Laminated glazing pane

• US 5,270,518 A
• Filed: 03/09/1992
• Issued: 12/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage International
• Inventors: Chaussade, Pierre, Naoumenko, Yves
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Bruce A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SWITZER, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US07/848,375
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 219/203, 219/547, 219/522, 219/543, 244/121, 244/134, 428/38, 428/192, 428/339, 428/424.2, 428/425.6, 428/430
• US Class Current: 219/203
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10293 Edge features, e.g. inserts or holes
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10366 Reinforcements of the laminated safety glass or glazing against impact or intrusion containing metal wires for reinforcement B32B17/10412
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10376 Laminated safety glass or glazing containing metal wires
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10761 containing vinyl acetal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24777 Edge feature

Abstract

This invention relates to a laminated glazing pane which may be used as an aircraft windshield. The pane comprises at least two glass sheets connected together by an intermediate layer of polyvinyl butyral and, in its marginal zone, between at least one glass sheet and the intermediate layer, at least one adhesive ring comprising a plastic material which absorbs at least a portion of the stresses to which the pane is subjected during operation.

Claims

1. A laminated glazing pane for use as an aircraft windshield, comprising at least two glass sheets separated by an intermediate film of a polyvinyl butyral type plastic material, and at least one ring comprising a plastic material having:

a shear modulus of from 1 to 100 MPa at between -30°

C. and +40°

C. which shear modulus is smaller than the shear modulus of the intermediate film;

greater elongation properties than the elongation properties of the intermediate film; and

properties of adhesion to the intermediate film and to the glass,

said ring interposed between at least one glass sheet and the intermediate film in the marginal part of the pane.

2. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein a ring of plastic material is situated in each of the glass intermediate film interfaces.

3. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the ring is 5 to 15% of the thickness of the intermediate film.

4. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the width of the ring is 2 to 15% of the dimensions of the pane.

5. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the inner edge of the ring decreases progressively towards the face of the glass.

6. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 5, wherein the angle between the glass and the tangent to the decrease in the thickness of the ring is less than 45°

.

7. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the ring is produced by molding.

8. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the plastic material forming the ring is a thermosetting elastomer or a thermoplastic elastomer.

9. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 8, wherein the plastic material forming the ring is a thermoplastic polyurethane.

10. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 8, wherein the plastic material forming the ring is a thermosetting elastomer selected from the group consisting of silicones and polyurethanes.

11. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, characterized in that the ring has an elongation at rupture from 200 to 700%.

12. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 11, characterized in that the ring has an elongation at rupture from 300 to 600% and a shear modulus from 10 to 80 MPa, measured at between -30°

C. and +40°

C.

13. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, characterized in that the adhesiveness of the ring to the intermediate film and to the glass is of the same order of magnitude as the adhesiveness of the intermediate film to the glass.

14. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, further comprising a band partly embedded in the intermediate polyvinyl butyral type plastic material.

15. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 14, wherein the ring extends over a width greater than the width of the embedded part of the band.

16. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 15, wherein the ring extends beyond the edge of the band by a distance greater than 5 mm.

17. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, further comprising a heating electrical resistor.

18. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein the polyvinyl butyral type plastic material is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl butyral, plasticized polyvinyl butyral, and polyvinyl chloride.

19. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate film is coextensive with said at least two glass sheets.

20. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein said ring consists of a material selected from the group consisting of thermosetting silicones, thermosetting polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethanes.

21. The laminated glazing pane according to claim 1, wherein said ring consists of a plastic material having:

a shear modulus of from 10 to 80 MPa measured at between -30°

C. and +40°

C. which shear modulus is smaller than the shear modulus of the intermediate film,

greater elongation properties than the elongation properties of the intermediate film, and

properties of adhesion to the intermediate film and to the glass.