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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2010
Jeffrey Michael Amsden, Hammondsport, NY (US);
James Joseph Bernas, Horseheads, NY (US);
John Joseph Costello, Iii, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Margaret Helen Gentile, Boston, MA (US);
Mark Andrew Stocker, Market Harborough, GB;
LU Zhang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jeffrey Michael Amsden, Hammondsport, NY (US);
James Joseph Bernas, Horseheads, NY (US);
John Joseph Costello, III, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Margaret Helen Gentile, Boston, MA (US);
Mark Andrew Stocker, Market Harborough, GB;
Lu Zhang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electromagnetic energy. The beam heats, cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material to form the seal. The force is applied by directing a flow of fluid against the substrate assembly, and beneficially improves contact between the substrates of the substrate assembly and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates.