Abstract:
A flexible glass laminate structure includes a flexible glass substrate having a thickness of no more than 0.3 mm. The flexible glass laminate structure includes a flexible glass layer including the flexible glass substrate. A property control layer is laminated to the flexible glass layer. A neutral axis of the flexible glass laminate is located outside the flexible glass layer when the flexible glass layer is in a compressive bend configuration.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for: sourcing an ultra-thin glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces and perimeter edges therebetween, the glass sheet having a thickness between the first and second surfaces of less than about 400 microns; adhering at least one polymer layer directly or indirectly to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the glass sheet to form a laminated structure; and cutting the laminated structure using at least one of the following techniques: shear cutting, burst cutting, slit cutting, and crush cutting.
Abstract:
A glass-polymer laminate includes a glass layer with a thickness of at most about 300 μm and a polymer layer laminated to the glass layer. At all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress and the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N. A method includes laminating a glass layer to a polymer layer with an adhesive at a lamination temperature to form a glass-polymer laminate. The glass layer has a thickness of at most about 300 μm. The lamination temperature is sufficiently high that, at all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress. The lamination temperature is sufficiently low that, at all temperatures within the temperature range, the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N.
Abstract:
A flexible glass structure includes a flexible glass substrate having a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm. A stiffening layer is coupled to a surface of the flexible glass substrate. The stiffening layer includes at least one stiffening element extending along the surface of the flexible glass substrate in a running direction having a Young's modulus selected to provide a preferred bending axis of the flexible glass substrate in a direction substantially parallel to the running direction of the stiffening element.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for: sourcing an ultra-thin glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces and perimeter edges therebetween, the glass sheet having a thickness between the first and second surfaces of less than about 400 microns; adhering at least one polymer layer directly or indirectly to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the glass sheet to form a laminated structure; and cutting the laminated structure using at least one of the following techniques: shear cutting, burst cutting, slit cutting, and crush cutting.
Abstract:
A flexible glass laminate structure includes a flexible glass substrate having a thickness of no more than 0.3 mm. The flexible glass laminate structure includes a flexible glass layer including the flexible glass substrate. A property control layer is laminated to the flexible glass layer. A neutral axis of the flexible glass laminate is located outside the flexible glass layer when the flexible glass layer is in a compressive bend configuration.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for: sourcing an ultra-thin glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces and perimeter edges therebetween, the glass sheet having a thickness between the first and second surfaces of less than about 400 microns; adhering at least one polymer layer directly or indirectly to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the glass sheet to form a laminated structure; and cutting the laminated structure using at least one of the following techniques: shear cutting, burst cutting, slit cutting, and crush cutting.