| 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:
| 11-19-2009 |
| 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 |