Heated windscreen
AssigneeAgc Glass Europe
InventorsLaurent Goutiere, Peter Masschelein
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Abstract
A heated laminated windscreen including two sheets of glass joined by an inserted sheet, and including a system of conductive layers covering most of a surface of one glass sheet of the windscreen. The system is electrically powered by busbars at a top and bottom of the windscreen, with windows which are devoid of layers arranged at the top in the middle of the windscreen. The windscreen further including at least one additional busbar arranged laterally on edges and at the top of the windscreen.
Claims16
A heated laminated windshield formed of two glass sheets joined by an interlayer sheet, comprising:
- a conductive system of layers covering most of a surface of one glass sheet of the windshield, which system is electrically powered by busbars in a top portion and a bottom portion of the windshield,
- windows without layers being positioned in the top portion in a middle of the windshield;
- at least one additional busbar positioned laterally on an edge and at the top of the windshield,
- an additional power supply positioned in a form of a power supply busbar located at least beneath widest windows in an area masked by an enamelled coating,
- wherein the power supply busbar is substantially level with lower ends of the at least one additional busbar.
A heated laminated windshield, comprising:
- two glass sheets;
- an interlayer sheet joining the two glass sheets;
- a conductive system of layers on a surface of one of the glass sheets of the windshield, which system is electrically powered by busbars in a top portion and a bottom portion of the windshield;
- windows without the conductive system of layers positioned in the top portion of the windshield;
- at least one additional busbar positioned laterally on an edge and at the top of the windshield;
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- a power supply busbar located in an area masked by an enamelled coating,
- wherein the power supply busbar is substantially level with lower ends of the at least one additional busbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.