A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an assembling step, a gas exhausting step, and a sealing step. At least one of a first glass pane or a second glass pane includes a low-emissivity film. In a situation where the low-emissivity film is heated at a temperature increase rate of 4° C./min before a peripheral wall is melted, a ratio of an emission quantity of a rare gas emitted from the low-emissivity film at a deformation temperature of the partition to an emission quantity of the rare gas emitted from the low-emissivity film at 100° C. is equal to or less than 2.0.

A method for manufacturing a multi-layer stack includes bonding a transparent plate to an outer surface of at least one of a first glass panel or a second glass panel of a glass panel unit with an intermediate film interposed therebetween. The glass panel unit includes: the first glass panel; the second glass panel; and an evacuated space provided between the first glass panel and the second glass panel. A plurality of spacers are provided in the evacuated space between the first glass panel and the second glass panel. A pressure applied for bonding the glass panel unit and the transparent plate together is less than a compressive strength of the plurality of spacers.

This invention has an object to enhance the whole adhesiveness of a bonding material to a glass member and a bonding target member. A method for manufacturing a bonded body (10) includes: a placing step of placing a laminate (11) on plural urging members (32) in a storage part (24) of a jig main body (20) so that its first surface (11a) faces the plural urging members and placing a pressing transparent member (28) on a second surface (11b) of the laminate; after the placing step, a pressing step of pressing the second surface of the laminate via the pressing transparent member, thereby causing the first surface of the laminate to be pressed by urging forces of the plural urging members; and a bonding part forming step of forming a bonding part from the bonding material while pressing the laminate by the pressing step, thereby yielding a bonded body.

A hermetically sealed package includes: at least one cover substrate and a substrate arranged so as to adjoin the at least one cover substrate, which together define at least part of the package, the at least one cover substrate being in a thermally prestressed state and bonded to the substrate adjoining the at least one cover substrate in a hermetically sealing manner by at least one laser bonding line, the at least one cover substrate being made of a material which has a different characteristic value of a coefficient of thermal expansion than the adjoining substrate and a thermal prestress is established in the package; and at least one functional area enclosed in the package.

An assembly includes: a pair of glass substrates; a peripheral wall disposed between the glass substrates; partitions; an evacuation port; and air passages. The partitions are provided to partition an internal space, surrounded with the glass substrates and the peripheral wall, into an evacuation space and a ventilation space. The evacuation port connects the ventilation space to an external environment. The air passages are used to evacuate the evacuation space through the evacuation port. The air passages include particular air passages arranged in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, in which the glass substrates face each other, to constitute a ventilation path running through the internal space in the second direction.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass sheet composite including two or more sheets and an intermediate layer between at least a pair of sheets of the sheets, the pair of the sheets consisting of a sheet 1A and a sheet 1B, at least one of the sheet 1A and the sheet 1B being a glass sheet, and the method including: applying a liquid agent for the intermediate layer and a sealant to at least a part of a main surface of the sheet 1A; bonding the sheet 1B to the main surface of the sheet 1A to which the liquid agent for the intermediate layer and the sealant are applied to obtain a laminate; and subjecting the laminate to reduced pressure.

A glass unit according to the present invention includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate that is arranged facing the first glass plate with a predetermined interval therebetween and forms an internal space with the first glass plate, a sealing member that seals a gap at peripheral edges of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, and a plurality of spacers arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate. The internal space has been depressurized to a vacuum state, the first and second glass plates each have a thickness of 5.0 mm or less, and expressions (1) and (2) below are satisfied for a cross-sectional area S (mm.sup.2) of the spacers: (1) R≤(800/π)*S+13, and (2) 25*10.sup.−4π≤S≤400*10.sup.−4π, where R is the distance to a spacer closest to a certain spacer.

A glass substrate includes a thin portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, a thick portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and having a sheet thickness t.sub.3 that is larger than a sheet thickness t.sub.2 of the thin portion, a connection portion having a first connection surface and a second connection surface, the first connection surface connecting the first surface of the thin portion to the first surface of the thick portion, the second connection surface connecting the second surface of the thin portion to the second surface of the thick portion. The first connection surface has a curvature radius of more than or equal to 400 μm.

A glass substrate includes a thin portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, a thick portion having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and having a sheet thickness t.sub.3 that is larger than a sheet thickness t.sub.2 of the thin portion, a connection portion having a first connection surface and a second connection surface, the first connection surface connecting the first surface of the thin portion to the first surface of the thick portion, the second connection surface connecting the second surface of the thin portion to the second surface of the thick portion. The first connection surface has a curvature radius of more than or equal to 400 μm.

An insulated glass unit is described and includes at least a first glass layer, a second glass layer and a third glass layer disposed therebetween. The third glass layer is separated from the first glass layer and the second glass layer by first and second sealed gap spaces. The third glass layer has a low CTE as compared to the CTE of the first and/or second glass layers. In some instances, the third glass layer has a CTE of less than 70×10.sup.−7/° C. over a temperature range of 0-300° C.