Laminated pane for a head-up display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024253331-A1
Application number	US-202218293164-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 30, 2022
Priority date	Sep 3, 2021
Publication date	Aug 1, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A laminated pane for a head-up display (HUD) having an upper edge, a lower edge and an HUD region includes an outer pane, a first thermoplastic intermediate layer, a functional film which is suitable for reflecting at least 5% of p-polarized radiation striking the functional film, a second thermoplastic intermediate layer, the thickness of which is variable in the vertical course at least in the HUD region, and an inner pane. The functional film is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, the first thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the outer pane and the functional film, the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the functional film and the inner pane, and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a maximum wedge angle (α) of less than 0.20 mrad.

First claim

1 . A laminated pane for a head-up display (HUD) comprising:
an outer pane, a first thermoplastic intermediate layer, a functional film which is adapted to reflect at least 5% of p-type polarized radiation striking the functional film, a second thermoplastic intermediate layer, having a thickness which is variable in a vertical course at least sectionally, and an inner pane, wherein the functional film is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, the first thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the outer pane and the functional film, the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the functional film and the inner pane, and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a maximum wedge angle of less than 0.20 mrad.

2 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum wedge angle is between 0.01 mrad and 0.19 mrad.

3 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film is adapted to reflect 10% to 70% of p-polarized radiation striking the functional film.

4 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film is a carrier film with a reflective coating or a metal-free reflective polymer film.

5 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer independently of one another contain or consist of at least polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyurethane (PU) or mixtures or copolymers or derivatives thereof.

6 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is a wedge-shaped stretched thermoplastic intermediate layer.

7 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a thickness of 200 μm to 1000 μm and the first thermoplastic intermediate layer has a thickness of between 10 μm and 120 μm.

8 . The laminated pane according to claim 1 , wherein the outer pane has a thickness of 2.1 mm, and the inner pane has a thickness of 1.2 mm or 1.6 mm.

9 . A projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD) for displaying a virtual image for a viewer, comprising:
a laminated pane according to claim 1 , with an HUD region, and a projector which is directed toward the HUD region, wherein a radiation of the projector has a p-polarized portion of at least 70%, and at least 5% of the p-polarized radiation emitted by the projector and striking the functional film of the laminated pane is reflected from the functional film in a direction of the viewer to produce a virtual image at a distance from the laminated pane, and wherein a thickness of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer in a vertical course is variable at least in the region with a maximum wedge angle of less than 0.20 mrad.

10 . The projection arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein a share of p-polarized radiation of the total radiation of the projector is 80%.

11 . The projection arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the radiation of the projector strikes the laminated pane with an angle of incidence of 55° to 80°.

12 . The projection arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein 10% to 70% of the p-polarized radiation emitted by the projector and striking the functional film of the laminated pane is reflected by the functional film in the direction of the viewer.

13 . The projection arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the distance of the virtual image from the laminated pane is at least 2,500 mm.

14 . A method for producing a laminated pane according to claim 1 , comprising:
(a) providing an outer pane, a first thermoplastic intermediate layer, a functional film which is adapted to reflect at least 5% of p-type polarized radiation striking the functional film, a second thermoplastic intermediate layer having a thickness in a vertical course is variable at least sectionally with a maximum wedge angle of less than 0.20 mrad, and an inner pane; (b) forming a stack sequence is formed in which the functional film is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, the first thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the outer pane and the functional film, and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is arranged between the functional film and the inner pane, and (c) connecting the stack sequence by lamination.

15 . A method comprising providing a laminated pane according to claim 1 as a vehicle pane in a vehicle of locomotion for traffic on land, in the air or on water.

16 . The laminated pane according to claim 2 , wherein the maximum wedge angle is between 0.12 mrad and 0.15 mrad.

17 . The laminated pane according to claim 3 , wherein the functional film is adapted to reflect 15% to 60% of p-polarized radiation striking the functional film.

18 . The laminated pane according to claim 4 , wherein the functional film is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-based film which is coated with a copolymer layer stack based on PET and/or polyethylene naphthalate (PEN).

19 . The laminated pane according to claim 5 , wherein the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer independently of one another contain or consist of at least polyvinyl butyral (PVB).

20 . The laminated pane according to claim 7 , wherein the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a thickness of 300 μm to 850 μm and the first thermoplastic intermediate layer has a thickness of between 15 μm and 90 μm.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Gomer Andreas
• Schulz Valentin
• Arndt Martin

Classifications

• G02B27/0101

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B27/0018

  with means for preventing ghost images (anti-reflection coatings G02B1/11) · CPC title

• B32B2605/00

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B32B2255/26

  Polymeric coating · CPC title

• B32B2255/10

  on synthetic resin layer or on natural or synthetic rubber layer · CPC title