And Divalent Metal Oxide (e.g., Oxides Of Zinc, Cadmium, Beryllium, Alkaline Earth Metal, Magnesium, Etc.) Patents (Class 501/72)
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Patent number: 11630328Abstract: The present invention is directed to sunglasses with clear bifocals. The sunglasses with clear bifocals may comprise a pair of sunglasses having bifocal lenses that provide far distance correction through the top of the bifocal lenses and near distance correction through the bottom of the bifocal lenses. A portion of the bifocal lenses providing the far distance correction may be tinted to block sunlight and a portion of the bifocal lenses providing the near distance correction may be clear. As a non-limiting example, the pair of sunglasses may provide protection from bright sunlight while driving without interfering with the ability to read the instrument panel which is less brightly lit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Tara L. Jennis
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Patent number: 11440836Abstract: A glass composition with high Young's modulus and low density. The glass composition includes the following components by mole percentage: 52-70% of SiO2, 5-10% of B2O3, 5-15% of Al2O3, 8-20% of CaO and 5-18% of MgO. The glass composition uses common chemical raw materials. By reasonably designing the contents of each component, the glass composition has high Young's modulus, low density, good heat resistance and chemical stability, relatively low high-temperature viscosity, and low raw material cost. The glass composition is easy to eliminate stripes and bubbles during manufacturing, and is suitable for hard disk substrate manufacturing other fields that need high Young's modulus materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: CDGM GLASS CO., LTDInventors: Lulu Mao, Wei Sun, Bo Kuang
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Patent number: 11377386Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M Guryanov
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Patent number: 10981357Abstract: A glass article includes a first outermost pane, a second outermost pane disposed opposite the first outermost pane, and a transparent interlayer disposed between the first and second outermost panes. The first outermost pane has a thickness of from 1.1 to 4.0 mm, and has a first glass transition temperature. The second outermost pane has a thickness of from 0.3 to 1.05 mm, and has a second glass transition temperature. The second glass transition temperature of the second outermost pane is from 1 to 40° C. greater than the first glass transition temperature of the first outermost pane.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas Co.Inventors: Timothy D. Peck, Rachael M. Blodgett
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Patent number: 10759691Abstract: The present invention provides a glass substrate in which in a heat treatment step of sticking a silicon substrate and a glass substrate to each other, an alkali ion is hardly diffused into the silicon substrate, and a residual strain generated in the silicon substrate is small. A glass substrate of the present invention has: an average thermal expansion coefficient ?50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 2.70 ppm/° C. to 3.20 ppm/° C.; an average thermal expansion coefficient ?200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. of 3.45 ppm/° C. to 3.95 ppm/° C.; a value ?200/300/?50/100 obtained by dividing the average thermal expansion coefficient ?200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. by the average thermal expansion coefficient ?50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 1.20 to 1.30; and a content of an alkali metal oxide being 0% to 0.1% as expressed in terms of a molar percentage based on oxides.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shuhei Nomura, Kazutaka Ono
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Patent number: 10683233Abstract: A light selective transmission type glass 10 according to the present invention includes: a glass substrate 12; and a light selective transmission layer 11 provided on at least one main surface of the glass substrate 12. The glass substrate 12 has an average thermal expansion coefficient ?50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 2.70 ppm/° C. to 3.20 ppm/° C., an average thermal expansion coefficient ?200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. of 3.45 ppm/° C. to 3.95 ppm/° C., a value ?200/300/?50/100 obtained by dividing the average thermal expansion coefficient ?200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. by the average thermal expansion coefficient ?50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 1.20 to 1.30, and a content of an alkali metal oxide being 0% to 0.1%.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shuhei Nomura, Kazutaka Ono, Yoshiharu Ooi, Hiroki Hotaka
