Surface Modified Glass (e.g., Tempered, Strengthened, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/410)
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Publication number: 20140065401Abstract: A strengthened glass article has a chemically-etched edge and a compressive stress layer formed in a surface region thereof. The compressive stress layer has a compressive stress and a depth of layer. A product of the compressive stress and depth of layer is greater than 21,000 ?m-MPa. A method of making the strengthened glass article includes creating the compressive stress layer in a glass sheet, separating the glass article from the glass sheet, and chemically etching at least one edge of the glass article.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Patrick Donovan, Anthony John Furstoss, Kyle C. Hoff
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Patent number: 8664290Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Alicia Rufner, John Knight, Toni Rowe, Dirk Pletcher, Ray Gsell, Werner Schneider, Hallie E. Brinkerhuff
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Patent number: 8663788Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic hybrid transparent hydrogel complex containing a polymerizable acrylic monomer, a metal alkoxide sol solution, a water-soluble salt, a phosphorus compound, a silane coupling agent, a quaternary ammonium salt, a polymerization initiator, and water. Moreover, the present invention provides a fire retardant glass assembly using the organic-inorganic hybrid transparent hydrogel complex and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic-inorganic hybrid transparent hydrogel complex according to the present invention has excellent properties such as long-term transparency, flame-retardancy, thermal insulation, long-term durability, and weather resistance, and thus it can be suitably used as a fire retardant material for fire retardant glass.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Samgong Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hwan Oh, Myungjin Choi
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Publication number: 20140057092Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 SiO2; 10.5-17 Al2O3; 5-13 Li2O; 0-4 ZnO; 0-8 MgO; 2-5 TiO2; 0-4 B2O3; 0-5 Na2O; 0-4 K2O; 0-2 ZrO2; 0-7 P2O5; 0-0.3 Fe2O3; 0-2 MnOx; and 0.05-0.2 SnO2. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit the following criteria: a. a ratio: [ Li 2 ? O + Na 2 ? O + K 2 ? O + MgO + ZnO ] [ Al 2 ? O 3 + B 2 ? O 3 ] between 0.7 to 1.5; b. a ? ? ratio ? : ? [ TiO 2 + SnO 2 ] [ SiO 2 + B 2 ? O 3 ] greater than 0.04. Furthermore, the glass-ceramics exhibit an opacity ?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, George Owen Dale, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Charlene Marie Smith, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Steven Alvin Tietje
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Publication number: 20140050912Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for magnetic disk is provided. The method includes a forming process of press-forming a lump of molten glass using a pair of dies, wherein in the forming process, the cooling rate of the molten glass during pressing is controlled so that a first compressive stress layer is formed on a pair of principal faces of a glass blank that is press formed, and the method includes a chemically strengthening process for forming a second compressive stress layer on a pair of principal faces of a glass substrate formed using the glass blank after the forming process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Isono, Hidekazu Tanino, Akira Murakami, Takashi Sato, Masamune Sato
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Patent number: 8652639Abstract: A method for strengthening glass and a glass using the same are provided. The method for strengthening glass includes the following steps. Firstly, a glass substrate, which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, is provided. Next, a barrier film is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface. Then, the glass substrate with the barrier film is immersed in a strengthening solution. The strengthening solution includes first ions, and the barrier film can limit the first ions in the quantity entering the glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Dongguan Masstop Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Wintek CorporationInventors: Guan-Yeu Chu, Chin-Hsun Ho, Ming-Wu Chen, Yu-Ching Wang, Cheng-Ying Lin, Chin-Chu Hung
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Patent number: 8652979Abstract: Provided is a glass substrate satisfying ion exchange performance and devitrification resistance of a glass simultaneously and having higher mechanical strength compared to a conventional glass substrate. A tempered glass substrate which has a compression stress layer on a surface thereof, has a glass composition including, in terms of mole %, 50 to 85% of SiO2, 5 to 30% of Al2O3, 0 to 20% of Li2O, 0 to 20% of Na2O, 0 to 20% of K2O, 0.001 to 10% of TiO2, and 15 to 35% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O+Al2O3, has a (Li2O+Na2O+K2O)/Al2O3 value of 0.7 to 3 in terms of mole fraction, and is substantially free of As2O3 and F.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Murata
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Patent number: 8642175Abstract: A glass substrate chemically strengthened, includes a primary surface that has a compressive stress layer formed in an uppermost surface layer thereof. The compressive stress layer is configured to enhance strength of the glass substrate due to a compressive stress generated in the compressive stress layer. The compressive layer consists of a layer of a potassium ion concentration equal to or less than 5000 parts per million (ppm).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: HOYA CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Hashimoto, Yoshikazu Hirose
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Publication number: 20140023865Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O. The glass article may have a softening point less than or equal to about 810° C. The glass article may also have a high temperature CTE less than or equal to about 27×10?6/° C. The glass article may also be ion exchangeable such that the glass has a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 600 MPa and a depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 ?m after ion exchange in a salt bath comprising KNO3 at a temperature in a range from about 390° C. to about 450° C. for less than or equal to approximately 15 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Melinda Ann Drake, Karen Leslie Geisinger, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
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Publication number: 20140017499Abstract: Glass for chemical strengthening, comprising 0.001% to 5% of Se in terms of molar percentage as a coloring component in the glass, wherein the glass has a property configured to provide an absolute value of ?a*m with 1.8 or less, the absolute value of ?a*m being a difference ?a*m between a value of chromaticity a* of reflected light by a D65 light source and a value of chromaticity a* of reflected light by an F2 light source, in a L*a*b* color system, the difference being expressed by the following expression (1), ?a*m=a*value(D65 light source)?a*value(F2 light source) ??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventor: Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20140017500Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass for a display device, having a visible light transmittance Tva of 50% or more and less than 91% at a thickness of 1 mm using A light source, and an excitation purity Pe of less than 0.5% at a thickness of 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Akio KOIKE, Yuya Shimada, Isao Saito
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Publication number: 20140011035Abstract: Provided is a glass composition suitable for production using large-scale sheet glass mass production facilities by the float process or the like, having high heat resistance, and suitable for chemical strengthening. Specifically, provided is a glass composition containing, in mass %: 60 to 66% SiO2; 10 to 16% Al2O3; 0 to 1% B2O3; 3 to 10% MgO; 0 to 1% CaO; 1 to 9% SrO; O to 4% BaO; 0 to 2% ZnO; 0 to 1% Li2O; 10 to 20% Na2O; 0 to 5% K2O; O to 2% TiO2; 0 to 0.1% ZrO2; and 0 to 2% total iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3. In this glass composition, a total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO is in a range of 10 to 20%, a total content of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O is in a range of 14 to 20%, and a content of SrO is higher than a content of CaO.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yutaka Senshu, Junji Kurachi
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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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Publication number: 20130316142Abstract: In order to obtain glass or glass ceramic materials having increased strength, a method is provided for producing glass or glass ceramic articles, which comprises: producing an initial glass body, mounting the initial glass body on a gas cushion between a levitation support and the initial glass body, and at least partially ceramizing the initial glass body on the levitation support. The levitation support comprises at least one continuous surface region having at least one gas feed region where levitation gas for the gas cushion is fed out from the levitation support, and at least one gas discharge region where gas from the gas cushion is at least partially discharged into the levitation support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Sybill Nuettgens, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Roland Dudek, Friedrich Georg Schroeder, Gerhard Hahn, Markus Borrmann, Helga Goetz
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Publication number: 20130316162Abstract: Provided is a tempered glass sheet having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, comprising, as a glass composition expressed in mass % in terms of oxides, 50 to 70% of SiO2, 5 to 20% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, 8 to 18% of Na2O, 2 to 9% of K2O, and 30 to 1,500 ppm of Fe2O3, and having a spectral transmittance in terms of a thickness of 1.0 mm at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm of 85% or more, a chromaticity x of 0.3095 to 0.3120 in xy chromaticity coordinates (illuminant C, in terms of a thickness of 1 mm), and a chromaticity y of 0.3160 to 0.3180 in xy chromaticity coordinates (illuminant C, in terms of a thickness of 1 mm).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Murata, Kosuke Kawamoto
