With Coating Patents (Class 65/60.1)
  • Publication number: 20120247155
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate in which, after a pair of press molds placed so as to be opposed to each other in a horizontal direction with press-molding surfaces thereof and the temperatures of the press-molding surfaces being substantially the same are brought into contact with a molten glass gob substantially at the same time, press molding is carried out to produce plate glass and the plate glass continues to be pressed with the pair of molds, and then, when the plate glass is taken out, the duration time of pressing the plate glass is controlled so that the flatness of the glass blank is 10 ?m or less, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium glass substrate, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, and an apparatus for manufacturing a glass blank for a magnetic recording medium glass substrate using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MURAKAMI, Makoto OSAWA, Nobuhiro SUGIYAMA, Takashi SATOU, Hidekazu TANINO, Hideki ISONO, Kinobu OSAKABE, Takao MOTOHASHI
  • Publication number: 20120225240
    Abstract: A luminescent glass comprises glass matrix. Said glass matrix comprises a glass part and a complex part of glass and fluorescent powder, which is embedded in said glass part. Said complex part of glass and fluorescent powder comprises glass material and fluorescent powder dispersed in said glass material. Said fluorescent powder is of nitrides or oxynitrides series. A method for producing the luminescent glass and a luminescent device comprising the luminescent glass are also provided. The luminescent glass and the luminescent device have good luminescence reliability, high luminescence stability and long service life. The method can be carried out at a relatively low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: OCEAN'S KING LIGHTING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingjie Zhou, Wenbo Ma
  • Publication number: 20120225238
    Abstract: A luminescent glass comprises glass matrix. Said glass matrix comprises a glass part and a complex part of glass and fluorescent powder, which is embedded in said glass part. Said complex part of glass and fluorescent powder comprises glass material and fluorescent powder dispersed in said glass material. A method for producing the luminescent glass and a luminescent device comprising the luminescent glass are also provided. The luminescent glass and the luminescent device have good luminescence reliability, high luminescence stability and long service life. The method can be carried out at a relatively low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: OCEAN'S KING LILGHTING SCIENCE & tECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mingjie Zhou, Wenbo Ma, Guitang Chen
  • Publication number: 20120219750
    Abstract: A luminescent glass comprises glass matrix. Said glass matrix comprises a glass part and a complex part of glass and fluorescent powder, which is embedded in said glass part. Said complex part of glass and fluorescent powder comprises glass material and fluorescent powder dispersed in said glass material. Said fluorescent powder comprises the fluorescent material which can be excited by ultraviolet. A method for producing the luminescent glass and a luminescent device comprising the luminescent glass are also provided. The luminescent glass and the luminescent device have good luminescence reliability, high luminescence stability and long service life. The method can be carried out at a relatively low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Oceans King Lighting Science & Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mingjie Zhou, Wenbo Ma
  • Patent number: 8252488
    Abstract: Provided is a mask blank substrate manufacturing method in which a low thermal expansion glass substrate containing titanium (Ti) oxide is polished using a polishing agent, then treated using an aqueous solution containing hydrofluoric acid, then cleaned using an acidic solution with a pH of 4 or less, and then further cleaned using an alkaline solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Shiota
  • Publication number: 20120204601
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a glass blank for a substrate for an information recording medium, the method including steps of: cutting out a gob of a glass material from a molten glass material by cutting the molten glass material discharged from a glass material outlet at a predetermined timing; causing the gob of the glass material to fall downwardly; pinching and pressing the gob of the glass material by a press unit having a pair of molds, the molds' surfaces facing to each other being press surfaces which are planes without an unevenness, so as to contact the falling gob of the glass material only to the press surfaces; and forming a circular flat plate-shaped glass blank having a target flatness as a glass substrate for a magnetic disk such that a ratio between a diameter and a thickness of the glass blank is within a range of from 50:1 to 150:1, from the gob of the glass material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Akira MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8234882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing iridescent crystal glass. The glass products produced with the method of present invention have the advantages of good streamline shape, natural