And Divalent Metal Oxide (e.g., Oxides Of Zinc, Cadmium, Beryllium, Alkaline Earth Metal, Magnesium, Etc.) Patents (Class 501/69)
  • Patent number: 6468933
    Abstract: An alkali-free glass essentially consists of, by weight percent, 40-70% SiO2, 6-25% Al2O3, 5-20% B2O3, 0-10% MgO, 0-15% CaO, 0-30% BaO, 0-10% SrO, 0-10% ZnO, 0.05-2% SnO2, and 0.005-1% Cl2, and substantially contains no alkali metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Narita, Hiroki Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20020147102
    Abstract: A glass substrate for an inorganic EL display comprises an aluminosilicate glass, contains CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO2 the contents of which fall within ranges of, by mass percent, 0-13% CaO, 0-13% SrO, 0-13% BaO, 0-10% ZrO2, and 0-13% CaO+SrO+BaO+ZrO2, and has the strain point not lower than 520° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamazaki, Tomohiro Nagakane
  • Patent number: 6461733
    Abstract: Glass for a light filter capable of preventing variation of refractive index in a band-pass filter has a coefficient of thermal expansion within a range from 90×10−7/° C. to 120×10−7/° C. within a temperature range from −20° C. to +70° C. and, preferably, Young's modulus of 75GPa or over and Vickers hardness of 550 or over, and light transmittance for plate thickness of 10 mm of 90% or over within a wavelength range from 950 nm to 1600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ohara
    Inventor: Naoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 6451720
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity and a low density, i.e., has a high specific modulus. Also disclosed is an inexpensive glass composition which is suitable for use as an information recording medium substrate, for example, because it can be formed easily, is less apt to suffer devitrification, is suitable for mass production, and can be easily made to have high surface smoothness by polishing. The glass compositions comprise, in terms of mol %, 35 to 45% silicon dioxide (SiO2), 15 to 20% aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 3 to 10% lithium oxide (Li2O), 0.1 to 5% sodium oxide (Na2O), 15 to 30% magnesium oxide (MgO), 0 to 10% calcium oxide (CaO), 0 to 4% strontium oxide (SrO), 25 to 35% RO (MgO+CaO+SrO), 2 to 10% titanium dioxide (TiO2), 0.5 to 4% zirconium oxide (ZrO2), 4 to 12% TiO2+ZrO2, and 0 to 4% yttrium oxide (Y2O3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kishimoto, Akihiro Koyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6448707
    Abstract: A substantially rectangular glass panel for a cathode ray tube is made of a glass having a linear X-ray absorption coefficient of at least 34 cm−1 at a wavelength of 0.6 Å, with the dimensions of the panel satisfying the condition of 0.07≦T/D≦0.09; and the panel is prestressed so that the surface of the face of the panel has a residual compressive stress ranging from 5 to 25 MPa, wherein T is the central thickness of the face of the panel in inches and D is the maximum diagonal line length of the face of the panel in inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheon Yoon, Dong-Sang Kim, Byung-Chul Lim, Chang-Wook Bin
  • Patent number: 6436332
    Abstract: The dielectric constant of low loss tangent glass-ceramic compositions, such as cordierite-based glass ceramics, is modified over a range by selective addition of high dielectric constant ceramics, such as titanates, tantalates and carbides and metals, such as copper. The low loss tangent is retained or improved over a range of frequencies, and the low CTE of the glass-ceramic is maintained. BaTiO3, SrTiO3 and Ta2O5 produce the most effective results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin V. Fasano, Robert A. Rita
  • Patent number: 6436859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium-sodium-aluminosilicate glass composition. This glass composition has a softening point of 700° C. or lower; a first temperature (1450° C. or lower) at which the glass composition exhibits a viscosity of 102 poises; a second temperature (1000° C. or lower) at which the glass exhibits a viscosity of 104 poises; and a mean thermal expansion coefficient between 30° C. and a glass transition temperature of the glass composition. This coefficient is within a range of from 90×10−7/° C. to 130×10−7/° C. The glass composition can be easily formed into a precursor of a glass article by pressing. It is possible to obtain a glass article that is chemically strengthened from the precursor by conducing alkali ion exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Muramoto, Shinichi Aratani
  • Patent number: 6436858
    Abstract: The principal object of the present invention is organic lens molds, constituted wholly or in part of at least one specific inorganic glass, advantageously strengthened by a chemical tempering or a thermal tempering. Said glass has the following composition, expressed in percentages by weight: SiO2 56-66, Al2O3 2.5-10, B2O3 0.5-7, Li2O 0-3, Na2O 8-15, K2O 3-12, with Li2O+Na2O+K2O 12-20, ZnO 2-12, MgO 0-3, TiO2 0-0.5, ZrO2 1-9, CaO 0-1, BaO 0-2, SrO 0-2, with MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 0-5, Cl 0-0.5, As2O3+sb2O3 0-1. The invention also deals with novel inorganic glasses which have the above composition with a single exception relative to the Al2O3 content: Al2O3 2.5-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Corning S.A.
