Patents by Inventor Michael John Moore
Michael John Moore 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).
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Publication number: 20240027775Abstract: An optical device includes a stack that includes a first curved optical element stacked with a second curved optical element. The second curved optical element propagates light by total internal reflection. The stack also includes an incoupling diffractive grating that incouples the light into the second optical element and an outcoupling diffractive grating optically coupled to the incoupling diffractive grating through the second curved optical element. The outcoupling diffractive grating directs the light. The first curved optical element has a first refractive index, the second curved optical element has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index by approximately 0.15 to 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Michael Lucien Genier, Mark Francis Krol, Michael John Moore, Horst Herbert Anton Schreiber
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Patent number: 11828941Abstract: An optical device includes a stack that includes a first curved optical element stacked with a second curved optical element. The second curved optical element propagates light by total internal reflection. The stack also includes an incoupling diffractive grating that incouples the light into the second optical element and an outcoupling diffractive grating optically coupled to the incoupling diffractive grating through the second curved optical element. The outcoupling diffractive grating directs the light. The first curved optical element has a first refractive index, the second curved optical element has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index by approximately 0.15 to 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Lucien Genier, Mark Francis Krol, Michael John Moore, Horst Schreiber
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Publication number: 20230294383Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Scott Huten, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 11691390Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Scott Huten, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 11685684Abstract: Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Sean Matthew Garner, Michael James McFarland, Michael John Moore
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Publication number: 20210370647Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Scott Huten, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 11148627Abstract: A child seat (56) detecting means employing a magnet and sensor (141) for detecting whether a child seat (56) is mounted on the passenger seat (14, 15). A controller (40) in response to a signal from the sensor (141) will prevent activation of a pretensioner or belt tightener (65) from tensioning the seat belt or webbing (55) which is often positioned about or through the child seat (56) and/or for preventing an inflator (34) from expanding an airbag (26) when a child seat (56) is detected on either the front or rear passenger seat (14, 15).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Tammy Marie Korona, Michael John Moore
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Publication number: 20210268777Abstract: A laminate structure having a first chemically strengthened glass layer, a second chemically strengthened glass layer, and a polymer interlayer structure intermediate the first and second glass layers. The polymer interlayer structure can include a first polymeric layer adjacent to the first glass layer, a second polymeric layer adjacent to the second glass layer, and a polymeric rigid core intermediate the first and second polymeric layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: SABICInventors: Christianus Johannes Jacobus Maas, Anurag Jain, Michael Laurin, Michael Aaron McDonald, Michael John Moore, Charlie W. Wood
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Publication number: 20210188685Abstract: Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Sean Matthew Garner, Michael James McFarland, Michael John Moore
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Publication number: 20200257120Abstract: An optical device includes a stack that includes a first curved optical element stacked with a second curved optical element. The second curved optical element propagates light by total internal reflection. The stack also includes an incoupling diffractive grating that incouples the light into the second optical element and an outcoupling diffractive grating optically coupled to the incoupling diffractive grating through the second curved optical element. The outcoupling diffractive grating directs the light. The first curved optical element has a first refractive index, the second curved optical element has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index by approximately 0.15 to 1.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Michael Lucien Genier, Mark Francis Krol, Michael John Moore, Horst Schreiber
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Publication number: 20190344741Abstract: A child seat (56) detecting means employing a magnet and sensor (141) for detecting whether a child seat (56) is mounted on the passenger seat (14, 15). A controller (40) in response to a signal from the sensor (141) will prevent activation of a pretensioner or belt tightener (65) from tensioning the seat belt or webbing (55) which is often positioned about or through the child seat (56) and/or for preventing an inflator (34) from expanding an airbag (26) when a child seat (56) is detected on either the front or rear passenger seat (14, 15).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Key Safety Systems Inc.Inventors: Tammy Marie KORONA, Michael John MOORE