color transition, and excellent visual effect, etc.; the method is helpful for accelerating product upgrade, improving product appearance and visual effects, and enhancing competence of products. Therefore, we paint iridescent crystal ink on glass products, and add patterns suitable for household electric appliances and buildings, thereby greatly improving the appearance of the product. In addition, due to the high safety performance of toughened glass and suitability of patterns and colors, iridescent crystal glass products have been accepted by the consumers gradually. The method comprises the following steps: a. cutting; b. edge processing; c. toughening; d. ink preparation; e. iridescent crystal printing; f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Jiangsu Xiuqiang Glasswork Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiuqiang Lu
  • Publication number: 20120196071
    Abstract: Strengthened glass substrate sheets and methods of fabricating glass panels from glass substrate sheets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming at least one series of holes through a thickness of the glass substrate sheet, wherein the at least one series of holes defines a perimeter of the glass panel to be separated from the glass substrate sheet. The method further includes strengthening the glass substrate sheet by a strengthening process, and separating the glass panel from the glass substrate sheet along the at least one series of holes. At least a portion of one or more edges of the glass panel has an associated edge compressive layer. In another embodiment, a strengthened glass substrate sheet includes at least one series of holes that defines a perimeter of one or more glass panels to be separated from the strengthened glass substrate sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Ivan A. Cornejo, Sinue Gomez, Lisa Anne Moore, Sergio Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8230700
    Abstract: The method produces a coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body, especially a viewing window pane, which is provided with a reflective, anti-reflective or partially reflective layer. The method includes coating a flat green glass body to produce a coated green glass body and subsequently shaping the coated green glass body and ceramizing to form the coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body. In preferred embodiments the shaping the ceramizing occur at the same time. The reflective or anti-reflective coating is preferably applied to the green-glass body by an economical sol-gel process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Holger Waldschmidt, Tino Krieg, Marten Walther
  • Publication number: 20120187435
    Abstract: A production method and a structure having a textured surface forming the support for an organic-light-emitting-diode device, which structure is provided on a transparent substrate made of mineral glass on which is optionally deposited an interface film made of mineral glass, the profile of the texture of the surface comprising protrusions and troughs which are defined by an FT or a roughness parameter Rdq such that the protrusions are not too pointed and such that an increase in the extraction efficiency is ensured. The method especially consists in depositing on the glass substrate a coating film and in ensuring a contraction of the assembly by heating and cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: René Gy, Stéphanie Pelletier, Michele Schiavoni, François-Julien Vermersch
  • Publication number: 20120132269
    Abstract: A glass substrate may be processed at high temperatures without substantially losing its thermal-strengthening characteristics or deforming. In some examples, the glass substrate exhibits an increased annealing point and/or softening point as compared to standard glass substrates. In some examples, the glass substrate includes a relatively high amount of CaO and/or MgO, and/or a relatively low amount of Na2O, as compared to traditional soda-lime-silica-based glass. Depending on the composition, the glass substrate may be useful, for example, to fabricate a glass-based solar cell that mates two substantially flat glass substrates together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: CARDINAL FG COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad Hickman, Patrick D. Watson, Kelly J. Busch
  • Publication number: 20120131960
    Abstract: High intensity plasma-arc heat sources, such as a plasma-arc lamp, are used to irradiate glass, glass ceramics and/or ceramic materials to strengthen the glass. The same high intensity plasma-arc heat source may also be used to form a permanent pattern on the glass surface—the pattern being raised above the glass surface and integral with the glass (formed of the same material) by use of, for example, a screen-printed ink composition having been irradiated by the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: David C. Harper, Andrew A. Wereszczak, Chad E. Duty
  • Patent number: 8119209
    Abstract: A method of forming a layer (12) of getter particles (11) on a glass part (10) includes contacting the getter particles with the glass part and irradiating the particles through the glass by a laser, thus heating the particles at a temperature greater than the softening temperature of the glass but lower than the melting temperature of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Saes Getters S.p.A.
