Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Gross

Timothy Michael Gross 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: 20230051724
    Abstract: Strengthened glass articles formed from a glass composition comprising less than 1.0 mol % R2O, where R is an alkali ion, are disclosed. In various embodiments, the glass articles have a dielectric constant of less than 6.25 and a dielectric loss tangent of less than 0.01 at 30 GHz. Electronic devices, such as consumer electronic products, including the strengthened glass articles, as well as methods of making the strengthened glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Vitor Marino Schneider, Jingshi Wu, Zheming Zheng
  • Patent number: 11577987
    Abstract: A glass composition includes from 55.0 mol % to 75.0 mol % SiO2; from 8.0 mol % to 20.0 mol % Al2O3; from 3.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li2O; from 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na2O; and less than or equal to 1.5 mol % K2O. The glass composition has the following relationships: Al2O3+Li2O is greater than 22.5 mol %, R2O+RO is greater than or equal to 18.0 mol %, R2O/Al2O3 is greater than or equal to 1.06, SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3+P2O5 is greater than or equal to 78.0 mol %, and (SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3+P2O5)/Li2O is greater than or equal to 8.0. The glass composition may be used in a glass article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev
  • Publication number: 20230043205
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Publication number: 20230037828
    Abstract: Phosphate glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit a positive percent kill as measured by United States EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer and/or have a CIELAB L* value below 35, CIELAB a* and b* values within 5 of zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20230022287
    Abstract: A glass includes from 42 mol % to 47 mol % P2O5, from 42 mol % to 48 mol % CuO, and from greater than 0 mol % to 15 mol % Fe2O3. The glass is an amorphous, single-phase glass. Methods of making a glass article include heating batch materials to a melting temperature from 900° C. to 1350° C. In aspects, methods include pouring the molten glass in an inert gaseous environment, and cooling the molten glass in the inter gaseous environment. In aspects, methods include cooling the molten glass to form the glass article and annealing the glass article without growing crystals in or on the glass article during the cooling or the annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11554984
    Abstract: An article comprises a glass substrate. The glass substrate has a first surface having a plurality of vias therein, and a second surface parallel to the first surface. At least one of the first surface and the second surface is an etched surface having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.75 nm or less. The glass substrate comprises, in mol percent on an oxide basis: 65 mol %?SiO2?75 mol %; 7 mol %?Al2O3?15 mol %; 26.25 mol %?RO+Al2O3?B2O3; 0 mol %?R2O?2 mol %. RO=MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO. R2O=Li2O+Na2O+K2O+Rb2O+Cs2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Yuhui Jin, Ruchirej Yongsunthon, Liying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230008983
    Abstract: Articles include a glass, including leachable plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase, and a cuprite phase disposed within the degradable phase. The cuprite phase is disposed within the degradable phase. In aspects, the degradable phase can include B2O3, P2O5, and K2O, and a durable phase can include SiO2. In aspects, the glass can have a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang
  • Patent number: 11548266
    Abstract: Scratch and damage resistant laminated glass articles are disclosed. According to one aspect, a laminated glass article may include a glass core layer formed from an ion exchangeable core glass composition and includes a core glass elastic modulus EC and at least one glass clad layer fused directly to the glass core layer. The at least one glass clad layer may be formed from an ion exchangeable clad glass composition different than the ion exchangeable core glass composition and includes a clad glass elastic modulus ECL. The laminated glass article may have a total thickness T and the at least one glass clad layer may have a thickness TCL that is less than 30% of the total thickness T. EC may be at least 5% greater than ECL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11548265
    Abstract: Scratch and damage resistant laminated glass articles are disclosed. According to one aspect, a laminated glass article may include a glass core layer formed from core glass composition and includes a core glass elastic modulus EC and at least one glass clad layer fused directly to the glass core layer. The at least one glass clad layer may be formed from an ion exchangeable clad glass composition different than the core glass composition and includes a clad glass elastic modulus ECL. The laminated glass article may have a total thickness T and the at least one glass clad layer may have a thickness TCL that is greater than or equal to 30% of the total thickness T. EC may be at least 5% greater than ECL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20230002269
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M Guryanov
  • Publication number: 20230000086
    Abstract: Architectural structures including an inorganic material carrier including cement and particles or fibers of a glass including a plurality of Cu1+ ions. In aspects, the glass may have a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In aspects, the glasses may include a plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O and a durable phase including SiO2. In other aspects, the glass can have a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The glasses and articles disclosed herein can exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang
  • Publication number: 20220396522
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a strengthened glass article includes forming a glass-to-glass laminate by fusing clad and core glasses, where the clad has greater high-temperature coefficient of thermal expansion (HTCTE) than the core but a lesser low-temperature coefficient of thermal expansion (LTCTE). The method includes cooling the laminate to impart stresses through contraction mismatch between the clad and core, where stresses in the laminate from HTCTE differences at least partially offset stresses in the laminate from LTCTE. After the cooling, the method includes modifying geometry of the laminate, then relaxing at least some of the stresses in the glass-to-glass laminate from differences in the HTCTE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Emily Marie Aaldenberg, Timothy Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11505492
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220363586
    Abstract: A glass composition includes from about 50 mol. % to about 70 mol. % SiO2, from about 0.1 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Al2O3, from about 5 mol. % to about 25 mol. % B2O3, and from about 10 mol. % to about 30 mol. % of a modifier, wherein the modifier is at least one of Na2O, K2O and CaO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11498865
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 11492291
    Abstract: Glasses with compressive stress profiles that allow higher surface compression and deeper depth of layer (DOL) than is allowable in glasses with stress profiles that follow the complementary error function at a given level of stored tension. In some instances, a buried layer or local maximum of increased compression, which can alter the direction of cracking systems, is present within the depth of layer. Theses compressive stress profiles are achieved by a three step process that includes a first ion exchange step to create compressive stress and depth of layer that follows the complimentary error function, a heat treatment at a temperature below the strain point of the glass to partially relax the stresses in the glass and diffuse larger alkali ions to a greater depth, and a re-ion-exchange at short times to re-establish high compressive stress at the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Richard Michael Fiacco, Timothy Michael Gross, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • Patent number: 11485673
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to glass compositions having improved thermal tempering capabilities. The disclosed glass compositions have high coefficients of thermal expansion and Young's moduli, and are capable of achieving high surface compressions. A method of making such glasses is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220340476
    Abstract: An alkali-free glass including greater than or equal to 65.0 mol % SiO2, mol % RO/mol % Al2O3 less than 0.7 (where RO can include divalent oxides MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, or combinations thereof), RO less than or equal to 14 mol %, and the absolute value of a slope dE/dTf of a line extending between a first endpoint and a second endpoint less than or equal to 10.0221 GPa/° C. The first endpoint is a Young's modulus at a fictive temperature of the annealing point temperature and the second endpoint is a Young's modulus at a fictive temperature of the strain point temperature, and the slope is a change in Young's modulus (GPa) per 1° C. change in fictive temperature. RO is a total amount of alkali earth metal oxides. A glass article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11472734
    Abstract: A glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension of less than about 71.5/?(t) (MPa). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 11470847
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O and a durable phase including SiO2. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang