Automotive laminate glazing with improved optical quality

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a curved automotive laminated glazing with an opening, named cutout, in the performance plastic interlayer, such that the edges of said cutout has improved optical properties. Conventionally an opening must be provided onto the performance plastic interlayer such as UV absorbing. IR reflective or other types of solar performance interlayers to aiming to remove any optical disruptions. However, it was discovered that the geometry of the cutout in the performance interlayer plays an important role in the optical distortion measured in the center of the field of view. Therefore, the present invention suggests the use of a cutout geometry having round corners which decrease the optical distortion in the field of view by a factor of three.

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