    Inventor: Saverio Massimo Palladino
  • Publication number: 20120040142
    Abstract: A method for the production of an arc-shaped glass or glass-ceramic molded part is provided, whereby a green glass blank is brought to a temperature state in which its viscosity makes forming possible and the green glass blank is pressed onto shaped on an arc-shaped supporting surface of a mold by at least one moveable lower holder so as to produce a glass or glass-ceramic molded part with an arc-shaped region that spans an angle greater than 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Oliver Muehlke, Frank Krumpholtz
  • Patent number: 8084103
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises a method for increasing the hydrophobic characteristics of a surface. A coupling agent is applied to the surface, and the surface is subsequently exposed to a first ionizing gas plasma at about atmospheric pressure for a predetermined period of time. The ionizing gas plasma may be formed from a mixture of a carrier gas and a reactive gas. The reactive gas may be comprised of one or more hydrocarbon compound such as an alkane, an alkene, and an alkyne. Alternatively, the reactive gas may be a fluorocarbon or organometallic compound. A lubricant may then be applied to the surface, followed by exposure to second ionizing gas plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventors: Vinay G. Sakhrani, Charles Tomasino
  • Patent number: 8082755
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing monolithic glass reflectors for concentrating sunlight in a solar energy system is disclosed. The method of manufacturing allows large monolithic glass reflectors to be made from float glass in order to realize significant cost savings on the total system cost for a solar energy system. The method of manufacture includes steps of heating a sheet of float glass positioned over a concave mold until the sheet of glass sags and stretches to conform to the shape of the mold. The edges of the dish-shaped glass are rolled for structural stiffening around the periphery. The dish-shaped glass is then silvered to create a dish-shaped mirror that reflects solar radiation to a focus. The surface of the mold that contacts the float glass preferably has a grooved surface profile comprising a plurality of cusps and concave valleys. This grooved profile minimizes the contact area and marring of the specular glass surface, reduces parasitic heat transfer into the mold and increases mold lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents
    Inventors: Roger P Angel, Blain H Olbert
  • Patent number: 8082756
    Abstract: Methods for edging optical articles comprising two main faces, at least one of which being coated with an outermost layer comprising fixing the optical article to a chuck with a holding pad that adheres to both the optical article and the chuck, wherein the surface of the holding pad contacting the optical comprises an adhesive material; and edging the optical article with an edging device; wherein prior to fixing the optical article to the chuck, at least one temporary layer of an organic material is formed onto said outermost layer of the optical article, the organic material of the temporary layer comprising at least one organic compound having a fluorinated functional moiety and at least one linking functional moiety capable of establishing at least one intermolecular bond or interaction with the adhesive material of the holding pad. Optical articles obtained via these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Dominique Conte, Gérald Fournand, Agnès Jallouli, Laurianne Vagharchakian
  • Publication number: 20110283739
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a glass blank, the method including press-molding a molten glass gob under a state in which a separation mark formed on an upper surface of the molten glass gob faces at least one of the molding surface sides of a pair of press molds arranged facing each other in a horizontal direction, when the molten glass gob falls into a space between the pair of press molds, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium substrate and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, both using the glass blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto OSAWA, Akira MURAKAMI, Nobuhiro SUGIYAMA, Takashi SATOU, Hideki ISONO, Kinobu OSAKABE, Hidekazu TANINO, Takao MOTOHASHI
  • Publication number: 20110273783
    Abstract: The method described provides a unique solar energy concentrating structure. This structure is intended to be employed in conjunction with complementary high efficiency solar cell elements to produce solar electric power. In its usual embodiment it contributes to a system of exterior window concentrators and solar cells that provide good visibility and control excess heat transmission providing benefits beyond low-e glass performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: PVOPTIX
    Inventors: James P. Campbell, Harry R. Campbell, Ann B. Campbell, Joel F. Farber
  • Publication number: 20110242647
    Abstract: Reflector element (1) for a solar collector which comprises a not mechanically flexed monolithic glass pane (2) of heat treated glass which due to its enhanced resistance properties becomes self-supported without requiring the presence of any kind of frame member or device to maintain its shape at the normal utilization temperatures. The reflector element is substantially parabolic and can be provided with at least one bore (3) for a fixing element to fix the reflector element (1) to a supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: RIOGLASS SOLAR, S.A.