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Patent number: 9512030Abstract: High CTE glass compositions and laminated glass articles formed from the same are described. In one embodiment, a glass composition may include from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2, from about 0 mol. % to about 8 mol. % Al2O3, and from about 3 mol. % to about 10 mol. % B2O3 as glass formers. The glass composition may further include alkali oxides such as from about 0 mol. % to about 2 mol. % Na2O and from about 10 mol. % to about 15 mol. % K2O. In addition, the glass composition may include from about 5 mol. % to about 6 mol. % of alkaline earth oxide. The alkaline earth oxide may include at least one of CaO, SrO, and BaO. However, the glass composition may be substantially free from MgO. The glass composition may be used in a laminated glass article, such as a laminated glass article formed by a fusion laminate process.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: John Christopher Mauro
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Patent number: 9365447Abstract: The invention concerns an ultra-clear glass sheet, i.e. a sheet of glass with high energy transmission, that can be used, in particular, in the solar and architectural fields. More specifically, the invention concerns a sheet of glass having a composition which comprises, in an amount expressed as percentages of the total weight of the glass: SiO2 60-78%; Al2O3 0-10%; B2O3 0-5%; CaO 0-15%; MgO 0-10%; Na2O 5-20%; K2O 0-10%; BaO 0-5%; total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-0.03%, the composition comprises a copper content of 0.001 to 0.15% by weight relative to the total weight of the glass, the copper content being expressed in the form of Cu as a percentage by weight relative to the total weight of the glass.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Audrey Dogimont, Sebastien Hennecker, Thomas Lambricht
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Patent number: 9266769Abstract: CTE-matched silicate glasses and more particularly to low-alkali CTE-matched silicate glasses that are useful in semiconductor-based applications, such as photovoltaics are described along with methods of making such glasses.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: CORSAM TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams
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Patent number: 9029278Abstract: An alumino-borosilicate glass for the confinement, isolation of a radioactive liquid effluent of medium activity, and a method for treating a radioactive liquid effluent of medium activity, wherein calcination of said effluent is carried out in order to obtain a calcinate, and a vitrification adjuvant is added to said calcinate.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Areva NCInventors: Jean-Luc Dussossoy, Agnés Grandjean, Thierry Advocat, Nicolas Bousquet, Sophie Schuller
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Publication number: 20150126640Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for making germanium-based glass polyalkenoate cements. Also disclosed are methods for their use as bone cements for bone augmentation procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Victoria Dickinson, Daniel Boyd, Brett Dickey, Sharon Kehoe
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Patent number: 9023474Abstract: A plurality of soda-lime glass batch materials are formed into granules that include a core and a shell surrounding the core. The core comprises a first portion of the plurality of glass batch materials, and the shell comprises a remaining portion of the plurality of glass batch materials. These core-shell granules can be melted in a glass furnace to produce molten soda-lime glass in less time and at a lower temperature than conventional soda-lime glass batch preparations.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventors: Witold W. Mastek, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J. Clark, Melisa Y. Zambrano Becerra
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Patent number: 8975198Abstract: Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) and active matrix organic light emitting diode displays (AMOLEDs). In accordance with certain of its aspects, the glasses possess excellent compaction and stress relaxation properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Clippinger Allan, Bradley Frederick Bowden, Adam James Ellison, Timothy James Kiczenski, Marcel Potuzak
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Publication number: 20150065329Abstract: The invention introduces new glasses, and new methods for making glass, glass-ceramics, and/or ceramic articles from inorganic compounds extracted from organic waste streams, including food waste streams, agricultural waste streams, and other organic waste streams with high inorganic oxide content. The organic waste stream can also be extended to human and animal wastes. These glasses will have the same, or improved physical, chemical, and mechanical properties as glasses made from mined minerals, however, the methodology disclosed in this invention will produce a renewable and sustainable inorganic product manufactured from organic waste streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Ivan A. Cornejo, Ivar E. Reimanis, Subramanian Ramalingam