    Inventors: Pascale Laborde, Daniel L. G. Ricoult
  • Publication number: 20020103069
    Abstract: An article of manufacture that has a component capable of being sealed with a copper aluminosilicate glass. The sealing glass has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTEs) of in the range between 20-82×10-7/° C., over a range of 25-500° C.) and a softening points in the range of 660-1000° C. The glass has a composition consisting essentially, in terms of weight percent on an oxide basis, of 35-68 SiO2, 3-25 Al2O3, 2-26 B2O3, 0-20 R2O, 0-30 RO, 2-33 CuO, 0-4 F, 0-10 MxOy, where R2O is an alkali oxide selected from the group consisting of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, and RO is an alkaline earth oxide selected from the group consisting of CaO, MgO, ZnO, SrO, and BaO, and MxOy is a transition metal oxide selected from the group consisting of Co2O3, TiO2, NiO, MnO2, and Fe2O3. The present invention also pertains to a method of sealing the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventor: Dianna M. Young
  • Patent number: 6420288
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of shaped translucent lithium disilicate glass ceramic products which are characterized by high strength and good chemical stability and may be processed by pressing in the plastic state or milling to finished glass ceramic products which may be used in particular as dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Sascha Cramer von Clausbruch, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6417124
    Abstract: The invention relates a alkali-free aluminoborosilicate glasses having the following composition (in % by weight, based on oxide): SiO2 50-70, B2O3 0.5-15, Al2O3 10-25, MgO 0-10, CaO 0-12, SrO 0-12, BaO 0-15, with MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 8-26, ZnO 0-10, ZrO2 0-5, TiO2 0-5, SnO2 0-2, MoO3 0.05-2. The glasses are particularly suitable as substract glasses for display and photovoltaic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Ulrich Peuchert, Thomas Pfeiffer, Peter Brix, Hildegard Roemer
  • Patent number: 6410467
    Abstract: A glass consisting essentially of antimony oxide. An optically active glass consisting essentially of antimony oxide and up to about 4 mole % of an oxide of a rare earth element. A rare earth-doped, antimony oxide-containing glass including 0-99 mole % SiO2, 0-99 mole % GeO2, 0-75 mole % (Al, Ga)2O3, 0.5-99 mole % Sb2O3, and up to about 4 mole % of an oxide of a rare earth element. The oxide of the rare earth element may comprise Er2O3. The glass of the invention further includes fluorine, expressed as a metal fluoride. An optical energy-producing or light-amplifying device, in particular, an optical amplifier, comprising the above-described glass. The optical amplifier can be either a fiber amplifier or a planar amplifier, either of which may have a hybrid composition. Embodiments of the glass of the invention can be formed by conventional glass making techniques, while some of the high content antimony oxide embodiments are formed by splat or roller quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James E. Dickinson, Adam J G Ellison, Alexandre M. Mayolet, Michel Prassas
  • Patent number: 6407020
    Abstract: There is disclosed a ceramics composition mainly comprising Ba-based glass and a quartz. The content of Ba-based glass is in a range of 55.0 to 69.4 wt %, the content of a quartz is in a range of 12.1 to 40.2 wt %, and the content of Al2O3 is 24.5 wt % or less. For the components of Ba-based glass, in terms of oxides, the content of BaO is in a range of 19 to 29 mol %, the content of Si02 is in a range of 62 to 72 mol %, the content of Al2O3 is in a range of 6 to 11 mol %, and the content of B2O3 per the total of 100 mol of BaO, SiO2 and Al2O3 is in a range of 3 to 7 mol. Therefore, the sintering can be performed at a temperature equal to or less than the melting point of Ag, Cu, or an alloy mainly containing Ag or Cu, dielectric constant is low, but linear expansion coefficient is high, and the co-firing can be realized with other dielectric material and magnetic material which can be sintered at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Ohkawa, Toshio Sakurai
  • Patent number: 6403676
    Abstract: A composite for a dental restoration is presented comprising ground, densified, embrittled glass fibers together with fillers and a polymeric matrix precursor composition. The ground, densified, embrittled glass fibers are obtained by grinding glass fibers which have been densified and embrittled by heating glass fibers at a temperature substantially below the softening point of the glass fibers, without significant fusion or melting together of the fibers. The composite is particularly useful as a direct filling material, in that it has the feel and workability of an amalgam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Jeneric/Pentron Incorporated
    Inventors: Weitao Jia, Martin L. Schulman, Arun Prasad, Bruce Alpert
  • Patent number: 6399527
    Abstract: A glass composition having a high Young's modulus and a low density is disclosed which can be mass-produced by a continuous process and easily made to have high surface smoothness. Also disclosed are a substrate including the glass composition and reduced in bending and resonance even upon high-speed rotation, a recording medium usable at a lower flying height, and an information recording device having a higher recording capacity and a shorter access time. The glass composition includes, in terms of mol %, 40 to 55% silicon dioxide (SiO2), 0.5 to 6% aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 2 to 20% lithium oxide (Li2O), 0 to 10% sodium monoxide ((Na2O), 2 to 30% R2O (R2O=Li2O+Na2O), 5 to 25% magnesium oxide (MgO), 0 to 25% calcium oxide (CaO), 0 to 10% strontium oxide (SrO), 10 to 40% RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO), 0 to 10% titanium dioxide (TiO2), and 0 to 5% zirconium oxide (ZrO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kishimoto, Akihiro Koyama, Junji Kurachi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020058117
    Abstract: The cooking panel is made from an opaque glass-ceramic material uniformly colored throughout and having keatite mixed crystals as the predominant crystalline phase, which is ceramicized with a ceramicizable glass or a transparent glass-ceramic with high quartz mixed crystals as the predominant crystalline phase in a definite color location range according to its later service and wear pattern. The cooking panel makes deposited material, such as dirt and the like, less conspicuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: BERND SCHULTHEIS, WALDEMAR WEINBERG, MONICA COTLEAR DE WITZMANN, ROLAND DUDEK, FRIEDRICH SIEBERS, KLAUS SCHOENBERGER
  • Patent number: 6387510
    Abstract: A glass for a data storage medium substrate, which consists essentially of the following components as represented by mol %: SiO2 60 to 72, Al2O3  2 to 9 MgO  3 to 9, CaO  2 to 10, SrO  0 to 15, ZnO  0 to 4, TiO2  0 to 8, ZrO2  0 to 4, Li2O  1 to 12, Na2O  0 to 8, K2O  0 to 5, Y2O3  0 to 5, La2O3  0 to 5, and Li2O + Na2O + K2O  4 to 15, and which has a Young's modulus of at least 85 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakashima, Yasumasa Nakao, Akio Koike
  • Patent number: 6383645
    Abstract: There is provided a glass-ceramic substrate for an information storage medium usable in an information storage device of the ramp loading system. The glass ceramic substrate has a Young's modulus (GPa)/specific gravity of 37 or over and includes 5.3 to 8 weight percent (expressed on an oxide basis) of Al2O3. The glass ceramic substrate has, as its predominant crystal phases, lithium disilicate (Li2O.2SiO2) and &agr;-quartz (&agr;-SiO2), has a coefficient of thermal expansion within a range from 65×10−7/° C. to 130×10−7/° C. within a temperature range from −50° C. to +70° C. and has a surface roughness (Ra) (arithmetic mean roughness) of 9 Å or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ohara
    Inventors: Naoyuki Goto, Junko Ishioka, Yasuyuki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20020049128
