US 11,993,148 B2
Cold formed 3D product and processes using vacuum chuck
Peter Knowles, Elmira, NY (US); Christopher Mark Schweiger, Painted Post, NY (US); Christopher Lee Timmons, Big Flats, NY (US); and Arlin Lee Weikel, Mansfield, PA (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,490
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/029058
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/223056, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,237, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203835 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/60 (2024.01) [B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1526 (2024.01); B60K 2360/688 (2024.01); B60K 2360/691 (2024.01); B60K 2360/692 (2024.01); B60K 2360/693 (2024.01); B60K 2360/774 (2024.01); B60K 2360/816 (2024.01); B60K 2360/92 (2024.01); B60K 2360/96 (2024.01); B60Y 2200/11 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for housing a plurality of display modules within a vehicle interior system, comprising:
a frame having a curved central portion, a first wing portion connected to a first side of the curved central portion and defining a first opening configured to receive a first one of the plurality of display modules therein, and a second wing portion connected to an opposing second side of the curved central portion and defining a second opening configured to receive a second one of the plurality of display modules therein;
a glass substrate positioned on the frame and including a curved central portion interfacing with the curved central portion of the frame, a first wing portion interfacing with the first wing portion of the frame and covering the first opening, and a second wing portion interfacing with the second wing portion of the frame and covering the second opening; and
a bonding medium attaching the glass substrate to the frame, wherein the bonding medium has a thickness between the glass substrate and the frame that varies by less than 400 μm, wherein one or more of the first wing portion of the glass substrate, the first wing portion of the frame, the second wing portion of the glass substrate and the second wing portion of the frame each have at least one surface that is substantially flat with a curvature that varies by less than or equal to 0.250 units of Diopter in magnitude.