Patents Assigned to Corning Incorporated
  • Patent number: 11772491
    Abstract: Embodiments of a deadfront article for a display are disclosed herein. The deadfront article includes a cover structure having: an inner surface; an outer surface opposite the inner surface; a glass layer located between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a first layer of light transmitting ink or pigment located between the inner surface of the cover structure and the glass layer. The deadfront article also includes a light guide layer having: an inner surface; and an outer surface facing toward the inner surface of the cover structure. A light extraction layer located on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Antoine D. Lesuffleur, Xiang-Dong Mi, Xu Ouyang, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11777139
    Abstract: A modified garnet-type solid electrolyte, includes: a garnet-type solid electrolyte; a modification layer, such that the modification layer is formed on at least one side of the garnet-type solid electrolyte, and possesses a three-dimensional crosslinking structure comprising at least one strongly acidic lithium salt and at least one weakly acidic lithium salt. A method of forming a modified garnet-type solid electrolyte, includes: exposing a garnet-type solid electrolyte in air to form a pre-passivation layer; mixing solutions of strong acid and weakly acidic salt to form a mixed solution; chemically treating at least one side of the garnet-type solid electrolyte with the mixed solution; and forming a modification layer on the at least one side of the garnet-type solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Jun Jin, Yadong Ruan, Zhaoyin Wen
  • Patent number: 11773015
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic material, includes a lower support conveying and contacting electrode structure, an upper contacting electrode structure positioned above the lower support structure, and one or more DC bias voltage sources connected to one or both of the upper contacting structure and the lower support structure. A process for continuous electro-thermal poling of glass or glass ceramic sheets or substrates includes heating the sheet or substrate, feeding the sheet or substrate continuously or continually, while applying a DC voltage bias, and cooling the sheet or substrate to within 0-30° C. of ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Charles Thomas McLaren, Nicholas James Smith, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek
  • Patent number: 11772361
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Christopher Lee Timmons
  • Patent number: 11774233
    Abstract: A method of measuring geometric parameters of through holes in a thin substrate includes acquiring images of select sub-volumes of the substrate using an optical system having a field of depth greater than a thickness of the substrate. The acquired images are processed to determine the desired geometric parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Uta-Barbara Goers, Robert Wendell Sharps
  • Patent number: 11777067
    Abstract: Display tiles comprising pixel elements on a first surface of a substrate connected by an electrode, a driver located opposite the first surface, and a connector wrapped around an edge surface of the substrate connecting the driver to the pixel elements. Displays comprised of display tiles and methods of manufacturing display tiles and displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Sean Matthew Garner, Jen-Chieh Lin, Robert George Manley, Timothy James Orsley, Richard Curwood Peterson, Michael Lesley Sorensen, Pei-Lien Tseng, Rajesh Vaddi, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11773006
    Abstract: A method of making a glass includes batching constituents, including silica, alumina, boria, magnesia, quicklime, and strontia, where one or more of the constituents is from “dirty” raw material that includes a relatively large amount of sulfur. The method further includes melting and mixing the batch to make glass having sulfur content but free of blisters, suitable for high performance displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, Ellen Anne King, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Peter Joseph Lezzi
  • Patent number: 11777145
    Abstract: A battery includes a substrate; a composite cathode disposed on the substrate; a solid-state electrolyte disposed on the composite cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the solid-state electrolyte, such that the composite cathode comprises a gel polymer electrolyte layer and a porous cathode active material layer. A method of forming a cathode for a solid-state battery includes mixing an active cathode material, at least one of a conductive carbon component and an electronic conductive component, and a polymer binder to form a slurry; immersing the slurry in an alcohol reagent to form a porous disc structure by phase conversion; and immersing the porous disc structure in a liquid electrolyte to form the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Mingli Cai, Jun Jin, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Liu Yao
  • Patent number: 11773016
    Abstract: An apparatus for curing a coating composition disposed on a glass fiber includes a diffuse reflector surrounding a coating composition disposed on a glass fiber. The diffuse reflector defines a cavity having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end. The first end has a first opening and the second end has a second opening. The glass fiber passes through the cavity from the first opening to the second opening. The sidewall has an interior surface facing the coating composition disposed on the glass fiber. The interior surface includes a scattering material. A light source integrated with the diffuse reflector. The light source directs light to the scattering material. The scattering material diffusely reflects at least 90% of the light. The diffusely reflected light has sufficient intensity to cure the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin Hempstead, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • Patent number: 11767250
