IP Library Granted Patent US 9,950,945
Granted Patent B2
US 9,950,945 · App. 15/189,543 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Tempered glass sheet

Inventors: Yasumasa Kato (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Kazushige Yoda (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Jiro Nishihama (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
C03B27/0526C03B27/0522C03C23/007
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Patent No.
US 9,950,945
App. No.
15/189,543
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a tempered glass sheet having a thickness of from 1.8 to less than 2.5 mm, which is capable of satisfying the fragmentation quality and impact strength quality required for windowpanes for automobiles. A tempered glass sheet having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces, and having a thickness of from 1.8 to less than 2.5 mm, wherein at the first surface, the average value of the surface compressive stress is within a range of from 100 to 160 MPa, and the average value of the surface strength is within a range of from 220 to 400 MPa.

Claims (25)

1. An air-quenched tempered glass sheet having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces, and having a thickness of from 1.8 to less than 2.5 mm,

wherein the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is within a range of from 100 to 160 MPa,

the average value of the surface strength at the first surface is within a range of from 220 to 400 MPa,

the Weibull distribution of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 7.5,

the average value of the surface compressive stress at the second surface is at least the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface, and

the average value of the surface strength at the second surface is at least the average value of the surface strength at the first surface.

2. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is from 110 to 150 MPa.

3. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the Weibull distribution of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 8.0.

4. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 170 MPa.

5. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is at least 80 MPa.

6. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the tempered glass sheet is from 1.8 to 2.3 mm.

7. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the surface compressive stress at the second surface is greater than the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface, and the average value of the surface strength at the second surface is greater than the average value of the surface strength at the first surface.

8. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass sheet is suitable for a windowpane of an automobile.

9. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the Weibull distribution of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 8.5.

10. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is within a range of from 105 to 155 MPa.

11. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the surface strength at the first surface is within a range of from 230 to 390 MPa.

12. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the surface strength at the first surface is within a range of from 250 to 380 MPa.

13. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 180 MPa.

14. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 190 MPa.

15. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is at least 85 MPa.

16. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is at least 90 MPa.

17. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface is at least 95 MPa.

18. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the Weibull distribution of the surface strength at the first surface is at least 8.0.

19. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness of the tempered glass sheet is from 1.8 to 2.3 mm.

20. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the average value of the surface compressive stress at the second surface is greater than the average value of the surface compressive stress at the first surface, and the average value of the surface strength at the second surface is greater than the average value of the surface strength at the first surface.

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 Jun 22, 2016
From: KATO, YASUMASA; YODA, KAZUSHIGE; NISHIHAMA, JIRO
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038986/0321 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-132348 · Jul 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170001899A1 · Jan 5, 2017