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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kristen L Barefoot, Lawrenceville, PA (US);
David John Brockway, Bellefonte, PA (US);
James Joseph Price, Corning, NY (US);
Jose Mario Quintal, Campbell, NY (US);
Ronald Leroy Stewart, Elmira, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 3/095 (2006.01); C03C 21/00 (2006.01); C03C 3/083 (2006.01); C03C 3/087 (2006.01); C03C 3/091 (2006.01); C03C 3/093 (2006.01); C03C 4/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 3/095 (2013.01); C03C 3/083 (2013.01); C03C 3/087 (2013.01); C03C 3/091 (2013.01); C03C 3/093 (2013.01); C03C 4/18 (2013.01); C03C 21/002 (2013.01); C03C 2204/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.