A vehicle window unit that includes side curved regions that are arranged, in the installed state, near a, in particular standing, pillar of the vehicle body, wherein the curved regions are at least partially coloured in a transmittance reducing manner. The degree of colouration correlates with the degree of curvature.

A colored thermoplastic intermediate layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, at least comprising a first colored thermoplastic layer with a width, a height, and a wedge-shaped cross-section with a thicker first end and a thinner second end, wherein the width and the height of the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer equal the width and the height of the first colored thermoplastic layer, the first colored thermoplastic layer has a dye, the dye concentration in the first colored thermoplastic layer increases from its thicker first end to its thinner second end, the light transmittance through the first colored thermoplastic layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height, and the light transmittance through the colored thermoplastic intermediate layer is constant over its entire width and its entire height.

A privacy glazing structure may be fabricated from multiple panes of transparent material that hold an optically active material and also define a between-pane space that is separated from a surrounding environment for thermal insulating properties. The privacy glazing structure may include various functional coatings and intermediate films to enhance the performance and/or life span of the structure. For example, the privacy glazing structure may include a low emissivity coating and a laminate layer positioned between an optically active layer and an exterior environment exposed to sunlight. The low emissivity coating and laminate layer may work in combination to effectively protect the optically active layer from sunlight degradation. Additionally or alternatively, the laminate layer may impart safety and impact resistance properties to the structure.

A vehicle pane, includes successively a) an outer glass pane, b) at least one laminated layer, c) a PDLC layer, including a polymer matrix, in which liquid crystal droplets are embedded, and in each case an electrically conductive layer on both sides of the polymer matrix, d) at least one laminated layer, and e) an inner glass pane. The TL(inside) is in the range from 5 to 46% and the TL(outside) is in the range from 20 to 73% and the TL(outside) is greater than or equal to TL(inside), wherein the TL(inside) is the light transmittance of an inner stack that is formed by the inner glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the inner glass pane, and TL(outside) is the light transmittance of an outer stack that is formed by the outer glass pane and the layers between the PDLC layer and the outer glass pane.

A laminated glazing with light transmission LT in the visible spectrum of at least 70%, includes two clear glass sheets bonded to one another by an adhesive interlayer, wherein one of the two faces of the glass sheets on the inside of the laminated structure is coated with a stack of thin layers adapted to reflect at least 17% of p-polarized light projected under an incident angle of 65°, and wherein the adhesive interlayer is tinted so as to absorb 5 to 25% of visible light.

A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane which are joined to one another via a first thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the outer pane and a second thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the inner pane, and an inlay element which is arranged in a region of the composite pane between the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer. The inner pane has a cutout and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a cutout. The cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is, when looked through, arranged completely within the region in which the inlay element is arranged, and the cutout of the inner pane is, when looked through, arranged completely within the cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer.

An optoelectronic device, in particular a display device, comprises: at least one optoelectronic light source, an at least partially transparent front layer, an at least partially transparent support layer, wherein the light source is arranged between the front layer and the support layer, wherein a front side of the light source faces the front layer and a rear side of the light source faces the support layer, and wherein a limiting device is provided in a circumferential direction around the light source, wherein the limiting device limits a spatial region, in which the light source emits light such that total internal reflection of the emitted light, in particular at an interface between the front layer and the outside, is avoided or at least reduced.

Infrared reflectors are described. In particular, infrared reflectors with reduced off-axis color are described. Such infrared reflectors may be useful in laminated glass constructions, particularly for applications where the glass may be exposed to water.

The present disclosure generally relates to a vehicle glazing (e.g., vehicle windshield) having an opaque enamel printed opening for an information acquisition system and a darkening source within the opaque enamel printed opening to reduce optical transmittance distortion and improve performance of information acquisition systems (e.g., an imaging system, electric sensor(s), video camera(s), distance sensor(s)) associated with a vehicle. The darkening source, which may not undergo extreme heat treatment above 500 deg. C., provides a darkening source open area within the opaque enamel print open area, wherein the darkening source open area provides an opening through which the information acquisition system may receive information from outside a vehicle.

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.