Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
065034000 | With sealing off of gas evacuating opening | 9 |
20100186449 | HERMETICALLY SEALED GLASS PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. In one embodiment, the hermetically sealed glass package is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate. The second substrate contains at least one transition or rare earth metal such as iron, copper, vanadium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, chromium, neodymium and/or cerium. A sensitive thin-film device that needs protection is deposited onto the first substrate plate. A laser is then used to heat the doped second substrate plate in a manner that causes a portion of it to swell and form a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the thin film device. The second substrate plate is doped with at least one transition metal such that when the laser interacts with it there is an absorption of light from the laser in the second substrate plate, which leads to the formation of the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the thin-film device. Another embodiment of the hermetically sealed glass package and a method for manufacturing that hermetically sealed glass package are also described herein. | 07-29-2010 |
20100275654 | Vacuum insulating glass unit including infrared meltable glass frit, and/or method of making the same - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units including infrared meltable glass frits, and/or methods of making the same. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to increasing the amount of ferrous oxide in glass frits (e.g., lead-free glass frits) used to form edge seals such that the glass frits absorb an increased amount of IR energy. The techniques of certain example embodiments make it possible to expose some or all of the VIG intermediate assembly to infrared source(s), since the glass frit will heat up faster than the substrates thereby reducing the likelihood of the first and/or second substrate melting and losing heat treatment strength. In certain example embodiments, the frit's glass redox (FeO/Fe | 11-04-2010 |
20120285199 | Method for Sealing Pump-Out Hole of Vacuum Glass, Sealing Structure and Sealing Device - A method for sealing the pump-out hole of vacuum glass comprises: first preparing metal layer which is bonded with the glass plate at the outside surface of the glass plate around the pump-out hole; and air-tightly welding the sealing element and the metal layer around the pump-out hole by metal brazing technology after pumping. A structure and a device for sealing the pump-out hole of vacuum glass are also provided. The method can seal the pump-out hole reliably and firmly; the sealing structure is stable and has long service life; the welding between the sealing element and the metal layer can be completed instantly and the properties of the glass materials will not be affected. | 11-15-2012 |
20130255317 | EVACUATION AND PORT SEALING TECHNIQUES FOR VACUUM INSULATING GLASS UNITS, AND/OR VACUUM OVEN FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to evacuation and sealing techniques for VIG units, and/or multi-chamber vacuum ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a VIG assembly is inserted into a multi-chamber apparatus to successively reduce the chamber pressure and thus the pressure between substrates comprising the VIG assembly until a final evacuation pressure is reached. Once the final evacuation pressure is reached, a pump-out port or tube of the VIG assembly is sealed forming a VIG unit while the VIG assembly is still in the vacuum chamber. After sealing, chamber pressures are gradually increased to atmospheric while the gap between the substrates of the VIG unit remains at a pressure less than atmospheric which is close to the final evacuation pressure. | 10-03-2013 |
20130305785 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING VACUUM INSULATED GLASS (VIG) WINDOW UNIT INCLUDING PUMP-OUT TUBE SEALING TECHNIQUE - A method for making a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is provided in which an exposed end of a pump-out tube of a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is sealed using a laser that is applied to the end of the pump out tube in controlled sequential manner as opposed to a short duration, high-powered application of a laser. In particular, a method is disclosed in which a multiphase sequential variable power application of laser energy to an exposed end of a pump-out tube for controlled exposure times and decreasing laser trace diameters produces a more controlled melting of the tube glass to reduce or eliminate undesirable outgassing that may occur during a high-power short duration exposure of laser energy to the end of the pump-out tube to seal the tube. | 11-21-2013 |
20140116092 | Vacuum glass sealing method and device - Disclosed is a vacuum glass sealing method and a sealing device using the method. The sealing device comprises a bottom plate, an annular side wall, a cover plate, a partition plate and a heating device, wherein the lower end of the annular side wall ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140345329 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A FRIT FIRING CYCLE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A VACUUM SOLAR THERMAL PANEL - The present application relates to a method for manufacturing a vacuum solar thermal panel which comprises at least a tempered glass plate and a metal frame attached to said plate, the method comprising a fit firing cycle to form a glass-metal seal, the fit firing cycle comprising a first heating phase of the tempered glass plate up to a maximum temperature (Tm), being the temperature which preserves a suitable pre-stress level of the tempered glass plate. Advantageously according to the invention, the method further comprises a second heating phase (via optical radiation illumination) being a selective heating phase of a melting area of the tempered glass plate performed at a second temperature (Th) which is above the maximum temperature (Tm). | 11-27-2014 |
20150047394 | Vacuum Pumping Device, Vacuum Glazing Manufacturing System, and Related Method - Provided is a vacuum pumping device and a related method for manufacturing a vacuum glazing. The vacuum pumping device includes: a circular tubular pumping operation unit; a cylindrical pump-out hole sealing operation unit; a control part; and a driving device. The pumping operation unit and the pump-out hole sealing operation unit share a central axis, and form a cylinder with the former being outside and the latter being inside. A pumping channel is formed in a tube wall of the pumping operation unit, and a heating unit is disposed in the top portion inside the pump-out hole sealing operation unit. The control part time-sequentially controls the pumping operation unit and the pump-out hole sealing operation unit to move, controls the pumping channel to perform operations, and controls the heating unit to heat a sealing sheet to perform a pump-out hole sealing operation. | 02-19-2015 |
20160069591 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALL-GLASS SOLAR COLLECTOR TUBE WITHOUT EXHAUST TAIL TUBE - A method for manufacturing an all-glass solar heat collecting tube without a tail pipe. The bottom of one end of an inner glass tube plated by a selective absorbing coating layer is rounded, the other end is connected to a first glass outer tube. The bottom of one end of a second glass outer tube is rounded and the other end is flared. The connected inner glass tube/first glass outer tube is inserted into the second glass outer tube. A gap is formed between the first glass outer tube and the second glass outer tube to serve as an air exhausting channel. The first glass outer tube is inserted into the flared opening of the second glass outer tube. The contact point between the first glass outer tube and the second glass outer tube is heated to frit seal and butt joint. | 03-10-2016 |