Patents by Inventor Ian Spinelli

Ian Spinelli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070060465
    Abstract: Chemically strengthened lithium aluminosilicate glass is characterized by a surface compression of at least 100,000 psi and a compression case depth of at least 600 microns. The glass also may be characterized by a compression at 50 microns below a surface of the glass that is at least 30,000 psi. A method of making this glass includes providing a lithium aluminosilicate glass having a composition comprising (in weight %): Li2O in an amount ranging from 3 to 9%, Na2O+K2O in an amount not greater than 3%, and Al2O3 in an amount ranging from 7 to 30%. The composition provides the glass with an annealing point temperature of at least 580° C. A mixed potassium and sodium salt bath is provided comprising predominantly potassium salt. A ratio of moles of sodium salt to moles of potassium salt in the mixed salt bath can range from 1:10 to 1:2. The temperature of the salt bath is maintained in a range of 450° C. up to an annealing point temperature of the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: SAXON GLASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Arun Varshneya, Ian Spinelli