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US 7,514,149 B2Granted
High-strength laminated sheet for optical applications
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsPeter L. Bocko, David Chen, Glen B. Cook, Frank T. Coppola, Victoria A. Edwards, Gunilla E. Gillberg, Josef C. Lapp, Randy L. Rhoads, David A. Tammaro, Butchi R. Vaddi
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Abstract
A laminated sheet includes a surface layer having an optical surface that is of fire-polished quality and a core layer having a higher modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness or fracture toughness of the laminated sheet.
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A laminated sheet, comprising:
- a surface layer having an optical surface of fire-polished quality and a thickness less than about 1 mm;
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- a core layer attached to the surface layer, the core layer having a higher elastic modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness of the laminated sheet, wherein the core layer is separable from the surface layer, the core layer being made of a foam material or an annealed glass;
- wherein the surface layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of glasses and glass-ceramics and the core layer is more soluble than the surface layer in a selected solvent.
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A laminated sheet consisting of:
- a surface layer having an optical surface that is of fire-polished quality and a thickness less than about 1 mm, said surface layer consisting of glass;
- a core layer having a higher elastic modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness of the laminated sheet, said core layer consisting of glass-ceramic;
- and
- a sacrificial layer removably coupling the surface layer to the core layer;
- wherein the sacrificial layer is more soluble than the surface layer in a selected solvent.
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A laminated sheet consisting of:
- a surface layer having an optical surface that is of fire-polished quality and a thickness less than about 1 mm, said surface layer consisting of glass, wherein the optical surface is coated with a coating material;
- a core layer having a higher elastic modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness of the laminated sheet, said core layer consisting of glass-ceramic;
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- a sacrificial layer removably coupling the surface layer to the core layer;
- wherein the sacrificial layer is more soluble than the surface layer in a selected solvent.
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A laminated sheet comprising:
- a surface layer having an optical surface that is of fire-polished quality and a thickness less than about 1 mm, said surface layer consisting of glass;
- a core layer having a higher elastic modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness of the laminated sheet, said core layer consisting of glass-ceramic;
- and
- a sacrificial layer removably coupling the surface layer to the core layer, said sacrificial layer being more soluble than the surface layer in a selected solvent;
- wherein said surface layer, core layer, and sacrificial layer form a surface layer/sacrificial layer/core layer structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.