Corning Incorporated

Patrick Joseph Cimo

Steven Edward DeMartino

Adam James Ellison

Robert Anthony Schaut

Natesan Venkataraman

John Stephen Peanasky

James Ernest Webb

Joseph Michael Matusick

Connor Thomas O'Malley

Douglas Miles Noni, Jr

Butchi Reddy Vaddi

Timothy Michael Gross

Guangli Hu

Theresa Chang

Nicholas James Smith

Polly Wanda Chu

Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux

Michael Thomas Gallagher

Jaymin Amin

Santona Pal

Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin

Dana Craig Bookbinder

Ming-Jun Li

Pushkar Tandon

Daniel Aloysius Nolan

Xin Chen

Daniel Warren Hawtof

Heather Debra Boek

Frank Thomas Coppola

Laurent Joubaud

Gautam Narendra Kudva

Kevin Patrick McNelis

Sinue Gomez-Mower

Amber Leigh Tremper

Christy Lynn Chapman

Shivani Rao Polasani

Jared Seaman Aaldenberg

Christie Leigh McCarthy

Weirong Jiang

Bryan James Musk

Eric Lewis Allington

Kristen Dae Waight

Adam Robert Sarafian

Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr

Mark Lawrence Powley

Michael Thomas Murtagh

Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson

Dennis James Post

Glen Bennett Cook

Olus Naili Boratav

Richard Curwood Peterson

Irene Mona Peterson

Kiat Chyai Kang

George Clinton Shay

Ronan Tanguy

Nicholas Ryan Wheeler

Robert Lee Smith, Iii

Michael Patrick Donovan

Sue Camille Lewis

Kuan-ting Kuo

Karthik Gopalakrishnan

Alicia Marie Gallagher

Michael Clement Ruotolo

Paul D Albee

Glafiro Guerrero-Medina

Bethany Jon Alderman

A glass element having a thickness from 25 μm to 125 μm, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress σI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.

Bendable glass stack assemblies, articles and methods of making the same

A glass cartridge comprises a cylindrical body portion comprising an outer diameter Dand an average sidewall thickness T, the cylindrical body portion having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; an opening at the first end of the cylindrical body portion; a shoulder extending radially inward from the second end of the cylindrical body portion; and a neck extending from the shoulder and comprising an outer neck diameter Nthat is less than the outer diameter Dof the cylindrical body portion. The average wall thickness Tis less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of a standard glass cartridge defined by ISO 13926-1:2004 having an outer diameter dthat is closer to the outer diameter Dthan the outer diameter dof any other standard glass cartridge defined by ISO 13926-1:2004.

Glass containers for storing pharmaceutical compositions

Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter di of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Tthat is less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

A method includes heating a glass preform having a plurality of glass layers and drawing the glass preform in a distal direction to form a drawn glass sheet extending distally from the glass preform and having the plurality of glass layers. The drawn glass sheet is thinner than the glass preform. The drawn glass sheet can be rolled onto a collection spool. At least a portion of a glass layer can be removed from the drawn glass sheet. An exemplary glass sheet includes a first glass layer, a second glass layer adjacent to the first glass layer, and a thickness of at most about 0.1 mm. An exemplary ion exchanged glass sheet includes a thickness of at most about 0.1 mm and a surface layer that is under a compressive stress and extends into an interior of the glass sheet to a depth of layer.

Thin glass sheet and system and method for forming the same

Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter dof a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Tthat is less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

A cover element for an electronic device that includes a glass element having a thickness from 20 μm to 125 μm, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, and a polymeric layer disposed over the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it has a bend strength of about 1850 MPa or more at a 10% failure probability, wherein the cover element is made by a multi-step method that employs a redraw thinning step and at least two chemical etching steps.

Enhanced strength of glass by combining redraw and chemical thinning processes

Methods and apparatus provide for: sourcing an ultra-thin glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces and perimeter edges therebetween, the glass sheet having a thickness between the first and second surfaces of less than about 400 microns; adhering at least one polymer layer directly or indirectly to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the glass sheet to form a laminated structure; and cutting the laminated structure using at least one of the following techniques: shear cutting, burst cutting, slit cutting, and crush cutting.

Methods and apparatus for fabricating and cutting flexible glass and polymer composite structures

A glass element having a thickness from 25 &#x3bc;m to 125 &#x3bc;m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress GI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.

Shaped glass structures, in particular to curved glass structures, having optically improved transmittance are provided along with methods of making such glass structures. Articles and methods described herein mask tube or reforming defects with help of refractive index-matching substances (e.g. optically clear adhesives) and/or additional glass layers. The articles and methods are applicable to any shaped glass, and is particularly useful for 3D-shaped parts for use in portable electronic devices.

Method of improving optical quality of curved glass structures

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Patrick Joseph Cimo