A laminated glass 1 includes a resin plate 2 as a core material, a first glass sheet 4 disposed on one surface side of the resin plate 2 via a first adhesive layer 3, and a second glass sheet 6 disposed on the other surface side of the resin plate 2 via a second adhesive layer 5. A heat reflective film 7 is disposed in the first adhesive layer 3, and a heat absorbing film 8 is disposed in the second adhesive layer 5, the heat absorbing film 8 functioning as a light absorbing member capable of absorbing a portion of incident light. The heat reflective film 7 is disposed closer to the first glass sheet 4 than the heat absorbing film 8 is.

The present invention provides a glass sheet with a low-emissivity multilayer film having improved properties required for glass products. A glass sheet (10) with a low-emissivity multilayer film according to the present invention includes a glass sheet (1) and a low-emissivity multilayer film (2) supported by the glass sheet (1). The low-emissivity multilayer film (2) has a ZrO.sub.2-containing layer (3) disposed on an outermost side of the low-emissivity multilayer film (2) and a transparent conductive layer (4) disposed between the glass sheet (1) and the ZrO.sub.2-containing layer (3). A content of ZrO.sub.2 in the ZrO.sub.2-containing layer (3) is 8 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less. A content of SiO.sub.2 in the ZrO.sub.2-containing layer (3) is 0 mol % or more and 92 mol % or less. An arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface (3a) of the ZrO.sub.2-containing layer (3) is 12 nm or less, and is smaller than an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface (4a) of the transparent conductive layer (4).

Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers. The multilayer body panel has a plan-view profile; the individual layers extend substantially the entire length and width of the plan area, whereas the fibers in each structural reinforcement layer are localized to one or more discrete regions within the plan-view profile.

The invention concerns a trim element for a motor vehicle comprising at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient comprised between 5 m.sup.−1 and 15 m.sup.−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm, is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.

A coated laminated glazing providing improved readability for data transponder device is disclosed. The coated laminated glazing includes a surface coating layer provided on at least one of face two or face three of the laminated glazing and having an etched area selectively provided on the surface coating layer. The coated laminated glazing includes a data transponder or antenna positioned below the etched area and sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate of the laminated glazing. Alternatively, the coated laminated glazing is fixed in close proximity to the etched area to face 1 or face 4 of the laminated glazing. The etched area is characterized by a plurality of disjoint patterns to provide improved data readability through RF transparency. The coated laminated glazing further includes one or more interlayers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

A treated substrate includes a low emissivity coating layer disposed on a substrate and a high emissivity coating layer disposed on the low emissivity coating layer. The low emissivity coating layer is formed a low emissivity coating composition including silver, or indium tin oxide, or fluorine-doped tin oxide, while the high emissivity coating layer is formed from a high emissivity coating composition including a carbon-doped silicon oxide. The treated substrate has an emissivity of from 0.7 to less than 1.0 at wavelengths ranging from 8 micrometers to 13 micrometers and has an emissivity of greater than 0 to 0.3 at wavelengths less than 6 micrometers. The treated substrate also maintains a visually acceptable mechanical brush durability resistance for at least 150 test cycles tested in accordance with ASTM D2486-17.

A vacuum insulating glazing unit extends along a plane P, defined by a longitudinal axis X, and a vertical axis Z, and has a length L, and a width W. The glazing unit includes a first glass pane with an inner pane face and an outer pane face, with a thickness Z1, and an energetical absorptance EA.sub.1. A second glass pane has an inner pane face and an outer pane face, with a thickness Z2, and an energetical absorptance EA.sub.2. The second glass pane bears an infrared reflective coating on its inner pane face. A set of discrete spacers is positioned between the first and second glass panes and forms an array having a pitch λ, between 10 mm and 35 mm. A hermetically bonding seal seals the distance between the first and second glass panes. The first glass pane is thicker than the second glass pane (Z.sub.1>Z.sub.2).

A laminated glass includes a vehicle-outer side glass plate, a vehicle-inner side glass plate, an interlayer film disposed between the vehicle-outer side glass plate and the vehicle-inner side glass plate, and a first film disposed between the interlayer film and one of the vehicle-outer side glass plate and the vehicle-inner side glass plate, the first film being bonded by a first adhesive layer to the one of the vehicle-outer side glass plate and the vehicle-inner side glass plate, wherein the first film is disposed in at least a part of a display area configured to display information by reflecting an image projected from an inside of a vehicle, and wherein a thickness of the first adhesive layer is 6 μm or more, and is less than 25 μm.

A projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD), includes a composite pane, including an outer and an inner pane connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, with an HUD region; an electrically conductive coating on the surface of the outer pane or of the inner pane facing or within the intermediate layer; and a projector directed toward the HUD region. The radiation of the projector is p-polarised. The composite pane has reflectance of at least 10% relative to p-polarised radiation in the spectral range from 450 nm to 650 nm. The electrically conductive coating includes at least four electrically conductive layers, which are each arranged between two dielectric layers or layer sequences. The sum of the thicknesses of all electrically conductive layers is at most 30 nm and at least one of the electrically conductive layers has a thickness of at most 5 nm.

A laminated glazing with an optically transparent area including at least one inner and one outer glass sheet, each having an internal and an external face, and being high level of near infrared radiation transmission glass sheets, at least one thermoplastic interlayer to laminate the at least the inner and the outer glass sheets, including at least a first zone and a second zone, the second zone being delimited by the optically transparent area, and at least one optical sensor device provided on the inner face of the inner pane integrated in the optically transparent area. The thermoplastic interlayer further includes a second zone delimited by the optically transparent area where the laminated glazing has a value of infrared transmission TIR1 higher than the value of infrared transmission TIR2 of the first zone for the working wavelengths of the optical device.