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.

Abstract: An optimized display system for a vehicle using a glass assembly. The system includes a power source coupled to the processing unit for providing an input DC voltage. The processing unit is coupled to the power source. The processing unit is configured to receive input. The processing unit generates a command signal to interactively control a display unit in response to at least one input. A convertor is coupled to the processing unit. The convertor is configured to generate at least one of an output AC voltage or output DC voltage based on the command signal. The display unit includes one or more illumination devices sandwiched in the glass assembly.

Abstract: Laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet constituting an external face of the glazing, connected to a second glass sheet by a first interlayer adhesive layer, the edge of the first glass sheet being set back with respect to that of the second, a peripheral part of the free surface of the first glass sheet, its edge face, that of the first interlayer adhesive layer and a part of the surface of the second glass sheet extending beyond the first describing a continuous stepped contour which is covered, with interposition of adhesive, with a stepped element made of polymer material which can contain reinforcing fillers, which exhibits a permeability to water vapor at most equal to 5 g/m2/day.

Abstract: Described is a self-propelled operating machine (1) comprising a control cabin (2) for housing an operator and a unit (3) for moving a load. The control cabin (2) comprises a supporting frame (4) and a transparent wall (7) applied to the supporting frame (4) and partly delimiting the cabin (2). The transparent wall (7) can be made opaque in a controlled manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective film for a windshield of a vehicle, which can be installed on a curved portion of the windshield of the vehicle without a thermoforming process, thereby improving the workability of a worker, and improving impact resistance to effectively protect the windshield of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display panel includes forming a unit panel which includes a display unit provided on a substrate. The substrate of the unit panel is cut out in a form of a closed loop having a straight line portion and a curve portion that are connected to each other. The cutting out of the substrate of the unit panel includes cutting the straight line portion by a first cutting process using a first tool and cutting the curve portion by a second cutting process using a second tool that is different from the first tool.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a colored laminated glazing including first and second glass sheets, the two sheets being connected together by a thermoplastic interlayer, includes depositing a stack of layers including functional layer on a face of the first and/or of the second glass sheet, liquid deposition, on a face of the first and/or of the second glass sheet, of a polymer layer including a coloring agent and polymer compounds, drying and optionally curing of the polymer layer, assembling the glass sheet, coated with the colored polymer layer, with a colorless transparent thermoplastic interlayer and with the second glass sheet, so that the colored polymer layer is in direct contact with the interlayer, degassing, and heat treatment under pressure and/or under vacuum of the laminated glass at a temperature of between 100° C. and 200° C.

Abstract: An urn includes a container body and a lid that covers an internal cavity of the container body. Filigree wires attached to exterior surfaces of the container body and lid define cells filled with layers of enamel. The filigree wires are twisted wires that have a beaded texture, and have exposed portions that extend beyond the layers of enamel.

Abstract: Laminated glass contains two glass sheets interlayered with at least one polymer film C which is provided with a coating A comprising a polyvinyl acetal PA and optionally at least one plasticiser WA, and at least one film B containing a polyvinyl acetal PB and at least one plasticiser WB wherein coating A comprises less than 16% by weight of plasticiser, film B comprises at least 16% by weight of plasticiser, and film C comprises polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyvinyl alcohol, polylactic acid, polyethylen furanoate cellulose acetate, polymethyl methacrylates, polyethylene naphthalate, ionomers, or combinations thereof, wherein film C is located between coating A and film B.

Abstract: An article, comprising an optical layer disposed on a transparent layer, can have a maximum hardness of about 10 GigaPascals (GPa) to about 50 GPa. The optical layer can comprise a first portion and a second portion that are contiguous with one another at one major surface the optical layer. The portions may exhibit specific differences in average reflectance value, observed color, and/or angular color shift relative to each other. In some embodiments, a photopic average reflectance of the first portion may differ from an average reflectance of the second portion by about 5% or more. In other embodiments, a color of the first portion can have a color difference from a color of the second portion of about 4 or more in CIE color coordinate space.

Abstract: A strengthened cover glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided for use in consumer electronic devices. The process comprises cooling the cover glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened cover glass sheets for use in or on consumer electronic products.

Abstract: Novel transparent composites have been developed that have relatively lower areal densities of conventional transparent composites, where the composites are tested for the same threat levels as specified in the NIT or STANAG standards. Particular transparent composites can withstand projectiles having relatively high kinetic energy, for example, using STANAG 4 testing conditions. Further, the novel transparent composites can withstand multiple hits using Multiple Hit Testing at a STANAG 2 threat level.

Abstract: A decoration film includes: a base film; a first decoration portion on a surface of the base film; and a second decoration portion on another surface of the base film, and overlapping the first decoration portion, and the first decoration portion includes a first concavo-convex portion on at least a portion of the base film, the second decoration portion includes a second concavo-convex portion on at least a portion of the base film corresponding to the first concavo-convex portion, and the decoration film further includes at least one of a first deposition layer on the first concavo-convex portion and a second deposition layer on the second concavo-convex portion.

