Provided are a vehicle windshield equipped with a transparent film at a visual field area, where a negative effect on a driving visibility due to a boundary line between a forming area and a non-forming area of the transparent film is improved, and a vehicle component having the vehicle windshield. The vehicle windshield includes: a window plate; and a transparent film provided at a surface on a vehicle-interior side of the window plate, wherein the vehicle windshield includes a first area where the transparent film is not provided and a second area where the transparent film is provided, at a central area when viewed from a front side, and a boundary between the first area and the second area has no perspective distortion and is constituted by a boundary line having line width visually recognized by scattering of irradiated light of 10 m to 200 m.

An exemplary multi-dimensional load structure may include a base panel having a tiered structure with an upper layer, a lower layer, and at least one interior layer therebetween. The load structure may also have a glass layer applied to at least surfaces of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the at least one interior layer not in contact with an adjacent layer. The load structure may further have a coating applied to the exterior of the glass layer. The at least one interior layer may be configured to withstand a greater compressive force than the upper layer and the lower layer and/or the upper layer and the lower layer may be lighter than the at least one interior layer.

The glass flakes of the present invention include first glass flake substrates and second glass flake substrates and satisfy at least either of the following conditions (A) and (B): (A) an average thickness of the first glass flake substrates is 0.05 to 2 m, an average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 2 to 20 m, and the average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 3 or more times greater than the average thickness of the first glass flake substrates; and (B) a thickness D1 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the first glass flake substrate is 0.03 to 2.5 m, a thickness D2 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the second glass flake substrates is 1.5 to 25 m, and the thickness D2 is 2 or more times greater than the thickness D1.

A vehicle roof glass element having an exterior glass pane and a transparent insulating layer foamed on the inside onto the glass pane has an externally circumferential rim the runner points and the ventilation points of which are provided on the inside of the glass pane. Furthermore, a method and a tool for manufacturing a vehicle roof glass element are described.

A lightweight composite pane is provided that includes a mineral glass or glass-ceramic pane and an organic layer. The weight per unit area of the lightweight composite pane is in the range from 0.5 kg/m.sup.2 to 5.5 kg/m.sup.2, the ratio of the thickness of the mineral glass pane to the thickness of the organic layer is 1:0.01 to 1:1, and the thickness of the organic layer is less than or equal to 500 m. The lightweight composite pane meets the thermal safety requirements of aerospace authorities and has a Total Heat Release, measured in compliance with JAR/FAR/CS 25, App. F, Part IV & AITM 2.0006, of less than 65 kWmin/m.sup.2 and a flame time, after removal of the flame in the Vertical Bunsen Burner Test, measured in compliance with FAR/JAR/CS 25, App. F, Part 1 & AITM 2.0002A, is less than 15 seconds.

Provided are a vehicle windshield equipped with a transparent film at a visual field area, where a negative effect on a driving visibility due to a boundary line between a forming area and a non-forming area of the transparent film is improved, and a vehicle component having the vehicle windshield. The vehicle windshield includes: a window plate; and a transparent film provided at a surface on a vehicle-interior side of the window plate, wherein the vehicle windshield includes a first area where the transparent film is not provided and a second area where the transparent film is provided, at a central area when viewed from a front side, and a boundary between the first area and the second area has no perspective distortion and is constituted by a boundary line having line width visually recognized by scattering of irradiated light of 10 m to 200 m.

A coated glass substrate and a method of making the glass substrate is disclosed. The method comprises the following: providing a coating formulation on a glass substrate wherein the coating formulation comprises at least one polymerizable compound, a glass frit, and a non-crosslinked polymer and heating the coating formulation on the glass substrate. The coated glass substrate includes a coating provided on a surface of a glass substrate wherein the coating comprises a semi-interpenetrating polymer network including a non-crosslinked polymer and a glass frit. The coating exhibits a stud pull of about 275 psi or more.

A coated glass substrate is disclosed as well as a method of making the coated glass substrate. The coated glass substrate comprises a glass substrate and a coating on a surface of the glass substrate wherein the coating includes a binder. The binder may include an interpenetrating network. For example, the network may include a crosslinked polyacrylate and a crosslinked polyacrylamide. In addition, the transparency of the coated substrate after one of the following conditions may be within 10% of the transparency of the coated substrate prior to the condition: (i) wherein the coated substrate is stored at a temperature of 0 C. or less and then exposed to an environment at 21 C. and 70% humidity or (ii) wherein the coated substrate is positioned within 100 C. steam for one minute.

The present invention provides waterborne polyurethane coating compositions. When applied to a substrate, the coating compositions of the present invention have good adhesion, transparency, scratch resistance, mar resistance, hardness, solvent resistance, water resistance, and dishwashing resistance. The coating compositions are suitable for application to any suitable substrate, including glass.

Disclosed are a coating composition applied on a tempered glass, the tempered glass preventing shattering when impacts are applied, and a manufacturing method thereof. The coating composition comprises a caprolactone-modified acryl resin, an acryl polyol, a polyurethane resin and the like, such that the tempered glass has improved strength and the ceramic part can be removed from a conventional tempered glass. Further provided is a vehicle product such as a vehicle glass component, such that passengers in the vehicle can be protected from the shattering of the broken tempered glass.