The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.

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.

Multi-layered protective glass systems which utilize dissimilar materials combined to form a thin armored composite configuration are disclosed. Aspects of embodiments of the present invention contemplate the use of various materials, configurations of layers and interlayer thicknesses each of which is consistent or needed for use in different applications such as automobiles, buildings, etc.

A laminated glazing has a first glass ply having first and second surfaces, a second glass ply having third and fourth surfaces, an obscuration band around at least a portion of the glazing periphery, the obscuration band having a sensor window and comprising first and second obscuration layers, the first obscuration layer adhered to at least a portion of the periphery of the first/second surface and comprising a first sensor window portion having a first sensor window portion optical distortion, the second obscuration layer adhered to at least a portion of the periphery of the third/fourth surface and comprising a second sensor window portion having a second sensor window portion optical distortion. first and second sensor window portion optical distortions are each controlled so the absolute magnitude of the optical distortion of the sensor window is lower than the absolute magnitude of the first and second sensor window optical distortions.

Multi-layered protective glass systems which utilize dissimilar materials combined to form a thin armored composite configuration are disclosed. Aspects of embodiments of the present invention contemplate the use of various materials, configurations of layers and interlayer thicknesses each of which is consistent or needed for use in different applications such as automobiles, buildings, etc.

A one-way laminated glass (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000A, 6000B, 6000C, 6000D) for installation in facades (6000, 7000) or for interior design, comprising a first and a second glass pane (100, 101, 102, 200, 201, 202), and also comprising, arranged between the first and second glass pane and bonded to these, a lamination foil composite (1001, 3001, 3002) with a first lamination foil (110, 111, 112, 113) and with a second lamination foil (210, 211, 212, 213), where a large number of paillettes (300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 500, 600A, 600B, 600C, 600D, 700) with a first light-absorbing surface (501) is arranged between the first lamination foil and second lamination foil, and a visual effect (E) is concomitantly achieved, where the light-absorbing surface (501) of the paillettes faces toward the first lamination foil, and the paillettes are arranged at distances from one another such that when the laminated glass is viewed from the side corresponding to the light-absorbing surface (501) of the paillettes it appears transparent,
where a second surface (502) of the paillettes, which faces toward the second lamination foil, is optically reflective, and when the laminated glass is viewed from the side corresponding to the optically reflective surface (502) of the paillettes it appears less transparent.

The thermopaque glass is a semitransparent structure. The thermopaque glass is configured for use as the transparent material used in a window into a building. The thermopaque glass is a composite laminar structure. The thermopaque glass inhibits the passage of electromagnetic through the window into the building by reflecting a portion of the electromagnetic radiation striking the window away from the building. The thermopaque glass comprises a plurality of lamina and a plurality of interlayered resins. The plurality of interlayered resins assemble the plurality of lamina into the composite structure of the thermopaque glass. Each of the plurality of lamina is a plate selected from the group consisting of a transparent plate and a semitransparent plate.

A laminate comprising a printed interlayer, a first sheet of plastic or glass and a second sheet of plastic or glass. The interlayer is bonded between the first sheet and the second sheet. In another configuration, the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded together by the interlayer.

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 pre-stressed structure and a method for forming a pre-stressed structure are provided. The pre-stressed structure comprises a panel including a first region pre-stressed into a condition of membrane tension, resulting in the panel having increased transverse stiffness. The pre-stressed structure may further comprise a second region pre-stressed into a condition of membrane compression. The panel may be a plate or a shell and may form part of an insulating glass unit, which in turn may form part of a curtainwall unit.