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Publication number: 20150038316Abstract: To provide a glass plate which can be made to have higher Te than conventional glass plates when its iron content is substantially the same as the conventional glass plates, to have substantially the same level of Te as conventional glass plates when its iron content is larger than the conventional glass plates, or to have very high Te when its iron content is smaller than conventional glass plates, and which presents good productivity. A glass plate which comprises, as represented by mol percentage based on oxides, SiO2: from 57 to 71%, Al2O3: from 0 to 6%, B2O3: from 0 to 5%, Na2O: from 10 to 16%, MgO: from 7.5 to 19.8%, and CaO: from 1.6 to 11%, provided that S-value represented by MgO+Al2O3+B2O3—Na2O (as represented by mol percentage) is from ?10 to 10.5%, and the ratio of the content of MgO, as represented by mol percentage based on oxide, to the content of CaO, as represented by mol percentage based on oxide, ([MgO]/[CaO]), is from 0.8 to 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Tomoyuki KOBAYASHI, Yusuke Arai, Yuki Kondo
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Patent number: 8946102Abstract: This invention relates to lead free and cadmium free copper-containing glass fits that can be used as pigments to color other glass fits or to impart color to solid substrates such as glass, ceramic or metals, or to impart color to a thermoplastic mass. The compositions comprise silica, alkali metal oxides, alkaline earth metal oxides, tin oxide and copper oxide. The resulting compositions can be used to decorate and protect automotive, beverage, architectural, pharmaceutical and other glass substrates, generally imparting a red color.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Enos A. Axtell, III, George E. Sakoske, Andreas Schulz, Juergen Hanich, Lothar Heck, Dietrich Speer, Martin Baumann
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Patent number: 8871662Abstract: The subject of the invention is a mineral wool, the glass fibers of which have a chemical composition substantially free of boron oxide and comprising the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed in percentages by weight: 60 to 75 SiO2; 0 to 4 Al2O3; 17 to 22 Na2O; 5 to 15 CaO; 0 to 2 Fe2O3; and 0 to 3 P2O5.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain IsoverInventors: Emmanuel Lecomte, Yannick Lefrere
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Patent number: 8853109Abstract: The invention relates to a glass having SiO2, Na2O and CaO as main components, which comprises two amorphous phases having different compositions, one of the two phases being in the form of inclusions dispersed in the volume of the other phase and comprising crystalline particles. Such a glass has good mechanical strength, in particular good resistance to scratch propagation and allows improved tempering. This glass furthermore has a pleasant aesthetic appearance.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: AGC Glass Europe, Universite Libre de BruxellesInventors: Michel Bogaerts, Stephane Godet
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Publication number: 20140284577Abstract: Thin glasses having high refractive index (nd), a layer composite assembly made from these thin glasses, a method for the production of the thin glasses, and the uses of the thin glasses are provided. The thin glasses are processed in an in line manufacturing process and have the optical properties of a classical optical glass. The thin glasses are highly transparent, crystallization-resistant, chemically resistant and highly refractive. The viscosity/temperature behavior of the thin glasses is adjusted to the manufacturing process via in line flat glass methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Karl Mennemann, Uwe Kolberg, Holger Wegener, Monika Gierke, Ute Woelfel, Joerg Fechner
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Publication number: 20140274652Abstract: A plurality of soda-lime glass batch materials are formed into granules that include a core and a shell surrounding the core. The core comprises a first portion of the plurality of glass batch materials, and the shell comprises a remaining portion of the plurality of glass batch materials. These core-shell granules can be melted in a glass furnace to produce molten soda-lime glass in less time and at a lower temperature than conventional soda-lime glass batch preparations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
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Patent number: 8828898Abstract: A glass plate made of soda lime silica glass containing at least MgO, CaO, Na2O and Al2O3 produced by a float process or a downdraw method, wherein [MgO] is at least 4.5%, [MgO]/[CaO] is larger than 1, and Q=([MgO]/[CaO])×([CaO]+[Na2O]?[Al2O3]) is at least 20, wherein [MgO] is the content of MgO, [CaO] is the content of CaO, [Na2O] is the content of Na2O, and [Al2O3] is the content of Al2O3 (each being as represented by mass percentage based on oxide) and a process for the glass plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yusuke Arai, Tomoyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Kondo
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Patent number: 8815758Abstract: The present application relates to a silica-based nonflammable material and to a method for preparing same. More particularly, the application relates to a silica-based nonflammable material which contains silica, limestone, and albite as main ingredients, which is obtained by a series of processes including grinding, melting, spraying, and molding, and which can replace asbestos, as well as to a method for preparing same. As functional building materials which are nonflammable even at high temperatures can be prepared using silica-based nonflammable materials consisting of silica-based minerals, and as only natural minerals may be used as main ingredients. The materials used as building materials may not be harmful to the human body and can replace asbestos that has been widely used as a conventional building material for thermal insulation, soundproofing, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Inventors: Se-Lin Lee, Jang Seop Oh
