Laminated glazing comprising a peripheral stepped element made of polymer material having a required maximum permeability to water vapor

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17/296409

December 03, 2019

Laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet constituting an external face of the glazing, connected to a second glass sheet by a first interlayer adhesive layer, the edge of the first glass sheet being set back with respect to that of the second, a peripheral part of the free surface of the first glass sheet, its edge face, that of the first interlayer adhesive layer and a part of the surface of the second glass sheet extending beyond the first describing a continuous stepped contour which is covered, with interposition of adhesive, with a stepped element made of polymer material which can contain reinforcing fillers, which exhibits a permeability to water vapor at most equal to 5 g/m2/day.

SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, FR)

SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, FR)

1. A laminated glazing comprising at least a first glass sheet constituting an external face of the laminated glazing, connected to a second glass sheet by a first interlayer adhesive layer, in which an edge of the first glass sheet is set back with respect to an edge of the second glass sheet, a peripheral part of a free surface of the first glass sheet, an edge face of the first glass sheet, an edge face of the first interlayer adhesive layer and a part of a surface of the second glass sheet extending beyond the first glass sheet describing a continuous stepped contour which is covered with a stepped element with interposition of an adhesive such that the stepped element and said adhesive both cover at least in part said peripheral part of the free surface of the first glass sheet, said edge face of the first glass sheet, said edge face of the first interlayer adhesive layer and said part of a surface of the second glass sheet extending beyond the first glass sheet, wherein the stepped element is made of polymer material which optionally contains reinforcing fillers, wherein the stepped element has a thickness of at most 450 μm and the adhesive has a thickness of at most 200 μm, and wherein the stepped element exhibits a permeability to water vapor at most equal to 5 g/m 2 /day.

2. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element exhibits a permeability to water vapor at most equal to 1 g/m 2 /day.

3. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element exhibits an elastic modulus at most equal to 5 GPa.

4. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polymer material is chosen from polyolefins (including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) or polyisobutylene (P-IB)), polyvinyl chloride and its derivatives, styrene polymer, polyacrylic (including polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)), polyester (including poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyamide (PA), fluorinated polymer, polycarbonate (PC), aromatic polysulfone, including polysulfone (PSU), polyphenylene ether (PPE), polyurethane and polyurea (PU), epoxy (EP), alone or as a mixture and/or copolymer of several of them.

5. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the polymer material is chosen from polyolefins (including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) or polyisobutylene (P-IB)), polyvinyl chloride and its derivatives, styrene polymer, polyacrylic (including polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)), polyester (including poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), aromatic polysulfone, including polysulfone (PSU), polyphenylene ether (PPE), and/or copolymer of several of them.

6. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element is composed of several layers of identical or different polymer materials.

7. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polymer material contains glass or carbon fibers and/or oriented lamellar reinforcing fillers.

8. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polymer material exhibits at least one surface treatment providing: a barrier to water vapor performance, the barrier being made of an oxide deposited by chemical vapor deposition CVD, the oxide being SiO 2 or Al 2 O 3 ; and/or an adhesion property.

9. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element is covered with an air- and watertight seal which protects against solar radiation and fluids.

10. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element is covered with a bead which provides the laminated glazing with aerodynamic continuity between glazing and a mounting structure and inertia to treatment fluids.

11. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least a third glass sheet connected to the second glass sheet by a second interlayer adhesive layer.

12. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second glass sheet and, the third glass sheet are made of inorganic glass with a thickness of between 4 and 10 mm or of polymer material with a thickness of between 5 and 30 mm.

13. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first and second interlayer adhesive layers are made of polyurethane (PU), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA), wherein a thickness of the first interlayer adhesive layer is of between 3 and 10 mm, and wherein a thickness of the second interlayer adhesive layer is of between 0.5 and 4 mm.

14. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first glass sheet is made of inorganic glass with a thickness of between 0.5 and 5 mm or of polymer material with a thickness of between 0.5 and 5 mm.

15. The laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stepped element is a preformed element that is separately formed by thermoforming, injection, injection molding and RIM (reaction injection molding) reaction, extrusion or coextrusion, blowing or compression/transfer and is directly mounted to the laminated glazing by bonding.

16. A process for the manufacture of a laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 , comprising manufacturing the stepped element separately from its mounting structure by thermoforming, injection, injection molding and RIM (reaction injection molding) reaction, extrusion or coextrusion, blowing or compression/transfer.

17. A method comprising manufacturing a building glazing or a land, air or water vehicle glazing, or a street furniture with the laminated glazing as claimed in claim 1 .

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the laminated glazing is an aircraft cockpit glazing.

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