Abstract: A glazing is disclosed comprising at least one ply of glass having an electrically conductive component on at least one surface, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the electrically conductive component through a soldered joint, the solder of the joint having a composition comprising 0.5 wt % or more indium, wherein the electrical connector comprises a nickel plated contact for contacting the solder. Also disclosed are solders having a composition comprising 14 to 75 wt % In, 14 to 75 wt % Sn, to 5 wt % Ag, to 5 wt % Ni, and less than 0.1 wt % Pb. Also disclosed is use of a solder having a composition comprising 0.5 wt % or more indium to solder a nickel plated electrical connector to an electrically conductive component on the surface of a ply of glass. The aspects of the invention improve the durability of electrical connections on glazing.

Abstract: A glazing is disclosed comprising at least one ply of glass having an electrically conductive component on at least one surface, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the electrically conductive component through a soldered joint, the solder of the joint having a composition comprising 0.5 wt % or more indium, wherein the electrical connector comprises a nickel plated contact for contacting the solder. Also disclosed are solders having a composition comprising 14 to 75 wt % In, 14 to 75 wt % Sn, to 5 wt % Ag, to 5 wt % Ni, and less than 0.1 wt % Pb. Also disclosed is use of a solder having a composition comprising 0.5 wt % or more indium to solder a nickel plated electrical connector to an electrically conductive component on the surface of a ply of glass. The aspects of the invention improve the durability of electrical connections on glazing.

Abstract: A glass substrate is held by a glass substrate holding member in the vertical direction, and a nozzle is used to eject an infrared cutoff liquid onto the upper portion of the glass substrate. The infrared cutoff liquid flows vertically downward so as to be applied onto the glass substrate. The film thickness of the lower portion of an infrared cutoff film is greater than that of the upper portion. The glass substrate is dried for approximately five minutes at room temperature. Then, the glass substrate onto which the infrared cutoff liquid has been applied is placed in an oven preheated to 200° C., heated for ten minutes, and then cooled. The glass substrate having the infrared cutoff film thereon is installed in a railroad vehicle such that the lower portion of the glass substrate is located on the lower side with respect to the railroad vehicle.

Abstract: A window pane for an automobile includes a single sheet of glass plate and an infrared cutoff film formed on the single sheet of glass plate. A film thickness of the infrared cutoff film on an upper portion of the window pane is greater than the film thickness on a lower portion of the window pane when the window pane is installed in the automobile. A variation from a minimum value in the film thickness on the lower portion to a maximum value in the film thickness on the upper portion is at least 1000 nm per 600 mm in a vertical direction of the window pane when installed in the automobile. The infrared cutoff film is formed on a surface of the single sheet of glass plate by using a flow coating method.

Abstract: A vehicle window glass which is capable of preventing a film formed on a surface of a glass plate from peeling off to thereby improve the appearance quality of an edge portion of the glass plate. The vehicle window glass comprises a polished edge portion of a glass plate and a surface of the glass plate. A film is integrally formed on the surface of the glass plate and on at least one side of the polished edge portion of the glass plate, and a side of the edge portion on which the film is integrally formed is exposed outside when the vehicle window glass is mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: An electrically heated window glass is provided, in which an electric power load may be suppressed by causing a consumed electric power for energizing a heater to be variable depending on the purpose of heating. The electrically heated window glass in accordance with the present invention comprises two glass panels laminated to each other; a plurality of heaters sandwiched between the two glass panels for heating the glass panels, the heaters being positioned in such a manner that the heaters divide the surface of the laminated glass panels into plural parts; a plurality bus bars each provided at the end portions of each of the plurality of heaters for feeding thereto; and a changeover means for switching the connection between selected one of the plurality of bus bars and a DC power supply to heat the plurality of heaters in a series connected manner or parallel connected manner.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle window glass that can be manufactured at low cost and can efficiently cut off infrared rays impinging on passengers sitting on window seats most susceptible to sunlight exposure, and a manufacturing method for the same. With a glass substrate 1 held by a glass substrate holding member 4 in the vertical direction, a nozzle 2 is used to eject an infrared cutoff liquid 3 onto the upper portion 1b of the glass substrate 1. The infrared cutoff liquid 3 ejected onto the upper portion 1b of the glass substrate 1 flows vertically downward such as to be applied onto the glass substrate 1. The film thickness of the lower portion of an infrared cutoff film is greater than that of the upper portion of the same. The glass substrate 1 is dried for approximately five minutes at room temperature. Then, the glass substrate 1 onto which the infrared cutoff liquid 3 has been applied is placed in an oven preheated to 200° C.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle window pane that can be manufactured at low cost and can reduce burning sensation of the skin of a passenger in the vehicle, and a manufacturing method therefor. With a glass plate 1 held by a glass plate holding member 4 in the vertical direction, a nozzle 2 is used to eject infrared cutoff liquid 3 onto the upper portion 1b of the glass plate 1. The infrared cutoff liquid 3 ejected onto the upper portion 1b of the glass plate 1 flows vertically downward, and is applied onto the glass plate 1. The glass plate 1 to which the infrared cutoff liquid 2 has been applied is dried for approximately five minutes at room temperature. Then, the glass plate 1 to which the infrared cutoff liquid 3 has been applied is placed in an oven preheated to 200° C., heated for ten minutes, and then cooled. The glass plate 1 having the infrared cutoff film thereon is thus formed.

