Transparency shell or transparency film for a vehicle transparency and application methods

Abstract

A transparency shell for applying to a vehicle transparency including a central viewing region of the vehicle transparency and a peripheral region at least partially around the central viewing region, the transparency shell including: a bonding layer including a polyurethane interlayer, a polyvinyl interlayer, UV-curable adhesive, or a pressure sensitive adhesive; a transparency liner including a polycarbonate, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyurethane, glass, polyethylene terephthalate, biaxially textured polyethylene terephthalate, or a combination thereof over the bonding layer; and an inorganic active ply over the bonding layer comprising a transparent conductive layer, where the bonding layer of the transparency shell can be configured to be adhered or laminated to the central viewing region of the vehicle transparency.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.