IP Library Granted Patent US 11,660,837
Granted Patent B2
US 11,660,837 · App. 17/257,216 · Granted May 30, 2023

Composite glass pane

Inventors: Martin Lakshmanan (Aachen, DE); Claire Barras (Herzogenrath, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
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Patent No.
US 11,660,837
App. No.
17/257,216
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite glass pane that contains two glass panes or two polymer panes or one glass pane and one polymer pane and has at least one polymer film bonded therebetween, wherein a first type of polymer film having a first stiffness is arranged in a first, larger areal region of the composite glass pane and a second type of polymer film having a second, higher stiffness than the first polymer film is arranged in at least one second areal region.

Claims (12)

1. A composite glass pane, which comprises two glass panes or two polymer panes or one glass pane and one polymer pane, and at least one polymer film bonded between the two glass panes or the two polymer panes or the one glass pane and the one polymer pane, wherein the at least one polymer film comprises a first type of polymer film having a first stiffness that is arranged in a first, larger areal region of the composite glass pane, and a second type of polymer film that is arranged in at least one second areal region, wherein the second type of polymer film has a second stiffness, which is higher than the stiffness of the first type of polymer film, and wherein thicknesses of the first type of polymer film and of the second type of polymer film are substantially equal,

wherein the composite glass pane is implemented as a windshield of a vehicle,

wherein the second areal region is implemented only as a central region of the windshield of a vehicle and is directly adjacent an upper edge of the windshield,

wherein the second region has an areal fraction of less than 10% of a total area of the composite glass pane,

wherein the first type of polymer film is a PVB film with a modulus of elasticity of less than 20 Mpa, and the second type of polymer film is a PVB film with a modulus of elasticity greater than 100 MPa, measured in each case per Standard ASTM D882,

wherein a fastening element is adhered on the composite glass pane in the second areal region which is arranged on an inner-side of the windshield for mounting an inside mirror, and

wherein the second areal region has the shape of a rectangle or a rounded rectangle or a circle or an ellipse and is inserted in a cutout of the first type of polymer film.

2. The composite glass pane according to claim 1 , wherein the composite glass pane contains at least one polymer pane, and the at least one polymer pane is a polycarbonate pane or a polymethyl methacrylate pane.

3. The composite glass pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the inner glass or polymer panes is less than 1.4 mm.

4. The composite glass pane according to claim 1 , wherein the thicknesses of the first type of polymer film and of the second type of polymer film are in the range between 0.6 mm and 1.0 mm.

5. The composite glass pane according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer film of the first type is implemented as a film laminate, and/or the polymer film of the second type is implemented as a film laminate.

6. The composite glass pane according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the inner glass or polymer panes is less than 1.2 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 Dec 30, 2020
From: LAKSHMANAN, MARTIN; BARRAS, CLAIRE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 054780/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18191429 · Aug 29, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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