Trim element for interior vehicle

• US 10,988,402 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 04/27/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AGC Glass Europe SA (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AGC Glass Europe SA (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mattelet, Claire, Humblet, Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolden, Elizabeth A.
• Application Number:
  US15/745,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20180208494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/00 Layered products essentially comprising sheet glass, or glass, slag, or like fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/02 Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners B60R13/01 takes precedence ; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0281 made of a plurality of visible parts
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 15/00 Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by etching etching or surface-brightening compositions, in general C09K13/00
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/23 Oxides C03C17/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/30 with silicon-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3657 the multilayer coating having optical properties
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3668 the multilayer coating having electrical properties
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 23/007 by thermal treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 3/066 containing zinc
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 3/085 containing an oxide of a divalent metal
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 3/087 containing calcium oxide, e.g. common sheet or container glass
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 4/02 for coloured glass

Abstract

The invention relates to a trim element for interior vehicle. According to the invention, the trim element is made of glass sheet.

Claims

1. A trim element for a vehicle interior, wherein the trim element is made of glass sheet,

wherein the glass comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass:

2. The trim element according to claim 1, wherein the glass is a glass of soda-lime-silica, aluminosilicate or borosilicate type.

3. A trim element according to claim 1, further comprising functional elements which are integrated into the trim element.

4. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element comprises touch functionalities.

5. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim is provided as a door cover and is a touch panel.

6. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element is provided as armrest cover.

7. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein an opening is provided on the trim element.

8. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element is made of a laminated glass and/or tempered glass.

9. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element is bent.

10. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element is made of a coated glass.

11. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element comprises flat and curved parts.

12. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element has a thickness between 0.2 to 6 mm.

13. A vehicle comprising a trim element according to claim 1.

14. A trim element according to claim 1, comprising an antireflection layer comprising porous silica.

15. A trim element according to claim 1, comprising an antireflection layer comprising a stack of layers of dielectric material having alternating low and high refractive indexes and terminating in a layer having a low refractive index.

16. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the glass sheet is further (i) provided with an antireflection layer, (ii) textured to limit reflection, (iii) etched to reduce reflection, or (iv) coated to reduce reflection.

17. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element comprises a touch panel.

18. A trim element according to claim 1, wherein the trim element does not comprise a touch panel or a display.

19. A trim element for a vehicle interior, wherein the trim element is made of glass sheet,

wherein the glass comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass:

65≤

SiO₂≤

78%;

5≤

Na₂O≤

20%;

O≤

K₂O≤

5%;

1≤

Al₂O₃≤

6%;

0≤

CaO<

4.5%;

4≤

MgO≤

12%;

as well as a (MgO/(MgO+CaO)) ratio ≥

0.5; and

wherein the glass comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass;

Total iron (expressed in the form of Fe₂O₃) 0.002-0.06%; and

Cr₂O₃ 0.0001-0.06%.