IP Library Granted Patent US 9,321,672
Granted Patent B2
US 9,321,672 · App. 14/155,801 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Crystallized glass housing

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Patent No.
US 9,321,672
App. No.
14/155,801
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a crystallized glass housing excellent in properties suitable for a housing for an electronic device, such as shielding properties, high strength and production cost. A crystallized glass housing made of crystallized glass, said crystallized glass having a diffused transmittance of 15% or less in the entire light wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm, as measured by using an integrated sphere.

Claims (11)

1. A crystallized glass housing made of crystallized glass, which is to accommodate an electronic device, said crystallized glass having a diffused transmittance of 15% or less in the entire light wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm, as measured by using an integrated sphere, wherein the crystallized glass is white in appearance, and when reflected light of a C light source to the crystallized glass formed into a flat plate having a thickness of 2 mm is measured, the reflected light is within a range of an area surrounded by a straight line passing through a point A (x: 0.2500, y: 0.2500) and a point B (x: 0.4000, y: 0.3500), a straight line passing through the point B (x: 0.4000, y: 0.3500) and a point C (x: 0.4000, y: 0.4000), a straight line passing through the point C (x: 0.4000, y: 0. 4000) and a point D (x: 0.2500, y: 0.3000), and a straight line passing through the point D (x: 0.2500, y: 0.3000) and the point A (x: 0.2500, y: 0.2500) in CIE chromaticity coordinates.

2. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 1 , wherein the crystallized glass has a crystallite diameter exceeding 1,000 Å, as calculated by Scherrer's formula in X-ray diffraction measurement.

3. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 1 , wherein the crystallized glass has a compressive stress layer formed on the surface by chemical tempering treatment.

4. An electronic device which is accommodated in the crystallized glass housing as defined in claim 1 .

5. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 1 , wherein the crystallized glass does not contain MgO.

6. A crystallized glass housing made of crystallized glass, which is to accommodate an electronic device, said crystallized glass having a diffused transmittance of 15% or less in the entire light wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm, as measured by using an integrated sphere, wherein the crystallized glass contains, as a color component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of metal elements of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cr, V, Bi, Er, Sn, Ce, Pr, Eu, Nd and Ag in an amount of from 0.1 to 10% as represented by mol percentage based on metal oxides; and

wherein, when transmitted light of a C light source to the crystallized glass formed into a flat plate having a thickness of 2 mm is measured, the transmitted light has x of from 0.3 to 0.4 and y of from 0.3 to 0.4 in CIE chromaticity coordinates, and when reflected light of a C light source to the crystallized glass formed into a flat plate having a thickness of 2 mm is measured, the reflected light has x and y outside the range of the x and y of the transmitted light in CIE chromaticity coordinates.

7. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 6 , wherein the crystallized glass has a crystallite diameter exceeding 1,000 Å, as calculated by Scherrer's formula in X-ray diffraction measurement.

8. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 6 , wherein the crystallized glass has a compressive stress layer formed on the surface by chemical tempering treatment.

9. An electronic device which is accommodated in the crystallized glass housing as defined in claim 6 .

10. The crystallized glass housing according to claim 6 , wherein the crystallized glass does not contain MgO.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: SHIRATORI, MAKOTO; IIDA, YUUICHI; KUNO, KAZUHIDE
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032118/0085 →