Abstract: A method for manufacturing a motor vehicle roof incorporating a glazing, in which at least one opacifying layer of ink(s), in particular at least one layer of colored ink(s), is applied by digital printing, in particular by inkjet, over at least 40% of the surface of one of the faces of at least one glass sheet, such that the composition of said ink(s) includes at least one glass frit, and where applicable one or more inorganic pigment(s), with a D90 value for the particle size distribution of less than 2 ?m, and such that the ink(s) have a viscosity of between 1 and 50 mPa·s, the ink(s) further including a non-stick agent and/or a non-stick component and/or at least one non-stick agent and/or at least one non-stick layer being further applied to at least one layer of ink(s) and/or to at least one glass sheet.

Abstract: A composite pane having an electrically controllable functional element that can be switched in segments, includes first and second panes joined to one another via an intermediate layer, and a functional element with a plurality of side edges embedded in the intermediate layer. The functional element includes, arranged flat one over another, a first surface electrode and a second surface electrode, between which an active layer is arranged flat. The first surface electrode is divided into multiple segments by a separating line. A group of first busbars electrically conductively contact the first surface electrode, and each segment of the first surface electrode is electrically conductively contacted by one busbar from the group of the first busbars. A second busbar electrically conductively contacts the second surface electrode.

Abstract: An integrated glazing with a data transponder embedded between layers of glass is disclosed. The data transponder stores and processes data. The integrated glazing also includes a display unit including display elements disposed between layers of glass, communicating with the data transponder. The integrated glazing may comprise a data channel, a power channel, antenna and chip. An intelligent system is also disclosed including the integrated glazing, a reader device and a control system. The reader device is communicably coupled to the integrated glazing to generate signals based on the received data. The control system is communicably coupled to the integrated glazing and the reader device to process signals received from the reader device and perform pre-defined operations in response to the instructions and received signals.

Abstract: A laminated pane with electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein an optoelectronic functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is incorporated into the intermediate layer, including an active layer, to which transparent sheetlike control electrodes are assigned on both surfaces, between a first carrier film and a second carrier film, wherein the intermediate layer, which surrounds the optoelectronic functional element, and the carrier films contain, in each case, thermoplastic material, wherein at least one capacitive touch element is integrated into the optoelectronic functional element such that a portion of at least one control electrode of the optoelectronic functional element is separated and provided with a signal lead for detecting a capacitive touch or approach signal.

Abstract: A device and a process for manufacturing a bent individual glass sheet including a peripheral compression belt, wherein the process includes the heating thereof to its bending temperature in a furnace, the individual bending thereof, and the general cooling thereof. One zone of the sheet at least partially inside the peripheral compression belt, referred to as locally cooled zone, undergoes, after the heating of the sheet, a local cooling faster than the general cooling, when the sheet is at a temperature of at least 530° C. The cutting of the sheet on the locally cooled zone creates edges having edge compressive stresses.

Abstract: A device includes a vehicle glazing, including, in a peripheral zone, a through-hole including an insert and a thermal camera.

Abstract: A laminated pane, includes, in this order, an outer pane, an intermediate layer, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties that is selected from among a PDLC functional element, a PNLC functional element, or an SPD functional element, an intermediate layer, a holographic display element, an intermediate layer, and an inner pane.

Abstract: A side window for a vehicle, having a first surface, a second surface opposite thereto, and a lower edge, and having at least one retaining element attached in the region of the lower edge, wherein the retaining element has a contact section with a contact surface for securing to the side window and a securing section connected to the contact section for securing to the vehicle, and wherein the retaining element is secured to the side window on one side, by connecting the contact surface to the first surface via an adhesive, wherein the adhesive has a thickness of at least 1 mm and a modulus of elasticity of at least 150 MPa.

Abstract: A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane which are joined to one another via a first thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the outer pane and a second thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the inner pane, and an inlay element which is arranged in a region of the composite pane between the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer. The inner pane has a cutout and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a cutout. The cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is, when looked through, arranged completely within the region in which the inlay element is arranged, and the cutout of the inner pane is, when looked through, arranged completely within the cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer.

Abstract: An automated method measures geometric curvature deviations between dished surfaces of a plurality of materials to be assessed and a dished surface of a reference material. The method calculates, by computer, at selected points, a difference between the curvature profiles of the dished surface of each material to be assessed and a relief height or curvature profile of the dished surface of the reference material.

Abstract: A composite pane and in particular to a composite vehicle pane with an integrated light sensor, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, and at least one light sensor with a light-sensitive surface that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the light-sensitive surface faces the outer pane, and a shadow mask that covers at least some portions of the light-sensitive surface is arranged between the light-sensitive surface and the outer pane.

