Abstract: A process for melting vitrifiable materials to produce flat glass, including (i) providing a furnace having at least one melting tank with electrical heating means, a fining tank with oxy-combustion heating means, a neck separating melting tank and fining tank, inlet mean(s) located at the melting tank and outlet mean(s) located downstream of the fining tank; (ii) charging the vitrifiable materials including raw materials and cullet in the melting tank, the amount of cullet being at least 10% in weight of the total amount of vitrifiable materials and the raw materials including less than 25% in weight of carbonate compounds; (iii) melting the vitrifiable materials in the melting tank; (iv) fining melt by heating with the oxy-combustion heating means; (v) flowing the melt from the fining tank to a working zone through the outlet mean(s); and (vi) capturing CO2 from flue gas having a CO2 concentration of at least 35%.

Abstract: A glazing (100) includes a main body (110) having an outer surface (112), an inner surface (114) arranged opposite to the outer surface (116) and an edge defining a cut-out (126) extending from the outer surface (112) to the inner surface (114) of the main body (110). The glazing (100) also includes an insert (140) having a shape of the cut-out (126), the insert (140) being coupled to the main body (110) and arranged inside the cut-out (126), wherein at least an outer (142) surface of the insert (140) is flush with the outer surface (112) of the main body (110).

Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a coaxial cable, which includes a pin and a shield separated by a dielectric element and protected by an insulated layer, to an antenna disposed on a thin support. The electrical connector includes a shield part having a leg and a bridge to clamp the shield between the bridge of the shield part and the antenna and to electrically connect the shield to the antenna. Each of the legs of the shield part includes a penetration means designed to penetrate through the thin support. The penetration means and the leg of the shield part are not coplanar. An antenna system including such electrical connector and a vehicle comprising such antenna system and associated method.

Abstract: A system comprising a dielectric substrate and a coating system disposed on the dielectric substrate is described. The coating system comprises a Fresnel zone plate lens composed of n coaxial elliptical zones CEZn, n being a positive integer and numbered from 1 to N (n=1, 2, 3, . . . , N wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equals to 2 (N?2)) defining odd and even coaxial elliptical zones. The odd coaxial elliptical zones are partially decoated with a specific odd decoating pattern and/or the even coaxial elliptical zones are partially decoated with a specific even decoating pattern. A method to decoat and a method to use the system to focalize an incident EM wave having wavelengths between 0.3 GHz and 110 GHz through the system to an indoor equipment at a desired location is also described.

Abstract: A trim element for a vehicle including an aperture, a detection device operating with waves within a determined wavelength range and containing a sensing device, a protective housing enclosing said detection device and a cover lens made of at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m?1 in a wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm. The cover lens is fixed to the protective housing. The detection device is placed facing the aperture. The cover lens facing the aperture is surrounded by the trim element, and the cover lens is fixed to the trim element with a soft material having a hardness of 50 to 90 Shore A.

Abstract: An automotive glazing for a vehicle, the automotive glazing being configured to be placed in front of an optical sensor. The automotive glazing contains an internal face configured to face the optical sensor, an external face configured to face an outside of the vehicle, and a heating circuit on the internal face of the automotive glazing. The heating circuit includes conductive wires printed on the internal face of the automotive glazing, and a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A heatable wired vehicle laminated glazing configured to be used in front of an on-board-unit able to emit and receive radio-frequency signals in the 5.9 GHz band. The vehicle laminated glazing has conductive wires configured to heat the vehicle laminated glazing. These conductive wires have a wave factor (WF) defined as the ratio between the wire length (L) over one period and the wavelength (?). These conductive wires are spaced by a pitch (P) between P min = 2.9 WF + 0.1 + 0.3 and ? P max = 4.3 WF + 0.1 + 0.5 .

Abstract: A laminated glazing, including a first pane having an inner and an outer surface, a second pane having an inner and an outer surface, and a thermoplastic interlayer. The thermoplastic interlayer connects the inner surface of the first pane to the inner surface of the second pane, the thermoplastic interlayer is formed from at least one thermoplastic film layer containing at least 10% of recycled material, and at least one of the inner surface of the first pane or the inner surface of the second pane is provided with a functional coating including a topcoat layer based on a mixed nitride of silicon and zirconium.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method to produce a bent and/or tempered glazing offering improved thermal comfort, comprising the following steps (a) Providing a glass sheet having an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface, (b) Applying a thermal radiation reflective coating over at least a layer of the surface of the interior-side surface of the glass sheet, (c) Applying a black ceramic layer on at least a portion of at least the interior-side surface of the glass sheet, the black ceramic layer covering at least partially the thermal radiation reflective coating and/or running alongside the area covered by the thermal radiation reflective coating, (d) Hot bending and/or tempering the glass sheet. According to the present invention, the black ceramic layer has a pattern that mitigates the contrast in emissivity during the step d.

