公开(公告)号：US20230012646A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17758350

申请日：2021-02-04

Applicant: Tesla, Inc.

Inventor： Christos Gougoussis ,  William S. Sweney ,  Rosemary Mottsmith ,  Michael Pilliod ,  Gregoire Hamel

IPC: C03B23/03 ,  C03B23/023 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B3/28 ,  B60J1/00 ,  B60J1/02

Abstract: Automotive glass structures having curves and feature lines and methods for forming the same are provided. An example method includes applying localized heat (e.g., via a laser, heating element) to a location of a substantially planar glass structure and bending the glass structure at that location (e.g., along a line of the planar glass structure) to form a feature line in the glass structure. The bending can be formed to have a radius of curvature of between 2 mm and 5 cm. Additional layers of curved or joined glass layers may further be included to form a curved multi-layer glass structure for automotive use.