IP Library Granted Patent US 12,459,236
Granted Patent B2
US 12,459,236 · App. 18/571,577 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Glazing for head-up display

Inventors: Wladislaw Bronstein (Konz, DE); Olivier Farreyrol (Wasserbillig, LU); Markus Walter Pohlen (Mückeln, DE); Michael Bard (Wadern, DE)
Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
B32B17/10036B32B17/10357B32B17/10495B32B17/10568B60K35/234G02B27/0101B32B2307/202B32B2307/41B32B2307/416
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Patent No.
US 12,459,236
App. No.
18/571,577
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated glazing according to this disclosure includes a first glass sheet having first and second opposing surfaces, a second glass sheet having third and fourth opposing surfaces, an interlayer positioned between the second surface of the first glass sheet and the third surface of the second glass sheet, a first opaque layer, and a first reflective layer on the second glass sheet in an area overlapping with the first opaque layer.

Claims (34)

1 . A laminated glazing, comprising:

a first glass sheet having first and second opposing surfaces;

a second glass sheet having third and fourth opposing surfaces;

an interlayer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, wherein the interlayer is positioned between the second surface of the first glass sheet and the third surface of the second glass sheet;

a first opaque layer; and

a first reflective layer applied on the fourth surface of the second glass sheet in an area overlapping with the first opaque layer.

2 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising a second opaque layer on the fourth surface of the second glass sheet.

3 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer is electrically conductive and electrically connected to a power source.

4 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer has a highest visible light reflectivity at a light wavelength used in a projected light from a head-up display projector when installed in a vehicle.

5 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer is a reflective paint.

6 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer includes a reflective coating applied to the second glass sheet.

7 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer includes a reflective film adhered to the second glass sheet.

8 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising a masking layer over the first reflective layer.

9 . The laminated glazing according to claim 8 , wherein the masking layer includes a film adhered over the first reflective layer.

10 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer over the first reflective layer.

11 . The laminated glazing according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflective layer provides a first display surface, such that the first opaque layer is a background for the first display surface, and

the laminated glazing further comprises a second display surface not aligned with the first opaque layer.

12 . The laminated glazing according to claim 11 , wherein the interlayer has a wedge shape.

13 . The laminated glazing according to claim 11 , further comprising a second reflective layer in the area of the second display.

14 . The laminated glazing according to claim 11 , further comprising a half wave plate between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet.

15 . A head-up display system, comprising:

a laminated glazing, comprising:

a first glass sheet having first and second opposing surfaces,

a second glass sheet having third and fourth opposing surfaces,

an interlayer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, wherein the interlayer is positioned between the second surface of the first glass sheet and the third surface of the second glass sheet,

a first opaque layer, and

a first reflective layer applied on the fourth surface of the second glass sheet in an area overlapping with the first opaque layer; and

a first projector for projecting first light toward the first reflective layer of the laminated glazing, wherein a first image is produced as a virtual image from a reflection of the first light off the first reflective layer.

16 . The head-up display system according to claim 15 , wherein the first reflective layer provides a first display surface, such that the first opaque layer is a background for the first display surface, and

the laminated glazing further comprises a second display surface not aligned with the first opaque layer, and

the first projector or a second projector emits a second light to the second display surface, wherein a second image is produced as a virtual image from a reflection of the second light off the second display surface.

17 . The head-up display system according to claim 16 , wherein the interlayer has a wedge shape.

18 . The head-up display system according to claim 16 , wherein the laminated glazing has a second reflective layer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, and the second light is p-polarized light.

19 . The head-up display system according to claim 16 , wherein the laminated glazing has a half wave plate between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, and the second light is s-polarized light or p-polarized light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2025
From: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
To: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 073024/0837 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63247026 · Sep 22, 2021
Provisional Application 63211736 · Jun 17, 2021
Related Publication 20240278539A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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