Method for fixing a glass interior trim element into a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11535175-B2
Application number	US-201615768221-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

Method for fixing a glass interior trim element into a motor vehicle. The invention relates to method for fixing a glass trim element into a motor vehicle's interior characterized in that the method comprises a step of fixation of the glass element to a support to provide an assembly that is integrated to motor vehicle's interior body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for fixing a glass trim element into a motor vehicle's interior body, comprising fixing the glass trim element to a plastic frame to provide an assembly that is integrated to the motor vehicle's interior body,
wherein the plastic frame is provided below and around the glass trim element, and
wherein the glass trim element is beforehand assembled to the plastic frame before being integrated into the motor vehicle's interior body.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the motor vehicle is a car.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element is a trim element mounted onto an upper part of a center console body on which functional elements and the glass trim element are mounted.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic frame matches a shape curvature of the glass trim element.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element has a front and a back and the plastic frame is provided on a back of the glass trim element.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic frame is provided on the glass trim by gluing, using a tape, a thermoplastic or a thermoset or by mechanical fixation.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic frame is made of a material selected from the group consisting of polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate-acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyamide PA6, polyamide copolymer PA66, polyoxymethylene, polypropylene, thermoplastic elastomers and thermoset material.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element is a glass of soda-lime-silica, aluminosilicate or borosilicate type.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element is provided with a safety backing.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element has a basic composition comprising, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass:

SiO 2
55-85%, 

Al 2 O 3
0-30%,

B 2 O 3
0-20%,

Na 2 O
0-25%,

CaO
0-20%,

MgO
0-15%,

K 2 O
      0-20%, and

BaO
0-20%.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element has a basic composition comprising, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass:

65 ≤ SiO2 ≤ 78%,

5 ≤ Na 2 O ≤ 20%,

0 ≤ K 2 O < 5%,

1 ≤ Al 2 O 3 < 6%,

0 ≤ CaO < 4.5%, and

4 ≤ MgO ≤ 12%; and

the glass has a (MgO/(MgO + CaO)) ratio ≥ 0.5.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glass trim element extends over a majority of a surface of an upper part of a console base.

13. An assembly for a motor vehicle's interior, comprising:
a glass trim element, and
a plastic frame,
wherein the plastic frame is provided below and around the glass trim element, and
wherein the glass trim element is beforehand assembled to the plastic frame before being integrated into the motor vehicle's interior body.

14. The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the motor vehicle is a car.

15. The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the glass trim element is mounted onto an upper part of a center console body on which functional elements and the trim element are mounted.

16. The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the glass trim element is provided as a door cover or as an armrest cover.

17. The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the glass trim element comprises one or more touch functionalities.

18. The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the plastic frame shape is adapted to match a geometry of the glass trim element.

19. A method for fixing a glass trim element into a motor vehicle's interior body, comprising:
assembling the glass trim element into a plastic frame to form an assembly, and subsequently integrating the assembly into the motor vehicle's interior body,
wherein the frame is provided below and around the glass trim element, and
wherein the glass trim element is formed from a float-glass-sheet.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the trim element does not host electronic or other functional devices.

Assignees

• Agc Glass Europe

Inventors

• Mattelet Claire
• Humblet Pierre
• Muylkens Philippe
• Hick Robert

Classifications

• C03C3/087

  containing calcium oxide, e.g. common sheet or container glass · CPC title

• B60R2013/0281

  made of a plurality of visible parts · CPC title

• B60R2013/0287

  integrating other functions or accessories · CPC title

• C03C3/076

  with 40% to 90% silica, by weight {(C03C3/045 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C03C3/085

  containing an oxide of a divalent metal · CPC title