the surface of the laminated glass facing the P-polarized light reflective layer at an incident angle of 57 deg.

Claims (21)

1 . A laminated glass comprising:

a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate to bond the first glass plate and the second glass plate;

the laminated glass partly having a first area configured to be used by a head-up display;

the first glass plate having a 4th surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer, and a 3rd surface facing the interlayer;

the second glass plate having a 2nd surface facing the interlayer and a 1st surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer;

the first area having a P-polarized light reflective layer disposed on the 4th surface and a light-absorbing layer disposed at a position closer to the 1st surface than the P-polarized light reflective layer; and

the laminated glass being configured such that the formula of A≥85% is satisfied wherein the total of a visible light transmittance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a visible light transmittance of the light-absorbing layer is Tv %, the total of a visible light reflectance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a visible light reflectance of the light absorbing layer is Rv %, and an absorption A is equal to “100−Tv−Rv” (%); and

the laminated glass being configured such that the formula of Rvp≥5% is satisfied wherein the total of a P-polarized light reflectance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a P-polarized light reflectance of the light-absorbing layer is Rvp % when P-polarized light is incident on the surface of the laminated glass facing the P-polarized light reflective layer at an incident angle of 57 deg.

2 . The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the laminated glass is configured such that the formula of a*≤10 and the formula of b*≤10 are satisfied wherein light reflected on the P-polarized light reflective layer and on the light-absorbing layer has a chromaticity of a*, b* when the P-polarized light is incident on the P-polarized light reflective layer at an incident angle of 57 deg.

3 . The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the light-absorbing layer is disposed on the 2nd surface.

4 . The laminated glass according to claim 3 , wherein the 2nd surface has an optically shielding layer disposed thereon in a strip form along a peripheral edge portion thereof; and

wherein the optically shielding layer is partly widened so as to form the light-absorbing layer.

5 . The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the light-absorbing layer comprises a colored ceramic layer.

6 . The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the first glass plate is curved so as to be convex toward the interlayer.

7 . The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first glass plate, the second glass plate or the interlayer has a wedge-shaped area in cross section such that the wedge-shaped area has a thickness gradually increasing from a lower side to an upper side of the laminated glass in a state that the laminated glass is mounted to a vehicle.

8 . The laminated glass according to claim 7 , wherein the wedge-shaped area in cross section includes a second area configured to be used by the head-up display.

9 . A head-up display system comprising:

the laminated glass recited in claim 1 , comprising a light source emitting P-polarized visible light such that the P-polarized visible light is incident on the P-polarized light reflective layer;

wherein a ghost image is apparently displayed on a vehicle outer side of the laminated glass.

10 . The head-up display system according to claim 9 , configured such that light from the light source is incident on the P-polarized light reflective layer at an incident angle larger than 57 deg.

11 . The head-up display system according to claim 9 , configured such that light from the light source is incident on the P-polarized light reflective layer at an incident angle of at most 47 deg, or at least 62 deg.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: NISHIZAWA, YUSUKE; SADAKANE, SHUNSUKE
To: AGC INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-085617 · May 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022020984 · May 20, 2022
Related Publication 20240069337A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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