US 12,390,967 B2
Molding of plastic glazing of tailgates
Geert Jan Schellekens, Glize (NL); and Matteo Terragni, Misinto (IT)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,792.
Application 17/689,792 is a continuation of application No. 15/756,627, granted, now 11,267,173, previously published as PCT/IB2016/055334, filed on Sep. 7, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/215,084, filed on Sep. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184866 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B62D 29/04 (2006.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); B29K 69/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/16 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B60J 5/0481 (2013.01); B60J 5/107 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); B60Q 1/302 (2013.01); B62D 29/043 (2013.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); B29K 2069/00 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0025 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0029 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3052 (2013.01); B29L 2031/747 (2013.01); B60J 5/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle, the plastic glazing comprising:
a translucent component molded from a first polycarbonate injected in a first shot, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle;
a colored component molded from a second polycarbonate injected onto the translucent component in a second shot, wherein the colored component comprises a lens of a light unit; and
a non-transparent component molded from a third polycarbonate injected directly onto the translucent component, and the colored component, in a third shot,
wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window,
wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, and
wherein the plastic glazing includes an opening for ventilation.