Abstract: A hollow cathode plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process for depositing a hydrophobic carbon based coating on a fabric substrate.

Abstract: A greenhouse glazing, including a glass substrate with a first surface containing a first coating and a second surface containing a second coating. The first surface is an air-side face of the glass substrate and the second surface is a tin-side face of the glass substrate, and the second surface is textured prior to a deposition of the second coating in such a way that a roughness parameter Rsm is at most 155 ?m. The first coating on the first surface contains a nano-porous silica layer having a thickness between 80 and 150 nm and a transparent conductive oxide located between the nano-porous silica layer and the first surface of the glass substrate. The second coating on the second surface contains a nano-porous silica layer having a thickness between 80 and 180 nm.

Abstract: An antenna unit used by being attached to window glass for a building includes a radiating element, a wave directing member arranged on an outdoor side with respect to the radiating element, and a conductor arranged on an indoor side with respect to the radiating element, wherein where a distance between the radiating element and the wave directing member is denoted as a, and where a relative permittivity of a medium constituted by a dielectric member between the radiating element and the wave directing member is denoted as ?r, the distance a is (2.11×?r?1.82) mm or more.

Abstract: A furnace for melting vitrifiable materials, including at least one first melting tank covered by a first melting crown and provided with electrical heating, a fining tank covered by a fining crown and provided with combustion heating, at least one first neck covered by a first crown and separating the at least one first melting tank and the fining tank, at least one first inlet located at the at least one first melting tank, for charging the at least one first melting tank with the vitrifiable materials to be heated, and at least one outlet located downstream of the fining tank for a melted glass to flow to a working zone.

Abstract: An electrical connection structure for a conductor formed on a glass surface, including a conductor formed on a glass surface, a housing having a cover member provided to cover at least a part of the conductor, forming a cavity between the cover member and the glass surface and having an insertion slot in communication with the cavity, and a connection member inserted into the insertion slot made of an electrically conductive material having elasticity. The connection member presses the conductor by being elastically deformed in the cavity whereby the connection member and the conductor are electrically connected. The cover member includes a releasable plate-shaped ceiling forming in its open position an angle (?) between the glass surface and the cover member from 15 to 135°.

Abstract: A spoiler assembly for a vehicle, the assembly including (a) a spoiler housing having left and right extremities and having a lower part and a cover part, the lower part having an inner surface facing an inner surface of the cover part; and (b) a plurality of antenna elements. The plurality of antenna elements is arranged on a surface of the spoiler housing with the antenna elements working at different range of frequencies. The spoiler housing has at least a central area and at least one lateral area on both sides of the central area and in the extremities of the spoiler housing. In the central area, at least one satellite antenna element is provided, and in at least one lateral area at the left and the right extremities of the spoiler housing, at least one cellular antenna elements and/or telematic antenna elements are provided.

Abstract: A veiling glare reduction system comprising a glass dashboard part providing increased driver visual comfort, particularly a glass dashboard part arranged so that light passing through the windshield and reflected off the glass dashboard surface is partly reflected by the inner windshield surface towards a driver position providing a reduced veiling glare. A head up display system provided with a glass dashboard part having reduced veiling glare is also provided.

Abstract: A method for producing an automotive glazing with an optical sensor device, with the glazing having superior optical qualities, including the steps of applying an enamel obscuration mask on at least one face of at least one glass sheet, where the obscuration mask extends to an area where the at least one optical sensor device will be fixed and includes at least one opening on the automotive interior side so as to be capable of acquiring information through the opening from the optical sensor device intended to be fixed at the at least one opening; drying or firing the enamel obscuration mask; applying a washable cover layer resisting at a temperature of at least 620° C. on the surface of the at least one opening; submitting the glass sheet to a heat treatment above 450° C. during a bending or tempering process; and removing by washing the washable cover layer.

Abstract: An infrared transmissive pane comprising an infrared transmissive substrate and an infrared transmissive coating, optical assemblies comprising the pane, and uses of the pane.

Abstract: A glass composition with low thermal radiative conductivity at high temperature has the following components in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of the glass composition: SiO2 50-85%; Al2O3 0-30%, B2O3 0-20%; Na2O 0-25%; CaO 0-25%; MgO 0-15%; K2O 0-20%; BaO 0-20%; Fe2O3 total 0.002-0.1%. The glass also includes NiO at a level of 0.0001% to 0.0020% by weight of the total glass composition.

Abstract: A window unit including a glazing panel, a frame which has a frame profile and encompasses the edge of the glazing panel on at least one peripheral side and includes a plastic primary part, with the primary part having at least 10% in weight of recycled material.