Vehicle interior systems having a curved cover glass and display or touch panel and methods for forming the same

US12386446B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Jordon Thomas Boggs · Middlebury Center, US
• Michael Timothy Brennan · Corning, US
• Atul Kumar · Palo Alto, US
• Arpita Mitra · Big Flats, US
• William Michael Seiderman · Corning, US
• Yawei Sun · Elmira, US
• Wendell Porter Weeks · Corning, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2023
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R13/02
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.