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Patent number: 8795702Abstract: This invention relates to methods for producing a composite bone graft material that can regenerate bony defects in the body. The invention further relates to methods that allow for the production of bioactive glass particles used in the composite that have been surface treated to allow for the production of a highly porous composite that can hold significant amounts of body fluid or other molecules that will aid in the regenerative process. The method of surface treatment allows for the manufacture of a suitable implantable composite while retaining the unique osteostimulative properties that are associated with bioactive glass particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Novabone Products, LLCInventors: David C. Greenspan, Srinivas Katta
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Patent number: 8785356Abstract: The invention relates to oil and gas industry, i.e. techniques for making proppants designed to be used as propping agents in oil and gas recovery by the method of formation hydraulic fracturing. A method for the production of a lightweight magnesium silicate proppant, the method comprises heat processing of a magnesium-containing component—a source of magnesium oxide, its co-grinding with a silica-containing component, pelletizing of the batch prepared, sintering and sieving of the pellets prepared, wherein the batch comprises (in terms of calcined substance), in % by weight: SiO2-6 4-72, MgO-11-18, natural impurities—remainder, wherein the heat processing is carried out at temperature not more than 1080 degrees C. A lightweight magnesium silicate proppant is characterized in that the proppant is produced by said method. At least one of the group: serpentine, brucite, caustic magnesite, talc may be used said magnesium-containing component.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Obshchestvo s ogranichennoy otvetstvennostyu “FORES” (OOO “FORES”)Inventors: Vasily Alexandrovich Plotnikov, Eugeny Vasilyevich Rozhkov, Viktor Georgiyevich Peychev, Sergey Fedorovich Shmotyev, Sergey Yuryevich Pliner, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Sychev
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Patent number: 8778075Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses are described which can advantageously be applied to zirconium oxide ceramics in particular by pressing-on in the viscous state and form a solid bond with these.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Christian Ritzberger, Ricardo Dellagiacomo, Marcel Schweiger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
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Patent number: 8765262Abstract: Alkali aluminosilicate glasses that are resistant to damage due to sharp impact and capable of fast ion exchange are provided. The glasses comprise at least 4 mol % P2O5 and, when ion exchanged, have a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least about 7 kgf.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Timothy Michael Gross
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Publication number: 20130343166Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate, which comprises essential components in the form of SiO2, Li2O, Na2O, and one or more alkaline earth metal oxides selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO wherein a molar ratio of a content of CaO to a combined content of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO (CaO/(MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)) is equal to or less than 0.20, and which has a glass transition temperature of equal to or higher than 650° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: HOYA CORPORATION
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Patent number: 8609561Abstract: A colorless transparent colloid-former-containing glass that is convertible into a colorless transparent glass ceramic or a metal colloid-colored glass ceramic via respective heat treatments contains a combination of one or more metal colloid formers and one or more redox partners. The metal colloid formers are preferably oxides containing Au, Ag, As, Bi, Nb, Cu, Fe, Pd, Pt, Sb and/or Sn. The redox partners are preferably oxides containing As, Ce, Fe, Mn, Sb, Sn and/or W, with the proviso that the redox partner must be different from the metal colloid former. The glass advantageously contains from 0.97 to 1.9 wt. % SnO2, 0.93 to 3.0 wt. % As2O3, or 1.59 to 6.0 wt. % of Sb2O3 as redox partner.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Meike Schneider, Thilo Zachau, Friedrich Siebers, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