Abstract: There are provided a glass plate having a thin film formed thereon that can reduce a change in reflection color caused by a change in angle to a glass plate surface on which a thin film is formed, and reduce the change in reflection color even if an uneven thin film having a difference in thickness is formed on the glass plate surface. The glass plate 10 having a thin film formed thereon includes a glass plate 11 having glass plate surfaces (a bottom surface 11a and a top surface 11b) and a thin film (an infrared ray cutting film) 12. The infrared ray cutting film 12 is formed on the top surface 11b of the glass plate 11. A thickness of the infrared ray cutting film 12 is 300 to 3000 nm. A mole ratio of the content of the ITO particles to the content of the silica in the infrared ray cutting film 12 is 0.6:9.4 to 2.3:7.7.

Abstract: An electrically heated window glass is provided, in which an electric power load may be suppressed by causing a consumed electric power for energizing a heater to be variable depending on the purpose of heating. The electrically heated window glass in accordance with the present invention comprises two glass panels laminated to each other; a plurality of heaters sandwiched between the two glass panels for heating the glass panels, the heaters being positioned in such a manner that the heaters divide the surface of the laminated glass panels into plural parts; a plurality bus bars each provided at the end portions of each of the plurality of heaters for feeding thereto; and a changeover means for switching the connection between selected one of the plurality of bus bars and a DC power supply to heat the plurality of heaters in a series connected manner or parallel connected manner.

Abstract: A heat-shielding laminated glass that excels in an infrared radiation shielding performance, exhibiting high transparency, and that is available at low cost even in the use of ITO microparticles as infrared radiation shielding microparticles. There is provided a heat-shielding laminated glass comprising multiple glass plates and, interposed between any glass plates, interlayers, wherein each of the multiple glass plates is a UV cut green glass of 1.4 to 2.5 mm thickness, total iron content thereof being in the range of 0.6 to 1.2% by weight in terms of Fe2O3, the green glass containing FeO in an amount, in terms of Fe2O3, of 15 to 40% based on the total iron, and wherein ITO microparticles with an average particle diameter of?0.2 ?m are dispersed in the interlayers, the ITO microparticles amounting to 0.4 to 0.

Abstract: A vehicle window glass which is capable of preventing a film formed on a surface of a glass plate from peeling off to thereby improve the appearance quality of an edge portion of the glass plate. The vehicle window glass comprises a polished edge portion of a glass plate and a surface of the glass plate. A film is integrally formed on the surface of the glass plate and on at least one side of the polished edge portion of the glass plate, and a side of the edge portion on which the film is integrally formed is exposed outside when the vehicle window glass is mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: An infrared ray-cutting glass according to which the capability of an IR-cutting component can be sufficiently maintained while securing sufficient hardness. The IR-cutting glass 100 is comprised of a glass substrate 20, and an IR-cutting film 10 containing ITO fine particles 12 as an infrared ray-cutting component. The IR-cutting film 10 is formed, using an infrared ray-cutting component not containing a fluorine component, on a surface of the glass substrate 20 by a sol-gel method carried out at a low temperature of less than 350° C. The IR-cutting glass 100 having the IR-cutting glass 10 has a haze of not more than 7% after a wear resistance test carried out on the surface on which the IR-cutting film 10 is formed.

