A composite glass pane with at least one through-hole, includes a first pane, a second pane, and at least one polymer intermediate layer between the first and second pane, wherein the through-hole is formed by a hole in the first pane, a hole in the polymer intermediate layer, and a hole in the second pane, wherein the hole in the first pane is a chamfered hole having a chamfer in each case on both sides of the first pane, and the hole in the second pane is a chamfered hole having a chamfer in each case on both sides of the second pane.

A window assembly for installing in a window opening of a building. The window assembly comprises a window sash pivotally mounted in a window frame such that the window sash can be pivoted between a closed position in the window frame and an open position. When the window sash is in the closed position in the window frame, the window frame and window sash have a flush exterior interface and a flush interior interface, between the window frame and window sash.

A vehicle includes a driver side pillar extending between a door and a roof. The pillar forms a face having an outer edge adjacent the driver side door and an inner edge. Similarly, a passenger side pillar extends between a door and the roof and forms a face having an outer edge adjacent the door and inner edge. A windshield supported by a cowl and the roof has a driver side edge that extends beyond the inner edge of the driver side face and substantially covers the driver side pillar and a passenger side edge that extends beyond the inner edge of the passenger side face and substantially covers the passenger side pillar. The vehicle further includes a frit bonded around a periphery of the windshield. The frit substantially covers and is bonded to the driver and passenger side pillars making them appear to be a dark or black color.

A process and system for forming a curved glass article from a sheet of glass material is provided. The process and system includes supporting a glass sheet on a shaping frame and then heating the sheet of glass material while supported by the shaping frame such that the central region of the sheet of glass material deforms into an open central cavity of the bending frame. The process and/or system are configured such that an aspect of the heating experienced by an outer region of the sheet of glass material is less than an aspect of the heating experienced by the central region of the sheet of glass material. The aspect of heating may be the average temperature, the maximum temperature and/or the heating rate, which Applicant believes may reduce certain defects during the shaping operation.

Systems, methods, and devices for a vehicle windshield are described herein. A vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a front, a first side, and a second side, wherein the first side and the second side are opposite one another on the vehicle body. The vehicle comprises a cabin located within the body of the vehicle, wherein the cabin comprises an interior that is configured to accommodate at least one person. The vehicle comprises at least one door that provides ingress and egress to the interior of the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle comprises a windshield that provides a visual line of sight out of the cabin for a user located within the interior of the cabin, and wherein the windshield extends across the front and at least partially on to at least one of the first side or the second side.

Provided is a resin substrate for the pillarless windshield which is large yet light-weight and provides excellent visibility, and has further realized a high strength to withstand a load calculated based on air resistance under the driving speed of 150 km/h. The resin substrate for the pillarless windshield has the longest side (S.sub.A) fixed to car body (3), wherein the resin substrate is an uneven-thickness structure having viewing section (1) with a mean thickness (d.sub.1) of 3-7 mm and thick-walled section (2) with a thickness of 1.3 times the (d.sub.1) or more, and satisfies all requirements of following (a)-(d): (a) the resin substrate having thin-walled viewing section (1) in the center, and having thick-walled sections (2B, 2C and 2D) along total three sides of (S.sub.B, S.sub.C and S.sub.D): opposite side (S.sub.B) of the longest side (S.sub.A), and two sides (S.sub.C and S.sub.D) between the ends of the longest side (S.sub.A) and those of the opposite sides (S.sub.B) of the longest side, (b) the viewing section (1) and thick-walled section (2) being made of an optically-transparent thermoplastic resin satisfying 5% or less of a haze at 6-mm thickness measured according to JISK7105, (c) the longest side (S.sub.A) having a length (L.sub.1) of 900 mm or longer and 2000 mm or shorter, (d) the thick-walled sections (2B, 2C and 2D) having mean thicknesses (d.sub.2B, d.sub.2C and d.sub.2D) each 3.0 times or less of the d.sub.1 and an area accounting for 3-20% of the whole area of the resin substrate.

The vehicle plastic panel according to the present invention configured so as to be attached to a window frame of a vehicle is provided with a non-transparent part which is a portion where a transparent resin-made first panel member and a transparent resin-made second panel member are superposed, a transparent part which is a portion of the first panel member on which the second panel member is not superposed, and a magnetizing body configured so as to be drawn by magnetic force together with a detachable member provided to a vehicle window mounting member. The non-transparent part is provided with a bonding part configured so as to be bonded to the window frame, and a visible part configured so as to be visible from inside the vehicle in a state in which the bonding part is bonded to the window frame. The magnetizing part is housed in the visible part.

A window glass with a seal member mounted to an opening of a vehicle includes a laminated glass including a vehicle outside glass plate, a vehicle inside glass plate, and an intermediate film; and a seal member arranged in a peripheral portion of the laminated glass. A plate thickness of the vehicle inside glass plate is less than that of the vehicle outside glass plate, and 1.0 mm or less. The vehicle outside glass plate has a shielding layer in a peripheral portion of a vehicle inside surface. In a cross section of the laminated glass perpendicular to an outer peripheral edge, an end of the vehicle inside glass plate is located inward in an in-plane direction with respect to an end of the vehicle outside glass plate. The seal member has a first fixing part that is bonded to the vehicle outside glass plate via the shielding layer.

Laminated glazing, once limited to just the windshield, is finding more and more application in other positions on the vehicle due to its ability to improve passenger safety, security and comfort. Problems are encountered when producing a laminated version of a tempered part with holes, because tempered glass is 4 to 5 times stronger than annealed glass. The laminate of the invention has a hole in the exterior glass layer. An insert is bonded to a cutout in the area of the hole on the interior glass layer so as to reinforce the hole and distribute the load over a wider area. The result is a laminated glazing with one or more holes that has the reliability of and is a direct replacement for a tempered part.

A front suspension system is provided for a front-wheel drive vehicle having a drive shaft for driving a front wheel. The front suspension system includes a suspension device configured to be connected to the vehicle, a control arm configured to be connected to the vehicle, and a yoke mount configured to connect the suspension device to the control arm. The yoke mount has first and second legs that receive the drive shaft therebetween when the front suspension system is mounted on the vehicle.