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Granted Patent B2
US 12,226,874 · App. 17/571,184 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Glass substrate and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Takeaki Ono (Tokyo, JP); Koki Moriya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC INC.
B24B9/10C03C19/00
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Patent No.
US 12,226,874
App. No.
17/571,184
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glass substrate includes: a first major surface; a second major surface that is opposite to the first major surface; an end surface interposed between the first major surface and the second major surface; a first boundary surface that is interposed between the first major surface and the end surface and connected to the end surface; and a second boundary surface that is connected to the first major surface and the first boundary surface. The second boundary surface is a convex curved surface, and the second boundary surface has a radius of curvature R 2 of 0.1 mm or larger and 2.0 mm or smaller.

Claims (25)

1. A glass substrate comprising:

a first major surface;

a second major surface that is opposite to the first major surface;

an end surface interposed between the first major surface and the second major surface;

a first boundary surface that is interposed between the first major surface and the end surface and connected to the end surface; and

a second boundary surface that is connected to the first major surface and the first boundary surface,

wherein the second boundary surface is a convex curved surface,

the second boundary surface has a radius of curvature R 2 of 0.3 mm or larger and 2.0 mm or smaller,

a chip size in the second boundary surface is 0.08 mm or smaller, and

an angle θ 1 formed by the second boundary surface and the first major surface is 15° or larger and 45° or smaller.

2. The glass substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first boundary surface is a convex curved surface, and

the first boundary surface has a radius of curvature R 1 of 0.1 mm or larger and 1.0 mm or smaller.

3. The glass substrate according to claim 2 ,

wherein the radius of curvature R 2 of the second boundary surface is larger than the radius of curvature R 1 of the first boundary surface.

4. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising a bent portion where the first major surface and the second major surface are bent.

5. The glass substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein a difference between a distance L 1 from the end surface to the first major surface and a distance L 2 from the end surface to the second major surface is 0.2 mm or smaller.

6. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the glass substrate is used as a cover glass of a display device.

7. The glass substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the display device is an in-vehicle display device.

8. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the radius of curvature R 2 of the second boundary surface is larger than a radius of curvature R 1 of the first boundary surface.

9. A method for manufacturing the glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising:

preparing a glass plate; and

grinding the glass plate using a rotary whetstone,

wherein the rotary whetstone has a grinding surface that is shaped so as to conform to shapes of the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: ONO, TAKEAKI; MORIYA, KOKI
To: AGC INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-128071 · Jul 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020025670 · Jun 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220126416A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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