Windshield

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548354-B2
Application number	US-201816767843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2018
Priority date	Nov 29, 2017
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A laminated glass according to the present invention is a windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield including an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A windshield for an automobile to which an information acquisition device for acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be installed, the windshield comprising:
an outer glass plate that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side;
an inner glass plate that is arranged opposite to the outer glass plate and has substantially the same shape as the outer glass plate; and
an intermediate film that is arranged between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate,
wherein the windshield includes an information acquisition region that is to be located opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes,
the intermediate film includes:
at least one adhesive layer; and
a heat generation layer that is supported by the adhesive layer,
the heat generation layer includes, at least in a region that corresponds to the information acquisition region:
a pair of bus bars that are arranged such that the information acquisition region is interposed therebetween; and
a plurality of first heating wires that are connected in parallel so as to connect the bus bars to each other, and
each of the heating wires has a wire width not larger than 10 μm.

2. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein at least in a portion of each of the first heating wires, the wire width of the first heating wire is equal to or larger than a thickness of the first heating wire.

3. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquisition region has an area not larger than 10000 mm 2 .

4. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein adjacent first heating wires of the first heating wires are not connected to each other.

5. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquisition region is located within a distance of 200 mm from an edge of the outer glass plate.

6. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first heating wires extend in an up-down direction.

7. The windshield according to claim 1 , wherein a pitch between the first heating wires is 0.3 to 10 mm.

8. The windshield according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat generation layer further includes:
a first side bus bar of which at least a portion extends along an end portion on the first side;
a second side bus bar of which at least a portion extends along an end portion on the second side; and
a plurality of second heating wires that are arranged so as to connect the first side bus bar and the second side bus bar to each other.

9. The windshield according to claim 8 , wherein one of the first side bus bar and the second side bus bar constitutes a single piece together with either of the bus bars that are arranged such that the information acquisition region is interposed therebetween.

10. The windshield according to claim 8 ,
wherein the second heating wires are arranged in a view field region outside the information acquisition region,
a heat generation amount per unit area of the information acquisition region is larger than a heat generation amount per unit area of the view field region, and
the first heating wires have a smaller wire width than the second heating wires.

11. The windshield according to claim 8 , wherein a pitch between the first heating wires is smaller than a pitch between the second heating wires.

Assignees

• Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Ryohei
• Chiba Kazuki
• Ogawa Hisashi

Classifications

• B32B3/02

  characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions {(non-uniform thickness B32B3/263)} · CPC title

• H05B2203/011

  Heaters using laterally extending conductive material as connecting means · CPC title

• B32B2605/006

  Transparent parts other than made from inorganic glass, e.g. polycarbonate glazings · CPC title

• B32B17/10036 Primary

  comprising two outer glass sheets · CPC title

• H05B3/84

  Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields · CPC title