Surfaces of plastic glazing of tailgates

• US 10,434,846 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies BV (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies BV (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Inventors: Schellekens, Geert Jan, Terragni, Matteo
• Primary Examiner(s): Shewareged, Betelhem
• Application Number:
  US15/756,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20180244136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14688 Coating articles provided with a decoration
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/16 Making multilayered or multicoloured articles B29C45/0062 takes precedence; feeding colouring materials into the injection unit B29C45/1816
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2069/00 Use of PC, i.e. polycarbonates or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/30 Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof vanes or blades B29L2031/08, air bags B29L2022/027
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/41 Opaque
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/414 Translucent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2605/006 Transparent parts other than made from inorganic glass, e.g. polycarbonate glazings
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/00 Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin fibrous or filamentary layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/18
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/365 comprising polycarbonates
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/006 characterised by fixation means such as clips, adhesive, etc. incorporated in seal B60J10/70
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/18 arranged at the vehicle rear optical viewing arrangements integrated in rear windows, e.g. Fresnel lenses B60R1/001
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/007 Sunglare reduction by coatings, interposed foils in laminar windows, or permanent screens layered glass products B32B17/00; process of coating windows C03C17/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/0035 relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/26 the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/26 Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]

Abstract

A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising: a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle; a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window, wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, wherein the translucent component comprises a first textured surface in a region adjacent to the blackout region, where the first textured surface is configured to conceal a component of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle, the plastic glazing comprising:

a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle; and

a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window,

wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, and

wherein the non-transparent component forms a pattern in the blackout region, wherein the blackout region is formed in the shape of a halftone pattern.

2. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein each of the translucent component and the non-transparent component comprise a polycarbonate.

3. The plastic glazing of claim 1,

wherein the pattern is visible from an exterior of the vehicle.

4. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein the halftone pattern is part of a single connected blackout region.

5. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein the halftone pattern is an inverted pattern.

6. The plastic glazing of claim 5, wherein the inverted pattern is formed using a single continuous section of the blackout region.

7. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein the blackout region is configured to conceal an adhesive.

8. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein the plastic glazing is configured to attach to a housing unit of the tailgate,

wherein the blackout region is configured to conceal an adhesive attaching the housing unit to the plastic glazing.

9. The plastic glazing of claim 1, further comprising a protective layer on a surface of the plastic glazing.

10. The plastic glazing of claim 9, wherein the protective layer is provided on an interior or an exterior surface of the plastic glazing.

11. The plastic glazing of claim 9, wherein the protective layer is a weathering layer and comprises a polyurethane coating or a combination of an acrylic primer and a silicone hard-coat.

12. The plastic glazing of claim 1, wherein the non-translucent component is disposed behind the translucent component towards an interior of the vehicle.