IP Library Granted Patent US 12692191
Granted Patent B2
US 12692191 · App. 18/553,300 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Method for manufacturing annular glass substrate, annular glass substrate, and method for manufacturing glass substrate for magnetic disc

Inventors: Shuhei Azuma (Hung Yen Province, VN); Toshio Takizawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
C03C15/02C03C2203/50
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Patent No.
US 12692191
App. No.
18/553,300
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an annular glass substrate includes: forming, on a glass blank, a separation line that includes a plurality of defects along a predetermined circle by irradiating a surface of the glass blank with a laser beam along the circle; and separating a portion outside the separation line of the glass blank on which the separation line was formed from a portion inside the separation line by heating the portion outside the separation line at a higher temperature than the portion inside the separation line. The separation line includes: a first region in which the defects are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent defects is a first interval; and a second region in which an interval between a pair of adjacent defects is shorter than the first interval.

Claims (66)

1 . A disc-shaped or annular glass substrate comprising:

two main surfaces; and

an outer circumferential edge surface that connects outer edges of the two main surfaces,

wherein the outer circumferential edge surface includes a first region and a second region in a circumferential direction of the disc-shaped or annular glass substrate,

each of the first region and the second region is formed with a plurality of grooves extending in a thickness direction of the disc-shaped or annular glass substrate,

in the first region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a first interval,

in the second region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the first interval, and

in the second region, each interval between each of the grooves and another groove spaced two grooves apart therefrom is the first interval.

2 . The disc-shaped or annular glass substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein a length of the second region is 12.5% or less of a length of the outer edge.

3 . The disc-shaped or annular glass substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the interval shorter than the first interval is 70% or less of the first interval.

4 . A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disc, comprising

at least processing for polishing the main surfaces of the disc-shaped or annular glass substrate according to claim 1 .

5 . The disc-shaped or annular glass substrate according to claim 2 ,

wherein the interval shorter than the first interval is 70% or less of the first interval.

6 . An annular glass substrate comprising:

two main surfaces;

an outer circumferential edge surface that connects outer edges of the two main surfaces;

an inner circumferential edge surface that is concentric with the outer circumferential edge surface and is formed inside the outer circumferential edge surface,

wherein the outer circumferential edge surface includes a first region and a second region,

each of the first region and the second region is formed with a plurality of grooves extending in a thickness direction of the disc-shaped or annular glass substrate,

in the first region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a first interval,

in the second region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the first interval,

the inner circumferential edge surface is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in the thickness direction of the annular glass substrate, a third region, and a fourth region,

in the third region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a second interval, and

in the fourth region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the second interval.

7 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 2 , further comprising

an inner circumferential edge surface that is concentric with the outer circumferential edge surface and is formed inside the outer circumferential edge surface,

wherein the inner circumferential edge surface is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in the thickness direction of the annular glass substrate, a third region, and a fourth region,

in the third region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a second interval,

in the fourth region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the second interval.

8 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 3 , further comprising

an inner circumferential edge surface that is concentric with the outer circumferential edge surface and is formed inside the outer circumferential edge surface,

wherein the inner circumferential edge surface is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in the thickness direction of the annular glass substrate, a third region, and a fourth region,

in the third region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a second interval,

in the fourth region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the second interval.

9 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 5 , further comprising

an inner circumferential edge surface that is concentric with the outer circumferential edge surface and is formed inside the outer circumferential edge surface,

wherein the inner circumferential edge surface is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in the thickness direction of the annular glass substrate, a third region, and a fourth region,

in the third region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a second interval,

in the fourth region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the second interval.

10 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second interval is shorter than the first interval.

11 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second interval is shorter than the first interval.

12 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 8 ,

wherein the second interval is shorter than the first interval.

13 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second interval is shorter than the first interval.

14 . An annular glass substrate comprising:

two main surfaces;

an outer circumferential edge surface that connects outer edges of the two main surfaces; and

an inner circumferential edge surface that is concentric with the outer circumferential edge surface, is formed inside the outer circumferential edge surface, and connects inner edges of the two main surfaces,

wherein the inner circumferential edge surface includes a third region and a fourth region,

each of the third region and the fourth region is formed with a plurality of grooves extending in a thickness direction of the annular glass substrate,

in the third region, the grooves are periodically formed and an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is a second interval, and

in the fourth region, an interval between a pair of adjacent grooves is shorter than the second interval.

15 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 14 ,

wherein a length of the fourth region is 12.5% or less of a length of the inner edge.

16 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 14 ,

wherein the interval shorter than the second interval is 70% or less of the second interval.

17 . The annular glass substrate according to claim 15 ,

wherein the interval shorter than the second interval is 70% or less of the second interval.

18 . A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disc, comprising

at least processing for polishing the main surfaces of the annular glass substrate according to claim 14 .