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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Seung Jae Hong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Casey J. Feinstein, San Jose, CA (US);
Lili Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunggu Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuo-hua Sung, San Jose, CA (US);
John Z. Zhong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seung Jae Hong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Casey J. Feinstein, San Jose, CA (US);
Lili Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunggu Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuo-Hua Sung, San Jose, CA (US);
John Z. Zhong, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for chemically strengthening the edges of glass sheets are provided. Voids can be formed in a mother sheet. The edges of these voids may correspond to a portion of the new edges that would normally be created during separation and free shaping of the mother sheet. The mother sheet can then be immersed in a chemical strengthener. The edges of the voids can be chemically strengthened in addition to the front and back sides of the mother sheet. After thin film processing and separation, each of the resulting individual sheets has been chemically strengthened on both sides and on a portion of its edges.