Corning Incorporated

Patrick Jean Pierre Herve

Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux

Allan Mark Fredholm

Laurent Joubaud

Stephane Poissy

Sophie Peschiera

Arnaud Dominique Dejean

Yawei Sun

Naiyue Zhou

Keith Leonard House

Michael Yoshiya Nishimoto

Chester Hann Huei Chang

Frederic Henri Florent

Paul Louis Florent Delautre

Paul Gregory Chalk

Paul Delautre

Jean-Pierre H Lereboullet

Stéphane Poissy

A method for bending a sheet of material into a shaped article includes providing the sheet of material. A reformable area and a non-reformable area of the sheet of material are heated to a first temperature range corresponding to a first viscosity range. The reformable area of the sheet of material is subsequently heated to a second temperature range corresponding to a second viscosity range. The reformable area of the sheet of material is reformed into a selected shape by at least one of sagging the reformable area of the sheet of material and applying a force to the sheet of material outside of or near a boundary of the reformable area.

Method and apparatus for bending a sheet of material into a shaped article

A method of bending a glass sheet includes placing the glass sheet on a support and heating the entire glass sheet to a first viscosity. A band of heat is applied and translated along the selected region of the glass sheet in which a predetermined is to be formed over a time period to form the predetermined in the selected region. The band of heat sectionally heats the selected region to a second viscosity that is lower than the first viscosity. An actuated force is applied to the glass sheet to incrementally form the predetermined bend in the selected region according to the location of the band of heat in the selected region.

Method and apparatus for bending a glass sheet and an electronic device casing

An apparatus for mass production of 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets includes a heating section having a heating station that includes a heating chamber adapted to receive a 2D glass-containing sheet, a pneumatic bearing system proximate to the heating chamber for suspending the 2D glass-containing sheet inside the heating chamber, and a heater system proximate to the heating chamber for supplying heat to the heating chamber. A forming section downstream of the heating section has a forming station that includes a mold system adapted to shape a heated 2D glass-containing sheet into a 3D article. A cooling section downstream of the forming section has a cooling chamber adapted to controllably cool off one or more 3D articles. A method of mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets involves use of the apparatus.

Apparatus and method for mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets

A conformable nosing device is described herein which conforms to have a bowed shape that substantially matches a bowed shape of a glass sheet and which engages the glass sheet to help minimize the motion of the glass sheet and to help reduce the stress within the glass sheet while the glass sheet is being scored and separated into individual glass sheets. In addition, the conformable nosing device can include a passive nosing device which can be controlled to further help minimize the motion of the glass sheet while the glass sheet is being scored and separated into individual glass sheets.

Conformable nosing device for reducing motion and stress within a glass sheet while manufacturing the glass sheet

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Avon, France

Patrick Jean Pierre Herve