Abstract: Processes for fabricating structured, relatively large area, ultra-thin polymer films are disclosed. For instance, such a process may include spinning a thermoplastic polymer film onto an etched wafer that serves as a mold for the thermoplastic polymer film, baking the thermoplastic polymer film on a hotplate at a curing temperature, delaminating the thermoplastic polymer film in water, and peeling the thermoplastic polymer film from the etched wafer, producing a structured thermoplastic polymer film that has structures corresponding to areas where the wafer has been etched.

Abstract: A method in accordance with the present invention has: providing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; mixing the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a photoinitiator, a coupling agent, a crosslink-assisting agent, an ultraviolet light absorber, and a radical scavenger to obtain a mixture; and forming the mixture into a film at a specific temperature to obtain the laminated glass interlayer film. The laminated glass in accordance with the present invention is has high transmittance and low haze, and also shortens the production time, thereby enhancing the quality and applicability.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rinsing one or more pellicles during fabrication, including immersing and soaking the one or more pellicles in a rinse bath solution for a particular time period, forming a top layer above the rinse bath solution, the top layer having a lower surface tension than the rinse bath, and withdrawing the one or more pellicles through the top layer for drying.

Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.

Abstract: An automobile window glass includes a glass substrate, a black ceramic layer and a water absorbing antifogging film. The black ceramic layer is formed in a peripheral portion on a vehicle-interior side main surface of the glass substrate. The water absorbing antifogging film is formed on the vehicle-interior side main surface of the glass substrate and is located in an inner peripheral side relative to the peripheral portion. A space of more than 1 mm and less than 30 mm exists between the black ceramic layer and the water absorbing antifogging film on the vehicle-interior side main surface of the glass substrate.

Abstract: An interior lining element, for example for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, including a single-layer or multilayer decorative covering, the front side of which faces the passenger compartment and delimits the latter physically and, via the back side thereof, is in thermally conductive contact with a printed heater, where the heater has a plurality of flat resistance elements and at least two feed lines which are electrically highly conductive as compared with the resistance elements and via which the resistance elements can be looped into an electric circuit, and where in contact-making regions of the resistance elements and of the feed lines, one feed line and one resistance element are each printed overlapping each other.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an improved visual and optionally tactile features on a visible element of an article, such as a consumer electronic device (e.g., a mobile electronic device, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, a phablet, a notebook computer, a laptop, etc.).

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated ironing plate comprising an ironing plate (4); and a composite coating (7) applied over the ironing plate (4). The composite coating comprises a dielectric layer (5) over the ironing plate (4) that has a surface resistance more than 109 ohms; and a static dissipative layer (6) for being in contact with a garment or fabric during ironing disposed on the dielectric layer (5) and in direct contact with the ironing plate (4). The static dissipative layer (6) has a surface resistance less than 109 ohms so that the charges generated on the static dissipative layer (6) during ironing are more easily dissipated from the static dissipative layer (6) through the ironing plate (4) compared to the dissipation of charges from the dielectric layer (5) through the ironing plate (4) in the absence of said static dissipative layer (6).

Abstract: The present invention provides a cover window for a touch screen panel, wherein a printing layer is formed at an edge of the transfer substrate film, and an area where the printing layer is not formed is removed from the transfer film, which forms a view area in the cover window substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides low solar transmittance coatings that have particularly low solar transmittance. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver. In some cases, the coating is incorporated into a laminated glass assembly.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a conductive film and a display apparatus provided with the conductive film. A conductive film is disposed on a display panel of a display apparatus, and has a base body, and a conductive section formed on one of the main surfaces of the base body. The conductive section has a mesh pattern composed of fine metal lines, and the fine metal lines have a tilt of 30-44° with respect to the alignment direction of pixels of the display apparatus.

Abstract: A kit for making a simulated stained glass article, having a light-transmissive molded plastic substrate with an array of ridges on one major surface, laterally defining a pattern of upwardly open spaces, and a set of light-transmissive molded plastic colored stickers that are respectively peripherally shaped to fit conformingly into the spaces of the pattern. Side walls of the ridges are beveled at an angle sufficient to enable release of the substrate from a mold but are steep enough to facilitate precise placement of the stickers in the spaces and to minimize transmission of light around the edges of the stickers. In an article made from the kit, the stickers and ridges simulate the glass pieces and lead cames of a conventional stained glass window.

Abstract: A photovoltaic panel (10) comprising a back plate (12), a front sheet (20) and a photovoltaic cell (30) disposed between the back plate (12) and the front sheet (20), wherein the photovoltaic panel (10) comprises a protective element (22, 24) which extends along an edge of the front sheet (20) without extending beyond an uppermost surface of the front sheet (20).

