Laminated glass-based articles are provided. The glass-based articles include at least a first glass-based layer, a second glass-based layer, and a polymer layer disposed between the first and second glass-based layers. At least one of the first and second glass-based layers has a thickness of less than or equal to 200 μm, and the polymer layer has a thickness of less than or equal to 100 μm. The polymer layer has an elastic modulus greater than or equal to 100 MPa at a strain rate of 1/s. Methods of producing the laminated glass-based articles are also provided.

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the vehicle interior system includes a base having a curved surface, and a glass substrate. The glass substrate has a first major surface, a second major surface, a minor surface connecting the first and second major surfaces, and a thickness in a range from 0.05 mm to 2 mm. The second major surface has a first radius of curvature of 500 mm or greater. When an impactor having a mass of 6.8 kg impacts the first major surface at an impact velocity of 5.35 m/s to 6.69 m/s, the deceleration of the impactor is 120 g (g-force) or less.

A borosilicate glass includes, in terms of molar percentage based on oxides: 70.0%≤SiO.sub.2≤85.0%; 5.0%≤B.sub.2O.sub.3≤20.0%; 0.0%≤Al.sub.2O.sub.3≤3.0%; 0.0%≤Li.sub.2O≤5.0%; 0.0%≤Na.sub.2O≤5.0%; 0.0%≤K.sub.2O≤5.0%; 0.0%≤MgO≤5.0%; 0.0%≤CaO≤5.0%; 0.0%≤SrO≤5.0%; 0.0%≤BaO≤5.0%; and 0.06%≤Fe.sub.2O.sub.3≤1.0%, in which the borosilicate glass has a basicity of 0.485 or more, and [AlO.sub.3]/([SiO.sub.2]+[B.sub.2O.sub.3]) of 0.015 or less.

A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.

A window assembly includes a first pane of glass. The first pane of glass is chemically strengthened and exhibits a surface compressive stress of 400 MPa or more. A second pane of glass has a first major surface and a second major surface. The second major surface of the second pane of glass and a first major surface of the first pane of glass face each other. The second pane of glass includes 68-74 weight % SiO.sub.2, 2-6 weight % MgO, 1-10 weight % CaO, 12-16 weight % Na.sub.2O, 0-1 weight % K.sub.2O, 0.8-2.0 weight % Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 (total iron), 0-1.25 weight % TiO.sub.2, and 0-1.25 weight % CeO.sub.2. A polymeric interlayer is provided between the first pane of glass and the second pane of glass. The window assembly exhibits a direct solar transmittance of 55% or less and a total solar transmittance of 65% or less.

A low infrared absorbing lithium glass includes FeO in the range of 0.0005-0.015 wt %, more preferably 0.001-0.010 wt %, and a redox ratio in the range of 0.005-0.15, more preferably in the range of 0.005-010. The glass can be chemically tempered and used to provide a ballistic viewing cover for night vision goggles or scope. A method is provided to change a glass making process from making a high infrared absorbing lithium glass having FeO in the range of 0.02 to 0.04 wt % and a redox ratio in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 to the low infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional oxidizers to the batch materials. A second method is provided to change a glass making process from making a low infrared absorbing lithium glass to the high infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional reducers to the batch material. In one embodiment of the invention the oxidizer is CeO.sub.2. An embodiment of the invention covers a glass made according to the method.

Thin glass substrates are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for the production thereof and provides a thin glass substrate of improved optical quality. The method includes, after the melting and before a hot forming process, adjusting the viscosity of the glass that is to be formed or has at least partially been formed is in a defined manner for the thin glass substrate to be obtained. The apparatus includes a device for melting, a device for hot forming, and also a device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate, and the device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate is arranged upstream of the device for hot forming.

A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a composite pane with an electrically conductive coating, and a projector. The radiation of the projector is predominantly p-polarized. The electrically conductive coating has a first surface region within a HUD region and a second surface region outside the HUD region. The electrically conductive coating has at least one sub-region within the first surface region. The electrically conductive coating in the first surface section within the HUD region can be obtained from the electrically conductive coating in the second surface section using a subtractive method.

A laminated glazing is formed of several rigid transparent substrates adhesively bonded in pairs by an interlayer adhesive layer, at least one of these transparent substrates being coated with an electrically conductive layer, a zone of this transparent substrate exhibiting four opposite edges in pairs, a first and a second busbar being positioned along two opposite edges, the electrically conductive layer exhibiting flow lines for guiding the electric current between the busbars, the set of flow lines being of variable width.

Embodiments of a laminate including a first curved glass substrate comprising a first viscosity (poises) at a temperature of 630° C.; a second curved glass substrate comprising a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.; and an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate, are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the first curved glass substrate exhibits a first sag depth that is within 10% of a second sag depth of the second curved glass substrate. In one or more embodiments, the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate exhibit a shape deviation therebetween of about ±5 mm or less as measured by an optical three-dimensional scanner or exhibit minimal optical distortion. Embodiments of vehicles including such laminates and methods for making such laminates are also disclosed.