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) and a high rigidity (modulus of elasticity/specific gravity) and is capable of being effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating. Also disclosed is a process for producing the glass composition. The glass composition comprises, in terms of mol %, 40 to 65% SiO2, 5 to 25% Al2O3, 2 to 20% Li2O, 0 to 9% Na2O, 0 to 10% TiO2, 0 to 10% ZrO2, 0 to 25% MgO, 0 to 25% CaO, and 0 to 10% SrO, provided that the content of RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO) is from 2 to 40% and the sum of (Li2O)/2 and Na2O is from 1 to 10 mol %, said glass composition further containing, as clarifiers, from 0.01 to 5 mol % SnO2 and up to 0.1 mol % sulfur (S) in terms of the amount of SO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Shoichi Kishimoto, Junji Kurachi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6376084
    Abstract: A glass-ceramics having a high elastic modulus, processes for producing the same, and an information recording medium substrate effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating are disclosed. The glass-ceramics has a major crystalline phase which has a Mohs' hardness of 6 or higher and is constituted of crystals containing manganese (Mn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kishimoto, Akihiro Koyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6376403
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) and a high rigidity (modulus of elasticity/specific gravity) and is capable of being effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating. Also disclosed is process for producing the glass composition. The glass composition comprises, in terms of mol %, 40 to 65% SiO2, 5 to 25% Al2O3, 2 to 20% Li2O, 0 to 9% Na2O, 0 to 10% TiO2, 0 to 10% ZrO2, 0 to 25% MgO, 0 to 25% CaO, and 0 to 10% SrO, provided that the content of RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO) is from 2 to 40% and the sum of (Li2O)/2 and Na2O is from 1 to 10 mol %, said glass composition further containing, as clarifiers, from 0.01 to 5 mol % SnO2 and up to 0.1 mol % sulfur (S) in terms of the amount of SO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Shoichi Kishimoto, Junji Kurachi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6372155
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an oxide glass capable of exhibiting a long lasting afterglow and photostimulated phosphorescence, whereby energy can be accumulated by radiation excitation, for example, by &ggr;-rays, X-rays, UV-rays, etc. and light emission can be continued for a long time even after stopping the excitation. That is, the present invention relates to an oxide glass capable of exhibiting a long lasting afterglow and photostimulated luminescence, characterized by a constitutional composition comprising, at least, terbium oxide (Tb2O3) or manganese oxide (MnO), gallium oxide (Ga2O3) or aluminum oxide (Al2O3), alkali metal oxide or alkaline earth metal oxide and boron oxide (B2O3) or silicon oxide (SiO2) or zinc oxide (ZnO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Sumita Optical Glass, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamazaki, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Naruhito Sawanobori, Shinobu Nagahama
  • Patent number: 6365534
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) and a high rigidity (modulus of elasticity/specific gravity) and is capable of being effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating. Also disclosed is a substrate for information recording media, which comprises the glass composition. The glass composition comprises the following components in terms of mol %: 50 to 64% SiO2, 6 to 18% Al2O3, 7 to 15% Li2O, 3 to 12% Na2O, 0 to 2% K2O, 0 to 10% TiO2, 0 to 4% ZrO2, 0 to 6% MgO, 0 to 9% CaO, and 0 to 6% SrO, provided that the content of RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO) is from 2 to 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Shoichi Kishimoto, Junji Kurachi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020022564
    Abstract: There are provided low expansion transparent glass-ceramics obtained by heat treating a base glass produced at a relatively low melting temperature of 1530° C. or below. The glass-ceramics have an average linear thermal expansion coefficient within a range from +6×10−7/° C. to +35×10−7/° C., 80% transmittance wavelength (T80) of 700 nm or below, internal transmittance of 75% or over at light wavelength of 1550 nm, heat resisting temperature of 800° C. or over and Young's modulus of 90 GPa or over. The glass-ceramics comprise SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, BaO, ZnO, Li2O, TiO2 and ZrO2 and contain &bgr;-quartz or &bgr;-quartz solid solution as a predominant crystal phase. There are also provided optical waveguide elements and an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) type planar lightwave circuit utilizing these glass-ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Kazuo Ohara, Naoyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 6346493