    Inventors: Ignacio Garcia-Conde Noriega, Josep Ubach Cartategui
  • Publication number: 20110222053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a front plate for a display comprising: a glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface; and a ceramic layer formed on at least a part of a marginal area of the second surface, wherein the front plate has a difference (?T) between a maximum light amount Tmax and a minimum light amount Tmin of transmitted light of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kamikawa, Hideya Satake, Koji Sasaki, Makoto Fukawa, Masahiko Tada, Kazuo Etoh
  • Publication number: 20110195247
    Abstract: A configuration of a flat display panel with a touch screen panel loaded thereon in which reduced number of sheets of glass substrate or resin film substrate is provided. The configuration includes a transparent electrode integrated encapsulation module in which the transparent electrode is formed on one surface of an encapsulation glass substrate without a separate glass substrate for electrode formation of a touch screen circuit. A method for manufacturing the transparent electrode integrated encapsulation module is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NOVATECH INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Oon Hwang, DongHo Kang
  • Publication number: 20110183118
    Abstract: A glass article having improved edge strength. The glass article includes a glass substrate and an outer edge comprising a glass frit disposed on the edge of the substrate, wherein the glass frit is under compression. Methods of making the glass article and strengthening the edge of a glass article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
  • Publication number: 20110154860
    Abstract: A method of making colored glass in a float glass process includes the steps of: melting glass batch materials in a furnace to form a glass melt; transporting the glass melt into a float glass chamber having a flame spray device, the glass melt forming a float glass ribbon; supplying at least one coating material to the flame spray device to form a spray having coating particles; and directing the spray onto the float glass ribbon to diffuse the particles into the surface of the float glass ribbon to form a glass sheet of a desired color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Mehran Arbab, Songwei Lu
  • Publication number: 20110154857
    Abstract: The method produces a coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body, especially a viewing window pane, which is provided with a reflective, anti-reflective or partially reflective layer. The method includes coating a flat green glass body to produce a coated green glass body and subsequently shaping the coated green glass body and ceramizing to form the coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body. In preferred embodiments the shaping the ceramizing occur at the same time. The reflective or anti-reflective coating is preferably applied to the green-glass body by an economical sol-gel process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Holger WALDSCHMIDT, Tino KRIEG, Marten WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20110154861
    Abstract: The invention provides a manufacturing method for a glass substrate with a thin film, which allows easy manufacturing of a less warped glass substrate with a thin film. The method performs: a deformation step of plastically deforming a glass substrate 10 to give a principal surface 10a thereof a curved shape so that the principal surface 10a of the glass substrate 10 is flattened in the final state after the formation of the thin film; and a thin film formation step of forming a thin film 11 on the principal surface 10a of the plastically deformed glass substrate 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kishimoto, Masashi Tabe, Tsutomu Imamura
  • Publication number: 20110138857
    Abstract: To provide a bonded glass cutting method whereby it is possible to suppress an occurrence of a crush or chipping when bonded glass is cut, and cut the bonded glass into pieces of a predetermined size, a package manufacturing method, a package, a piezoelectric vibrator, an oscillator, an electronic device, and an atomic timepiece. A bonded glass cutting method includes a scribing step, which irradiates a lid substrate wafer with a laser beam with a wavelength absorbed by a wafer bonded body along outlines, thus forming scribe lines on the lid substrate wafer, and a breaking step which, by cutting the wafer bonded body by applying a fracture stress to the scribe lines, dices the wafer bonded body into a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators, wherein a cutting step is carried out in a condition in which the wafer bonded body is placed on silicon rubber, and an outside end face of the lid substrate wafer is caused to face the silicon rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Masashi Numata, Junya Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7958745
    Abstract: The method produces a coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body, especially a viewing window pane, which is provided with a reflective, anti-reflective or partially reflective layer. The method includes coating a flat green glass body to produce a coated green glass body and subsequently shaping the coated green glass body and ceramizing to form the coated three-dimensionally shaped glass ceramic body. In preferred embodiments the shaping the ceramizing occur at the same time. The reflective or anti-reflective coating is preferably applied to the green-glass body by an economical sol-gel process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Holger Waldschmidt, Tino Krieg, Marten Walther
  • Publication number: 20110126588
