A curved laminated glazing includes an outer sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass and an inner sheet of a chemically-toughened sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, the outer and inner sheets being joined together by a lamination interlayer, the colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, the glasses of the inner and outer sheets being selected so that 0≤T10.sub.in−T10.sub.out≤20° C., where T10.sub.in is the temperature T10 of the glass of the inner sheet and T10.sub.out is the temperature T10 of the glass of the outer sheet, the temperature T10 being the temperature at which the glass considered has a viscosity of 10.sup.10 dPa.Math.s.

A curved laminated glazing includes an outer sheet of a soda-lime-silica colored glass and an inner sheet of a chemically-toughened sodium aluminosilicate clear glass having a thickness e2 ranging from 0.4 to 1.1 mm, the outer and inner sheets being joined together by a lamination interlayer, the colored glass having a chemical composition comprising a weight content of total iron, expressed in the form Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, ranging from 0.6 to 2.2%, the glasses of the inner and outer sheets being selected so that 0≤T10.sub.in−T10.sub.out≤20° C., where T10.sub.in is the temperature T10 of the glass of the inner sheet and T10.sub.out is the temperature T10 of the glass of the outer sheet, the temperature T10 being the temperature at which the glass considered has a viscosity of 10.sup.10 dPa.Math.s.

A glass substrate comprises: a first position, wherein a tensile stress of the glass substrate is insufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate; and a second position, wherein the glass substrate is bent relative to the first position, and wherein the tensile stress of the glass substrate is sufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate. The glass substrate can include a first surface and a second surface. In the first position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. In the second position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. The small pieces can be generally cubic. In the second position, the glass substrate can be bent uniaxially along a bend axis of the glass substrate.

A glass substrate comprises: a first position, wherein a tensile stress of the glass substrate is insufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate; and a second position, wherein the glass substrate is bent relative to the first position, and wherein the tensile stress of the glass substrate is sufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate. The glass substrate can include a first surface and a second surface. In the first position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. In the second position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. The small pieces can be generally cubic. In the second position, the glass substrate can be bent uniaxially along a bend axis of the glass substrate.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a first adhesive is applied to a first region of a frame or of a glass cover sheet. The frame includes a curved surface. A second adhesive is applied to a second region of the frame or of the glass cover sheet. The glass cover sheet is molded to the frame so as to conform the glass cover sheet to the curved surface of the frame. The first adhesive is cured at a first temperature for a first time period, and the second adhesive is cured at a second temperature for a second period of time. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and the second period of time is longer than the first period of time. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a curved glass article.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a first adhesive is applied to a first region of a frame or of a glass cover sheet. The frame includes a curved surface. A second adhesive is applied to a second region of the frame or of the glass cover sheet. The glass cover sheet is molded to the frame so as to conform the glass cover sheet to the curved surface of the frame. The first adhesive is cured at a first temperature for a first time period, and the second adhesive is cured at a second temperature for a second period of time. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and the second period of time is longer than the first period of time. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a curved glass article.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method for selecting an adhesive for bonding a cold-formed glass to a metal substrate and various cold-formed products. In one or more embodiments, the cold-formed products include a structural substrate comprising a curved surface and structural substrate coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), a cold-formed and curved glass substrate attached to the curved surface with an adhesive, the glass substrate comprising a glass substrate CTE, the structural substrate and adhesive forming a structural substrate/adhesive interface and the glass substrate and the adhesive forming a glass substrate/adhesive interface, wherein the glass substrate CTE and the structural substrate CTE differ, wherein the product withstands overlap shear failure as determined by modified test method ASTM D1002-10 at −40° C., 24° C., and 85° C. and tensile failure as determined by ASTM D897 at −40° C., 24° C., and 85° C. at one or both of the structural substrate/adhesive interface and the glass substrate/adhesive interface.

The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass including a first principal surface and a second principal surface which is on an opposite side of the first principal surface, and having a thickness of 0.30 mm or less, in which the chemically strengthened glass has a bent shape in which the first principal surface is a protrudent surface and the second principal surface is a recessed surface, and in which when the chemically strengthened glass is placed on a horizontal surface with the first principal surface facing downward, and no external force other than gravity acts on the chemically strengthened glass, part of the first principal surface is not in contact with the horizontal surface.

Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a vehicle interior system comprising a base having a base surface; and a glass article coupled to the surface, wherein the glass article comprises a first portion comprising a first elastically deformed surface forming a first concave shape with a first radius of curvature from about 20 mm to about 2000 mm, and a second elastically deformed surface directly opposite the first elastically deformed surface that forms a second convex shape, wherein the second elastically deformed surface has a surface compressive stress that is less than a compressive stress at the first elastically deformed surface, and a second portion adjacent the first portion, wherein the second portion is substantially planar portion or curved.

Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a vehicle interior system comprising a base having a base surface; and a glass article coupled to the surface, wherein the glass article comprises a first portion comprising a first elastically deformed surface forming a first concave shape with a first radius of curvature from about 20 mm to about 2000 mm, and a second elastically deformed surface directly opposite the first elastically deformed surface that forms a second convex shape, wherein the second elastically deformed surface has a surface compressive stress that is less than a compressive stress at the first elastically deformed surface, and a second portion adjacent the first portion, wherein the second portion is substantially planar portion or curved.