A method is described for debonding a bonded article. The bonded article comprises at least two components which are bonded to one another by means of a polyurethane adhesive selected from aqueous polyurethane dispersion adhesives and polyurethane hotmelt adhesives. At least one of the components is a thermoplastic polyurethane. The components are debonded by treatment with an aqueous surfactant composition at elevated temperatures.

A vehicle glazing includes a glass sheet or a glazed assembly, a part made of plastic material partly covering the glass sheet or the glazed assembly, at least one fixing system for an audio exciter mounted on the glass sheet or on the glazed assembly, including a base and an attachment part, the base of the fixing system being connected to the part made of plastic material, and at least one audio exciter fixed to the attachment part of the fixing system.

A transparent polymer film for light redirection includes a carrier layer and a structured layer in optical contact with each other. The structured layer has a multitude of curved metallic micromirrors, which are parallel to each other and encapsulated in a transparent material and separated by a periodicity distance (p) of 10 to 1000 micrometer parallel to the film surface. 50% or more of the micromirrors’ surfaces have a cross section, perpendicular to the film surface, in the form of elliptic arcs, whose radii are from the range 5 p to 25 p, and the micromirrors are arranged in a depth (d) perpendicular to the film surface from the range 1.6 p to 3.0 p, especially 2 p to 2.5 p. Glazings can be equipped with the film.

A windshield for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing the windshield are provided in the disclosure. The windshield includes an outer glass panel, an inner glass panel, and an intermediate adhesive layer. An opaque masking layer is disposed on at least one surface of the windshield. The opaque masking layer includes a dark ceramic-ink layer and an ultraviolet-drying ink layer. The dark ceramic-ink layer has a first no-ink region, the ultraviolet-drying ink layer is located in the first no-ink region, the ultraviolet-drying ink layer has a light transmitting region. According to the disclosure, an optical quality of the light transmitting region can be ensured, a diopter of the light transmitting region is less than or equal to 200 mdpt.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a backboard, a circuit board disposed on the backboard, a light source disposed on the circuit board, a housing disposed on the backboard, and a panel disposed on the housing. The panel contacts the housing, and the light source and the circuit board are disposed between the panel and the backboard.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing generation of a gap in the interlayer film in end parts of the laminated glass although the interlayer film in which an increment in thickness is not constant from one end to the other end is used. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a light stabilizer, and an oxidation inhibitor, and has one end, and the other end being at an opposite side of the one end and having a larger thickness than the one end, and the interlayer film for laminated glass has an increment not constant in thickness from the one end to the other end.

Laminated glass-based articles and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A glass-based article includes a glass-based substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a substrate thickness (t) in a range of about 0.1 millimeters to 3 millimeters, the glass-based substrate having a compressive region having a first compressive stress CS maximum at the first surface of the glass-based article extending to a depth of compression (DOC) and second local CS maximum at a depth of at least 25 μm from the first surface, wherein the glass-based substrate comprises a glass-based core substrate having a first side and a second side, the glass-based core substrate sandwiched between a glass-based first cladding substrate and a glass-based second cladding substrate, the first cladding substrate and second cladding substrate directly bonded to the first side and the second cladding substrate directly bonded to the second side.

This specification presents sheets including graphitic materials, including sandwich structures, thermoformed or wet-formed single layer or multilayer structures of graphitic materials, and methods of forming a layer of graphitic material. In accordance with one aspect, the specification presents a multi-layer structure comprising a core layer having a core density between 0.01 and 1 g/cm.sup.3; and a skin layer covering the core layer, the skin layer having at least 10% by weight of a graphitic material, the graphitic material having one or more of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene, graphite oxide, reduced graphite oxide and graphite, the skin layer having a skin density of between 0.5 and 2 g/cm.sup.3 , a thickness ratio of the skin layer to the core layer being of between 1:1000 and 1:1.

A polymeric film assembly comprising a first solidified interlayer on a polymeric film or laminate comprising the same that is contacted with at least a portion of a surface of an underlying article to provide, for example, desired surface characteristics. At least a portion of the first solidified interlayer becomes a softened interlayer positioned between the polymeric film and the surface of the article when contacted as such. The softened interlayer is then converted to a second solidified interlayer, which second solidified interlayer may be in a different form than or same form as the first solidified interlayer initially provided, for adherence of the polymeric film to at least the portion of the surface of the article. Ease of removal and/or repair of polymeric film and laminates comprising the polymeric film that are so applied is facilitated.

Laminated parts are described that include a core, a fiber layer arranged on each side of the core and impregnated with a polyurethane resin, and an outer layer that at least partially coats at least one of the polyurethane impregnated fiber layers, in which the outer layer is the cured reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes: (1) a polyisocyanate, (2) a polyether polyol having a molecular weight of 800 Da to 25,000 Da and a functionality of 2 to 8, and (3) a fatty acid ester having isocyanate-reactive functionality. Methods of producing such laminated parts are also described.