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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Painted Post, NY (US);
Sean Matthew Garner, Elmira, NY (US);
Michael James McFarland, Corning, NY (US);
Michael John Moore, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.