    Abstract: A flat glass sheet and a mold having a mold cavity defined by a shaping surface are provided. The shaping surface has a surface profile of a shaped glass article. At least one edge alignment pin is provided on the mold at an edge of the shaping surface. The glass sheet is leaned against the edge of the shaping surface such that an edge of the glass sheet abuts the edge alignment pin. The glass sheet is then heated. The glass sheet is sagged onto the shaping surface of the mold so that the glass assumes the surface profile of the shaped glass article and thereby form the shaped glass article. The edge alignment pin aligns the edge of the glass sheet with the mold cavity as the glass sheet sags onto the shaping of the mold. The shaped glass article is removed from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph D. Malach, Alexander Lamar Robinson, John Robert Saltzer, JR., Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Publication number: 20110090704
    Abstract: A molded fluorescent glass lens and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. Firstly, coat fluorescent material on surface of a glass preform or a cavity of a mold core. Then by glass precision molding, the mold core is heated and pressured for casting the glass preform into a molded fluorescent glass lens. The fluorescent glass lens not only has shape and optical properties of the molded forming lens, but also has fluorescent properties from a fluorescent surface layer formed by fluorescent material inserted into the glass. Thus the produced molded fluorescent glass lens is applied to road reflectors, white light LED or other optical elements for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: San-Woei Shyu, Chien-Yi Huang, Ching-Wei Sun, Wen-Huang Liu
  • Patent number: 7927670
    Abstract: The invention concerns silica microspheres (M) having an outer diameter between 50 and 125 ?m, preferably between 60 and 90 ?m, a wall thickness not less than 1 ?m, preferably between 1 and 3 ?m and a density between 0.3 and 0.7/cm3, a manufacturing method by injecting silica microsphere precursors (MS, PR1, PR1?, PR2?) into an inductive plasma (P), assembly methods and possible uses of silica microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Sylvain Rakotoarison
  • Publication number: 20110086241
    Abstract: The provided are a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate permitting the realization of a magnetic recording medium substrate affording good chemical durability and having an extremely flat surface, a magnetic recording medium substrate comprised of this glass, a magnetic recording medium equipped with this substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same. Glasses for a magnetic recording medium substrate are, glass I comprised of an oxide glass, comprising, denoted as mass percentages: Si 20 to 40 percent, Al 0.1 to 10 percent, Li 0.1 to 5 percent, Na 0.1 to 10 percent, K 0 to 5 percent (where the total content of Li, Na, and K is 15 percent or less), Sn 0.005 to 0.6 percent, and Ce 0 to 1.2 percent; the Sb content is 0 to 0.1 percent; and not comprising As or F; glass II comprised of oxide glass, comprising, as converted based on the oxide, denoted as molar percentages: SiO2 60 to 75 percent, Al2O3 1 to 15 percent, Li2O 0.1 to 20 percent, Na2O 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Hachitani, Kinobu Osakabe
  • Patent number: 7923178
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a glass substrate required to have a surface polished with extremely high accuracy as in glass substrates for reflective masks for use in EUVL; and a polishing method for producing the glass substrate. The present invention provides a glass substrate for mask blank, which is a glass substrate comprising SiO2 as a main component and having a polished main surface, wherein concave defects and convex defects on the main surface have a depth of 2 nm or smaller and a height of 2 nm or smaller, respectively, and have a half-value width of 60 nm or smaller, so that the concave defects and/or the convex defects do not cause phase defects when the glass substrate is used to produce a mask for exposure and the mask is used. Also disclosed are a polishing method for producing the glass substrate, and a mask blank and a mask for exposure using the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masabumi Ito, Hiroshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20100330332
    Abstract: The cover according to the invention serves to encapsulate microsystems, wherein the cover comprises or is made of one or more cover units, and at least one cover unit comprises at least one first recess caused by deformation and bounded at least partially by at least one optical window, the quadratic surface roughness thereof being less than or equal to 25 nm. The invention further relates to a method for producing optical components, wherein the method is particularly also suitable for producing a cover according to the invention allowing encapsulation at the wafer level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Quenzer, Marten Oldsen, Ulrich Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20100330377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for forming aerosol, the device comprising at least one gas-dispersing atomizer for atomizing a liquid into aerosol by means of gas at an atomizing head of the atomizer and an atomizing chamber, which is in flow connection with the atomizing head and in which flow restraints are arranged for changing the hydrodynamic properties of the aerosol flow discharging from the atomizing head. According to the present invention the flow restraints are arranged in the inner walls of the atomizing chamber in such a manner that they protrude from the inner walls to the inside of the atomizing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BENEQ OY
    Inventors: Joonas ILMARINEN, Markku RAJALA, Tomi VALKEAPÄÄ, Kai ASIKKALA
  • Publication number: 20100261009
    Abstract: A transparent glass or glass ceramic pane is provided that includes a glass or glass ceramic substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient a of less than 4.2 and an infrared radiation-reflecting layer, formed as a single-layer reflection layer and having a refractive index greater than 2.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Henn, Veit Luther, Andreas Hahn, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Torsten Gabelmann
