Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090142568 | GLASSES HAVING IMPROVED TOUGHNESS AND SCRATCH RESISTANCE - A silicate glass that is tough and scratch resistant. The toughness is increased by minimizing the number of non-bridging oxygen atoms in the glass. In one embodiment, the silicate glass is an aluminoborosilicate glass in which −15 mol 1%≦(R | 06-04-2009 |
20090215607 | FINING AGENTS FOR SILICATE GLASSES - A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at least one multivalent metal oxide and, optionally, an oxidizer. A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm | 08-27-2009 |
20090220761 | ION EXCHANGED, FAST COOLED GLASSES - A glass that is ion exchangeable to a depth of at least 20 μm (microns) and has a internal region having a tension of less than or equal to 100 MPa. The glass is quenched or fast cooled from a first temperature above the anneal point of the glass to a second temperature that is below the strain point of the glass. In one embodiment, the glass is a silicate glass, such as an alkali silicate glass, an alkali aluminosilicate glass, an aluminosilicate glass, a borosilicate glass, an alkali aluminogermanate glass, an alkali germanate glass, an alkali gallogermanate glass, and combinations thereof. | 09-03-2009 |
20090286091 | RARE-EARTH-CONTAINING GLASS MATERIAL AND SUBSTRATE AND DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH SUBSTRATE - A rare-earth-containing glass material having a composition, expressed in mole percentages on and oxide basis, comprising:
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20100047521 | DURABLE GLASS HOUSINGS/ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The invention relates to glass articles suitable for use as electronic device housing/enclosure or protective cover which comprise a glass material. Particularly, a housing/enclosure/cover comprising an ion-exchanged glass exhibiting the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m | 02-25-2010 |
20100129602 | PROGRESSIVE PRESSING TO FORM A GLASS ARTICLE - The invention is directed to a method of forming small, thin glass articles having a thickness of less than 5 mm by the use of a plunger and a die, the die having walls, a terminal area and a transition area in contact with both the walls and the transition area is such that the interior distance dimensions of the die gradually decrease as one progresses from the terminal area through the transition area to the walls. | 05-27-2010 |
20100224954 | SUBSTRATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR ON INSULATOR DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for producing a semiconductor on insulator structure include: subjecting an implantation surface of a donor single crystal semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation process to create an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; bonding the implantation surface of the exfoliation layer to a glass substrate using electrolysis, wherein a liquidus viscosity of the glass substrate is about 100,000 Poise or greater. | 09-09-2010 |
20100291353 | METHOD OF SEPARATING STRENGTHENED GLASS - A method of cutting a glass sheet that has been thermally or chemically strengthened along a predetermined line, axis, or direction with high speed and with minimum damage on the cut edges. The strengthened glass sheet may be an aluminoborosilicate glass material having at least one alkali metal oxide modifier, and the ratio | 11-18-2010 |
20100304965 | Ceramic Articles And Methods Of Producing Ceramic Articles - A ceramic article may comprise a sintered phase ceramic composition comprising aluminum titanate (Al | 12-02-2010 |
20110045961 | ZIRCON COMPATIBLE GLASSES FOR DOWN DRAW - A glass that is down-drawable and ion exchangeable. The glass has a temperature T | 02-24-2011 |
20110092353 | DURABLE GLASS-CERAMIC HOUSINGS/ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates glass ceramic articles suitable for use as electronic device housing or enclosures which comprise a glass-ceramic material. Particularly, a glass-ceramic article housing/enclosure comprising a glass-ceramic material exhibiting both radio and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.5 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz, a fracture toughness of greater than 1.5 MPa·m | 04-21-2011 |
20110201490 | CRACK AND SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND ENCLOSURES MADE THEREFROM - 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. | 08-18-2011 |
20110294648 | ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASSES - An ion exchangeable glass that is free of lithium and comprising 0.1-10 mol % P | 12-01-2011 |
20120159991 | FINING AGENTS FOR SILICATE GLASSES - A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at least one multivalent metal oxide and, optionally, an oxidizer. A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm | 06-28-2012 |
20120251743 | DURABLE GLASS HOUSINGS/ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A housing/enclosure/cover can include an ion-exchanged glass exhibiting the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m | 10-04-2012 |
20120252652 | SILICATE GLASSES HAVING LOW SEED CONCENTRATION - A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm | 10-04-2012 |
20120308803 | GLASSES HAVING IMPROVED TOUGHNESS AND SCRATCH RESISTANCE - A silicate glass that is tough and scratch resistant. The toughness is increased by minimizing the number of non-bridging oxygen atoms in the glass. In one embodiment, the silicate glass is an aluminoborosilicate glass in which −15 mol %≦(R | 12-06-2012 |
20130004758 | ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASS WITH HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRESS - An aluminosilicate glass article having a high compressive stress layer. The glass article comprises at least about 50 mol % SiO | 01-03-2013 |
20130281281 | SILICATE GLASSES HAVING LOW SEED CONCENTRATION - A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm | 10-24-2013 |
20140066285 | COLORED AND OPAQUE GLASS-CERAMIC(S), ASSOCIATED COLORABLE AND CERAMABLE GLASS(ES), AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS(ES) - Disclosed herein are glass-ceramics having crystalline phases including β-spodumene ss and either (i) pseudobrookite or (ii) vanadium or vanadium containing compounds so as to be colored and opaque glass-ceramics having coordinates, determined from total reflectance—specular included—measurements, in the CIELAB color space of the following ranges: L*=from about 20 to about 45; a*=from about −2 to about +2; and b*=from about −12 to about +1. Such CIELAB color space coordinates can be substantially uniform throughout the glass-ceramics. In each of the proceeding, β-quartz ss can be substantially absent from the crystalline phases. If present, β-quartz ss can be less than about 20 wt % or, alternatively, less than about 15 wt % of the crystalline phases. Also Further crystalline phases might include spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss), rutile, magnesium zinc phosphate, or spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss) and rutile. | 03-06-2014 |
20140087194 | GLASS-CERAMIC(S); ASSOCIATED FORMABLE AND/OR COLOR-TUNABLE, CRYSTALLIZABLE GLASS(ES); AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS(ES) - Disclosed herein are one or more of formable and/or color-tunable, crystallizable glasses; formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; IXable, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; IX, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; a machine or equipment including a formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramic; a machine or equipment including an IXable, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; a machine or equipment including an IX, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; one or more processes for making formable, crystallizable glasses crystallizable; one or more processes for making formable and/or color-tunable, crystallizable glasses; one or more processes for making formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; one or more processes for making IXable, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; one or more processes for making IX, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; and one or more processes for using any one of formable and/or color-tunable, crystallizable glasses; formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; IXable, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics; and/or IX, formed and/or color-tuned glass-ceramics. | 03-27-2014 |
20140106172 | ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASS WITH HIGH DAMAGE RESISTANCE - An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B | 04-17-2014 |
20140113798 | FINING AGENTS FOR SILICATE GLASSES - A fining agent for reducing the concentration of seeds or bubbles in a silicate glass. The fining agent includes at least one inorganic compound, such as a hydrate or a hydroxide that acts as a source of water. In one embodiment, the fining agent further includes at least one multivalent metal oxide and, optionally, an oxidizer. A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm | 04-24-2014 |
20140186632 | ZIRCON COMPATIBLE, ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASS WITH HIGH DAMAGE RESISTANCE - An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B | 07-03-2014 |
20140308526 | ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASSES - An ion exchangeable glass that is free of lithium and comprising 0.1-10 mol % P | 10-16-2014 |
20140329660 | CRACK AND SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND ENCLOSURES MADE THEREFROM - 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. | 11-06-2014 |
20140356576 | DOWN-DRAWABLE CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS FOR INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES - Described herein are various glass compositions, glass articles, and information storage devices that comprise the glass articles as substrates therefor, along with methods for their manufacture and use. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356605 | Antimicrobial Articles and Methods of Making and Using Same - Described herein are glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic articles having improved antimicrobial efficacy. Further described are methods of making and using the improved articles. The improved articles generally include a glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic substrate, a compressive stress layer that extends inward from a surface of the glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic substrate to a first depth therein, and an antimicrobial agent-containing region that extends inward from the surface of the glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic substrate to a second depth therein. | 12-04-2014 |
20150024210 | ZIRCON COMPATIBLE GLASSES FOR DOWN DRAW - A glass that is down-drawable and ion exchangeable. The glass has a temperature T | 01-22-2015 |
20150064473 | ION EXCHANGEABLE GLASS CONTAINING BORON AND PHOSPHOROUS - Ion exchangeable glasses containing SiO | 03-05-2015 |
20150064474 | Ion Exchangeable Glass, Glass Ceramics and Methods for Making the Same - Glass-ceramics and precursor glasses that are crystallizable to glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics of one or more embodiments include rutile, anatase, armalcolite or a combination thereof as the predominant crystalline phase. Such glasses and glass-ceramics may include compositions of, in mole %: SiO | 03-05-2015 |