A laminated illuminating glazing unit includes a first sheet with a first main face, a second main face and an edge face, a second sheet with a first main face, a second main face and an edge face; a transparent lamination interlayer making adhesive contact with the second main face of the first sheet and with the first main face of the second sheet; a strip of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), including a printed circuit board and a plurality of LEDs, positioned so that the emitting faces of the LEDs face the edge face of the first sheet; and one or more scattering elements, wherein the lamination interlayer includes, on at least one of its main faces, an opaque masking layer extending from the edge of the interlayer toward the center of the glazing unit so as to cover a zone in which the light from the LEDs would, in the absence of the opaque masking layer, be visible, in the form of luminous halos, through the second sheet.

A transparent roof panel assembly for a vehicle roof comprises a panel and a light source. The panel comprises a first transparent layer having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, a second transparent layer arranged adjacent to the first main surface and a light outcoupling pattern arranged between the first main surface of the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer. The pattern is configured for scattering at least a part of the light from the light source such that light exits the first transparent layer through the second main surface. The pattern comprises scattering particles arranged in a transparent carrier. The particles are pigments in a white ink having a concentration of 0.01-1.5% by weight. The pattern may form an image having a contour formed by a full surface printing, a width being similar to dots forming the image.

Laminated automotive glazing including plastic layers and glass having an obscuration area produced by printing on the plastic layers of the laminate rather than printing and firing a black enamel frit onto the glass. This results in an obscuration having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a black enamel frit obscuration.

The invention is directed to laminated glazing comprising two glass sheets laminated by means of at least two interlayers wherein at least one surface of one of the interlayers is provided with a bird protection pattern in between the two interlayers and wherein at least one interlayer comprises an ionomer.

The invention is directed to laminated glazing comprising two glass sheets laminated by means of at least two thermoplastic interlayers wherein at least one surface of one of the interlayers is provided with a bird protection pattern in between the two thermoplastic interlayers and wherein at least one thermoplastic interlayer comprises a polyvinyl acetal.

An economical glass image encapsulation process that encapsulates an image between a single plate of glass and a flexible, adhesive sheet of ethylene vinyl acetate. Application of varying thermodynamic parameters to the plate of glass in a vacuum oven increases the glass' absorbency to ink from the image, without relying on the traditional high temperature ovens or tempering machines. The economical glass image encapsulation process eliminates multiple steps, equipment, and components traditionally utilized for image encapsulation such as the need for: high temperature heaters, tempering machines, a second plate of glass, extra adhesive sheets of polymers, multiple superfluous steps for cutting the plate of glass, and shipping costs for whole plates of glass.

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the production efficiency of laminated glass can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes an interlayer film body for lamination glass, and a printed part displayed by printing on a first surface of the interlayer film body for laminated glass, and the printed part is a guide for a bonding position to a lamination glass member, or product information of the interlayer film for laminated glass.

The present invention relates to a lighting vehicle glazing (3), comprising (i) an external glass pane (10) having an outer surface (P1) and an inner surface (P2) and an edge and (ii) an internal glass pane (11) having an outer surface (P3) and an inner surface (P4) and an edge (110), (iii) the first and the second glass panes (10, 11) being laminated together via at least a first plastic interlayer (14) having a thickness T1, (iv) a light-conducting plastic interlayer (12) having a thickness T2 lower than T1 in contact with the outer surface (P3) of the internal glass pane (11), the said light-conducting plastic interlayer being configured to conduct light coupled in at one of its end sides, which is materially bonded to the internal glass pane (11), (v) at least one light source (16) which is arranged such that light is coupled in at least one end side (122) of the light-conducting layer and/or at an end side (110) of the internal glass pane (11). According to the present invention, the light-conductive plastic interlayer (12) comprises a thermoplastic interlayer (120) provided with a functional layer (121) comprising light scattering particles applied to at least the surface the thermoplastic interlayer (120) in contact with the outer surface (P3) of the internal glass pane (11) and the light-conductive plastic interlayer (12) has decoupling means (13), via which a light exit of conducted light from the light-source (16) is caused on at least one of the light-conducting layer's main surface.

The invention is directed to laminated glazing comprising two glass sheets laminated by means of at least two interlayers wherein at least one surface of one of the interlayers is provided with a bird protection pattern in between the two interlayers and wherein at least one interlayer comprises an ionomer.

A bent laminated glazing, in particular for a motor vehicle windscreen, includes a first glass sheet adhesively bonded to a second glass sheet by a lamination interlayer, the first glass sheet including a face, referred to as face 2, facing the lamination interlayer, and the second glass sheet including a face, referred to as face 4, opposite the lamination interlayer, wherein the face 2 includes a region, referred to as first region, coated with a layer of opaque mineral paint obtained from an aqueous paint composition including pigments and an aqueous solution of alkali metal silicate, and the face 4 includes a region, referred to as second region, coated with an enamel coating.