  • Publication number: 20100251774
    Abstract: An isopipe for use in a glass manufacturing system is described herein that has core portion made of a refractory material selected both for its refractory characteristics as well as its ability to withstand creep, and an outermost layer made from a second refractory material selected both for its refractory properties as well as its compatibility with contacting molten glass during a fusion glass forming process (e.g. low solubility in the glass). In addition, a method of making an isopipe have a core made of one refractory material and at least one layer covering the core made from another refractory material is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Irene M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20100236289
    Abstract: In a glass processing method according to the invention, in the case of performing chemical vapor deposition or diameter shrinkage of a substrate glass tube G by relatively moving a heating furnace 20 comprising a heating element 21 for annularly enclosing the circumference of the substrate glass tube in a longitudinal direction of the substrate glass tube G with respect to the substrate glass tube G in which an outer diameter is 30 mm or more and a wall thickness is 3 mm or more and is less than 15 mm and an ovality of the outer diameter is 1.0% or less using a glass processing apparatus 1, a temperature of at least one of the heating element 21 and the substrate glass tube G is measured and the amount of heat generation of the heating element 21 is adjusted based on the measured temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Masashi ONISHI, Tomoyuki YOKOKAWA, Masaaki HIRANO, Nobuyuki TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20100203322
    Abstract: A heat ray shielding laminated glass is provided, with an intermediate layer having a heat ray shielding performance interposed between opposed two plate glasses. Wherein an intermediate layer having the heat ray shielding performance is obtained by being cured by irradiation of ultraviolet ray, after a dispersion of composite tungsten oxide particles is dissolved into an ultraviolet ray curing resin precursor (E) and thereafter is filled in a gap between the opposed two plate glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kenichi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20100192634
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a glass/resin composite having a sufficient transportability, handling efficiency and processability, even though the thickness of the glass is very thin, without impairing excellent properties of glass. A process for producing a glass/resin composite, which comprises forming molten glass into a glass ribbon and forming a resin layer on at least one surface of the glass ribbon is provided. The resin layer is preferably formed by bonding to a glass ribbon, applying a heat melt resin or applying a curable resin. Further, a process for producing a glass/resin composite, wherein a cut glass substrate is bonded on a continuously supplied resin film is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiko HIGUCHI, Motoi Kamba, Naoki Sugimoto, Satoshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20100188856
    Abstract: A variety of lenses, lens assemblies, imaging devices, applications for such lenses, assemblies and devices, and related methods of operation and manufacturing are disclosed. At least some embodiments of the invention relate to a lens that includes first and second inward-facing surfaces that are each at least partly reflective. The lens further includes a first aperture that is positioned around at least a portion of an outer periphery of one of the first and second inward-facing surfaces, and a second aperture existing proximate a central region of the lens. The light proceeding within the lens between the first and second inward-facing surfaces is reflected at least twice on at least one of the first and second inward-facing surfaces as it travels between the first aperture and the second aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Ford, Eric Tremblay, Shaya Fainman
  • Patent number: 7743630
    Abstract: A method of making float glass is provided that results in a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films being integrally formed with the float glass at the tin side thereof. In particular, a donor(s) such as antimony and/or an oxide thereof is added to the glass batch during the process of manufacture. The donor diffuses into the tin oxide inclusive layer adjacent the tin bath during the “float” manufacturing process, thereby increasing the number of electrons in the tin oxide inclusive layer so as to form a TCO film at the tin side of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Alexey Krasnov, Ksenia A. Landa, Leonid M. Landa
  • Publication number: 20100126227
    Abstract: Methods for coating a glass substrate as it is being drawn, for example, during fusion draw or during fiber draw are described. The coatings are conductive coatings which can also be transparent. The conductive thin film coated glass substrates can be used in, for example, display devices, solar cell applications and in many other rapidly growing industries and applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Curtis Robert Fekety, Andrey V. Filippov, Clinton Damon Osterhout, Carlton Maurice Truesdale
  • Patent number: 7716948
