Method for producing a windshield having improved impact protection, and windshield of this kind

A method for producing a windshield comprising at least one outer pane made of glass, an inner pane made of glass, a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a roof edge, an engine edge, two side edges running therebetween, a first surface region immediately adjacent to the engine edge and a second surface region immediately adjacent to the first surface region between the first surface region and the roof edge, the method comprising:

• (a) providing an outer pane and an inner pane,
• (b) heating the outer pane and the inner pane to at least their softening temperature,
• (c) jointly bending the outer pane and the inner pane or individually bending the outer pane and the inner pane,
• (d) cooling the outer pane and the inner pane,
• (e) laminating the outer pane and the inner pane with the interposition of a thermoplastic intermediate layer to form a composite pane,
• wherein in step d) the outer pane and/or the inner pane are/is cooled in the first surface region at a first cooling rate and the outer pane and/or the inner pane are/is cooled in the second surface region at a second cooling rate, and an absolute value of the first cooling rate is greater than an absolute value of the second cooling rate, the first and second cooling rates in the associated first and second surface region prevailing at at least one pane surface of the inner pane and/or of the outer pane.