The invention relates to a vessel which accommodates a metal element in its base, wherein the vessel comprises a lower recess in the base which accommodates the metal element, wherein the metal element is bonded to the base by means of a transparent adhesive at the bottom of the recess and is embedded by a transparent plastic which fills up a remaining area of the recess. The invention further relates to a method for producing a vessel.

In one example, a device housing is described, which may include a base substrate and ion-exchanged glass beads disposed on an outer surface of the base substrate.

Materials and methods for preparing thick, mesoporous silica monolithic slabs and coatings with high transparency and low thermal conductivity are provided. The transparent silica materials are particularly suited for window or solar applications including insulation barriers for existing or new single, double pane windows or glass panel building components. The template-free, water-based sol-gel methods produce slabs or coatings by gelation of a colloidal suspension of silica or other oxide nanoparticles or by ambigel formation and then ageing and drying the gels under ambient conditions. Solvent exchanges with nonpolar, low-surface-tension solvents help to avoid cracking caused by drying stress. Mesoporous slabs can also be cast in molds on perfluorocarbon liquid substrates to reduce adhesion and enable gels to shrink freely during aging and drying without incurring significant stress that could cause fracture.

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system and associated processes are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a curved glass article disposed on the curved surface. The curved glass article includes a high modulus adhesive layer located on the second major surface. The high modulus adhesive layer has a modulus of elasticity of at least 500 MPa. The high modulus adhesive layer provides crack resistance to the glass article. Methods for forming such glass articles and vehicle interior systems are also disclosed.

A method of producing a vehicle glass assembly, includes (A) providing a connector made of metal plate and comprising a first flat portion, a second flat portion and a bridge portion connecting between the first and the second flat portions, each the flat portion having a respective surface to be soldered, (B) soldering lead-free solder onto the surfaces to form first and second blocks of lead-free solder on the surfaces of the first flat portion and the second flat portion, respectively, (C) providing a glass substrate layer on which an electrically conductive layer comprising a wire pattern and a busbar is formed, and (D) sandwiching the lead-free solder blocks between their respective surfaces and the busbar, and then melting the blocks to form solder connections between the connector and the busbar; wherein the amount of lead-free solder in each of the blocks is between 15 mg and 50 mg.

A feedthrough for providing an electrical connection is provided. The feedthrough comprises a conductor and a quartz or a glass structure configured to surround at least a portion of the conductor and provide isolation to the conductor. The conductor and the quartz or glass structure may be coaxially arranged. The feedthrough can provide an electrical connection between an inside and outside of a vacuum chamber that contains a sample.

A synthetic quartz glass lid for use in optical device packages is prepared by furnishing a synthetic quartz glass lid precursor comprising a synthetic quartz glass substrate (1) and a metal or metal compound film (2), and forming a metal base adhesive layer (3) on the metal or metal compound film (2). The metal or metal compound film contains Ag, Bi, and at least one element selected from P, Sb, Sn and In.

The invention relates to a glass vessel which accommodates a metal element in its base, wherein the glass vessel comprises a lower recess in the base which accommodates the metal element, wherein the metal element is bonded to the base by means of a transparent adhesive at the bottom of the recess and is embedded by a transparent plastic which fills up a remaining area of the recess. The invention further relates to a method for producing a glass vessel.

The precision TFF POSA is formed by pressing a TFF glass rod array into a top surface of a master glass block to flatten the otherwise curved TFFs formed using conventional TFF deposition processes on glass. The TFF glass rod array is secured to the master glass block with a securing material to form a fabrication structure, which is singulated to form precision TFF POSAs having TFF members with flat TFFs and long TFF member long axes. A fiber interface device is arranged at a back surface of the TFF POSA. Other fiber interface devices having device axes are arranged proximate the TFF members. The device axes are parallel to the TFF member long axes to form a WDM system with a parallel configuration. In this configuration, there is one positionally adjustable fiber interface device for each wavelength channel, which allows for optimizing WDM optical communication in Mux and DeMux directions.

The precision TFF POSA is formed by pressing a TFF glass rod array into a top surface of a master glass block to flatten the otherwise curved TFFs formed using conventional TFF deposition processes on glass. The TFF glass rod array is secured to the master glass block with a securing material to form a fabrication structure, which is singulated to form precision TFF POSAs having TFF members with flat TFFs and long TFF member long axes. A fiber interface device is arranged at a back surface of the TFF POSA. Other fiber interface devices having device axes are arranged proximate the TFF members. The device axes are parallel to the TFF member long axes to form a WDM system with a parallel configuration. In this configuration, there is one positionally adjustable fiber interface device for each wavelength channel, which allows for optimizing WDM optical communication in Mux and DeMux directions.