Structured plate-like glass element and process for the production thereof

US12017943B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schott AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Ortner · Gau-Algesheim, DE
• Andreas Roters · Mainz, DE
• Frank-Thomas Lentes · Bingen, DE
• Lutz Parthier · Kleinmachnow, DE
• Markus Heiss-Chouquet · Bischofsheim, DE
• Ulrich Peuchert · Bodenheim, DE
• Fabian Wagner · Heubach, DE
• Florian Resch · Mainz, DE
• Laura Brückbauer · Dorn-Dürkheim, DE
• Matthias Jotz · Mainz, DE
• Vanessa Gläßer · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03B33/023
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A plate-like glass element includes a pair of opposite side faces and an opening having a transverse dimension of at least 200 μm. The opening is delimited by an edge. The edge has a plurality of rounded, substantially hemispherical depressions that adjoin one another. The plurality of rounded, substantially hemispherical depressions having abutting concave roundings which form ridges.