Heatable vehicle windshield with bus bars including braided and printed portions

A heatable window comprising:

• first and second spaced apart substrates coupled to one another, one of the substrates supporting a coating that includes at least one heatable conductive layer;
• first and second bus bars in electrical communication with the coating, so that when voltage is applied across the coating heat is generated;
• and
• wherein at least one of the bus bars comprises:
• (a) a conductive base layer that is provided over and in contact with a portion of the coating, and (b) a conductive braid that is provided over and in electrical contact with the conductive base layer along at least a portion of a length of the conductive base layer.

A heatable vehicle windshield comprising:

• means for laminating together first and second substrates via at least one interlayer;
• heatable coating means for selectively heating the windshield when voltage is applied across the coating via at least first and second bus bars, each of the bus bars including means for supplying current to and/or from the coating means;
• wherein, on at least part of a conductive base layer of the first bus bar where the conductive base layer is spaced from the coating means, a conductive braid is provided over and in electrical communication with the conductive base layer;
• and
• wherein at least part of the conductive base layer is provided electrically between the conductive braid and the coating means so that current flowing between the braid and coating flows through the conductive base layer.

A heatable window comprising:

• first and second spaced apart substrates coupled to one another, one of the substrates supporting a coating having a portion thereof deleted or removed so that the coating is divided into first and second portions that are spaced apart from one another;
• wherein at least the first portion of the coating includes at least one heatable conductive layer;
• first and second bus bars in electrical communication with at least the first portion of the coating, so that when voltage is applied across the first portion of the coating heat is generated;
• and
• wherein at least one of the bus bars comprises:
• (a) at least part of the second portion of the coating, (b) a conductive layer that is provided over at least a portion of the second portion of the coating, and (c) a conductive braid that is provided over at least a portion of the conductive layer.

A heatable window comprising:

• first and second spaced apart substrates coupled to one another, one of the substrates supporting a coating, the coating including at least one heatable conductive layer;
• first and second bus bars in electrical communication with the at least one heatable conductive layer of the coating, so that when voltage is applied across at least a portion of the at least one heatable conductive layer heat is generated;
• and
• wherein at least one of the bus bars comprises:
• (a) a conductive layer comprising Ag, and (b) a conductive braid that is provided over at least a portion of the conductive layer.