Abstract: A composite pane and in particular a composite vehicle pane with an integrated light sensor, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, and at least one light sensor with at least one light-sensitive surface that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the light-sensitive surface faces the outer pane and a holographic optical element is arranged between the light-sensitive surface and the outer pane, and the holographic optical element is implemented as a hologram for incident-angle-dependent diffraction of the incident light.

Abstract: An interlayer for laminated glasses, includes two outer layers of a material selected from poly(vinyl butydownral) (PVB) and poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) (EVA), assembled by an adhesive nanocomposite layer including a first, discontinuous phase consisting of polymeric nanodomains having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of between ?50° C. and ?30° C., and a second, continuous polymeric phase, referred to as the matrix, having a glass transition temperature (Tg) lower than that of the first phase, the first phase being dispersed in the second phase.

Abstract: An insulated glazing unit forming a door or window opening panel, which is frameless over at least a part of its periphery, and which includes at least two glass panes spaced apart one from another by two, left and right, glass vertical spacers disposed respectively in proximity to the left and right edges of the glass panes, and two, top and bottom, horizontal spacers of a material other than glass, disposed respectively in proximity to the top and bottom edges of the glass panes. The insulated glazing unit also includes, between each face of the horizontal spacers that faces toward the outside of the insulated glazing unit and the edge of the glass panes, a metal profile, at least one end of the bottom metal profile being attached at least to the two glass panes by a structural adhesive.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen or roof. The method includes the deposition (b) of an enamel layer on a stack of thin layers deposited on a first glass sheet as well as the deposition (c), at least on the enamel layer, of refractory particles based on oxides, of metals or carbides, at least one dimension of which is larger than 30 ?m. The stack of thin layers is completely dissolved by the enamel layer at the end of a bending procedure (d) carried out before laminating (e) the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet by a lamination interlayer.

Abstract: The composition for preparation of a fire resistant interlayer includes an aqueous alkali silicate solution and a silicon dioxide compound. The composition has a molar ratio of silicon dioxide (SiO2) to alkali metal oxide (M2O) of larger than 2. The composition further includes a stabilisation agent and the stabilisation agent includes zinc (Zn).

Abstract: A projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD), includes a composite pane, including an outer and an inner pane connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, with an HUD region; an electrically conductive coating on the surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing or within the intermediate layer; and a projector directed toward the HUD region. The radiation of the projector is p-polarised. The composite pane has reflectance of at least 10% relative to p-polarised radiation in the spectral range from 450 nm to 650 nm. The electrically conductive coating includes at least four electrically conductive layers, which are each arranged between two dielectric layers or layer sequences. The sum of the thicknesses of all electrically conductive layers is at most 30 nm and at least one of the electrically conductive layers has a thickness of at most 5 nm.

Abstract: A pane has an electrical connection element and connection cable including a substrate, an electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, wherein the connection cable has, on its lower face facing the substrate, a contact region, in which a conductor track of the connection cable is connected to the region of the electrically conductive structure, the connection element is rigid and has a first flat region for contacting the connection cable, the connection element with the conductor track of the connection cable on an upper face of the connection cable facing away from the substrate is electrically conductively connected to the connection cable via a weld region, the contact region of the connection cable and the first flat region of the connection element are arranged one above the other such that the flat region of the connection element is provided for transferring heat to the soldering compound.

Abstract: A process for obtaining a decorative mirror includes reflective regions forming a pattern and non-reflective regions, the process including providing a sheet of soda-lime-silica glass coated with a reflective coating on the entirety of one of the faces thereof, then applying a composition including a phosphate salt to the reflective coating, solely in application regions, the application regions being intended to become the non-reflective regions, then tempering the glass sheet, in which the glass sheet is subjected to a temperature of at least 550° C., causing the reflective coating to dissolve in the application regions so as to form the non-reflective regions in which the glass sheet is not coated.

Abstract: A laminated glazing for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes an exterior glass sheet adhesively bonded to an interior glass sheet by a lamination interlayer, wherein the exterior glass sheet carries a layer of a first enamel, of black color, on the periphery of its face in contact with the lamination interlayer, known as face 2, and the interior glass sheet carries on its face in contact with the lamination interlayer, known as face 3, a layer of a second enamel forming a marking and having a color other than black, located opposite the layer of the first enamel, the laminated glazing further including a polymeric seal on the face of the interior glass sheet, called face 4, opposite face 3, the seal concealing the marking.