Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150158756 | STRENGTHENED GLASS - There is an article of manufacture. The article includes an alkali aluminosilicate glass object. The glass object is characterized by having at least one of: a surface compression of ≧about 100,000 psi with a case depth of ≧about 600 microns; and/or a compressive stress of ≧about 30,000 psi at ≧about 50 microns below a surface of the glass object and above the case depth. | 06-11-2015 |
20140178691 | STRENGTHENED GLASS AND METHODS FOR MAKING USING DIFFERENTIAL CHEMISTRY - Chemically strengthened glass and a method for making utilizing differential chemistry are provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a glass chemical structure. Host alkali ions are situated in the chemical structure. The substrate has a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium characterized by including a composition associated with an ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than an average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The method also includes providing a modified exchange medium including a modified composition associated with a modified ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange mediums and conducting ion exchange to produce the strengthened substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178690 | STRENGTHENED GLASS AND METHODS FOR MAKING USING DIFFERENTIAL DENSITY - Chemically strengthened glass and a method for making utilizing differential areal density are provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a glass chemical structure. Host alkali ions are situated in the chemical structure. The substrate has a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium characterized by having an areal density, associated with an ion exchange rate, of invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than an average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The method also includes providing a modified exchange medium characterized by having a modified areal density, associated with a modified ion exchange rate, of the invading alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange mediums and conducting ion exchange to produce the strengthened substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178689 | STRENGTHENED GLASS AND METHODS FOR MAKING USING DIFFERENTIAL TIME - Chemically strengthened glass and a method for making utilizing differential time are provided. The method includes providing a substrate. The substrate includes a glass chemical structure. Host alkali ions are situated in the chemical structure. The substrate has a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium including invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than an average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-rich volume for a period of time and applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-poor volume for a modified period of time. The method also includes conducting ion exchange while applying the exchange medium to produce the strengthened substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178663 | STRENGTHENED GLASS AND METHODS FOR MAKING USING HEAT TREATMENT - Chemically strengthened glass with reduced induced curvature and a method for making utilizing a heat treatment are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, having a width, and characterized by having a glass chemical structure including host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure. The substrate also includes dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the provided substrate. The method also includes heating the provided substrate to a heat-treating temperature for a heat-treating period to produce a heat-treated substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium including invading alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange medium and conducting ion exchange to produce the strengthened substrate with reduced induced curvature. | 06-26-2014 |
20140109616 | METHOD FOR MAKING STRENGTHENED GLASS - There is a method for making. The method includes providing an untreated alkali aluminosilicate glass having an annealing point temperature that is at least about 580° C. The method also includes providing a mixed potassium and sodium salt bath having greater than about 50 mole % potassium salt and less than about 50 mole % sodium salt. The method also includes immersing the untreated glass in the mixed salt bath and maintaining the mixed salt bath with the immersed untreated glass within a temperature range from about 450° C. to less than the annealing point temperature of the untreated glass for a period greater than about 2 hours to produce a strengthened glass. The produced strengthened glass has a surface compression of at least about 100,000 psi and a compression case depth of at least about 600 microns. | 04-24-2014 |