Abstract: The decorative glass panel for garage door is a sectional garage door with a fingerprint scanner. The sectional garage door is formed from a plurality of door panels. Each of the plurality of door panels have been formed with decorative designs intended to make each panel visually appealing. Associated with the decorative glass panel for garage door is an entry scanner that is allows for access into the garage without the use of a remote control. The decorative design of the scanner housing is coordinated with the design of each of the plurality of door panels which enhances the overall decorative appeal of the decorative glass panel for garage door. The decorative glass panel for garage door comprises a plurality of door panels and an entry scanner.

Abstract: A light-emitting medium including a light-emitting image having a pattern area formed on a substrate by using a first fluorescent ink containing a first fluorescent material, a background area formed on the substrate by using a second fluorescent ink containing a second fluorescent material, and a overcoat layer formed on the first fluorescent material of the pattern area and the second fluorescent material of the background area. The first fluorescent material is made of a fluorescent material which emits light of blue color when UV-A is irradiated, and emits light of red color when UV-C is irradiated. The second fluorescent material is made of a fluorescent material which emits light of blue color or light of a color that is viewed as the same color as the blue color when the UV-A is irradiated, and emits light of green color when the UV-C is irradiated.

Abstract: A sealing member for forming a seal in an aircraft, the sealing member comprising: a sealing material; and a stiffening element which provides structural support to the sealing material and comprises a material with a glass transition temperature below +50° C. The stiffening element is relatively flexible when the aircraft is at low altitude (high temperature) but becomes relatively stiff (increasing resistance to seal flutter) when the aircraft is at cruise altitude (low temperature).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pane, wherein an electrically conductive structure is applied to a glass pane. At least one intermediate layer is applied to the electrically conductive structure, at least one electrical connecting element is attached to the intermediate layer, and the intermediate layer, electrical connecting element and electrically conductive structure form at least one hollow space comprising an electrically conductive mass. A method for the production and use thereof is also described.

Abstract: A touch screen protector for a portable electronic device has a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a declining outer perimeter. The touch screen protector includes: a glass sheet having front and back sides that corresponds in size to the touch screen portion; a conformable perimeter portion that corresponds to the declining outer perimeter of the front face of the portable electronic device; and an adhesive provided along at least a portion of the conformable perimeter portion facing the portable electronic device and having adhesive strength enabling repeated removal and reattachment. The touch screen portion allows a capacitive value on the touch screen portion when touched on the glass sheet.

Abstract: A window for a display device includes a display device window mother substrate; and a color layer on the display device window mother substrate. The color layer includes a transparent ink layer on the display device window mother substrate and including a pigment particulate, a solid color layer on the transparent ink layer, and a shield ink layer on the solid color layer.

Abstract: A plastic window including a transparent plastic substrate having first and second sides. Bonded to the first side of the substrate is a plastic film, the film being thinner than the substrate. An electrically conductive grid, including at least one conductive connector location, is encapsulated between the substrate and the film. Extending into the substrate, at least one electrical connector is positioned in electrical contact with the conductive mounting so that an electrical voltage supply can be connected to the conductive mounting and an electrical current can be caused to flow through the conductive grid.

Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus includes: a display panel which displays an image; a window facing the display panel, where a first surface of the window faces the display panel; and a black matrix on a second surface of the window opposite to the first surface of the window.

Abstract: A composite seam system including a narrow weld bead joining two panels of fabric and a seam tape applied thereon. The applied seam tape comprises a top layer, a reinforcing layer and an adhesive layer melted through the reinforcing layer and connecting the top layer to the fabric panels over the weld bead. The narrow weld bead and the small seam allowance of the fabric panels it joins allows the seam tape to be secured over the weld bead to the fabric panels while lying in a flat plane. The use of a narrow reinforcing layer of woven polyester, nylon or non-woven ultra-fine fibrous material in the seam tape allows the seam tape to be flexible enough to move with the fabric it joins, reducing the incidence of tape edge abrasion.

Abstract: A card body for a portable data carrier, in particular a chip card or magnetic strip card, and a method for manufacturing a card body. The card body includes at least a coextruded foil having at least two areas with different material properties. By using coextruded foils a card body consisting of a plurality of alternating opaque and transmissive strips as well as a card body with a window can be formed in a simple fashion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch sensor, including: a window substrate; and a bezel layer formed along an edge of the window substrate, wherein the bezel layer includes a print layer and a shield layer, wherein the print layer includes titanium dioxide TiO2 of from 60 to 95 weight %. According to the present invention, titanium dioxide TiO2 of from 60 to 95 weight % is included in the print layer, which is an element of the bezel layer of the touch sensor, so that whiteness may be improved. Further, the thickness of the print layer is 20 ?m or less, so that difficulty in forming electrical connection due to a level difference may be overcome.

