# US 10,118,364 B2 · Polymeric vehicle glazing with a flush mounted opaque edge zone > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,364 B2 - Document ID: US10118364B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/435,153 - Filed: 2013-10-04 - Published: 2015-10-08 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-30 - Assignees: Saint-Gobain Glass France - Applicants: Saint-Gobain Glass France - Inventors: Laetitia Massault; Pascal Lefevre; Bastien Grandgirard; Luc-Henry Blanche; Marcus Guldan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118364B2 ## CPC - B32B 5/145: {Variation across the thickness of the layer} - B29C 45/16: Making multilayered or multicoloured articles {(B29C45/0062 takes precedence; feeding colouring materials into the injection unit B29C45/1816)} - B32B 27/08: of synthetic resin - B60J 1/02: arranged at the vehicle front {, e.g. structure of the glazing, mounting of the glazing (on windscreen mounted antenna wire H01Q1/1271)} - B60J 1/18: arranged at the vehicle rear {(optical viewing arrangements integrated in rear windows, e.g. Fresnel lenses B60R1/001)} - B60J 7/043: Sunroofs (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. sliding above the roof} - B60Q 1/04: the devices being headlights - B60S 1/026: {using electrical means} - B63B 19/00: Arrangements or adaptations of ports, doors, windows, port-holes, or other openings or covers (scuppers B63B13/00; arrangements of watertight doors in bulkheads B63B43/24) - B64C 1/1484: {Windows (B64C1/1492 takes precedence)} - B29C 2045/1682: {preventing defects} - B29C 2045/1687: {preventing leakage of second injected material from the mould cavity} - B29K 2995/0025: Opaque - B29K 2995/0026: Transparent - B32B 2605/00: Vehicles - B63B 2019/0007: {Ship's windows} - Y10T 428/24521: with component conforming to contour of nonplanar surface - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A polymeric vehicle glazing is described, having an outer face and an inner face, with a transparent polymeric component at the outer face and the inner face. An opaque polymeric component is flush mounted at the inner face in at least one section of the transparent polymeric component. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A polymeric vehicle glazing at least comprising: an outer face and an inner face, the outer face being a same planar face in its entirety, a transparent polymeric component at the outer face and the inner face, an opaque polymeric component flush mounted on the inner face in at least one section of the transparent polymeric component, an interface connecting the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component and a junction point in which the transparent polymeric component, the opaque polymeric component and the ambient air meet, a first interior face defined as the nearest parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, and a second interior face defined as the most distant parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, wherein at the junction point, the interface and the second interior face form an angle α, wherein α is 20° to 100° in direction of the first interior face, wherein at a point of the interface that lies 0.1 mm to 1 mm beneath the inner face, the interface and the second interior face form an angle α1, wherein α1 is 10° to 60° in direction of the first interior face, wherein the first interior face defines a plane of the interface nearest to the outer face, and wherein within at least one section of the opaque polymeric component, the inner face and the second interior face form an angle ß, wherein ß is 10° to 100° in direction of the periphery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the angle α that is formed at the junction point is 50° to 90°, in direction of the first interior face, and wherein the point of the interface where the angle α1 is formed lies 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm beneath the inner face, wherein α1 is 25° to 45° in direction of the first interior face. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the inner face comprises an adhesive surface which is identical to the second interior face, or parallel to the second interior face and is 0.5 mm to 10 mm above the second interior face. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 3, wherein the adhesive surface is parallel to and 1 mm to 5 mm above the second interior face. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the inner face comprises at least two electrical contacts and at least one conductive wire and the electrical contacts are located on the opaque polymeric component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 5, wherein the electrical contacts comprise an upper bus bar and a lower bus bar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 6, wherein the conductive wires are electrically connected to the upper bus bar and the lower bus bar and the lower bus bar is glued to the opaque polymeric component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the opaque polymeric component forms a circumferential frame enclosing the transparent polymeric component. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the transparent polymeric component is between 1 mm and 20 mm, and a thickness of the opaque polymeric component is between 0.5 mm and 15 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the transparent polymeric component is between 2 mm and 8 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the transparent polymeric component is between 4 mm and 7 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the opaque polymeric component is between 2 mm and 8 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the opaque polymeric component is between 3 mm and 5 mm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the transparent polymeric component contains polyethylenes, polycarbonates, polypropylenes, polystyrenes, polybutadienes, polynitriles, polyesters, polyurethanes, polymethylmethacrylates, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyethylenterephthalate, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, acrylic ester styrene acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate, polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, mixtures and/or copolymers thereof. