Disclosed herein is a laminated glazing having an electrically connectable layer, comprising: first and second glass substrates; an electrically connectable layer; interlayers rendering the electrically connectable layer positioned between interlayers; and a connection wire having first and second connection ends and a main portion positioned between the first and second connection ends. The first connection end of the connection wire is electrically connected to the electrically connectable layer, whereas the main portion of the connection wire is positioned within the interlayers.

A composite pane for a vehicle with an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer and the composite pane is provided for separation of a vehicle interior for occupants from an external environment, wherein at least one radar sensor is integrated into the thermoplastic intermediate layer and is designed and arranged such that the radar sensor emits radar beams into the vehicle interior and receives reflected radar beams, and the radar sensor is connected to an evaluation unit for determining movement and/or presence of persons or animals in the vehicle interior.

Methods are provided for fabricating electrochromic devices that mitigate formation of short circuits under a top bus bar without predetermining where top bus bars will be applied on the device. Devices fabricated using such methods may be deactivated under the top bus bar, or may include active material under the top bus bar. Methods of fabricating devices with active material under a top bus bar include depositing a modified top bus bar, fabricating self-healing layers in the electrochromic device, and modifying a top transparent conductive layer of the device prior to applying bus bars.

Methods are provided for fabricating electrochromic devices that mitigate formation of short circuits under a top bus bar without predetermining where top bus bars will be applied on the device. Devices fabricated using such methods may be deactivated under the top bus bar, or may include active material under the top bus bar. Methods of fabricating devices with active material under a top bus bar include depositing a modified top bus bar, fabricating self-healing layers in the electrochromic device, and modifying a top transparent conductive layer of the device prior to applying bus bars.

A method for manufacturing a laminated glass whereby, in a laminated glass comprising a liquid crystal film sandwiched therein and having a three-dimensionally curved surface shape, the formation of wrinkles in the liquid crystal film can be suppressed; and a laminated glass which has a three-dimensionally curved surface shape and in which wrinkles in a liquid crystal film sandwiched therein are suppressed. The method for manufacturing the laminated glass comprises: a heat molding step for heating the liquid crystal film to a temperature higher than the glass transition point of the first base material layer and the second base material layer; and a bonding step for, after completing the heat molding step, heating the laminate, wherein the liquid crystal film is sandwiched between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, at a temperature lower than the glass transition point and bonding the same by applying a preset pressure.

A glass-polymer laminate includes a glass layer with a thickness of at most about 300 μm and a polymer layer laminated to the glass layer. At all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress and the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N. A method includes laminating a glass layer to a polymer layer with an adhesive at a lamination temperature to form a glass-polymer laminate. The glass layer has a thickness of at most about 300 μm. The lamination temperature is sufficiently high that, at all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress. The lamination temperature is sufficiently low that, at all temperatures within the temperature range, the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N.

A composite pane for separating an interior space from an external environment, includes an inner pane, an outer pane with an inner surface, and an intermediate layer that areally joins the inner surface of the outer pane to an outer surface of the inner pane, a capacitive sensor for detecting moisture having at least one capacitor that is connected to an electronic sensor unit, which is provided for detecting a change in capacitance of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor has at least two electrodes formed from a transparent, electrically conductive coating, which are capacitively coupled.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a solar cell module including: a step (A) of applying a conductive adhesive composition comprising conductive particles having metal, or the like; a step (B) of disposing wiring members so as to face with electrodes of the solar battery cells with the applied conductive adhesive composition interposed therebetween; a step (C) of heating the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (B); and a step (D) of laminating sealing resins onto both surfaces of the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (C), laminating protection glass onto a light-receiving surface of the solar battery cell and a protection film onto a rear surface of the solar battery cell, and performing heating, in which a melting point of the metal in the conductive particles is or lower than the heating temperature in the step (C).

A manufacturing method for a laminated glass in which a plurality of glass plates are laminated, includes a first main forming step of heating a first glass plate to a first softening point or higher to perform a main forming; a second main forming step of heating a second glass plate to a second softening point or higher to perform the main forming; a first finish forming step of bending and forming the first glass plate into a desired shape; and a second finish forming step of bending and forming the second glass plate into a desired shape. The first and second main forming steps are performed by using a same forming die. A first condition for lowering a temperature of the first glass plate to below the first softening point and a second condition for the second glass plate are different from each other.

A laminated vehicle includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer and an opaque polymeric film that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the opaque polymeric film has at least one cutout.