In various embodiments of the present disclosure, a fenestration apparatus is provided, comprising: a laminate having a thickness of not greater than 3 mm; a frame, configured perimetrically around a corresponding perimetrical edge of the glass pane; a seal, configured between the frame and the glass pane; and an attachment member configured to the frame, wherein the attachment member is configured to be removably fixable to an existing window wherein the attachment member is configured to define a gap between the frame, the at least one glass pane, and the existing window.

A laminated pane, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, and at least two intermediate layers, wherein at least two separate functional elements with electrically controllable optical properties are arranged in a plane between the two intermediate layers, wherein on two opposite sides of each functional element, an inner bus bar is connected in each case to the respective functional element and at least one of the two opposite sides of each functional element is sealed by two PET barrier films, which are partly arranged between an intermediate layer and the functional element, wherein attached on one of the PET barrier films is at least one outer bus bar that is connected via an electrically conducting connection to the inner bus bar of a functional element, in order to electrically control the functional element separately from the other functional element or elements.

A protective shield includes a rigid base layer, and a flexible outer cushioning layer formed from a flexible film material laminated to an outer surface of the base layer. The outer cushioning layer includes two or more layers of flexible film laminated together via an intermediary adhesive. The protective shield also has a mounting adhesive layer applied on the lower surface of the shield. The mounting adhesive allows the shield to be removably mounted to a display surface, such as a touch screen surface for an electronic device. When the shield is properly mounted to the display surface, the outer layer formed from flexible film material faces away from the display surface. The flexible cushioning layer on the outer surface of the shield allows the shield to protect the display surface such that the display surface can withstand higher levels of impacts without breaking or shattering.

A method for forming a vehicular window assembly includes providing a plurality of window panels and arranging the window panels relative to one another with adjacent edge portions of adjacent window panels being non-coplanar. Adjacent edge portions of the adjacent window panels are fixedly joined via a joining element at the adjacent edge portions of the adjacent window panels. The joining element may be at least partially overmolded and fixedly joined at the adjacent edge portions of the adjacent window panels. The vehicular window assembly may comprise a vehicular side window assembly configured to mount at a side portion of a vehicle.

Certain example embodiments relate to electric, potentially-driven shades usable with insulating glass (IG) units, IG units including such shades, and/or associated methods. In such a unit, a dynamic shade is located between the substrates defining the IG unit, and is movable between retracted and extended positions. The dynamic shade includes on-glass layers including a transparent conductor and an insulator or dielectric film, as well as a shutter. The shutter includes a resilient polymer, a conductor, and optional ink. Holes, invisible to the naked eye, may be formed in the polymer. Those holes may be sized, shaped, and arranged to promote summertime solar energy reflection and wintertime solar energy transmission. The conductor may be transparent or opaque. When the conductor is reflective, overcoat layers may be provided to help reduce internal reflection. The polymer may be capable of surviving high-temperature environments and may be colored in some instances.

A door glass for a vehicle includes a laminated glass having a first glass plate, a first adhesive layer, an infrared-reflective film, a second adhesive layer, and a second glass plate laminated in this order. The infrared-reflective film includes a laminate in which 100 or more layers of resin layers having different refractive indices are laminated, and has a thermal shrinkage rate of greater than 0.6% and less than 1.2% in a direction in which the thermal shrinkage rate becomes maximum, and in a direction perpendicular to the maximum direction. In an area where the laminated glass is visible when mounted on the vehicle, the outer periphery of the infrared-reflective film is positioned within a range of up to 10 mm inward from the outer periphery of the laminated glass in front view.

A laminated glazing for a vehicle provided with an inscription includes an interior glass sheet and an exterior glass sheet, each including an inner face and an outer face, and including, between the inner faces of the two glass sheets, an interlayer including at least two outer layers in a material selected from polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polyethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyurethane (PU) and mixtures thereof, the outer layers being joined by a functional element (4) of liquid crystals dispersed in a polymer matrix. The functional element includes a liquid crystal active layer between two electrically conductive layers, themselves disposed between two carrier films. The inscription is a semi-transparent reflective layer and the inscription is printed on the exterior glass sheet on the outer face.

The present invention relates to a switching device comprising at least one (a first) sheet of glazing material having a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, a switch attached to the first major surface of the first sheet of glazing material, and a sensor assembly facing the second major surface of the first sheet of glazing material. The switch comprises a movable portion operatively coupled with the sensor assembly such that upon operation of the switch, the movable portion moves from a first position to a second position and the movement of the movable portion from the first position to the second position is detectable by the sensor assembly. The switching device may be part of a window or door for a building or a vehicle.

A laminated glass includes a pair of glass plates; and an interlayer located between the glass plates. At least one of the glass plates has a cross section with a wedged shape, and an entire amount of iron in terms of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 in the glass plate having the cross section with the wedged shape is 0.75 mass % or less. The interlayer includes a heat shielding agent, and has a cross section with a wedge angle of 0.2 mrad or less. A total solar transmittance, defined by ISO 13837A, of the laminated glass is 60% or less.

There is provided a laminated glass with a functional film having good design property for a long term by suppressing a peeling at an interface between a functional film and an intermediate bonding layer. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; a pair of intermediate bonding layers brought into contact with facing surfaces of the pair of glass plates; and a functional film arranged between the pair of intermediate bonding layers, wherein a thickness measured at an end portion of the laminated glass is smaller by 5 m or more than a thickness of the laminated glass measured at a position on the inside by 10 mm from the end portion, and at least one of intermediate bonding layers has moisture permeability (A) being a degree of moisture permeability at 40 C. and 90% RH measured by JIS Z 0208: 1976 of 50 g/m.sup.2.Math.day or less.