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 14, wherein the transparent polymeric component contains polycarbonate, polymethylmethacrylate or a combination thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the opaque polymeric component contains polyethylenes, polycarbonates, polypropylenes, polystyrenes, polybutadienes, polynitriles, polyesters, polyurethanes, polymethylmethacrylates, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyethylenterephthalate, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, acrylic ester styrene acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate, polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and/or mixtures or copolymers thereof, and at least one colorant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 16, wherein the opaque polymeric component contains polycarbonate, polyethyleneterephthalate, polymethylmethacrylate or a combination thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 16, wherein the opaque polymeric component contains acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric vehicle glazing is coated with a protective coating comprising at least a polysiloxane, polyacrylate, polymethacrylate and/or a polyurethane, the coating having a thickness between 1 μm and 50 μm. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 19, wherein the protective coating has a thickness between 2 μm and 25 μm. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 1, wherein the angle ß is 20° to 60° in the direction of the periphery. ### Claim 22 A process of manufacturing a polymeric vehicle glazing comprising: two-component injection molding of a transparent polymeric component and an opaque polymeric component, wherein the opaque polymeric component is flush overmolded onto the transparent polymeric component, applying a protective coating onto the outer face and/or the inner face, applying at least one lower bus bar onto the inner face of the opaque polymeric component, ultrasonically integrating conductive wires onto an inner face of the polymeric vehicle glazing, applying an upper bus bar onto the at least one lower bus bar carrying the conductive wires and establishing an electrical connection of the bus bars with the conductive wires, and obtaining the polymeric vehicle glazing, wherein the polymeric vehicle glazing comprises: an outer face and an inner face, the outer face being a same planar face in its entirety, a transparent polymeric component at the outer face and the inner face, an opaque polymeric component flush mounted on the inner face in at least one section of the transparent polymeric component, an interface connecting the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component and a junction point in which the transparent polymeric component, the opaque polymeric component and the ambient air meet, a first interior face defined as the nearest parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, and a second interior face defined as the most distant parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, wherein at the junction point the interface and the second interior face form an angle α, wherein α is 20° to 100° in direction of the first interior face, wherein at a point of the interface that lies 0.1 mm to 1 mm beneath the inner face, the interface and the second interior face form an angle α1, wherein α1 is 10° to 60° in direction of the first interior face, wherein the first interior face defines a plane of the interface nearest to the outer face, and wherein within at least one section of opaque polymeric component, the inner face and the second interior face form an angle ß, wherein ß is 10° to 100° in direction of the periphery. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The process of manufacturing a polymeric vehicle glazing according to claim 22, wherein the protective coating is applied onto the outer face and the inner face of the polymeric vehicle glazing. ### Claim 24 A method comprising: using a polymeric vehicle glazing as automotive glazing, glazing for aviation, glazing for rail vehicles, ship glazing, wherein the polymeric vehicle glazing comprises: an outer face and an inner face, the outer face being a same planar face in its entirety, a transparent polymeric component at the outer face and the inner face, an opaque polymeric component flush mounted on the inner face in at least one section of the transparent polymeric component, an interface connecting the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component and a junction point in which the transparent polymeric component, the opaque polymeric component and the ambient air meet, a first interior face defined as the nearest parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, and a second interior face defined as the most distant parallel to the outer face that passes through the transparent polymeric component and the opaque polymeric component, wherein at the junction point the interface and the second interior face form an angle α, wherein α is 20° to 100° in direction of the first interior face, wherein at a point of the interface that lies 0.1 mm to 1 mm beneath the inner face, the interface and the second interior face form an angle α1, wherein α1 is 10° to 60° in direction of the first interior face, wherein the first interior face defines a plane of the interface nearest to the outer face, and wherein within at least one section of the opaque polymeric component, the inner face and the second interior face form an angle ß, wherein ß is 10° to 100° in direction of the periphery. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein the polymeric vehicle glazing is used in automotives as backlite, sidelite, windshield, lamp cover, or cover for headlamps.