A multilayer glass stack for a vehicle windshield with improved durability is described. The multilayer glass stack includes an external-facing glass layer, an internal-facing glass layer, and an adhesive interlayer positioned between the external-facing and internal-facing glass layers. The external-facing glass layer may include borosilicate and/or does not include soda lime glass. Methods of manufacturing the multilayer glass stack are also described.

Described herein are articles and methods of making articles, including a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein the thin sheet and carrier are bonded together using a coating layer, preferably a hydrocarbon polymer coating layer, and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on either sheet, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between the sheets. The coating layer bonds the sheets together to prevent formation of a permanent bond at high temperature processing while at the same time maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.

A laminated glazing for a head-up display (HUD). The laminated glazing has an outer glass pane and an inner glass pane, which are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The intermediate layer in the vertical course (C) between a lower edge L and the upper U edge of the laminated glazing is variable at least in sections between two virtual points P1 and P2 taken along the vertical course (C). The calculated surface area (S) surrounded a straight line connecting a first value V1 defined by a position (d(1)) and a thickness (Tk(1)) of the virtual point P1 and the last value V2 defined by a position (d(2)) and a thickness (Tk(2)) of the virtual point P2 is above 10.000 mmm.

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.

A composite pane, in particular for a projection assembly, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged between the outer and the inner pane, wherein the outer and the inner pane have in each case an outer face and an inner face, and the inner face of the outer pane and the outer face of the inner pane face one another, a first masking strip, which is arranged regionally on one of the outer faces or the inner faces of the inner or the outer pane, an electrically conductive coating, and a reflection layer, which is suitable for reflecting light, wherein the reflection layer is arranged spatially in front of the first masking strip when viewed from the inner pane toward the outer pane, wherein the first masking strip overlaps the reflection layer at least in one region.

A composite pane includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

A method of manufacturing a window includes: preparing a glass substrate laminate which includes preparing a base substrate, alternately disposing glass substrates and adhesive layers on the base substrate, and disposing a cover substrate on the glass substrates and the adhesive layers alternately disposed; and cutting the glass substrate laminate, where the adhesive layers include a potassium nitrate (KNO.sub.3) particle and an adhesive resin. This method makes it possible to effectively manufacture an ultra-thin glass substrate used for a window.

A composite pane includes a first pane and a second pane joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer and a functional inlay element arranged between the first pane and the second pane. The functional inlay element includes a carrier layer and at least one electrically conductive element.

Asymmetric laminated glass and a manufacturing method therefor and a use thereof. The asymmetric laminated glass comprises outer panel glass and inner panel glass, wherein the thickness of the outer panel glass is greater than that of the inner panel glass; at least 90% of surface regions of a second surface of the outer panel glass and of a third surface of the inner panel glass are both curved surfaces having constant Gaussian curvature; the second surface of the outer panel glass has main curvature K2z and auxiliary curvature K2f in the region, and the third surface of the inner panel glass has main curvature K3z and auxiliary curvature K3f in the region; and the following relational expressions are satisfied: K2f>K3f and 0.7(K3zK3f)/(K2zK2f)1.3. By means of a curvature matching design, the width of an edge optical distortion region of the asymmetric laminated glass is controlled within 50 mm.

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.