A method of manufacturing a glass assembly to have a performance-enhancing feature includes a step of forming a glass substrate that is curved. The method also includes digitally-applying an ink without a mask onto a surface of the curved glass substrate. The method further includes curing the ink to form the performance-enhancing feature on the surface of the curved glass substrate.

The use of camera-based safety systems is growing at a rapid rate in modern automobiles. At the same time, windshields, where many of the cameras are mounted, are becoming larger and more complex in shape. As the industry moves towards vehicles with full autonomous capability, the number of cameras required and the resolution of the cameras are both increasing. However, the optical quality of the windshield is less than optimal. One of the problems is caused by the typical black enamel frit that is printed on the glass, prior to heating and bending, to hide or obscure the camera hardware. The abrupt thermal gradients during bending, caused by the heat absorbing black frit, result a high level of distortion in the camera field of view. The object of this invention is to provide a laminated automotive glazing having an obscuration area produced by creating an obscuration, after heating and bending of the glass, by printing the obscuration on one or more of the surfaces of the bent glass in or near the camera field of view (camera obscuration) or/and in the edges of the windshield (black band) rather than printing and firing an enamel frit on the glass. This results in a laminate having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a laminate with a black enamel frit obscuration.

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing decorative panels made of flat glass for electronic household appliances, in particular household appliances that are fixed in position. The method comprises, in the specified order, at least the steps of providing a flat glass, producing a blank decorative panel by forming the provided flat glass with at least one of the steps of forming the outer contour of the decorative panel, edge treatment, or making at least one indentation on the operational front, the thermal tempering of the produced blank decorative panel, and applying at least one decorative print on the operational back of the thermally tempered blank decorative panel by means of a digital printing method.

A transparent roof assembly for a vehicle roof comprises a panel with a transparent area, a light source arranged to provide light into the panel and an out-coupling pattern arranged on the surface of the transparent area of the panel. The out-coupling pattern comprises dots of a light-redirecting material for out-coupling of light introduced into the panel and propagating in the panel, wherein the dots each have a representative diameter of 150 microns or less, preferably 80 microns or less and wherein a total dot surface area of the dots of the out-coupling pattern is smaller than 10% of a total surface area of the transparent area. Thus, the transparent area appears transparent during daytime looking from an interior of the vehicle to an exterior of the vehicle, while sufficient light is provided into the interior when the light source is switched on.

A vehicle windshield with a two-dimensional code includes a first glass, a second glass and an intermediate film provided between the first glass and the second glass. The first glass includes a first surface facing the exterior of a vehicle and a second surface adhered to the intermediate film, while the second glass includes a third surface adhered to the intermediate film and a fourth surface facing the interior of the vehicle. Black enamel paint is printed on the second surface and/or the fourth surface. The second surface or the fourth surface is provided with a two-dimensional code printed with enamel paint at a position corresponding to the black enamel paint. The two-dimensional code contains unique information of the glass and/or the vehicle.

Provided are a strengthened glass panel for protecting a surface of a display device and a method for manufacturing the same. Here, the strengthened glass panel includes a strengthened glass layer, a laminate layer uniformly formed on the bottom surface of the strengthened glass layer, and a separation layer configured to cover the laminate layer, wherein the laminate layer is formed by transferring a transfer film. Accordingly, the strengthened glass panel for protecting a surface of a display device can have improved characteristics of neatly attaching the laminate layer to the surface of the display device without lifting or occurrence of air bubbles and easily detaching the laminate layer when a uniform laminate layer is formed on strengthened glass by means of a transfer film.

The present disclosure relates to an improved anti-reflective architectural or automotive glass. The glass may include a porous, nano-structured anti-reflective coating on at least one side of a glass product, including tempered or laminated glass. The porous, nano-structured anti-reflective coating may include pores increasing in size from a base layer at a glass substrate towards a porous surface. The porous, nano-structured anti-reflective coating, in some embodiments, may be on both surfaces of a glass product. Alternative embodiments include a painted surface on a second side of the glass product to provide an improved aesthetic glass design.

A decorated laminate including: an outer ply; an inner ply; a polymer interlayer between the inner ply and the outer ply; and organic ink printed decoration on one or both of internal surfaces of the laminate between the outer ply and the polymer interlayer or between the inner ply and polymer interlayer, wherein the decorated laminate has a stone impact resistance as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the decorated laminate.

A laminated glass pane, such as a front pane for a motor vehicle, includes at least two glass layers including a first glass layer and a second glass layer. The laminated glass pane includes a film disposed between the first and second glass layers. The laminated glass pane includes a metallic layer disposed on the first glass layer or the second glass layer, in which the metallic layer includes a recess. The laminated glass plane includes a first black print grid at least partially covering the recess of the metallic layer. The laminated glass plane includes an antenna structure disposed between the first and second glass layers, in which the antenna structure is covered by the first black print grid.

Described herein is a transparent or translucent substrate at least partially coated with a quantum dot coating such that the coating is invisible in a first non-excited state of the coating and the coating is visible in a second excited state of the coating. Also described herein is a laminate, a glazing unit and a sunroof comprising the described coated substrate. A method of preparing the coated substrate is also described.