Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat-regulating glass bending apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 热调玻璃弯曲设备及方法
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Application No.: US13335679Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US08528366B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Amine Berrada Sounni , Ryan J. Linderman
- Applicant: Amine Berrada Sounni , Ryan J. Linderman
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: SunPower Corporation
- Current Assignee: SunPower Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: C03B23/025
- IPC: C03B23/025

Abstract:
A sag-bending system is disclosed. The sag-bending system comprises a sag-bending glass support mold and a perimeter thermal manager. The support mold comprises a plurality of rib members extending in a first direction, each of the plurality of rib members having a curved upper surface shaped to form the collective upper surface having a position and shape to support a quadrilateral-shaped sag-bent glass sheet into a desired contour, each of the rib members further having a lower surface, and a plurality of support members extending in a second direction between at least two of the plurality of rib members, the second direction traverse to the first direction. The perimeter thermal manager is sized and positioned to surround, to extend at least partially over, and to extend at least partially under the periphery of the support mold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130160495A1 HEAT-REGULATING GLASS BENDING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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