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Windshield for head-up display system

US5812332A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1996
Grant dateSep 22, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/3163
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A windshield for a head-up display system has a pair of opposing major surfaces that are nonparallel to one another in selected areas. Light rays directed toward the nonparallel area of the windshield are reflected from the outer and inner major surfaces of the windshield and directed toward the eye of the observer as parallel or superimposed light rays to eliminate ghost images when viewing images projected by the head-up display system through the windshield. The interlayer blank utilized to make the windshield has a non-uniform thickness profile with a tapered thickness positioned in the selected areas of the windshield.

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