A vehicle pane for a head-up display having, in the installed state, an outer side facing external surroundings and an inner side facing a vehicle interior, includes at least one transparent pane, at least one first masking strip in an edge region of the pane, wherein the at least one first masking strip is arranged on or in a carrier film and, in particular, is printed on the carrier film or embedded in the carrier film, and the carrier film is bonded to the at least one transparent pane, and at least one light-deflecting device for deflecting light into the vehicle interior or at least one image display device for displaying image information, which is arranged in the region of the masking strip, on the vehicle-interior side of the masking strip.

A composite pane and in particular to a composite vehicle pane with an integrated light sensor, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, and at least one light sensor with a light-sensitive surface that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the light-sensitive surface faces the outer pane, and a shadow mask that covers at least some portions of the light-sensitive surface is arranged between the light-sensitive surface and the outer pane.

A composite pane with electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties is integrated into the intermediate layer, wherein a securing element for reversibly securing a control unit is attached to a surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing away from the intermediate layer, and wherein a control unit suitable for controlling the optical properties of the functional element is arranged in the securing element.

The present disclosure provides an electrochromic sunroof encapsulating a pre-assembled all solid-state flexible thin film ECDs and methods to fabricate the disclosed electrochromic sunroof. The electrochromic sunroof of the present disclosure provides great flexibility and can be adapted to virtually any curvature or shape without leaking concerns.

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, includes a. providing a first glass sheet, covered on at least part of one of its faces with a stack of thin layers, b. depositing, on a part of a surface of the stack of thin layers, a layer of enamel, the deposition being carried out by screen-printing an enamel composition including refractory particles having a diameter of at least 20 m in a proportion by volume of at least 0.5%, but no particles having a diameter greater than 80 m, c. bending the first glass sheet, the stack of thin layers located under the enamel layer being completely dissolved by the enamel layer at least at the end of the bending, and then d. laminating the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet with an lamination interlayer, so that the enamel layer faces the interlayer.

Methods, apparatuses, devices, and substrates are described. Multiple layers of a substrate may be bonded using a laser beam that is rotating about an axis and while the substrate is laterally translated with respect to the laser beam. Further, a direction of the laser beam may be modified such that the laser beam is incident on a surface of a layer of the substrate at an acute angle with respect to the surface. In such cases, the respective layers of the substrate may be bonded by irradiating the surface with the rotating laser beam, thereby resulting in spiral-shaped bonding lines between the layers. The layers may be bonded when one of the layers is coupled with an element (e.g., a blocking element), and the acute angle of the laser beam may enable irradiation an area that is below the element while leaving the element unaffected by the laser beam.

A laminated glazing for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes an exterior glass sheet adhesively bonded to an interior glass sheet by a lamination interlayer, wherein the exterior glass sheet carries a layer of a first enamel, of black color, on the periphery of its face in contact with the lamination interlayer, known as face 2, and the interior glass sheet carries on its face in contact with the lamination interlayer, known as face 3, a layer of a second enamel forming a marking and having a color other than black, located opposite the layer of the first enamel, the laminated glazing further including a polymeric seal on the face of the interior glass sheet, called face 4, opposite face 3, the seal concealing the marking.

A laminated glazing comprising a first ply of glazing material and a second ply of glazing material joined by at least one ply of adhesive interlayer material is disclosed. The first ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a first composition and the second ply of glazing material comprises a sheet of glass having a second composition different to the first composition. The laminated glazing has (i) a peripheral region extending around the periphery of the laminated glazing, the laminated glazing having a surface compression stress in the peripheral region and (ii) an edge compression, wherein the magnitude of edge compression is greater than the magnitude of the surface compression stress in the peripheral region. A method of making such a laminated is provided. A glass sheet suitable for being incorporated in such a laminated glazing is also disclosed.

Polymer interlayers having improved gradient bands and laminates comprising these interlayers are disclosed. The polymer interlayers and laminates comprising polymer interlayers have a gradient band that has a high level of gradient beauty from the perspective of visible light transmittance spectra.

An improved laminated assembly comprising functional elements with connections extending outside of the laminated assembly preventing air, moisture and water from entering the assembly as well as a method to prevent air, moisture and water from entering a laminated assembly.