A laminated glass includes a glass plate including a first plane compressive region having a prescribed width inside an outer peripheral edge of the glass plate in a plan view, a first plane tensile region adjacent to an inner peripheral side of the first plane compressive region and having a prescribed width, a neutral region occupying an inner peripheral side of the first plane tensile region, and a second plane compressive region located on an inner peripheral side of the first plane compressive region in a plan view.

A pane with an electrical heating region is presented. The pane has a substantially trapezoidal first pane, an electrically conductive coating applied on part of a surface of the first pane, a substantially trapezoidal electrical heating region that is electrically divided from the electrically conductive coating by a separating line, and two collecting conductors connected to the electrically conductive coating in the electrical heating region.

A transparent pane having at least one heatable, electrically conductive coating is presented. Application of a supply voltage causes a heating current to flow over a heating field. The heating field contains at least one coating-free zone.

There are provided an interlayer for laminated glass having a multilayer structure, capable of sufficiently suppressing generation of air bubbles and increase of area of air bubbles when the interlayer is made into a laminated glass. The interlayer for laminated glass includes alternately laminated at least one skin layer and two or more core layers, the skin layer having a storage modulus of 1.0×10.sup.6 Pa or more measured by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of a frequency of 1 Hz, a swing angle gamma of 0.01% and a temperature of 20° C., and the core layers having a storage modulus of less than 1.0×10.sup.6 Pa, wherein a value of a product of a value obtained by averaging thicknesses (mm) of the respective core layers and a thickness (mm) of the whole interlayer for laminated glass is 0.15 or more.

This application relates to a heating unit and a method for manufacturing the same. The heating unit according to an exemplary embodiment of this application includes a substrate, a transmittance adjusting layer which is provided on the substrate and includes one or more selected from a group consisting of Ni, Cr, Mo, Pt, and Ti; and a conductive heating pattern provided on the transmittance adjusting layer.

The object of this invention is to provide a laminated automotive glazing having an obscuration area produced by printing the obscuration on a film laminated between at least two layers of plastic interlayers rather than printing and firing an enamel frit onto the glass. This results in a laminate having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a laminate with a black enamel frit obscuration.

The present invention provides a protective backing sheet for photovoltaic modules. The backing sheet has a layer including fluoropolymer which is cured on a substrate, and the layer includes a hydrophobic silica. The amount of hydrophobic silica contained in the layer is within the range of 2.5 to 15.0% by weight, and preferably in the range of 7.5 to 12.5%. Also, the layer including fluoropolymer may further include a titanium dioxide.

A method for manufacturing a solar cell module comprises: a step for manufacturing a multilayer by stacking and heat-pressing solar cells, an encapsulant, and protection members; a heat treatment step for heating the entire multilayer and, after the heating ends, cooling the multilayer to a prescribed temperature; and a light radiation step for radiating light with a maximum peak wavelength of 1500 nm onto the solar cells of the multilayer, thereby heating the encapsulant as a result of an increase in the temperature of the solar cells, such that the temperatures of the solar cells and the encapsulant constituting the multilayer do not exceed the respective maximum temperatures thereof in at least the heat treatment step.

A photovoltaic module includes an encapsulated photovoltaic element and an infrared-transmissive decorative overlay simulating conventional roofing.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to heatable glass substrates that may be used in connection with lighting applications, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a glass substrate supports an antireflective (AR) coating on a first major surface thereof, and a conductive coating on a second, opposite major surface thereof. Bus bars connect the conductive coating to a power source in certain example embodiments. The substrate may be heat treated (e.g., heat strengthened and/or thermally tempered), with one or both coatings thereon. The heatable glass substrate thus may help provide a chemical and/or environmental barrier for the luminaire or lighting system disposed behind it. In addition, or in the alternative, the heatable glass substrate may help reduce the amount of moisture (e.g., snow, rain, ice, fog, etc.) that otherwise could accumulate on the luminaire or lighting system.