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved lead-free and cadmium-free glass enamel composition that displays good flow at traditional glass enamel firing temperatures and upon firing produces an enamel finish that displays no cracking, good chemical resistance, good weatherability, and improved color values. The glass enamel composition of the present invention includes a glass component, an oxidizer, a pigment system, and optional vehicles and fillers. The presence of the oxidizer in the composition, which can be included as part of the glass component, as a separately added material, or both, improves the color values of the fired enamel as compared to enamels formed using similar glass enamel compositions having no oxidizer present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventors: Galina Kniajer, Jeffrey David Cosby, Ivan H. Joyce, Srinivasan Sridharan, John J. Maloney
  • Publication number: 20020013206
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic which is substantially and desirably totally transparent, and which contains a predominant crystal phase of forsterite. The glass-ceramic is formed from precursor glasses having the following compositions, in weight percent on an oxide basis: SiO2 30-60; Al2O3 10-25; MgO 13-30; K2O 8-20; TiO2 0-10; and GeO2 0-25. The glass-ceramic may be doped with up to 1 wt. % chromium oxide to impart optical activity thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: George H. Beall
  • Patent number: 6342458
    Abstract: High-strength sinterable lithium disilicate glass ceramics are described which can be further processed in particular by pressing in the viscous state to shaped dental products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Martin Frank, Volker Rheinberger, Wolfram Hoeland
  • Publication number: 20020010066
    Abstract: A glass for substrate, which consists, as represented by mass percentage, essentially of: 1 SiO2 40 to 59%, Al2O3  5 to 20%, B2O3  0 to 8%, MgO  0 to 10%, CaO  0 to 12%, SrO  2 to 20%, BaO  0 to 2%, ZnO  0 to 4%, Li2O  0 to 2%, Na2O  0 to 10%, K2O  0 to 12%, TiO2  0 to 10%, and ZrO2  0 to 5%,
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakashima, Yasumasa Nakao
  • Publication number: 20020010064
    Abstract: A SiO2-Al2O3-Li2O component-based glass material, which comprises, as basic components, SiO2: 60-63 wt %; Al2O3: 23-25 wt %; and Li2O: 4-5 wt % and, as modifying components, ZrO2: 1.5-2.5 wt %; TiO2: 0.5-2.5 wt %; MgO: 0.5-1.5 wt %; ZnO: 0.5-1.2 wt %; Na2O: 0.5-2.0 wt %; and K2O: 0.5-2.0 wt %, and further comprises any one of BaO: 0.5-1.0 wt, CaO: 1.0-2.0 wt %, and B2O3: 0.01-1.0 wt %. This can be reheat-formed in a glass state and has a low thermal expansion coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ota, Kazutoshi Tohyama, Masashi Fukuyama, Akiyoshi Ide
  • Publication number: 20020010063
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of shaped translucent lithium disilicate glass ceramic products which are characterized by high strength and good chemical stability and may be processed by pressing in the plastic state or milling to finished glass ceramic products which may be used in particular as dental restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: MARCEL SCHWEIGER, SASCHA CRAMER VON CLAUSBRUCH, WOLFRAM HOLAND, VOLKER RHEINBERGER
  • Patent number: 6340647
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) and a high rigidity (modulus of elasticity/specific gravity) and is capable of being effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating. Also disclosed is a substrate for information recording media, which comprises the glass composition. The glass composition comprises the following components in terms of mol %: 40 to 60% SiO2, 8 to 25% Al2O3, 2 to 20% Li2O, 0 to 5% Na2O; provided that the content of R2O (R2O=Li2O+Na2O) is from 2 to 20%, 0 to 10% TiO2, 0 to 10% ZrO2, 5 to 25% MgO, 0 to 25% CaO and 0 to 6% SrO, provided that the content of RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO) is from more than 15 to 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Shoichi Kishimoto, Junji Kurachi, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020006856
