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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Shinu Baby, Painted Post, NY (US);
Naigeng Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Michael Gross, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jason Thomas Harris, Horseheads, NY (US);
Dhananjay Joshi, Painted Post, NY (US);
Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Painted Post, NY (US);
Arlin Lee Weikel, Mansfield, PA (US);
Tingge Xu, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Foldable apparatus comprise a foldable substrate foldable about an axis and a substrate thickness defined between a first major surface and a second major surface. The foldable substrate comprises a central portion positioned between a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprising a substrate thickness. The central portion comprises a central thickness that is less than the substrate thickness. In some embodiments, a width of central portion is about 45 millimeters or less. Methods of making a foldable apparatus comprise forming a recess in a first major surface of the foldable substrate. In some embodiments, methods comprise chemically strengthening the foldable substrate.