Glass cover
The present disclosure relates to a glass cover, particularly a glass cover used in a vehicle roof, which includes a glass pane, anti-shatter layer means arranged on an underside of the glass pane, and an encapsulation formed on an edge region of the glass pane wherein the anti-shatter layer means covers the whole underside of the glass pane and extends into the encapsulation.
1. Glass cover in a vehicle roof, which comprises comprising:
a glass pane;
an anti-shatter layer structure arranged on an underside of the glass pane; and
an encapsulation formed on an edge region of the glass cover,
wherein the anti-shatter layer structure covers the whole underside of the glass pane and extends into the encapsulation, the anti-shatter layer structure comprises
an anti-shatter scratch resistant foil, and
an adhesive anti-shatter foil laminated on the underside of the glass pane,
wherein the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil is arranged on an underside of the adhesive anti-shatter foil such that
an edge face of the adhesive anti-shatter foil,
an edge face of the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil, and
an edge face of the glass pane,
are flush to each other in the edge region of the glass cover, and
wherein the edge face of the adhesive anti-shatter foil is in contact with the encapsulation.
2. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polycarbonate (PC) and the adhesive anti-shatter foil is made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) or polyurethane (PU).
3. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation is made of plastic foam.
4. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive anti-shatter foil and the encapsulation comprise the same plastic material.
5. Glass cover according to claim 4 , wherein the adhesive anti-shatter foil is made of thermoplastic PU and the encapsulation is made of PU foam.
6. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-shatter layer structure has recesses or holes in an edge region of the glass pane within the encapsulation which are formed in series along at least a part of the edge region of the glass pane, wherein these recesses or holes are filled by the material of the encapsulation.
7. Glass cover according to claim 6 , wherein the recesses or holes extend through an entire thickness of the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil of the anti-shatter layer structure.
8. Glass cover according to claim 7 , wherein the recesses and holes are within the adhesive anti-shatter foil of the anti-shatter layer structure.
9. Glass cover according to claim 8 , wherein the recesses or holes extend through an entire thickness of the anti-shatter layer structure.
10. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-shatter layer structure comprises a single adhesive anti-shatter layer made of a material that is not PET, but the single adhesive anti-shatter layer comprises an adhesive anti-scratch self-filling anti-shatter PU foil or an adhesive anti-scratch self-filling anti-shatter thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).
11. Glass cover according to claim 1 , wherein
the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil is tear-resistant and is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET),
the adhesive anti-shatter foil is made of polyurethane (PU),
the encapsulation is made of PU foam, and
the edge face of the adhesive anti-shatter foil made of PU is in contact with the encapsulation made of PU foam such that an edge of the anti-shatter scratch-resistant foil remains fixed on the adhesive anti-shatter foil.