    Abstract: Glass fibers prepared by flame attenuation display excellent chemical resistance to both acids and moisture while being highly biosoluble at the same time. The glass compositions are characterized by ratios of components which are reflective of acid resistance, biosolubility, and moisture resistance. Preferred glass fibers exhibit a biodissolution greater than about 350 ng/cm/2hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Foster Laverne Harding, Jon Frederick Bauer, Harry Hand Russell, Xiaojie Xu
  • Publication number: 20010056021
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056026
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056019
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056023
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056027
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056022
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056018
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056017
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056029
    Abstract: Oxynitride glass whose composition is represented by Al—Si—O—N or M—Al—Si—O—N (where M denotes Ca, Mg, or rare earth element), wherein the content of O and N as non-metallic components is in the range of O eq %<N≦30 eq %, with O+N=100 eq %, the content of M, Al, and Si as metallic components is in the range of 20 eq %≦Al≦30 eq % and 70 eq %≦Si≦80 eq %, respectively, with Al+Si=100 eq % (if M does not exist) and the content of M, Al, and Si as metallic components is within the hatched area in the composition diagrams shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, if M is Ca, Mg, or rare earth metal, or within the hatched area in the composition diagrams shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, if the content of N is in the range of 5 eq %≦N≦25 eq %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: MORIYOSHI KANAMARU, TOMOJI TAKAHASHI, KAZUTAKA KUNII, TAKAO KAWANAKA
  • Publication number: 20010056015
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056025
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056020
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010056016
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 6333285
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a glass composition intended to be converted into glass ribbon, comprising the constituents below in the following proportions by weight: SiO2 55-71% Al2O3 >2% MgO 4-11%, and > 8% if Al2O3 < 5% Na2O 9-16.5% K2O 4-10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Marie-Hélène Chopinet, Elisabeth Rouyer, Olivier Gaume
  • Patent number: 6333286
    Abstract: A glass composition is disclosed which has a high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) and a high rigidity (modulus of elasticity/specific gravity) and is capable of being effectively inhibited from bending or vibrating. Also disclosed is a substrate for information recording media which comprises the glass composition. The glass composition comprises the following components, in terms of mol %: 55 to 65% SiO2, 0.5 to less than 6% Al2O3, 12 to 22% Li2O, 0 to 5% Na2O, 0 to 10% TiO2, 0 to 3% ZrO2, 0 to 8% MgO, 0 to 18% CaO, and 0 to 6% SrO, provided that the content of RO (RO=MgO+CaO+SrO) is 5 to 18%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Kurachi, Akihiro Koyama, Shoichi Kishimoto, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20010051580
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010051583
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010051575
    Abstract: A polished glass disk medium substrate suitable for use as a substrate for a hard disk, a hard disk containing the substrate and methods for making the substrate. The substrate containing glass forming raw materials may be formed so as to have a Young's modulus of 110 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Hideki Nagata, Hiroshi Yuki, Toshiharu Mori, Hideki Kawai, Kazuhiko Ishimaru