Abstract: A frame member includes a frame body and a sheet member. The frame body has a front surface, a back surface, an opening penetrating in a front and back direction of the frame body, and a protruding portion. One of the front surface and the back surface has an attachment groove. The sheet member constituted by a mesh-like member is stretched over the opening. The protruding portion is configured such that, after the sheet member is arranged in an area where the protruding portion is to be formed, a material for the frame body in an unsolidified state is filled and is solidified, to thereby form the protruding portion together with the frame body and fix the sheet member in a stretched state over the opening. The sheet member has reached one of the front surface and the back surface along an inner circumferential surface of the frame body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plate-like body with a resin frame attached thereto, which includes a highly rigid and solid thick wall part where an imaginary inscribed circle inscribed in the resin frame has a diameter of at least of 7 mm, and a process for producing the plate-like body with a resin frame attached thereto.

Abstract: A glazing unit includes a substrate having two opposing external faces and a peripheral edge face linking the two faces, as well as a peripheral sealing arrangement added at the border of the substrate against its edge face and its two external faces, wherein the sealing arrangement includes at least two seals cooperating respectively with the two external faces of the substrate, and with the edge face of the substrate, the two seals forming a zone of overlap over one another on the edge face of the glazing unit.

Abstract: A fenestration assembly is described. The fenestration assembly includes: (1) a layer of film; (2) a frame having a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface, the first surface substantially surrounding and having secured thereon the film and the frame having a thickness such that when the second side is fitted onto a window or a window frame, the thickness of the frame defines a space between the film and the window; and (3) wherein said film is a low-emittance film having an emissivity equal to or less than 0.35.

Abstract: In the present invention a highly reliability and waterproof glass integrally molded product is manufactured by glass insert molding.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module configured to display an image on a display area, a cover member including a transmissive portion opposed to the display area, and a color portion opposed to a peripheral area on an outside of the display area of the display module, and a photosensitive resin which attaches the display module and the cover member, wherein the color portion is formed of a color layer which passes light of a wavelength for curing the photosensitive resin.

Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of window panels arranged with at least one pair of adjacent window panels, with adjacent edge portions of adjacent ones of the window panels joined by a respective molded joining element. The adjacent edge portions joined by a respective molded joining element are offset or non-coplanar. The molded joining element may comprise an encapsulation that at least partially receives a perimeter edge portion of at least one of the adjacent window panels. The molded joining element may at least partially receive a rear perimeter edge portion of a forward window panel and may not overlap an outer surface of the forward window panel, with the molded joining element at least partially receiving a front perimeter edge portion of a rearward window panel.

Abstract: A cover glass for an electronic display comprises a plurality of layers of sapphire material, each of the layers having a substantially single crystal plane orientation, with adjacent layers having different substantially single crystal plane orientations. One or more interface layers are defined between adjacent layers of the sapphire material, with the adjacent layers of sapphire material bonded together at the one or more interface layers. A display window is defined in the cover glass, and configured for viewing a viewable area of the electronic display through the plurality of layers of the sapphire material bonded together at the one or more interface layers.

Abstract: A window member and a method for fabricating the same. The window member includes a glass member, a semi-transparent printed layer formed on the glass member, and a metal or metal oxide layer formed on the semi-transparent printed layer. In some embodiments, the semi-transparent printed layer includes embossments formed on a surface thereof facing the metal or metal oxide layer, or contains an additive to generate virtual embossments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet material for a window with a frame member in which a resin frame member is molded integrally on at least one of an indoor side surface and a peripheral surface of the sheet material for a window at a circumferential edge portion thereof, in which the sheet material for a window includes a chamfered surface on the circumferential edge portion, and in a plan view of the sheet material for a window, a chamfered width w of the chamfered surface and a curvature radius r of a corner portion of a non-chamfered area satisfy w?r and r<3 mm.

Abstract: A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a touch screen protector for a hand held electronic device having a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a non-functional band. The touch screen protector of the invention comprises a film having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the device, and a transparent window; an exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer provided along the outer perimeter of the film surrounding the transparent window, and multiple dots arranged in a prescribed pitch and present on the back side of the film at a density which is sufficiently high to reduce interference patterns when the transparent window of the protector is pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device.

Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a screen protective film structure for disposing on an outer surface of an electronic device. The electronic device has a display portion and a frame portion. The screen protective film structure has a light-permitting film and an adhesive portion. The light-permitting film is disposed on one side of the display portion. A central space is formed between the light-permitting film and the display portion. The adhesive portion is connected to the light-permitting film and having a plurality of adhesive protrusions. The adhesive protrusions are abutted to the frame portion, and a gap is formed between the adhesive protrusions. The gap is in communication with the central space and the ambient. Thus, trapped air between the screen protective film structure and the electronic device can be relieved.