A laminated glass pane having a first glass layer and a second glass layer, wherein at least one first electrically conducting structure and a second electrically conducting structure are arranged between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, wherein the first electrically conducting structure and the second electrically conducting structure are arranged spaced apart from one another, wherein the first electrically conducting structure at least partially overlaps the second electrically conducting structure in a perpendicular orientation relative to the first glass layer, wherein the first electrically conducting structure is associated with a first electrical element, wherein the first electrical element is a capacitive sensor.

Vehicle or building glazing having a solar control property includes a glass substrate supporting a stack of layers, including successively from the surface of the substrate, a first module M.sub.1 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a total thickness t.sub.1, a first layer TN.sub.1 including titanium nitride with a thickness of 5 to 35 nanometers, a first module M.sub.2 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a total thickness t.sub.2, a second layer TN.sub.2 including titanium nitride with a thickness of 5 to 35 nanometers, a third module M.sub.3 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a thickness t.sub.3. The cumulative sum of the thicknesses of the TN.sub.1 and TN.sub.2 layers including titanium nitride is greater than 30 nm, t.sub.1 being less than 30 nanometers, t.sub.2 being between 10 and 100 nm and t.sub.3 being greater than 10 nanometers. The ratio t.sub.1/t.sub.3 is less than 0.6.

A curved laminated glazing includes an outer sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass and an inner sheet of a chemically-toughened sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, the outer and inner sheets being joined together by a lamination interlayer, the colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, the glasses of the inner and outer sheets being selected so that 0≤T10.sub.in−T10.sub.out≤20° C., where T10.sub.in is the temperature T10 of the glass of the inner sheet and T10.sub.out is the temperature T10 of the glass of the outer sheet, the temperature T10 being the temperature at which the glass considered has a viscosity of 10.sup.10 dPa.Math.s.

A vehicle glazing (10) wherein a light guide stack (22) is located between a portion of the inner transparency (26) and the outer transparency (28). The light guide stack includes a polycarbonate film (32) that is bonded to the transparencies by layers of PET (38, 40) that are secured to the polycarbonate film on one side by silicone (34, 36) and that are secured to the transparencies on the other side by PVB (42, 44). The terminal end of an extending tab of the polycarbonate film forms an edge that is connected to a light bar (14) that such visible light propagates through the light bar and into the polycarbonate film through the edge. Visible light propagates through etchings in the smooth surface of the polycarbonate film to form an image. An extension of one of the transparencies protects the polycarbonate tab and supports the light bar during installation of the glazing into the vehicle portal.

A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.

A laminated curved article [102] comprising a first substrate [102a] consisting an outer face and a ceramic masked [104] inner face along the periphery, one or more interlayers [102c] disposed on the inner face of the first substrate [102a], a second substrate [102b] disposed on the interlayer [102c] and one or more electroluminescent devices [116] connected to connector element [126] and provided in the ceramic masked [104] inner face of the first substrate [102a] and the second substrate [102b]. The one or more electroluminescent devices [116] comprising a dielectric layer [116a] disposed on a luminescence layer [116b], wherein both the dielectric layer [116a] and luminescence layer [116b] are sandwiched together by a multilayer consisting of a conductive layer [116c], an insulating layer [116d] and a protective layer [116e].

A privacy glazing structure may be fabricated from multiple panes of transparent material that hold an optically active material and also define a between-pane space that is separated from a surrounding environment for thermal insulating properties. The privacy glazing structure may include various functional coatings and intermediate films to enhance the performance and/or life span of the structure. For example, the privacy glazing structure may include a low emissivity coating and a laminate layer positioned between an optically active layer and an exterior environment exposed to sunlight. The low emissivity coating and laminate layer may work in combination to effectively protect the optically active layer from sunlight degradation. Additionally or alternatively, the laminate layer may impart safety and impact resistance properties to the structure.

Thin glass substrates are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for the production thereof and provides a thin glass substrate of improved optical quality. The method includes, after the melting and before a hot forming process, adjusting the viscosity of the glass that is to be formed or has at least partially been formed is in a defined manner for the thin glass substrate to be obtained. The apparatus includes a device for melting, a device for hot forming, and also a device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate, and the device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate is arranged upstream of the device for hot forming.

An electrically heatable laminated automotive glazing unit including an exterior glass sheet that is curved and tempered and a thin glass interior sheet that is also tempered, these sheets being joined by means of a thermoplastic interlayer sheet. The glazing unit is configured to receive mechanical moving and/or fastening means and a portion of the exterior sheet is not covered by the thin interior sheet. The glazing unit is fastened in the zone not covered by the thin sheet, and the glazing unit includes at least one electrically heatable zone comprising (i) a substantially transparent, electrically conductive coating layer and (ii) spaced busbars adapted to supply electrical voltage across the substantially transparent, electrically conductive coating layer. The spaced busbars are placed in the portion of the exterior sheet which is not covered by the thin interior sheet.

The heating film including: a transparent substrate; a coating layer provided on the transparent substrate and having a refractive index of 1.450 to 1.485; and a metal foil pattern provided on the coating layer, in which a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of a surface of the metal foil pattern is more than 0.9 μm.