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Patent number: 8551898Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In another embodiment, a glass composition may include from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 3 mol. % to about 13 mol. % alkaline earth oxide; X mol. % Al2O3; and Y mol. % alkali oxide. The alkali oxide may include Na2O in an amount greater than about 8 mol. %. A ratio of Y:X may be greater than 1 and the glass composition may be free of boron and compounds of boron. In some embodiments, the glass composition may also be free of phosphorous and compounds of phosphorous. Glass articles formed from the glass composition may have at least a class S3 acid resistance according to DIN 12116, at least a class A2 base resistance according to ISO 695, and a type HGA1 hydrolytic resistance according to ISO 720.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Paul Steven Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
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Patent number: 8541327Abstract: A glass composition consisting essentially of about 10-45 mole percent of SrO; about 35-75 mole percent SiO2; one or more compounds from the group of compounds consisting of La2O3, Al2O3, B2O3, and Ni; the La2O3 less than about 20 mole percent; the Al2O3 less than about 25 mole percent; the B2O3 less than about 15 mole percent; and the Ni less than about 5 mole percent. Preferably, the glass is substantially free of barium oxide, calcium oxide, magnesia, and alkali oxide. Preferably, the glass is used as a seal in a solid oxide fuel/electrolyzer cell (SOFC) stack. The SOFC stack comprises a plurality of SOFCs connected by one or more interconnect and manifold materials and sealed by the glass. Preferably, each SOFC comprises an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: U.S. Department of EnergyInventors: Peizhen Kathy Lu, Manoj Kumar Mahapatra
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Publication number: 20130230692Abstract: Provided is a high refractive index glass, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 0.1 to 60% of SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3, having a mass ratio (BaO+La2O3+Nb2O5+TiO2+ZrO2)/(SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3) of 0.1 to 50, amass ratio (MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)/(BaO+La2O3+Nb2O5+TiO2+ZrO2) of 0 to 10, and a mass ratio (TiO2+ZrO2)/(BaO+La2O3+Nb2O5) of 0.001 to 40, and having a refractive index nd of 1.55 to 2.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Tomoki Yanase, Takashi Murata
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Patent number: 8492297Abstract: A device including a glass substrate made of a soda lime silica glass composition of: SiO2 (50˜75 wt %); Na2O (1˜8 wt %); K2O (1˜12 wt %); CaO (1˜12 wt %); ZrO2 (0˜8 wt %); SrO (0˜15 wt %); BaO (0˜12 wt %); MgO (0˜10 wt %); Al2O3 (0˜12 wt %); B2O3 (0˜3 wt %), wherein the total amount of Na2O and K2O is in the range of 5˜15 wt %, the total amount of CaO, MgO, SrO and BaO is in the range of 10˜25 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Jun-Young Lee, Sei-Woong Yoo, Doo-Sang Ko, Marc Maurer
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Patent number: 8476353Abstract: Provided are an amorphous polyamide resin composition having high transparency, and is excellent in heat resistance and stiffness, and a molded product thereof. The glass filler contains, expressed in terms of oxides by mass %, 68 to 74% of silicon dioxide (SiO2), 2 to 5% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 2 to 5% of boron oxide (B2O3), 2 to 10% of calcium oxide (CaO), 0 to 5% of zinc oxide (ZnO), 0 to 5% of strontium oxide (SrO), 0 to 1% of barium oxide (BaO), 1 to 5% of magnesium oxide (MgO), 0 to 5% of lithium oxide (Li2O), 5 to 12% of sodium oxide (Na2O), and 0 to 10% of potassium oxide (K2O), where a total amount of lithium oxide (Li2O), sodium oxide (Na2O), and potassium oxide (K2O) is 8 to 12%.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Asahi Fiber Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideyuki Higashiyama, Keiji Sekine
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Patent number: 8450226Abstract: Disclosed are glass compositions containing Beryllia in addition to various proportions of Silica, Alumina, Calcium, Magnesia, Sodium, Potassium, Iron, Titania, Zirconia, Manganese and/or Phosphorous. Fibers were produced from the disclosed compositions using standard glass processing equipment. These fibers yielded high temperature fibers having low density, high strength, high modulus, excellent glass surfaces requiring very little bonding material to hold the fibers together. Bio solubility is preferably promoted by ensuring that only trace quantities of alumina are present. Fibers having those properties are particularly suitable for producing high temperature glass fiber insulation for use in aircraft and other vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Glass IncorporatedInventor: Albert Lewis
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Publication number: 20130116108Abstract: The invention relates to a silica glass compound having improved physical and chemical properties. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a silica glass having a desirable brittleness in combination with a desirable density while still yielding a glass composition having a desired hardness and desired strength relative to other glasses. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a silica glass composition that contains at least about 85 mole percent silicon dioxide and up to about 15 mole percent of one or more dopants selected from F, B, N, Al, Ge, one or more alkali metals (e.g., Li, Na, K, etc.), one or more alkaline earth metals (e.g., Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, etc.), one or more transition metals (e.g., Ti, Zn, Y, Zr, Hf, etc.), one or more lanthanides (e.g., Ce, etc.), or combinations of any two or more thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Nathan J. Cassingham, Ben Matthew Gauthier, Martin Panchula, Robert Stephen Pavlik, Yan Zhou, Konstantin S. Zuyev
