Patent ID: 8821999
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B23K,C03B,C03C,E06B,Y02A,Y02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vacuum-insulated glass (VIG) window, comprising: a first glass pane having a first body formed from a first glass material and having first opposite surfaces and a first outer edge; a second glass pane spaced apart from and disposed substantially parallel to the first glass pane at a first distance and having a second body formed from a second glass material and having second opposite surfaces and a second outer edge; a first edge seal formed around at least respective portions of the first and second outer edges so as to define a first sealed interior region between the first and second glass panes, wherein the first sealed interior region has a vacuum pressure of less than one atmosphere; and a first plurality of glass-bump spacers formed from the first glass pane from one of the first surfaces and consisting of the first glass material from the first body portion, and contacting the second glass pane so as to maintain said spaced apart first distance, wherein the other of the first surfaces in respective regions opposed to the first plurality of glass-bump spacers is substantially planar or comprises a further glass-bump spacer, wherein the first plurality of glass-bump spacers are formed by irradiating the first glass pane at locations on one of the first surfaces with a laser beam.