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Publication number: 20190270283Abstract: A laminate structure having a first chemically strengthened glass layer, a second chemically strengthened glass layer, and a polymer interlayer structure intermediate the first and second glass layers. The polymer interlayer structure can include a first polymeric layer adjacent to the first glass layer, a second polymeric layer adjacent to the second glass layer, and a polymeric rigid core intermediate the first and second polymeric layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Christianus Johannes Jacobus Maas, Anurag Jain, Michael Laurin, Michael Aaron McDonald, Michael John Moore, Charlie Wood
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Patent number: 10279567Abstract: A laminate structure having a first chemically strengthened glass layer, a second chemically strengthened glass layer, and a polymer interlayer structure intermediate the first and second glass layers. The polymer interlayer structure can include a first polymeric layer adjacent to the first glass layer, a second polymeric layer adjacent to the second glass layer, and a polymeric rigid core intermediate the first and second polymeric layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Anurag Jain, Michael M. Laurin, Christianus Johannes Jacobus Maas, Michael Aaron McDonald, Michael John Moore, Charlie W Wood
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Publication number: 20190047260Abstract: A glass laminate includes at least one chemically-strengthened glass sheets with a thickness not exceeding 2.0 mm and a polymer interlayer between the glass sheets. Flaws are created in the surface of one of the glass sheets in order to weaken the glass laminate upon an impact event on a first side of the laminate, while retaining the strength of the laminate upon impact on the opposing second side of the laminate. The opposing side of the glass sheet with the flaws or a surface of the other glass sheet may be strengthened with an acid etch treatment in order to further strengthen the laminate upon impact on the opposing second side of the laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Michael John Moore, Chunhe Zhang
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Patent number: 10144198Abstract: A glass laminate structure comprising an external glass sheet and an internal glass sheet wherein one or both of the glass sheets comprises SiO2+B2O3+Al2O3?86.5 mol. %. and R2O—RO—Al2O3<about 5 mol. %. Exemplary glass sheet can comprise between about 69-80 mol. % SiO2, between about 6-12 mol. % Al2O3, between about 2-10 mol. % B2O3, between about 0-5 mol. % ZrO2, Li2O, MgO, ZnO and P2O5, between about 6-15 mol. % Na2O, between about 0-3 mol. % K2O and CaO, and between about 0-2 mol. % SnO2 to provide a mechanically robust and environmentally durable structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jeffrey Scott Cites, Thomas Michael Cleary, James Gregory Couillard, Sinue Gomez, Michael John Moore, Robert Michael Morena, James Joseph Price, Charles Mitchel Sorensen, Jr., Jonathan Earl Walter
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Patent number: 10137667Abstract: A glass laminate includes at least one chemically-strengthened glass sheets with a thickness not exceeding 2.0 mm and a polymer interlayer between the glass sheets. Flaws are created in the surface of one of the glass sheets in order to weaken the glass laminate upon an impact event on a first side of the laminate, while retaining the strength of the laminate upon impact on the opposing second side of the laminate. The opposing side of the glass sheet with the flaws or a surface of the other glass sheet may be strengthened with an acid etch treatment in order to further strengthen the laminate upon impact on the opposing second side of the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Michael John Moore, Chunhe Zhang
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Publication number: 20180281355Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Scott Hutan, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 10035332Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Scott Huten, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 10035331Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet is a chemically-strengthened glass sheet having a thickness of less than 1 mm, the polymer interlayer has a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet is a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet having a thickness of less than 2.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas M Cleary, Michael John Moore
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Publication number: 20180200995Abstract: Embodiments of a laminate including a first glass ply having first and second opposing surfaces defining a first edge having a first thickness, a second glass ply having third and fourth opposing surfaces defining a second edge having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, and a polymer layer disposed between the second surface of the first glass ply and the third surface of the second glass ply are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the first edge comprises any one of a roughness Ra of less than about 1300 nm and a root mean square (RMS) roughness of less than about 1700 nm, as measured along an area of about 0.5 square millimeters (mm2). In some embodiments, the first edge is substantially free of conchoidal fractures having a major dimension greater than 20 micrometers, as measured along an area of 0.60 square micrometers. Vehicles including such laminates and methods for forming such laminates are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Michael John MOORE, Chad Michael WILCOX