US 11,867,942 B1
Encapsulated illuminated automotive glazing and method of producing thereof
Nils Herrmann, Aachen (DE); Henry Mariano, Lima (PE); Andres Fernando Sarmiento Santos, Canton, MI (US); Roshan Jha, Stockstadt am Main (DE); Fernando Garcia Chavez, Puebla (MX); Gonzalo Rafael Vizcarra Mendoza, Lima (PE); Ian Jam Riofrio Véliz, Lima (PE); Charles Stephen Voeltzel, Shelby Township, MI (US); and Gino Lozada, Lima (PE)
Assigned to AGP Worldwide Operations GMBH, Zug (CH)
Filed by AGP WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS GMBH, Zug (CH)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,405, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B29D 7/00 (2006.01); B60J 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/009 (2013.01) [B29D 7/00 (2013.01); B60J 1/001 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0095 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An encapsulated illuminated automotive glazing, comprising:
at least two glass layers, an outer glass layer and an inner glass layer;
a plastic interlayer serving to permanently bond the outer and the inner glass layers each other;
a light strip having a circuit board and at least one light source;
an encapsulation covering at least a portion of the glazing periphery and forming a cavity therein, the encapsulation being provided with at least one opening enabling access to said cavity; and
a sliding means which provides for ease of installation, alignment and securing of the light strip into said cavity;
at least one plug fitted in a corresponding opening.