LIGHT-WEIGHT STRENGTHENED, LOW-EMITTANCE VACUUM-INSULATED GLASS (VIG) WINDOWS
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    LIGHT-WEIGHT STRENGTHENED, LOW-EMITTANCE VACUUM-INSULATED GLASS (VIG) WINDOWS 审中-公开
    轻量级强化,低功率真空绝缘玻璃(VIG)WINDOWS

    公开(公告)号:US20140182774A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-03

    申请号:US14199298

    申请日:2014-03-06

    Abstract: Vacuum-insulated glass windows include two or more glass panes, and glass-bump spacers formed in a surface of one of the panes. The glass-bump spacers consist of the glass material from the body portion of the glass pane. At least one of the glass panes comprises chemically-strengthened glass. Methods of forming VIG windows include forming the glass-bump spacers by irradiating a glass pane with a focused beam from a laser. Heating effects in the glass cause the glass to locally expand, thereby forming a glass-bump spacer. In embodiments where the glass-bump spacers are formed in a chemically-strengthened glass pane, the glass-bump spacers may be formed before or after the chemical strengthening. A second glass pane is brought into contact with the glass-bump spacers, and the edges sealed. The resulting sealed interior region is evacuated to a pressure of less than one atmosphere.

    Abstract translation: 真空绝热玻璃窗包括两个或更多个玻璃窗,以及形成在一个窗格的表面中的玻璃凸起间隔物。 玻璃凸起间隔件由玻璃板的主体部分的玻璃材料构成。 玻璃板中的至少一个包括化学强化玻璃。 形成VIG窗的方法包括通过用来自激光的聚焦光束照射玻璃板来形成玻璃凸块间隔物。 玻璃中的加热效应导致玻璃局部膨胀,从而形成玻璃凸块间隔物。 在玻璃凸块间隔件形成在化学强化玻璃板中的实施例中,玻璃凸块间隔件可以在化学强化之前或之后形成。 第二玻璃板与玻璃凸块间隔件接触,边缘密封。 将得到的密封内部区域抽真空至小于一个大气压。

    METHODS OF BONDING AN OPTICAL FIBER TO A SUBSTRATE USING A LASER AND ASSEMBLIES FABRICATED BY THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200369566A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16877859

    申请日:2020-05-19

    Abstract: Methods for laser welding one or more optical fibers to a substrate and assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of bonding an optical fiber to a substrate having at least one film layer on a surface of the substrate includes directing a laser beam into the optical fiber disposed on the at least one film layer. The optical fiber has a curved surface that focuses the laser beam to a focused diameter. The method further includes melting, using the focused diameter laser beam, a material of the substrate to create a laser bond area between the optical fiber and the surface of the substrate. The laser bond area includes laser-melted material of the substrate that bonds the optical fiber to the substrate. The at least one film layer has an absorption of at least 15% at a wavelength of the focused diameter laser beam.

    STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES WITH SEPARATION FEATURES

    公开(公告)号:US20200071222A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16556767

    申请日:2019-08-30

    Abstract: A method of forming a strengthened glass article is provided. The method includes providing a strengthened glass article. The strengthened glass article is in the form of a container including a sidewall having an exterior surface and an interior surface that encloses an interior volume. The sidewall has an exterior strengthened surface layer that includes the exterior surface, an interior strengthened surface layer that includes the interior surface and a central layer between the exterior strengthened surface layer and the interior strengthened surface layer that is under a tensile stress. A laser-induced intended line of separation is formed in the central layer at a predetermined depth between the exterior strengthened surface layer and the interior strengthened surface layer by irradiating the sidewall with a laser without separating the glass article.

    Fiber array formed using laser bonded optical fibers

    公开(公告)号:US10422961B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US16157844

    申请日:2018-10-11

    Abstract: Assemblies, optical connectors, and methods for forming fiber arrays using laser bonded optical fibers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming a fiber array includes placing an optical fiber on a surface of a substrate, directing a laser beam into the optical fiber disposed on the surface of the substrate, melting, using the laser beam, a material of the substrate to create a first laser bond zone between the optical fiber and the surface of the substrate, applying an adhesive to the optical fiber and the substrate to create an adhesive bond zone between the optical fiber and the surface of the substrate, and cutting the optical fiber and the substrate to create a first section of the fiber array and a second section of the fiber array. The first section of the fiber array includes a first portion of the optical fiber, a first portion of the substrate, a first portion of the adhesive bond zone, and the first laser bond zone, and the second section of the fiber array includes a second portion of the optical fiber, a second portion of the substrate, and a second portion of the adhesive bond zone.

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