Shaped glass laminates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773988-B2
Application number	US-201916539611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2019
Priority date	Feb 20, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of a laminate including a first curved glass substrate comprising a first viscosity (poises) at a temperature of 630° C.; a second curved glass substrate comprising a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.; and an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate, are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the first curved glass substrate exhibits a first sag depth that is within 10% of a second sag depth of the second curved glass substrate. In one or more embodiments, the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate exhibit a shape deviation therebetween of about ±5 mm or less as measured by an optical three-dimensional scanner or exhibit minimal optical distortion. Embodiments of vehicles including such laminates and methods for making such laminates are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laminate comprising:
a first curved glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface, a first thickness defined as the distance between the first major surface and second major surface, and a first sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, the first curved glass substrate comprising a first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.;
a second curved glass substrate comprising a third major surface, a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface, a second thickness defined as the distance between the third major surface and the fourth major surface, and a second sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, the second curved glass substrate comprising a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.; and
an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate and adjacent the second major surface and third major surface,
wherein the first sag depth is within 10% of the second sag depth and a shape deviation between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate is within ±5 mm as measured by an optical three-dimensional scanner, and
wherein one of or both the first major surface and the fourth major surface exhibit an optical distortion of less than 200 millidiopters as measured by an optical distortion detector using transmission optics according to ASTM 1561, and
wherein the first major surface or the second major surface comprises a membrane tensile stress of less than 7 MPa as measured by a surface stressmeter.

2. A laminate comprising:
a first curved glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface, a first thickness defined as the distance between the first major surface and second major surface, and a first sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, the first curved glass substrate comprising a first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.;
a second curved glass substrate comprising a third major surface, a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface, a second thickness defined as the distance between the third major surface and the fourth major surface, and a second sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, the second curved glass substrate comprising a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.; and
an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate and adjacent the second major surface and third major surface,
wherein the first sag depth is within 10% of the second sag depth and a shape deviation between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate is within ±5 mm as measured by an optical three-dimensional scanner, and
wherein one of or both the first major surface and the fourth major surface exhibit an optical distortion of less than 200 millidiopters as measured by an optical distortion detector using transmission optics according to ASTM 1561,
wherein the first major surface or the second major surface comprises a membrane tensile stress of less than 7 MPa as measured by a surface stressmeter;
wherein a stack of the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate comprises an effective viscosity that is between the first viscosity and the second viscosity at a temperature (T) in a range from about 500° C. to about 700° C., and is determined by the equation: μ eff (T)=((μ 1 (T)t 1 )/(t 1 +t 2 ))+((μ 2 (T)t 2 )/(t 1 +t 2 )), where μ 1 (T) is the viscosity of the first curved glass substrate at temperature (T), t 1 is the thickness of the first curved glass substrate, μ 2 (T) is the viscosity of the second curved glass substrate at temperature (T), t 2 is the thickness of the second curved glass substrate.

3. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness.

4. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is about 1.6 mm or greater, and the second thickness is in a range from about 0.1 mm to less than about 1.6 mm.

5. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the first curved substrate comprises a first sag temperature and the second curved glass substrate comprises a second sag temperature that differs from the first sag temperature.

6. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the shape deviation is within ±1 mm.

7. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the optical distortion is 100 millidiopters or less.

8. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the membrane tensile stress is 5 MPa or less.

9. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the second sag depth is in a range from about 5 mm to about 30 mm.

10. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the laminate is substantially free of visual distortion as measured by ASTM Cl652/Cl652M.

11. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the second curved glass substrate is strengthened.

12. The laminate of claim 11 , wherein the first curved glass substrate is unstrengthened.

13. The laminate of claim 11 , wherein the first curved glass substrate is strengthened.

14. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the first curved glass substrate comprises a soda lime silicate glass.

15. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the laminate is complexly curved.

16. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is from about 3 times to about 10 times the second thickness or from 4 times to about 10 times the second thickness.

17. The laminate of claim 16 , wherein the second thickness is less than 1.5 mm or less than 1.4 mm.

18. The laminate of claim 1 , wherein the laminate forms at least one of a sidelight, a windshield, a rear window, a rearview mirror, or a sunroof of a vehicle.

19. A vehicle comprising:
a body defining an interior and an opening in communication with the interior;
a complexly curved laminate disposed in the opening, the laminate comprising
a first curved glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface, a first thickness defined as the distance between the first major surface and second major surface, and a first sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, wherein the first curved glass substrate comprises a first viscosity;
a second curved glass substrate comprising a third major surface, a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface, a second thickness defined as the distance between the third major surface and the fourth major surface, and a second sag depth of about 2 mm or greater, wherein the second curved glass substrate comprises a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of about 630° C.; and
an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate and adjacent the second major surface and third major surface, wherein the first sag depth is within 10% of the second sag depth and a shape deviation between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate is within ±5 mm as measured by an optical three-dimensional scanner, and
wherein one of or both the first major surface and the fourth major surface exhibit an optical distortion of less than 200 millidiopters as measured by an optical distortion detector using transmission optics according to ASTM 1561, and
wherein the first major surface or the second major surface comprises a membrane tensile stress of less than 7 MPa as measured by a surface stressmeter.

20. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness.

21. The vehicle of claim 19 , wh

Assignees

• Corning Inc

Inventors

• Fredholm Michele Marie-Louise

Classifications

• C03C3/087

  containing calcium oxide, e.g. common sheet or container glass · CPC title

• C03B23/0357

  by suction without blowing, e.g. with vacuum or by venturi effect · CPC title

• C03B23/0252 Primary

  by gravity only, e.g. sagging (C03B23/035 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J1/008

  of special shape, e.g. beveled edges, holes for attachment, bent windows, peculiar curvatures such as when being integrally formed with roof, door, etc. · CPC title

• B32B2250/40

  Symmetrical or sandwich layers, e.g. ABA, ABCBA, ABCCBA · CPC title