Vehicle interior systems having a curved cover glass with improved reliability and methods for forming the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11745588-B2
Application number	US-201816754853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Priority date	Oct 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, a cold-formed glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 500 mm or greater, and an adhesive between the curved surface and the glass substrate. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed. The systems and methods include components and/or design modifications or methods for reducing stress in the adhesive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle interior system comprising
a base having a curved surface;
a cold-formed glass substrate disposed on the curved surface, the glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface and facing the curved surface, and a minor surface connecting the first major surface and the second major surface, a thickness defined as a distance between the first major surface and the second major surface, a width defined as a first dimension of one of the first or second major surfaces orthogonal to the thickness, and a length defined as a second dimension of one of the first or second major surfaces orthogonal to both the thickness and the width;
an adhesive disposed between the curved surface and the glass substrate; and
at least one stress-reduction component in a location that reduces an amount of adhesive stress in one or more areas of the adhesive;
wherein the thickness is 1.5 mm or less, the width is in a range from about 5 cm to about 250 cm, and the length is from about 5 cm to about 250 cm
wherein the at least one stress-reduction component comprises one of an area of the curved surface comprising a radius of curvature that is larger than that of another area of the curved surface and a hot-formed area of the cold-formed glass substrate, and
wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 500 mm or greater.

2. The vehicle interior system of claim 1 , further comprising a display module attached to the first major surface and comprising a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature.

3. The vehicle interior system of claim 2 , wherein the adhesive is disposed between the glass substrate and the display module.

4. The vehicle interior system of claim 2 , wherein the glass substrate comprises a periphery adjacent the minor surface, and the adhesive is disposed between the periphery of the second major surface and the display module.

5. The vehicle interior system of claim 1 , wherein the location of the at least one stress-reduction component comprises an edge of the first major surface.

6. A vehicle interior system comprising
a base having a curved surface;
a cold-formed glass substrate disposed on the curved surface, the glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposing the first major surface and facing the curved surface, and a minor surface connecting the first major surface and the second major surface, a thickness defined as a distance between the first major surface and the second major surface, a width defined as a first dimension of one of the first or second major surfaces orthogonal to the thickness, and a length defined as a second dimension of one of the first or second major surfaces orthogonal to both the thickness and the width; and
an adhesive disposed between the curved surface and the glass substrate,
wherein the thickness is 1.5 mm or less, the width is in a range from about 5 cm to about 250 cm, and the length is from about 5 cm to about 250 cm,
wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 500 mm or greater, and
wherein the second major surface comprises a second radius of curvature that is greater than the first radius of curvature,
wherein the first radius of curvature is disposed proximate to a first curved area of the curved surface,
wherein the second radius of curvature is disposed proximate to a second curved area of the curved surface,
wherein the first curved area extends from the second curved area,
wherein the first and second curved areas are curved along the same direction.

7. The vehicle interior system of claim 6 , further comprising a display module attached to the first major surface and comprising a third radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature.

8. The vehicle interior system of claim 7 , wherein the adhesive is disposed between the glass substrate and the display module.

9. The vehicle interior system of claim 7 , wherein the glass substrate comprises a periphery adjacent the minor surface, and the adhesive is disposed between the periphery of the second major surface and the display module.

10. The vehicle interior system of claim 6 , wherein the second radius of curvature is disposed in an area of the second major surface that is opposite to an area of the first major surface at which the adhesive has an above average adhesive stress.

Assignees

• Corning Inc

Inventors

• Kumar Atul
• Mou Jinfa
• Sun Yawei
• Yuen Po Ki

Classifications

• B32B7/12 Primary

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title

• B60K37/20

  Dashboard panels · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B29C51/36

  specially adapted for vacuum forming {, Manufacture thereof} · CPC title