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Patent number: 8586492Abstract: A glass and an enclosure, including windows, cover plates, and substrates for mobile electronic devices comprising the glass. The glass has a crack initiation threshold that is sufficient to withstand direct impact, has a retained strength following abrasion that is greater than soda lime and alkali aluminosilicate glasses, and is resistant to damage when scratched. The enclosure includes cover plates, windows, screens, and casings for mobile electronic devices and information terminal devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kristen L Barefoot, Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Timothy Michael Gross, Nagaraja Shashidhar
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Publication number: 20130302618Abstract: A high-strength alkali-aluminosilicate glass, characterized by excellent meltability, fineability. and processibility, exhibits the following formula: SiO2 60.5 to 69.0 weight percent Al2O3 7.0 to 11.8 weight percent B2O3 0 to 4.0 weight percent MgO 2.0 to 8.5 weight percent CaO 0 to 4.0 weight percent ZnO 0 to 5.0 weight percent ZrO2 0 to 3.0 weight percent Na2O 15.0 to 17.5 weight percent K2O 0 to 2.7 weight percent Li2O 0 to 2.0 weight percent and from 0 to 1.5 weight percent of a fining agents such as As2O3, Sb2O3 CeO2, SnO2, Cl?, F?, (SO4)2? and combinations thereof. The glass allows for adequate conditions for an alkali ion exchange treatment in a short time period (4 to 8 hours) and can also be produced according to the established, continuous, vertically downward directed drawing process such as the overflow down-draw method or the fusion method, the die slot or the slot down-draw method, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Kornerstone Materials Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bernd Kuhnemann, Michael Boettger, Sicco Rathke
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Publication number: 20130302617Abstract: To provide glass to be used for chemically tempered glass which is hardly broken even when flawed. Glass for chemical tempering, which comprises, as represented by mole percentage based on the following oxides, from 65 to 85% of SiO2, from 3 to 15% of Al2O3, from 5 to 15% of Na2O, from 0 and less than 2% of K2O, from 0 to 15% of MgO and from 0 to 1% of ZrO2, and has a total content Si02+Al2O3 of SiO2 and Al2O3 of at most 88%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Shusaku Akiba, Kazutaka Ono, Jun Endo, Shigeki Sawamura, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yuichi Kuroki
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Publication number: 20130295366Abstract: Provided is a tempered glass having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 50 to 75% of SiO2, 5 to 20% of Al2O3, 0 to 8% of B2O3, 5 to 20% of Na2O, 0.1 to 10% of K2O, 0.1 to 15% of MgO, and 0.001 to 5% of SrO+BaO, and having a mass ratio (MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)/(MgO+ZrO2) of 0.3 to 1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Takashi Murata, Takako Tojyo
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Publication number: 20130295353Abstract: Strengthened glass substrates with glass fits and methods for forming the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for forming a glass frit on a glass substrate may include providing a glass substrate comprising a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass substrate into a thickness of the glass substrate, the compressive stress having a depth of layer DOL and an initial compressive stress CSi. A glass frit composition may be deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate and the glass frit composition are heated in a furnace to sinter the glass fit composition and bond the glass frit composition to the glass substrate, wherein, after heating, the glass substrate has a fired compressive stress CSf which is greater than or equal to 0.70*CSi.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Melinda A. Drake, Lisa A. Lamberson, Robert M. Morena
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Publication number: 20130288010Abstract: A strengthened glass sheet or article having an edge profile that provides improved edge strength, particularly when the strengthened glass sheet is subjected to a four point bend test, and a method of making a glass sheet having such an edge. The edge is formed by cutting or other separation methods and then ground to a predetermined profile such as a pencil or bullet profile, a bull nose profile, or the like. In some embodiments, the edge is polished and/or etched following grinding to reduce flaw size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Ravindra Kumar Akarapu, Michael Patrick Donovan, Aize Li
