Surfaces of plastic glazing of tailgates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10717348-B2
Application number	US-201916534446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2019
Priority date	Sep 7, 2015
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising: a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle; a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window, wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, wherein the translucent component comprises a first textured surface in a region adjacent to the blackout region, where the first textured surface is configured to conceal a component of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle, the plastic glazing comprising:
a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle; and
a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window,
wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction,
wherein the translucent component comprises a first textured surface in a region adjacent to the blackout region, the first textured surface configured to conceal a component of the vehicle, and
wherein the first textured surface is formed on the translucent component via an injection molding process.

2. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein each of the translucent component and the non-transparent component comprise a polycarbonate.

3. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the blackout region comprises a pattern, and wherein the pattern is visible from an exterior of the vehicle.

4. The plastic glazing of claim 3 , wherein the pattern comprises an inverted frit pattern.

5. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the non-transparent component forms the pattern.

6. The plastic glazing of claim 3 , wherein a film forms the pattern.

7. The plastic glazing of claim 6 , wherein the film is bonded to at least one of the translucent component and the non-transparent component during an injection molding process.

8. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the blackout region is configured to conceal an adhesive.

9. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the plastic glazing is configured to attach to a housing unit of the tailgate, and wherein the blackout region is configured to conceal an adhesive attaching the housing unit to the plastic glazing.

10. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer on a surface of the plastic glazing.

11. The plastic glazing of claim 10 , wherein the protective layer is provided on an interior or an exterior surface of the plastic glazing.

12. The plastic glazing of claim 10 , wherein the protective layer is a weathering layer and comprises a polyurethane coating or a combination of an acrylic primer and a silicone hard-coat.

13. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the non-translucent component is disposed behind the translucent component towards an interior of the vehicle.

14. The plastic glazing of claim 1 , wherein the first textured surface includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the translucent component.

Assignees

• Sabic Global Technologies Bv

Inventors

• Schellekens Geert Jan
• Terragni Matteo

Classifications

• F21S43/28131

  Structures comprising multiple layers · CPC title

• B60J1/18 Primary

  arranged at the vehicle rear {(optical viewing arrangements integrated in rear windows, e.g. Fresnel lenses B60R1/001)} · CPC title

• B60J3/007 Primary

  Sunglare reduction by coatings, interposed foils in laminar windows, or permanent screens (layered glass products B32B17/00; process of coating windows C03C17/00) · CPC title

• B29C45/14688

  Coating articles provided with a decoration · CPC title

• B29C45/0005

  using fibre reinforcements · CPC title