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Publication number: 20130115422Abstract: Provided is a glass sheet, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 40 to 80% of SiO2, 0 to 30% of Al2O3, 0 to 15% of B2O3, 0 to 25% of an alkali metal oxide (one kind or two or more kinds of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O), and 0 to 15% of an alkaline earth metal oxide (one kind or two or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO), and being used as a viewing zone control member for covering partially or wholly a two-dimensional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventor: Takashi Murata
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Publication number: 20130102454Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In another embodiment, a glass composition may include from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 3 mol. % to about 13 mol. % alkaline earth oxide; X mol. % Al2O3; and Y mol. % alkali oxide. The alkali oxide may include Na2O in an amount greater than about 8 mol. %. A ratio of Y:X may be greater than 1 and the glass composition may be free of boron and compounds of boron. In some embodiments, the glass composition may also be free of phosphorous and compounds of phosphorous. Glass articles formed from the glass composition may have at least a class S3 acid resistance according to DIN 12116, at least a class A2 base resistance according to ISO 695, and a type HGA1 hydrolytic resistance according to ISO 720.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Paul Steven Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
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Patent number: 8367208Abstract: The invention is directed to a high strength, chemically toughened protective glass article, the glass article having a high damage tolerance threshold of at least 1500 g as measured by the lack of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter; preferably greater than 2000 g s measured by the lack of initiation of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Gregory Scott Glaesemann, James Joseph Price, Robert Sabia, Nagaraja Shashidhar
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Publication number: 20130011607Abstract: Provided is a high refractive index glass, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 0 to 10% of B2O2, 0.001 to 35% of SrO, 0.001 to 30% of ZrO2+TiO2, and 0 to 10% of La2O2+Nb2O5, having a mass ratio of BaO/SrO of 0 to 40 and a mass ratio of SiO2/SrO of 0.1 to 40, and having a refractive index nd of 1.55 to 2.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Atsushi MUSHIAKE, Takashi MURATA, Tomoki YANASE
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Patent number: 8350474Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front plate and a rear plate disposed in such a manner as to face the front plate. The front plate has a display electrode and a dielectric layer covering the display electrode. The dielectric layer contains substantially no lead components but contains MgO, SiO2, and K2O. A content of MgO is in a range between 0.3 mol % and 1.0 mol %, both inclusive. The content of SiO2 is in a range between 35 mol % and 50 mol %, both inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Ota, Kazuhiro Morioka, Akira Kawase, Morio Fujitani, Tatsuo Mifune
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Patent number: 8338524Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition which can be suitably used as a glass filler to be blended into a polycarbonate resin. This glass composition contains, in mass %, 50?SiO2?60, 8?Al2O3?15, 0?MgO?10, 10?CaO?30, 0?Li2O+Na2O+K2O<2, and 5<TiO2?10, and does not substantially contain B2O3, F, ZnO, SrO, BaO and ZrO2.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kosuke Fujiwara, Akihiro Koyama
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Patent number: 8329602Abstract: An optical glass has a refractive index (nd) of 1.60 or over and excellent transmittance and internal quality. The optical glass comprises 0.1-4 mass % of Ta2O5 to total mass of glass calculated on oxide basis, has ratio of 0.95<Ta2O5/(Ta2O5+(ZrO2)+TiO2+Nb2O5+WO3)×5)?1.00, and further comprises SiO2+B2O3+Al2O3+BaO in a total amount of 81% or over.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Ohara Inc.Inventor: Michiko Ogino
