Electrical connector for a laminated window

A method of manufacturing a laminated window, wherein the method comprises:

• producing a pair of matching window panes;
• producing a laminating interlayer,
• cutting the laminating interlayer in predefined positions to produce slits therein;
• threading an electrically conductive strip through a respective slit in the laminating interlayer so that a first portion of the electrically conductive strip is positioned and terminates in contact with one of the window panes on one side of the laminating interlayer and a second portion of the electrically conductive strip is positioned on an opposite side of the laminating interlayer and a third portion of the electrically conductive strip passes through the respective slit;
• and
• bonding with heat the two panes together to produce the laminated window and to form a water impervious seal between the third portion of electrically conductive strip and the laminating interlayer.

An electrically heated window comprising:

• a first glass pane;
• a second glass pane;
• a laminating interlayer interposed between and bonded to the first and second glass panes;
• at least one heating wire interposed between the first and second glass panes;
• and
• an electrically conductive strip coupled to an electrical power source and bonded on all sides to the laminating interlayer to form a water impervious seal therebetween, the electrically conductive strip in contact with the first and second glass panes and extending between the first and second glass panes and terminating in contact with the first glass pane at a location between the first, glass pane and the interlayer.