Multilayered article having decorative frit layer for vehicle windshield and method for making same

• US 20060154085A1
• Filed: 01/12/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Automotive Components Holdings LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Cleary, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US11/034,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20060154085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/426
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10247 Laminated safety glass or glazing containing decorations or patterns for aesthetic reasons containing metal wires for aesthetic reasons B32B17/10422
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31623 Next to polyamide or polyimide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/3163 Next to acetal of polymerized unsaturated alcohol [e.g., formal butyral, etc.]

Abstract

A multilayered article for a windshield of a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the article is provided. The multilayered article comprises an exterior layer having first and second surfaces, and an interior layer having third and fourth surfaces. The interior layer is in side by side relationship with the exterior layer. The article further includes a vinyl layer disposed on the second surface of the exterior layer for bonding the interior layer with the exterior layer. The article further comprises a decorative frit layer applied on the third surface and is configured to cover the periphery of the third surface.

Claims

1. A multilayered article for a windshield of a vehicle, the article comprising:

an exterior layer having first and second surfaces;

an interior layer having third and fourth surfaces, the interior layer being in side by side relationship with the exterior layer so that the third surface faces the second surface;

a polymeric layer disposed on the second surface of the exterior layer for bonding the interior layer with the exterior layer; and

a decorative frit layer applied on the third surface.

2. The article of claim 1 further comprising an adhesive layer disposed along the periphery of the fourth surface to adhere the windshield to the vehicle, the decorative frit layer being configured to overlap the adhesive layer for protection from ultraviolet rays.

3. The article of claim 1 wherein the interior and exterior layers are glass layers.

4. The article of claim 2 wherein the adhesive layer is a urethane adhesive layer.

5. The article of claim 1 wherein the polymeric layer includes polyvinyl butyral.

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12. A multilayered article for a windshield of a vehicle, the article comprising:

an exterior layer having first and second surfaces;

an interior layer having third and fourth surfaces, the interior layer being in side by side relationship with the exterior layer;

a vinyl layer disposed on the second surface of the exterior layer for bonding the interior layer with the exterior layer;

an adhesive layer disposed on the periphery of the fourth surface to adhere the windshield to the vehicle; and

a decorative frit layer applied along the periphery of the third surface, the decorative frit layer being configured to overlap the adhesive layer for protection from ultraviolet rays.

13. The multilayered article of claim 12 wherein the interior and exterior layers are made of glass.

14. The article of claim 12 wherein the adhesive layer is a polyurethane adhesive layer.

15. The article of claim 12 wherein the vinyl layer includes polyvinyl butyral.

16. The article of claim 12 further comprising a second frit layer disposed on the first surface.

17. The article of claim 12 further comprising a second frit layer disposed on the second surface.

18. The article of claim 12 further comprising a second frit layer disposed on the fourth surface.