Vehicle glazing comprising a mounting plate for fixing several accessories, mounting plate and fixing method

• US 10,377,320 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Silvestrini, Laurent, Brebion, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Cherry, Euncha P
• Application Number:
  US15/572,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20180141500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: 359548
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/10 Front-view mirror arrangements; specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; Periscope arrangements , i.e. optical devices using combinations of mirrors, lenses, prisms or the like specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; for viewing traffic-lights B60R1/005; Other mirror arrangements giving a view from above or under the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0003 inside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0063 using adhesive means, e.g. hook and loop fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0288 Apparatus made of several modules independently mounted
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0881 characterized by the attachment means on the windshield

Abstract

A vehicle glazing includes a glazed element, at least one mounting plate for the reversible attachment of an accessory to the glazed element, the mounting plate having an exterior face which is fixed facing an interior face of the glazed element, and including at least one mount for the reversible attachment of another accessory to the glazed element, wherein the mount is mechanically connected by at least one connecting arm connecting the mount to the mounting plate and the mount having an exterior face which is fixed facing an interior face of the glazed element.

Claims

1. A vehicle glazing comprising a glazed element, at least one mounting plate for the reversible attachment of an accessory to said glazed element, said mounting plate having an exterior face which is fixed facing an interior face of said glazed element, and comprising at least one mount for the reversible attachment of another accessory to said glazed element, wherein said mount is mechanically connected by at least one first connecting arm connecting said mount to said mounting plate, said at least one first connecting arm being adapted to adjust an orientation of said mount relative to said mounting plate when said mount is mechanically connected to said mounting plate with said at least one first connecting arm, and said mount having an exterior face which is fixed facing the interior face of said glazed element.

2. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mount is separated from said mounting plate by a slot and said slot has said at least one first connecting arm passing across or straddling it.

3. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one baseplate for the reversible attachment of another accessory to said glazed element, said baseplate being mechanically connected by at least one second connecting arm connecting said baseplate to said mounting plate and said baseplate having an exterior face which is fixed facing the interior face of said glazed element.

4. The glazing as claimed in claim 3, wherein said baseplate is separated from said mounting plate by a slot across which said at least one second connecting arm passes.

5. The glazing as claimed in claim 3, wherein said baseplate and/or said mount is or are mechanically connected to said mounting plate by, respectively, several first and second connecting arms.

6. The glazing as claimed in claim 3, wherein said mounting plate, said baseplate and/or said mount are fixed to said interior face of said glazed element by two or even three identical adhesive substances.

7. The glazing as claimed in claim 3, wherein said at least one first connecting arm is formed as an integral part with said mounting plate and said mount, and said at least one second connecting arm is formed as an integral part with said mounting plate and said baseplate.

8. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one first connecting arm is curved.

9. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting plate comprises elements for the reversible attachment of an interior cover.

10. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, further comprising accessories selected from a group consisting of a rain sensor, a light sensor, a photographic sensor, an infrared sensor, a camera, a rear-view mirror support, and a display screen support.

11. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said glazed element is a curved laminated glazed element.

12. A component for fixing an accessory to the glazing as claimed in claim 1, said component comprising at least the mounting plate and the mount for fixing another accessory, said mount being mechanically connected by the at least one first connecting arm connecting said mount to said mounting plate and said mount having the exterior face which is intended to be fixed facing the interior face of said glazed element.

13. A method for fixing several accessories to the glazing as claimed in claim 1, comprising fixing said mounting plate to said interior face of said glazed element then fixing the mount to said interior face of said glazed element while adjusting a position of said mount with respect to said mounting plate, the adjustment being constrained by the at least one first connecting arm.

14. The glazing as claimed in claim 5, wherein said several first and second connecting arms are arranged, respectively, symmetrically with respect to one another and with respect to an axis passing through a center of said baseplate and/or of said mount respectively, or with respect to a plane passing through a center of said baseplate or of said mount respectively.

15. The glazing as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of said at least one first connecting arm and said at least one second connecting arm has a thickness comprised between 0.5 and 3.0 mm.

16. The glazing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one first connecting arm is adapted to provide a flexible connection between the mount and the mounting plate.