公开(公告)号：US20240286339A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18571894

申请日：2022-06-20

Applicant: AUTOGLAS D & K B. V.

Inventor： Bartholomeus Leonardus Marinus Borcherd Driehuis

IPC: B29C51/10 ,  B29C51/14 ,  B29C51/42 ,  B29L9/00 ,  B32B17/10

CPC classification number: B29C51/10 ,  B29C51/14 ,  B29C51/428 ,  B32B17/10211 ,  B32B17/10495 ,  B32B17/10844 ,  B32B17/10889 ,  B29L2009/00

Abstract: A method for pre-forming a curved thermoplastic laminate to be incorporated in composed automotive windows, the method including the processing steps of; providing a thermoplastic laminate, clamping said thermoplastic laminate from opposite flat sides between a first and a second flexible clamping layer, applying a clamping force to the thermoplastic laminate, heating the clamped thermoplastic laminate, forming the clamped and heated thermoplastic laminate, and cooling the thermoplastic laminate. The invention also relates to a pre-formed thermoplastic laminate that is pre-formed by such method as well a system for pre-forming such a thermoplastic laminate.