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Publication number: 20130288001Abstract: Provided is a tempered glass having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, the tempered glass comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mol %, 45 to 75% of SiO2, 3 to 15% of Al2O3, 0 to 12% of Li2O, 0.3 to 20% of Na2O, 0 to 10% of K2O, and 1 to 15% of MgO+CaO, and having a molar ratio (Al2O3+Na2O+P2O5)/SiO2 of 0.1 to 1, a molar ratio (B2O3+Na2O)/SiO2 of 0.1 to 1, a molar ratio P2O5/SiO2 of 0 to 1, a molar ratio Al2O3/SiO2 of 0.01 to 1, and a molar ratio Na2O/Al2O3 of 0.1 to 5, wherein the surface is etched partially or entirely before tempering treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Takashi Murata, Takako Tojyo
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Patent number: 8557384Abstract: A coating composition comprising an alkali metal silicate, a wetting agent, and a hydrophilic antifog agent forms an antifog coating on a substrate. The coating may be applied to the surface of a film from an aqueous dispersion of the ingredients, followed by drying to form a composite film.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Chen Zhao, Cornell Chappell, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130260154Abstract: A method of making a strengthened glass article. The method includes altering the glass structure and subsequently creating a compressive layer extending from the surface of the glass to a depth of layer. In some embodiments, the structure is altered by heat treating the glass at a temperature that is less than the annealing point of the glass, and the compressive layer is formed by ion exchange. A strengthened glass article made by the method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Douglas Clippinger Allan, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
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Patent number: 8546281Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a light emitting unit interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a sealing material bonding the first substrate to the second substrate and sealing the light emitting unit. The sealing material comprises V+4. In addition, a glass frit, a composition for forming a sealing material, and a method of manufacturing a light emitting device using the composition for forming a sealing material are provided to obtain the light emitting device. The sealing material of the light emitting device can be easily formed by coating and irradiation of electro-magnetic waves, so that manufacturing costs are low and deterioration of the light emitting unit occurring when sealing material is formed can be substantially prevented. The sealing material has good sealing properties and thus a light emitting device including the sealing material has a long lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung-Han Lee, Jong-Seo Choi, Jin-Hwan Jeon, Sang-Wook Sin
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Publication number: 20130224493Abstract: A lithium-containing, transparent glass-ceramic material is provided. The material has low thermal expansion and has an amorphous, lithium-depleted, vitreous surface zone. The zone is at least 50 nm thick on all sides and encloses a crystalline interior, which has high transmission. The material includes a transition region connecting the zone and the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Falk Gabel, Otmar Becker, Michael Glasenapp, Jan-Peter Ortmann, Petra Grewer, Veit Luther, Harald Striegler, Dietmar Wennemann, Thomas Schuler, Thoralf Johansson, Helga Goetz, Michael Bug, Guenther Benhaar, Gerhard Hahn, Friedrich-Georg Schroeder
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Publication number: 20130221053Abstract: Methods and apparatus for separating substrates are disclosed, as are articles formed from the separated substrates. A method of separating a substrate having a main surface, a tension region within an interior thereof, and a compression region between the main surface and the tension region, includes forming a modified stress zone extending along a guide path within the substrate such that a first portion of the substrate is within the modified stress zone, wherein the portion of the substrate within the modified stress zone has a modified stress different from a preliminary stress of the first portion. A vent crack also formed in the first main surface. The vent crack and the modified stress zone are configured to separate the substrate along the guide path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
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Publication number: 20130224491Abstract: Glass compositions that may be used to produce chemically strengthened glass sheets by ion exchange. The glass compositions are chosen to promote simultaneously high compressive stress and deep depth of layer or, alternatively, to reduce the time needed to ion exchange the glass to produce a predetermined compressive stress and depth of layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventors: Morten Mattrup Smedskjaer, Marcel Potuzak, John Christopher Mauro
