Laminated glass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11654658-B2
Application number	US-201716303435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2017
Priority date	May 26, 2016
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A laminated glass according to the present invention includes: a first glass plate having a rectangular shape, and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side; a second glass plate arranged opposing the first glass plate, and having substantially the same shape as the shape of the first glass plate; an intermediate film arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a first bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines extending so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other, wherein at least some of the plurality of heating lines are heating lines having different lengths.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Laminated glass comprising:
a first glass plate having a rectangular shape, and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side;
a second glass plate arranged opposing the first glass plate, and having substantially the same shape as the shape of the first glass plate; and
an intermediate film arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate,
the intermediate film comprising:
a first bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the first side;
a second bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the second side; and
a plurality of heating lines extending so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other,
wherein at least some of the plurality of heating lines are heating lines having different lengths,
the laminated glass comprises:
an information acquisition region opposing an information acquisition device for acquiring information from outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light, the light passing through the information acquisition region;
a central region between the information acquisition region and the second side;
side regions on both sides of the information acquisition region, between the first side and the second side;
test regions defined by JIS R3212;
a fourth region that is a region other than the test regions and the information acquisition region;
wherein the heating lines arranged in the central region pass over the information acquisition region,
the length of the heating lines arranged in the central region is shorter than the length of the heating lines arranged in the side regions,
the width of the heating lines arranged in the central region is larger than the width of the heating lines arranged in the side regions, and
the amount of heat generation in the information acquisition region is larger than that in the fourth region.

2. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of the heating lines having a longer length have a width larger than the width of the heating lines having a shorter length.

3. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate film further comprises:
an adhesion layer; and
a heat-generating layer including at least the heating lines, the heat-generating layer being in contact with the adhesion layer or arranged inward of the adhesion layer, and
the adhesion layer is formed with a material capable of deforming to follow the shape of the heating lines.

4. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the length and width of the plurality of heating lines and the space therebetween differs so that a plurality of regions with different amounts of heat generation are formed in a first direction in which the first side and the second side face each other, between the first bus bar and the second bus bar.

5. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,
wherein the central region includes a plurality of portions with different amounts of heat generation, the plurality of portions being arranged in a first direction in which the first side and the second side face each other, and
of the plurality of portions, a portion on the information acquisition region side has an amount of heat generation larger than that of a portion closer to the second side.

6. The laminated glass according to claim 5 ,
wherein each of the heating lines has a plurality of portions with different widths in a length direction, and
the curvature radius at corners of a connecting region between adjacent ones of the plurality of portions, the corners being formed at both side edges of a wider portion, is 1 μm or larger.

7. The laminated glass according to claim 5 ,
wherein each of the heating lines has a plurality of portions with different widths in a length direction, and
the curvature radius at corners of a connecting region between adjacent ones of the plurality of portions, the corners being formed by both side edges of a narrower portion and a wider portion, is 1 μm or larger.

8. The laminated glass according to claim 6 , wherein each of the portions is formed so that the width changes in the length direction.

9. The laminated glass according to claim 5 , wherein the intermediate film further comprises:
an adhesion layer; and
a heat-generating layer including at least the heating lines, the heat-generating layer being arranged inward of the adhesion layer, and
the adhesion layer is formed with a material capable of deforming to follow the shape of the heating lines.

10. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein, of the first bus bar, a first portion corresponding at least to the information acquisition region is arranged closer to the second side than the information acquisition region.

11. The laminated glass according to claim 10 , wherein
the first bus bar includes the first portion and second portions corresponding to the side regions, and
the second portions are arranged closer to the first side than the first region.

12. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein, of the first bus bar, a first portion corresponding at least to the information acquisition region is arranged closer to the first side than the information acquisition region.

13. The laminated glass according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second sides of the first glass plate and the second glass plate are formed longer than the first sides,
the first bus bar, the second bus bar, and the plurality of heating lines are arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate,
at least one of spaces between adjacent ones of the heating lines is narrower on the first bus bar side than on the second bus bar side, and
the line width of at least one of the heating lines is larger on the first bus bar side than on the second bus bar side.

14. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein at least a pair of adjacent heating lines further comprises at least one bypass heating line that connects the pair of adjacent heating lines.

15. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus bar, the second bus bar, and the plurality of heating lines are integrally formed with the same material.

16. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the line width of the heating lines is 500 μm or smaller.

17. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein the first side is an upper side or a lower side.

18. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an obstructing region for obstructing a field of view, the obstructing region being provided in at least one of a first face and a second face of the first glass plate and a first face and a second face of the second glass plate,
wherein the first and second bus bars are arranged at positions overlapping the obstructing region.

19. The laminated glass according to claim 1 , wherein, in a connecting portion between the bus bars and the heating lines, the width of the heating lines is formed wider than that in another portion.

Assignees

• Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Ryohei
• Chiba Kazuki
• Ogawa Hisashi

Classifications

• B32B2605/00

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B32B17/10743

  containing acrylate (co)polymers or salts thereof · CPC title

• B32B17/10761

  containing vinyl acetal · CPC title

• B32B17/10165

  Functional features of the laminated safety glass or glazing · CPC title

• H05B2203/011

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