Cold forming of complexly curved glass articles
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJames Gregory Couillard, Atul Kumar, Yawei Sun, Wendell Porter Weeks
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Abstract
The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved glass articles and methods of cold forming complexly curved glass articles, such as complexly curved glass articles having a first bend region with a set of first bend line segments, and a second bend region with a set of second bend line segments, wherein the first bend line segments and the second bend line segments are independent, are not parallel, and do not intersect.
Claims20
A glass article of a vehicle interior component comprising:
- a preform comprising a support surface, the support surface comprising fabric, leather, polymer, wood, metal, or combinations thereof;
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- a cold-formed, complexly-curved continuous glass sheet disposed on the support surface, the glass sheet having a first bend in a first portion of the sheet defining a first bend region and having a set of first bend line segments, and a second bend in a second portion of the sheet defining a second bend region and having a set of second bend line segments,
- wherein the first bend line segments and the second bend line segments are independent, are not parallel, and do not intersect;
- wherein the glass sheet comprises at least one of an anti-glare coating, an anti-reflective coating, an oleophobic coating, an anti-scratch coating, or an ink coating;
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- wherein the glass sheet is adhered to the support surface via an adhesive layer attaching the cold-formed, complexiv-curved glass sheet to the support surface such that the cold-formed. complexly-curved glass sheet conforms to a shape of the preform to create the first bend and the second bend.
A method of forming a complexly curved glass article of a vehicle interior component, the method comprising cold forming a continuous glass sheet having a coating about a preform having a first bend region with a set of first bend line segments, and a second bend region with a set of second bend line segments, wherein the first bend line segments and the second bend line segments are independent, are not parallel, and do not intersect, wherein the cold-forming comprises attaching the continuous glass sheet to a support surface of the preform via an adhesive layer such that the continuous glass sheet conforms to a shape of the preform;
- wherein the coating comprises at least one of an anti-glare coating, an anti-reflective coating, an oleophobic coating, an anti-scratch coating, or an ink coating;
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- wherein the support surface fabric, leather, polymer, wood, metal, or combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.