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Patent number: 8318054Abstract: The present invention provides a dark green colored glass composition having a soda-lime-silica glass composition, wherein the coloring compounds comprises in weight percentage: from 0.71 to 1.50% of total iron expressed as Fe2O3; from 22 to 30% of ferrous-ferric ratio and from 0.15 to 0.50% of expressed as FeO; from 0.10 to 0.20% of SO3 without affecting the refining properties and ability of the SO3 to eliminate bubbles; about 0 to 1.0 wt. % TiO2; about 0.0004 to 0.03 wt. % Cr2O3; and also 0.0004 to 0.015 wt. % CuO.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Vidrio Plano de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.Inventors: José Guadalupe Cid-Aguilar, Roberto Marcos Cabrera-Llanos, Miguel Angel Kiyama-Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20120289394Abstract: To provide a colored glass plate, which uses sodium sulfate (Na2SO3) as a refining agent and which is capable of stably maintaining the mass percentage of divalent iron calculated as Fe2O3 in the total iron calculated as Fe2O3 at a high level, while suppressing development of an amber color that is derived from sodium sulfate. A colored glass plate made of alkali-containing silica glass containing elements of iron, tin and sulfur, wherein the percentage of the total sulfur calculated as SO3 is at least 0.025% as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, the percentage of divalent iron calculated as Fe2O3 in the total iron calculated as Fe2O3 is from 60 to 80% as represented by mass percentage, and the percentage of divalent tin calculated as SnO2 in the total tin calculated as SnO2 is at least 0.1% as represented by mol percentage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kensuke NAGAI, Yuichi Suzuki, Terutaka Maehara
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Patent number: 8304484Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition having a stable quality, which can be easily obtained. This glass composition can be used as a glass filler to be blended into a polycarbonate resin, and enables to reduce the load imposed on a glass manufacturing apparatus. Specifically, this glass composition contains, in mass %, 50?SiO2?60, 8?Al2O3?15, 0?MgO?10, 5?CaO<21, 0<SrO+BaO?25, 10<MgO+SrO+BaO?30, 0?Li2O+Na2O+K2O<2, 2<TiO2?10 and 0?ZrO2<2 and does not substantially contain B2O3, F, and ZnO.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kosuke Fujiwara, Akihiro Koyama
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Patent number: 8298973Abstract: A glass thread adapted for reinforcing polymeric materials includes a plurality of filaments having a chemical composition that includes the following constituents within the limits defined below in weight percent: SiO2 40 to 60 Al2O3 0 to 5 CaO 1 to 15 MgO 1 to 15 BaO 2 to 15 SrO 12 to 20 ZnO 0.5 to 10 Na2O + K2O + Li2O 0 to 5 TiO2 3 to 20 Prosthetic members including such threads are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Societe de Recherches Techniques Dentaires—R.T.D.Inventors: Anne Berthereau, Jerome Blaizot
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Publication number: 20120251743Abstract: A housing/enclosure/cover can include an ion-exchanged glass exhibiting the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (4) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (5) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (6) a Young's Modulus ranging between about 50 to 100 GPa;; (7) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C., and (9) and at least one of the following attributes: (i) a compressive surface layer having a depth of layer (DOL) greater and a compressive stress greater than 400 MPa, or, (ii) a central tension of more than 20 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Matthew John Dejneka, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Katherine Rose Rossington, Robert Sabia
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Patent number: 8278229Abstract: Provided is a cover coating composition for a glass lining comprising a frit constituting the composition which mainly includes 65 to 75 mol % of SiO2, 2 to 8 mol % of ZrO2, 10 to 22 mol % of R2O where R represents Li, K, or Cs, and 2 to 12 mol % of R?O where R? represents Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba, and the frit is free of Na2O, and said cover coating composition for a glass lining may further contain a metal fiber.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Ikebukuro Horo Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Iizawa, Masahiro Shirasaki, Takashi Kawashima, Osamu Mori
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Patent number: 8263230Abstract: A ceramic composition is prepared to contain a B2O3—SiO2—Al2O3-MO based glass composition (M: Ca, Mg, Sr and/or Ba, B2O3: 4 to 17.5 weight %, SiO2: 28 to 50 weight %, Al2O3: 0 to 20 weight %, and MO: 36 to 50 weight %): 24 to 40 weight %, SrTiO3 and/or CaTiO3: 46 to 75.4 weight %, CuO: 0.1 to 5.0 weight %, CaO: 0.5 to 7.0 weight %, and MnO, ZnO and/or CoO: 10 weight % or more (however, including 0% by weight). The ceramic composition is subjected to firing to produce a ceramic sintered body, and obtain a composite LC component including the ceramic sintered body. While suppressing the shrinkage behavior during firing, dielectric properties can be improved dramatically as compared with conventional cases, and moreover reliability can be ensured.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kaneko, Satoshi Oga
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Patent number: RE44869Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass that is chemically strengthened and has a down-drawable composition. The glass has a melting temperature less than about 1650° C. and a liquidus viscosity of at least 130 kpoise and, in one embodiment, greater than 250 kpoise. The glass undergoes ion exchange at relatively low temperatures to a depth of at least 30 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Adam James Ellison, Sinue Gomez