US 12,219,674 B2
Windshield
Kazuki Chiba, Tokyo (JP); Hisashi Ogawa, Tokyo (JP); Hisashi Asaoka, Tokyo (JP); Kazuhisa Ono, Tokyo (JP); and Yota Yano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/639,246
Filed by Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/033132
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/040055, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-159197 (JP), filed on Sep. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338311 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B60J 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/86 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 3/86 (2013.01) [B60J 1/02 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A windshield on which an information acquisition device that acquires information from outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light is disposable, the windshield comprising:
a glass plate; and
a heating wire that is provided on the glass plate and to which a current is applied,
wherein the glass plate includes at least one information acquisition region that faces the information acquisition device and through which the light passes,
the heating wire includes a plurality of linear main body portions that pass through at least the information acquisition region and a linear linking portion for linking the plurality of main body portions, and
at least one of the linking portions includes a heat generation suppressing means for suppressing heat generation when a current is applied.