Abstract: To achieve an excellent solar radiation shielding properties and a visible light reflectance of at least 70%, the interlayer portion of the laminated glass of the present invention includes a heat reflecting film and a film having a heat shielding function that is provided between the heat reflecting film and the second glass sheet. The heat reflecting film may be an optical interference multilayer film obtained by laminating layers of two types of polymer thin films having different refractive indices. The film having the heat shielding function can contain fine particles of at least one selected from hexaboride and ITO. The laminated glass can be bent to have a convex surface and a concave surface. In this laminated glass, the convex surface is formed by the first glass sheet and the concave surface is formed by the second glass sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shading glass including a glass sheet and a heat shading film formed on the glass sheet. The heat shading film comprises a first metal oxide film, a first Ag film, a second metal oxide film, a second Ag film, and a third metal oxide film, layered in that order on the glass sheet. The oxide films include indium oxide containing tin oxide. An X-ray diffraction chart of the heat shading film shows a diffraction peak of the indium oxide as well as a diffraction peak of the Ag. Thus, as a heat shading laminated glass, it can be used as window glass for buildings or vehicles, has superior visible light transmittance, reflects infrared radiation, has colorless transmission color and reflection color, and has superior durability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a windowpane for a vehicle that has a low-reflectance film in which the reflection of obliquely incident light can be suppressed and that is provided with a combiner for a head-up display combiner. The windowpane includes a glass plate and a low-reflectance film formed on a surface of the glass plate. The low-reflectance film includes a first layer on the glass plate and a second layer on the first layer, and the first layer has a refractive index of 1.75 to 2.40 and a film thickness of 90 nm to 130 nm, and the second layer has a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.47 and a film thickness of 80 nm to 110 nm. The second layer is prevented from being formed in a predetermined region and thereby the first layer in the predetermined region is exposed to serve as a reflection enhancing film and to allow the first layer in said predetermined region to be used as the head-up display combiner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a windowpane for a vehicle that can be used for a head-up display. The windowpane is provided with a head-up display combiner, and includes a glass plate and a reflection enhancing film formed on a surface of the glass plate. The reflection enhancing film functions as the head-up display combiner in a first region of said surface, and has a refractive index of 1.75 to 2.4 and a film thickness of 90 nm to 130 nm.

Abstract: For prevention of ghost images from occurring on head-up displays, a glass surface is ground, and a reflecting surface with a wedge-shaped cross section is formed. Furthermore, in order to reduce optical distortion at the edge portion of the reflecting surface, a ground surface contacting the reflecting surface with an angle between 150° and 210° is formed. In accordance with the enlargement of the reflecting surface accompanied by the tendency of head-up displays becoming larger, the reflecting surface is divided into at least two regions, and the angle of the reflecting surface is optimized for each region.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a light-transmitting color film comprising oxides which have high chemical resistance and excellent light-absorption effect, making them available in a wide color range; a method for producing the same; and a coating solution used for forming the color film. In the light-transmitting color film comprising an oxide of an element which serves as a network former and oxides of transition metal elements serving as coloring components, the element serving as a network former is at least one selected from Si, Al, and B, and the transition metal elements comprise Cu, Mn, and Ni; and the two types of oxides form a complex oxide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a light-transmitting color film comprising oxides which have high chemical resistance and excellent light-absorption effect, making them available in a wide color range; a method for producing the same; and a coating solution used for forming the color film. In the light-transmitting color film comprising an oxide of an element which serves as a network former and oxides of transition metal elements serving as coloring components, the element serving as a network former is at least one selected from Si, Al, and B, and the transition metal elements comprise Cu, Mn, and Ni; and the two types of oxides form a complex oxide.