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US 12,240,780 · App. 17/623,791 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Glass-based articles with stress profiles having regions of enhanced stress

Inventors: Jennifer Lynn Hunt (Corning, NY); Rostislav Vatchev Roussev (Painted Post, NY)
Assignee: Corning Incorporated
C03C17/02C03C3/085C03C21/002
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Patent No.
US 12,240,780
App. No.
17/623,791
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Glass-based articles comprise: a lithium-based aluminosilicate composition; a glass-based substrate having opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t), wherein t is less than or equal to 0.74 mm; and a stress profile comprising: a spike region extending from the first surface to a tail region. A stress profile comprises: a maximum compressive stress (CS max ) of greater than or equal to 450 MPa; a spike region extending from the first surface to a tail region; and the tail region extending to a center of the glass-based article; wherein the tail region comprises: a region of enhanced stress having a first average compressive stress (CS avg−1 ) of greater than or equal to 100 MPa; and a FSM depth of layer (DOL FSM ) located at a depth of greater than or equal to 13 micrometers.

Claims (27)

1. A glass-based article comprising:

a lithium containing aluminosilicate composition;

a glass-based substrate having opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t), wherein t is less than or equal to 0.74 mm; and

a stress profile comprising:

a maximum compressive stress (CS max ) of greater than or equal to 450 MPa;

a spike region extending from the first surface to a tail region; and

the tail region extending to a center of the glass-based article;

wherein the tail region comprises:

a region of enhanced stress having a first average compressive stress (C avg−1 ), from DOL sp , plus one micron to DOL FSM , of greater than or equal to 100 MPa; and

a FSM depth of layer (DOL FSM ) located at a depth of greater than or equal to 13 micrometers.

2. The glass-based article of the claim 1 , wherein the first average compressive stress (CS avg−1 ) is less than or equal to 220 MPa.

3. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein a DOL sp is greater than or equal to 3 micrometers and less than or equal to 20 micrometers.

4. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein CS avg−1 is in a range of greater than or equal to 125 to less than or equal to 195.

5. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein CS avg-1 is in a range of greater than or equal to 100 to less than or equal to 160.

6. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the DOL FSM is located at a depth of greater than or equal to 20 micrometers.

7. The glass-based article of claim 6 , wherein the DOL FSM is located at a depth of greater than or equal to 22 micrometers.

8. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the t is greater than or equal to 0.2 millimeters.

9. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of Na 2 O to Li 2 O in the lithium containing aluminosilicate composition is greater than or equal to 1.

10. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein a maximum central tension (CT max ) is greater than or equal to 40 MPa.

11. The glass-based article of claim 1 comprising potassium oxide (K 2 O) having a non-zero concentration that varies from the first surface to a potassium depth of layer (DOL K ).

12. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein all points of the stress profile located in the spike region comprise a tangent having a slope with an absolute value that is 20 MPa/micrometer or greater, and all points of the stress profile located in the tail region deeper than the DOL K comprise a tangent having a slope with an absolute value that is less than 20 MPa/micrometer.

13. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the thickness is less than 0.70 mm.

14. A consumer electronic product comprising:

a housing having a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces;

electrical components at least partially within the housing, the electrical components comprising at least a controller, a memory, and a display, the display at or adjacent the front surface of the housing; and

a cover disposed over the display;

wherein at least a portion of at least one of the housing and the cover comprises the glass-based article of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: HUNT, JENNIFER LYNN; ROUSSEV, ROSTISLAV VATCHEV
To: CORNING INCORPORATED
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220242780A1 · Aug 4, 2022
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