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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Marc Ouellette, Nashua, NH (US);
Joseph M. Collins, Dublin, NH (US);
John Walter Locher, Amherst, NH (US);
Guilford L. Mack, III, Manchester, NH (US);
Abbie M. Jennings, Milford, NH (US);
Jan J. Buzniak, Solon, OH (US);
Christopher D. Jones, Amherst, NH (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC., Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for growing a sapphire sheet via edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) including an angled heat shield with respect to the a side surface of a die tip. The present disclosure is further directed to an sapphire sheets and batches of such sheets having features such as a particular maximum low spot thickness.