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Publication number: 20130224494Abstract: This invention provides a porous glass with a varied porous structure that shows an excellent optical performance. A method of manufacturing a porous glass comprising: a first step of forming a surface layer containing a boron compound and an alkali metal compound as main ingredients on a matrix glass containing a silicon oxide, a boron oxide and an alkali metal oxide; a second step of heat treatment the matrix glass and the surface layer for phase separation to form a phase-separated glass; and a third step of acid treatment the phase-separated glass to form the porous glass having pores.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Kotani, Zuyi Zhang, Akira Sugiyama, Kenji Takashima, Naoyuki Koketsu
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Publication number: 20130224492Abstract: Glasses with compressive stress profiles that allow higher surface compression and deeper depth of layer (DOL) than is allowable in glasses with stress profiles that follow the complementary error function at a given level of stored tension. In some instances, a buried layer or local maximum of increased compression, which can alter the direction of cracking systems, is present within the depth of layer. Theses compressive stress profiles are achieved by a three step process that includes a first ion exchange step to create compressive stress and depth of layer that follows the complimentary error function, a heat treatment at a temperature below the strain point of the glass to partially relax the stresses in the glass and diffuse larger alkali ions to a greater depth, and a re-ion-exchange at short times to re-establish high compressive stress at the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Corning Incorporated
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Patent number: 8518544Abstract: A glass sheet for a laminated glass to be fit into a frame of an automobile in a flash-mount structure, that is a glass sheet having a good strength, is provided. In the glass sheet of the present invention, the maximum value of the plane compressive stress on the edge of the glass sheet is at least 10 MPa and at most 18 MPa, and the maximum value of the plane compressive stress inside from the edge of the glass sheet is at most 2.4 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yasumasa Kato, Akira Sugahara
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Patent number: 8518545Abstract: To provide glass to be used for chemically tempered glass which is hardly broken even when flawed. Glass for chemical tempering, which comprises, as represented by mole percentage based on the following oxides, from 65 to 85% of SiO2, from 3 to 15% of Al2O3, from 5 to 15% of Na2O, from 0 and less than 2% of K2O, from 0 to 15% of MgO and from 0 to 1% of ZrO2, and has a total content SiO2+Al2O3 of SiO2 and Al2O3 of at most 88%.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Shusaku Akiba, Kazutaka Ono, Jun Endo, Shigeki Sawamura, Tetsuya Nakashima, Yuichi Kuroki
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Publication number: 20130209751Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass for 3D precision molding and thermal bending is provided. The glass has a working point lower than 1200° C. (104 dPas) and a transition temperature Tg lower than 610° C. The glass has, based on a sum of all the components in percentage by weight, 51-63% of Si02; 5-18% of Al203; 8-16% of Na20; 0-6% of K20; 3.5-10% of MgO; 0-5% of B203; 0-4.5% of Li20; 0-5% of ZnO; 0-8% of CaO; 0.1-2.5% of Zr02; 0.01-<0.2% of Ce02; 0-0.5% of F2; 0.01-0.5% of Sn02; 0-3% of BaO; 0-3% of SrO; 0-0.5% of Yb203; wherein the sum of Si02+Al203 is 63-81%, and the sum of CaO+MgO is 3.5-18%, and the ratio of Na20/(Li20+Na20+K20) is 0.4-1.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT GLASS TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.Inventors: Guangjun Zhang, José Zimmer, He Feng, Gerhard Lautenschlaeger, Armin Vogl
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Publication number: 20130136909Abstract: A glass article including at least about 40 mol % SiO2 and, optionally, a colorant imparting a preselected color is disclosed. In general, the glass includes, in mol %, from about 40-70 SiO2, 0-25 Al2O3, 0-10 B2O3; 5-35 Na2O, 0-2.5 K2O, 0-8.5 MgO, 0-2 ZnO, 0-10% P2O5 and 0-1.5 CaO. As a result of ion exchange, the glass includes a compressive stress (?s) at at least one surface and, optionally, a color. In one method, communicating a colored glass with an ion exchange bath imparts ?s while in another; communicating imparts ?s and a preselected color. In the former, a colorant is part of the glass batch while in the latter; it is part of the bath. In each, the colorant includes one or more metal containing dopants formulated to impart to a preselected color. Examples of one or more metal containing dopants include one or more transition and/or rare earth metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventors: John Christopher Mauro, Marcel Potuzak
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Publication number: 20130133745Abstract: Leaching alkali ions from a glass substrate to form a glass substrate having an intrinsic alkali barrier layer includes providing a glass substrate comprising alkali metal ions and having at least two opposing surfaces and a thickness between the surfaces, and contacting at least one of the surfaces of the substrate with a solution comprising alkaline earth salts in either water or as a melted salt bath such that at least a portion of the alkali metal ions are replaced by alkaline earth metal ions in the at least one surface and into the thickness to form the glass substrate having an intrinsic alkali barrier layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventors: James Patrick Hamilton, Kenneth Edward Hrdina
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Publication number: 20130136928Abstract: There is disclosed a fluorine-based surface treating agent for vapor deposition comprising (A) a hydrolyzable group-containing silane modified with a polymer containing a fluorooxyalkylene group and/or a partial hydrolytic condensate, and (B) a polymer containing a fluorooxyalkylene group having a higher weight average molecular weight than component (A), wherein components (A) and (B) are mixed in a weight ratio of from 6:4 to 9:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., LtdInventor: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd
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Publication number: 20130122306Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for strengthening glass articles having strength-limiting surface flaws, together with strengthened glass articles produced by such methods, and electronic devices incorporating the strengthened glass articles. The methods generally involve contacting the glass articles with a substantially fluoride-free aqueous acidic treating medium for a time at least sufficient to increase the rupture failure points of the glass articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Richard Michael Fiacco, Timothy Michael Gross
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Publication number: 20130101764Abstract: A glass article may formed from a glass composition that may include from about 70 mol. % to about 78 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 or equal to about 9 mol. % and less than or equal to about 15 mol. %. The ratio of Y:X may be greater than 1. The glass article may be free of boron and compounds of boron. The glass article may have a compressive stress layer with a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 250 MPa and depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 ?m. The glass article may have at least a type HGA2 hydrolytic resistance according to the ISO 720 standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventor: Corning Incorporated
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Publication number: 20130101798Abstract: A method for manufacturing a strengthened glass substrate includes: a chemical strengthening step of chemically strengthening a plate glass material by ion-exchange; and a shaping step of cutting the chemically strengthened plate glass material by etching. In the chemical strengthening step, the ion-exchange is performed to satisfy the condition of 7?Tave?50 [MPa], when the thickness of the plate glass material is denoted by t [?m], the thickness of the compressive stress layer by d [?m], the maximum compressive stress value of the compressive stress layer by F [MPa], the compressive stress integrated value of the compressive stress layer by X [MPa·?m], the thickness of the tensile stress layer by t2 [?m], the average tensile stress value of the tensile stress layer by Tave [MPa], and the relationships represented by equations X=F×d, t2=t?2d and Tave=X/t2 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuaki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130101853Abstract: Alkaline earth alumino-silicate glass compositions with improved chemical and mechanical durability and pharmaceutical packages comprising the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment a glass composition may include from about 65 mol. % to about 75 mol. % SiO2; from about 6 mol. % to about 12.5 mol. % Al2O3; and from about 5 mol. % to about 12 mol. % alkali oxide. The alkali oxide may include Na2O and K2O. The K2O may be present in an amount less than or equal to 0.5 mol. %. The glass composition may also include from about 8.0 mol. % to about 15 mol. % of at least one alkaline earth oxide. The glass composition is susceptible to strengthening by ion-exchange thereby facilitating chemically strengthening the glass to improve the mechanical durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 8426008Abstract: A medical device or analytical device comprising a fluid-impervious surface comprising a base surface, at least one distinct region of the base surface covered by a mixed monolayer film, the mixed monolayer film comprising a species having a functional group M1 and a species having a functional group M2 where M1 and M2 have different surface energies, the mixed monolayer forming a surface energy gradient wherein at least one of the species used to form the monolayer on the surface comprises a biopolymer-resistant domain.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Inventor: Brian David Babcock
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Patent number: 8415013Abstract: A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kristen L Barefoot, James Joseph Price, Jose Mario Quintal, Ronald Leroy Stewart
