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US 12,005,677 · App. 17/270,916 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Article comprising puncture resistant laminate with ultra-thin glass layer

Inventors: Shinu Baby (Painted Post, NY); Kuan-Ting Kuo (Chubei, TW); Yousef Kayed Qaroush (Painted Post, NY); Robert Lee Smith, III (Horseheads, NY)
Assignee: Corning Incorporated
B32B17/06B32B7/12B32B2307/558B32B2307/581B32B2307/584B32B2457/20B32B2571/00
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Patent No.
US 12,005,677
App. No.
17/270,916
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article including a laminate having a substrate and an ultra-thin cover glass layer bonded to atop surface of the substrate. The ultra-thin cover glass layer has a thickness in the range of 1 micron to 49 microns. The ultra-thin cover glass layer is bonded to the top surface of the substrate with an optically transparent adhesive layer having a thickness in the range of 5 microns to 50 microns.

Claims (34)

1. An article comprising:

a laminate comprising:

a substrate;

a cover glass layer bonded to a top surface of the substrate, the cover glass layer comprising a thickness in a range of 1 micron to 30 microns; and

an optically transparent adhesive layer comprising a thickness in a range of 5 microns to 50 microns that bonds a bottom surface of the cover glass layer to the top surface of the substrate,

wherein the cover glass layer comprises an alkali-containing aluminosilicate glass comprising SnO 2 at a mol % of 0.08 mol % or less,

wherein the laminate achieves a bend radius of 3 mm, and

wherein the laminate comprises an impact resistance defined by the capability of the cover glass layer to avoid failure at a puncture load of 2.25 kilograms-force or more in a Puncture Test.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the optically transparent adhesive layer comprises a thickness in the range of 25 microns to 50 microns.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cover glass layer is directly bonded to the top surface of the substrate with the optically transparent adhesive layer.

4. The article of claim 1 , wherein the laminate comprises an impact resistance defined by the capability of the cover glass layer to avoid failure at a pen drop height of 8 centimeters or more, wherein the pen drop height is measured according to a Pen Drop Test.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cover glass layer is a redrawn glass layer drawn to the thickness of the cover glass layer.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cover glass layer comprises:

55 mol % to 70 mol % SiO 2 ;

10 mol % to 20 mol % Al 2 O 3 ; and

10 mol % to 20 mol % Na 2 O.

7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cover glass layer comprises a compressive stress at least at one of a top surface or the bottom surface of the cover glass layer, and a concentration of metal oxide that is different at least at two points through the thickness of the cover glass layer.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises an electronic display comprising a display surface defining at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate.

9. The article of claim 1 , comprising a coating layer disposed on a top surface of the cover glass layer.

10. The article of claim 9 , wherein the coating layer comprises a coating layer selected from the group consisting of: an anti-reflection coating layer, an anti-glare coating layer, an anti-fingerprint coating layer, an anti-splinter coating layer, and an anti-microbial coating layer.

11. The article of claim 1 , wherein the laminate is devoid of a polymeric hard-coating layer disposed on a top surface of the cover glass layer.

12. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article is a consumer electronic product and the substrate comprises an electronic display, the consumer electronic product comprising:

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

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

wherein the cover glass layer forms at least a portion of the housing.

13. The article of claim 1 , wherein the alkali-containing aluminosilicate glass comprises 0.04 mol % to 0.08 mol % SnO 2 .

14. A method of making a laminate, the method comprising:

bonding a cover glass layer to a top surface of a substrate, the cover glass layer comprising a thickness in the range of 1 microns to 30 microns,

wherein a bottom surface of the cover glass layer is bonded to the top surface of the substrate with an optically transparent adhesive layer comprising a thickness in a range of 5 microns to 50 microns,

wherein the cover glass layer comprises an alkali-containing aluminosilicate glass comprising SnO 2 at a mol % of 0.08 mol % or less,

wherein the laminate achieves a bend radius of 3 mm, and

wherein the laminate comprises an impact resistance defined by the capability of the cover glass layer to avoid failure at a puncture load of 2.25 kilograms-force or more in a Puncture Test.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising forming the cover glass layer with a redrawing process, wherein the redrawing process comprises redrawing the cover glass layer to the thickness of the cover glass layer.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising coating a top surface of the cover glass layer with a coating layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: BABY, SHINU; KUO, KUAN-TING; QAROUSH, YOUSEF KAYED; SMITH, ROBERT LEE, III
To: CORNING INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055385/0891 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62722309 · Aug 24, 2018
Related Publication 20210178730A1 · Jun 17, 2021