    Abstract: A fused glass crucible includes a collar of doped aluminum silica that defines uppermost and outermost surfaces of the crucible. The melt line that defines the surface of molten silicon in the crucible may be substantially at the lower end of the collar or slightly above it. Crystallization of the collar makes it hard and therefore supports the remaining uncrystallized portion of the crucible above the melt line. The melt line may also be below the lower end of the collar, especially if the melt is drawn down or poured early in the process. Because there is little or no overlap or because the overlap does not last long, the doped aluminum collar is not damaged by the heat of from the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: Heraeus Shin-Etsu America, Inc., Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kemmochi, Yasuo Ohama
  • Patent number: 7712333
    Abstract: To provide a method for smoothing a surface of a glass substrate having a concave defect, such as a pit or a scratch. A method for smoothing a surface of a glass substrate having a concave defect thereon, comprising: forming a film on the surface of the glass substrate having the concave defect by a dry deposition method, the film comprising a glass material having a fluid point Tf of 150° C. or above and of not higher than a strain point Ts (° C.) of the glass substrate; and heating the film of the glass material at a temperature of not lower than Tf and not higher than Ts to put the film in such state that the film of the glass material can flow so as to bury the concave defect, followed by cooling the film of the glass material, thereby to smooth the surface of the glass substrate having the concave defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Uno, Yoshiaki Ikuta, Mika Yokoyama, Ken Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20100107695
    Abstract: In a process for a thin-plate form glass molded body, an upper mold part having a pressing surface is used together with a lower mold part having a setting surface arranged to be opposed to the pressing surface. A melted glass lump is pressed between the pressing surface and setting surface. The pressing is performed to set the temperature (° C.) of the thin-plate form glass molded body to a temperature of Tg?20 or higher, and lower than Tg, wherein Tg represents the glass transition point (° C.) of the glass, in a period of 0.8 second or less after the end of the pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Moriji Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20100107694
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and products relate to drawing and blowing of ultra thin glass substrates, such as flexible display glass sheets, for example, organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and/or other flexible substrate applications, such as lighting, and/or other technologies, such as electro-wetting (EW), electro-phoretic display applications, etc. A localized heat source centripetally heats a vertical glass pre-form, while a pressurized air source blows the heated glass to expansion. An air bearing may centripetally blow air against the expanding pre-form to limit expansion and prevent contact of the pre-form with the localized heat source. Meanwhile, the pre-form is pulled vertically to draw the heated glass. The pre-form may float in a floatation mechanism to compensate for gravity when the pre-form is pulled upward. The blown and drawn pre-form may be cooled, coated with a polymer layer, and cut into a ribbon by in-line devices as it exits the air bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Claude Jacques Julien Vanotti
  • Publication number: 20100089097
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for the production of packaging made from borosilicate glass for pharmaceutical products and medical products comprising the steps of: providing a glass tube made from a borosilicate base glass, generating a temporary interface layer on an inner surface of the glass tube, hot-forming the glass tube at a temperature above Tg, and cooling down the glass tube to room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Heike Brack, Uwe Rothhaar, Stephan Tratzky, Juergen Thuerk
  • Publication number: 20100083705
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a decorative plate glass using a horizontal tempering furnace including, attaching crystal ice onto a surface of a plate glass, and subjecting the plate glass to a rapid heating and quenching treatment using a horizontal tempering furnace, the method further including: providing crystal ice whose constituent components are regulated such that a melting point temperature of the crystal ice is formed within the set range of the melting point temperature of the crystal ice defined as a toughening temperature of a pane core to 1O0 C above; attaching the crystal ice onto a surface of the plate glass, and rapidly heating the plate glass at a heating temperature inside the horizontal tempering furnace that corresponds to the set range of the melting point temperature of the crystal ice in the horizontal tempering furnace, wherein the rapid heating is performed by controlling a heating time using a first control factor which is readily set with respect to a heating time at the t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SAM SUNG GLASS IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Seok Jeon
  • Publication number: 20100064728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing iridescent crystal glass. The glass products produced with the method of present invention have the advantages of good streamline shape, natural color transition, and excellent visual effect, etc.; the method is helpful for accelerating product upgrade, improving product appearance and visual effects, and enhancing competence of products. Therefore, we paint iridescent crystal ink on glass products, and add patterns suitable for household electric appliances and buildings, thereby greatly improving the appearance of the product. In addition, due to the high safety performance of toughened glass and suitability of patterns and colors, iridescent crystal glass products have been accepted by the consumers gradually. The method comprises the following steps: a. cutting; b. edge processing; c. toughening; d. ink preparation; e. iridescent crystal printing; f.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Xiuqiang Lu