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Publication number: 20130071666Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a tempered glass sheet, comprising applying tempering treatment to a glass sheet by increasing the content of SiO2 in terms of mass in a surface region of a glass sheet through application of thermal treatment to the glass sheet to 1.03 or more times that in an interior region positioned at a depth of 1 ?m from a surface of the glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Hiroshi KOMORI, Masahiro Tomamoto, Yoshinari Kato
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Patent number: 8399110Abstract: The invention is directed to single crystal alkaline earth metal fluoride optical elements having an adhesive, hermetic coating thereon, the coating being chemically bonded to the surface of the metal fluoride optical element with a bonding energy ?4 eV and not merely bonded by van der Walls forces. The materials that can be used for coating the optical elements are selected from the group consisting of SiO2, F—SiO2, Al2O3, F—Al2O3, SiON, HfO2, Si3N4, TiO2 and ZrO2, and mixtures (of any composition) of the foregoing, for example, SiO2; HfO2 and F—SiO2/ZrO2. The preferred alkali earth metal fluoride used for the optical elements is CaF2. Preferred coatings are SiO2, F—SiO2, SiO2/ZrO2 and F—SiO2/ZrO2.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael J Cangemi, Horst Schreiber, Jue Wang
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Publication number: 20130045387Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising nonspherical nanoparticles; spherical nanoparticles; optionally hydrophilic groups and optional an surfactant; and a liquid medium comprising water and no greater than 30 wt % organic solvent, if present, based on the total weight of liquid medium, where at least a portion of the nonspherical nanoparticles or at least a portion of the spherical nanoparticles comprises functional groups attached to their surface through chemical bonds, wherein the functional groups comprise at least one group selected from the group consisting of epoxy group, amine group, hydroxyl, olefin, alkyne, (meth) acrylato, mercapto group, or combinations thereof. There is also provided a method for modifying a substrate surface using the coating composition and articles made therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Yiwen Chu, Zhigang Yu, Naiyong Jing, Rui Pan
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Publication number: 20130045386Abstract: A tempered glass of the present invention having a compression stress layer is characterized in that a ?-OH value is 0.01 to 0.5/mm. Here, the “?-OH value” is a value obtained from the following equation by measuring the transmittance of glass by FT-IR.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventor: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
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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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Patent number: 8349454Abstract: An object of the invention is to obtain a glass substrate having high mechanical strength by reconciling suitability for ion exchange and devitrification proof in a glass. The strengthened glass substrate of the invention is a strengthened glass substrate having a compression stress layer in the surface thereof, the glass substrate having a glass composition including, in terms of % by mass, 40-70% of SiO2, 12-25% of Al2O3, 0-10% of B2O3, 0-8% of Li2O, 6-15% of Na2O, 0-10% of K2O, 13-20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0-3.9% of MgO, 0-5% of CaO, 0-5% of ZnO, 0-6% of ZrO2, and 0-5% of SrO+BaO, the value of (MgO+ZrO2+ZnO)/(MgO+ZrO2+ZnO+Al2O3) in terms of mass proportion being from 0.25 to 0.45. The above-mentioned strengthened glass can be produced by melting raw glass materials mixed together so as to result in the given glass composition, forming the melt into a sheet by an overflow downdraw process, and then conducting an ion exchange treatment to form a compression stress layer in the glass sheet surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Murata, Hiroki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 8349455Abstract: Glass comprising, as represented by mole percentage based on the following oxides, from 50 to 75% of SiO2, from 1 to 15% of Al2O3, from 6 to 21% of Na2O, from 0 to 15% of K2O, from 0 to 15% of MgO, from 0 to 20% of CaO, from 0 to 21% of ?RO (wherein R is Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and/or Zn), from 0 to 5% of ZrO2, from 1.5 to 6% of Fe2O3, and from 0.1 to 1% of Co3O4.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yuki Kondo, Hiroyuki Ohkawa, Makoto Sano, Kazutaka Hayashi, Shusaku Akiba
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Publication number: 20130004758Abstract: An aluminosilicate glass article having a high compressive stress layer. The glass article comprises at least about 50 mol % SiO2 and at least about 11 mol % Na2O, and has a layer under a compressive stress of at least about 900 MPa and the depth of layer that extends at least about 30 ?m from the surface of the glass article into the glass. A method of making such a glass article is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro