Abstract: A laminated vehicle includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer and an opaque polymeric film that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the opaque polymeric film has at least one cutout.

Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one silver-based functional metallic layer, at least one blocking layer located directly in contact with a silver-based functional metallic layer, and at least one zinc-based metallic layer located above or below this silver-based functional metallic layer, directly in contact or separated by one or more layers having a total thickness of less than or equal to 20 nm.

Abstract: A laminated pane with a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, includes a laminated stack sequence composed of an outer pane, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and an inner pane, and a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, which functional element is arranged, at least in sections, between the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer, wherein at least one transparent body is arranged between the outer pane and the functional element and/or between the inner pane and the functional element in sections.

Abstract: A process for obtaining an insulating glazing including first and second glass sheets that are held parallelly spaced apart with a transparent glass spacer adhesively bonded to the periphery of the glass sheets to make a gas-filled interlayer space, includes providing the spacer that is substantially parallelepipedal and including two rough faces opposite one another, and two smooth faces opposite one another, assembling the spacer between the glass sheets so that each rough face of the spacer is positioned close to an edge, and against an inner face of each glass sheet, the interstitial width between the rough faces of the spacer and the inner faces of the glass sheets being less than 0.01 mm, depositing, at the external joint lines between the rough faces and the inner faces, a transparent adhesive, the adhesive moving by capillary action to cover the surface of the rough faces, then curing the adhesive.

Abstract: A vehicle window includes a first glass pane, a transponder having an antenna and a control unit for communicating with a reader, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing identification data. A reflector is associated with and spaced apart from the transponder for increasing an antenna gain of the antenna, wherein the reflector is implemented as a transparent, electrically conductive coating and/or as a metallic ring.

Abstract: A composite glass pane that contains two glass panes or two polymer panes or one glass pane and one polymer pane and has at least one polymer film bonded therebetween, wherein a first type of polymer film having a first stiffness is arranged in a first, larger areal region of the composite glass pane and a second type of polymer film having a second, higher stiffness than the first polymer film is arranged in at least one second areal region.

Abstract: A glazing includes a window, the window including along at least one part of at least one edge a profiled bead including a groove for clipping a cover piece onto the profiled bead, the cover piece including, seen in cross section, a harpoon penetrating into the groove during clipping, wherein when the harpoon is situated in the groove, the cover piece further includes on the one hand, farther toward the exterior than the harpoon and outside of the groove, a base situated facing and at a distance from at least one part of the edge surface of the window and on the other hand, farther toward the exterior than the base, a flexible exterior covering, made of a material different from that of the harpoon, situated facing at least one part of the edge surface of the window and having a Shore A hardness between 45 and 90 inclusive.

Abstract: An insulating glazing unit, includes at least two glass panes and a circumferential spacer profile between the at least two glass panes near edges of the at least two glass panes, for use in a window, a door, or a façade glazing, which has in each case an electrically conductive frame surrounding the edges of the insulating glazing, wherein at least one RFID transponder is attached to the insulating glazing unit as an identification element, and wherein the at least one RFID transponder is arranged at a corner of the insulating glazing unit, and wherein an end of the at least one RFID transponder pointing toward the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit is not more than 30 cm from the nearest corner of the insulating glazing unit.

Abstract: A window pane has a plurality of capacitive switching regions, for separating an interior from an external environment, wherein the window pane includes a pane having an inner surface and a coating that is arranged at least partially on the inner surface of the pane and a capacitive switching region is in each case electrically separated from the coating by at least one coating-free dividing line and can be electrically connected to a sensor electronics system and has a detection region for contactlessly detecting an object moved by a person in an activation region and the direction of movement thereof.

Abstract: A window pane includes at least one structural substrate referred to as interior substrate, intended to face toward a host structure within which the window pane is intended to be fixed, and having a face, referred to as interior face, wherein the interior face of the substrate includes, projecting therefrom and at the edge or near the edge and along at least one of the sides of the window pane, at least one male or female retaining element intended to collaborate with at least one respectively female or male retaining shape arranged in the host structure of the window pane.

Abstract: A glazing includes a glass substrate on which is deposited a coating including at least one layer, the layer being formed from a material including metal nanoparticles dispersed in an inorganic matrix of an oxide, in which the metal nanoparticles are made of a metal chosen from the group formed by silver, gold, platinum, copper and nickel or of an alloy formed from at least two of these metals, in which the matrix including an oxide of at least one element chosen from the group of titanium, silicon and zirconium and in which the atomic ratio M/Me in the material is less than 1.5, M representing all atoms of the elements of the group of titanium, silicon and zirconium present in the layer and Me representing all of the atoms of the metals of the group formed by silver, gold, platinum, copper and nickel present in the layer.

Abstract: A device having scattering which can be varied by liquid crystals includes a stack with a first electrode, an electroactive layer with the liquid crystals being stabilized by the polymeric network, a second electrode. The material exhibits, starting from a temperature referred to as T1, a mesophase referred to as P. At a temperature T? greater than or equal to T1, the stack is capable of exhibiting at least three variable scattering states, which are stable and reversible, in the visible region.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate with two main faces defining two main surfaces separated by edges, the substrate carrying a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of a main surface and a temporary protective layer deposited over at least a portion of the coating. The temporary protective layer has a thickness of at least 1 micrometer. The temporary protective layer made of polyfuran resin is obtained from a liquid composition comprising furfuryl alcohol.

Abstract: A thermal insulating glass includes a glass substrate and a thermal insulating layer. The thermal insulating layer includes composite tungsten oxide and a binder. The composite tungsten oxide is represented by formula (1): MxWO3-yAy (1), where M is an alkali metal element or an alkaline earth metal element, W is tungsten, O is oxygen, A is a halogen element, and 0<x?1 and 0?y?0.5. And the binder includes one or more of the following components: silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, and aluminium oxide. The thermal insulating glass can prevent the occurrence of obscuration. The thermal insulating has infrared reflectivity, high strength and good wear resistance, and can effectively resist high temperature and strong oxidation environment.

Abstract: A device for picking up, shaping, and placing a thin glass pane, includes a frame with an upper side and a lower side, which is suitable to be directed at a glass pane with a thickness of less than 1 mm, and which is provided with a plurality of picking up pins that are arranged substantially parallel to one another and whose end directed at the glass pane is equipped with a suction cup, wherein the picking up pins are movable along their direction of extension independent of one another in order to adapt the arrangement of the suction cups to an intended shape of the glass pane.

Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one silver-based functional metallic layer, at least one zinc-based metallic layer, located above and/or below a silver-based functional metallic layer, and at least one nickel oxide-based layer located above and/or below this silver-based functional metallic layer and separated from this layer by at least one crystallized dielectric layer.

Abstract: An insulating glazing includes a first pane, a second pane, an inner spacer frame arranged between the panes, which, together with the panes, delimits an inner interpane space, a surrounding outer spacer frame arranged between the panes, which is arranged on the outward facing side of the inner spacer frame, wherein the inner spacer frame consists substantially of a first hollow profile spacer and the outer spacer frame consists substantially of a second hollow profile spacer, the inner spacer frame and the outer spacer frame are in each case connected together to the first pane and the second pane via a primary sealant, an outer interpane space between the outer side of the outer spacer frame and the first pane and the second pane is filled with a secondary sealant.

Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first and a second glass sheet that are bonded by a first interlayer adhesive layer, a peripheral zone of the laminated glazing being covered by a stepped metal element, the laminated glazing including a heating network of wires and/or a heating electrically conductive layer that is provided with busbars, a plurality of probes and other optional electrical elements that are linked to an electrical power supply via the connector of the laminated glazing, an electrical conductor linking the stepped metal element to a busbar of the heating network of wires and/or of the heating electrically conductive layer; and/or to the cap of the connector of the laminated glazing, which is linked to the ground of the structure for mounting the laminated glazing; and/or to a contact of the connector.

Abstract: A method for producing a coated and printed glass panel, includes providing a glass substrate having a metal-containing coating on at least one first surface and a polymeric protective layer arranged on this metal-containing coating, removing the temporary polymeric protective layer and the metal-containing coating only in a predetermined region, applying a ceramic ink in the predetermined region, wherein the removing is carried out with a laser and the polymeric protective layer and the metal-containing coating are intact outside the predetermined region after the removing.

Abstract: A spacer for an insulating glazing, includes a main body, which is a main body A including a first pane contact surface, a second pane contact surface, a glazing interior surface, and an outer surface, or which is a main body B including a first pane contact surface, a second pane contact surface, a first glazing interior surface, a second glazing interior surface, a first inner lateral surface, a second inner lateral surface, and an outer surface, wherein the two inner lateral surfaces, together with the two glazing interior surfaces and the outer surface, form a groove for receiving a pane. The spacer has a screen panel made of an opaque material arranged on the glazing interior surface of the main body A or a screen panel arranged on one of the two glazing interior surfaces of the main body B and extending parallel to the two pane contact surfaces.