US 12,358,826 B2
Method of joining glass elements with material continuity, glass component, and housing, and vacuum insulating glass panel comprising the glass component
Philipp Wachholz, Berlin (DE); Norbert Arndt-Staufenbiel, Berlin (DE); Michael Töpper, Berlin (DE); and Julian Schwietering, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderund der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE); and Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderund der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE); and Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,578.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 208 160.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033251 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. C03B 23/20 (2006.01); C03C 21/00 (2006.01); C03C 27/02 (2006.01); F26B 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 23/20 (2013.01) [C03C 21/005 (2013.01); C03C 27/02 (2013.01); F26B 25/14 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of joining glass elements with material continuity, the method comprising:
providing a first glass element and a second glass element, with each of the first glass element and the second glass element having at least one joining region having an outer edge to be joined;
introducing a metallic material into the first glass element in the at least one joining region of the first glass element, comprising introducing ions into the first glass element by means of at least one of ion exchange or ion implantation, the introduced ions are reduced to the metallic material, and the metallic material is a cross-linked 3D structure;
placing the first glass element and the second glass element onto one another such that the first glass element and the second glass element contact one another at least at the outer edge of the at least one joining region to be joined; and
heating the metallic material in the first glass element so that the first glass element at least partially melts in the at least one joining region of the first glass element so that a connection with material continuity is produced between the first glass element and the second glass element.