	US 12,312,271 B2
	Flexible aerogel, flexible glass technology
Keith James Burrows, Mineral Point, WI (US); and Kari B. Myli, Sauk City, WI (US)
Assigned to Cardinal CG Company, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Cardinal CG Company, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,678.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,246, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332633 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. C03C 17/28 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01); C03C 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC C03C 17/28 (2013.01) [B32B 17/10045 (2013.01); B32B 17/10055 (2013.01); B32B 17/10165 (2013.01); B32B 17/10761 (2013.01); B32B 17/10899 (2013.01); B32B 17/10981 (2013.01); C03C 17/007 (2013.01); B32B 17/10201 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2309/105 (2013.01); B32B 2315/08 (2013.01); B32B 2329/06 (2013.01); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01); C03C 2217/425 (2013.01); C03C 2217/70 (2013.01); C03C 2218/32 (2013.01)]

39 Claims

1. A method of processing glass, the method comprising: forming a flexible gel layer on a flexible glass sheet to create a glass-gel sheet, wherein the flexible glass sheet is not partially or fully inside the flexible gel layer but rather is located entirely alongside the flexible gel layer; rolling-up the glass-gel sheet such that the glass-gel sheet is in the form of a roll; and placing the roll in a dryer, and drying the flexible gel layer so as to convert it into a flexible aerogel layer and thereby change the glass-gel sheet into a glass-aerogel sheet, such that the glass-aerogel sheet is characterized by a minimum bending radius of less than 200 mm.