    Abstract: A method of forming a 3D mirror for a heads-up display (HUD) system includes providing a glass-based preform having a first major surface, a second major surface, and a minor surface connecting the first and second major surfaces, and further includes disposing the glass-based preform on a mold having a concave surface such that the first and second longitudinal side surfaces are adjacent to a longitudinal wall of a housing. The longitudinal wall extends from the concave surface to at least a height of the second major surface of the glass-based preform. The method further includes supplying a vacuum and conforming the second major surface to the concave surface of the mold using the vacuum. The first and second transverse side surfaces have a curved shape corresponding to a curve of the concave surface a remain coincident with the concave surface during the conforming of the second major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyubong Chae, Hong-keun Jee, BongChul Kim, Jonghwa Kim, Taemun Kim, Myoung-se Lee
  • Patent number: 11768194
    Abstract: A cell monitoring plate comprises a flat surface on which multiple cell culturing vessels may be stacked. The flats surface has multiple optical imaging systems embedded therein to fully image a cell culture vessels stacked on the plate. Each one of the multiple optical imaging systems provides both illumination and imaging through a single aperture in the surface of the monitoring plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joshua Monroe Cobb, Gregory Roger Martin, Robert Raymond Raczkowski, Mark Christian Sanson, Horst Schreiber, Todd Michael Upton
  • Patent number: 11768032
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11767254
    Abstract: A glass composition includes: from 55.0 mol % to 70.0 mol % SiO2; from 12.0 mol % to 20.0 mol % Al2O3; from 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li2O; and from 4.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na2O. The glass composition has the following relationships ?8.00 mol %?R2O+RO?Al2O3?B2O3?P2O5??1.75 mol %, 9.00?(SiO2+Al2O3+Li2O)/Na2O, and (Li2O+Al2O3+P2O5)/(Na2O+B2O3)?3.50. The glass composition may be used in a glass article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev
  • Patent number: 11766746
    Abstract: A method for processing a transparent workpiece that includes directing a laser beam the transparent workpiece. The laser beam incident to the impingement surface has an oblong angular spectrum and portion of the laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece is a laser beam focal line and generates an induced absorption to produce a defect within the transparent workpiece. The laser beam focal line includes a wavelength ?, a spot size wo, a Rayleigh range ZR that is greater than F D ? ? ? ? w o 2 ? , where FD is a dimensionless divergence factor comprising a value of 10 or greater, and an internal beam angle of greater than 10° relative to a plane orthogonal to an impingement surface at an impingement location, such that the defect has a defect angle within the transparent workpiece of greater than 10° relative to a plane orthogonal to the impingement surface at the impingement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Viacheslav Viacheslavovich Ivanov, Nikolay Alekseyevich Kaliteevskiy, Nickolaos Savidis, Petr Mikhaylovich Sterlingov, Ralf Joachim Terbrueggen, Craig John Mancusi Ungaro
  • Patent number: 11766849
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: sourcing an ultra-thin glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces and perimeter edges therebetween, the glass sheet having a thickness between the first and second surfaces of less than about 400 microns; adhering at least one polymer layer directly or indirectly to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the glass sheet to form a laminated structure; and cutting the laminated structure using at least one of the following techniques: shear cutting, burst cutting, slit cutting, and crush cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Karthik Gopalakrishnan, Timothy Michael Gross, Glafiro Guerrero-Medina, Kiat Chyai Kang, Sue Camille Lewis
  • Patent number: 11767253
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 11767499
    Abstract: A cell culture vessel (100) includes a wall including an inner surface defining a cell culture chamber of the vessel. A substrate (215) of non-porous material is positioned in the cell culture chamber between a first region of the cell culture chamber and a second region of the cell culture chamber. The substrate includes a plurality of microcavities (220), each microcavity of the plurality of microcavities includes a concave surface defining a well and an opening, the concave surface of each microcavity includes at least one aperture including a dimension less than or equal to about 15 microns defining a path from the well to the second region. A cell culture vessel including a substrate including a plurality of microcavities and a layer of porous material is also provided. Methods of culturing cells in the cell culture vessel are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregory Roger Martin, Ana Maria Del Pilar Pardo, Michael Kurt Schaefer, Allison Jean Tanner
  • Patent number: 11767255
    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: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11767257
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosuer pertain to glass articles that comprise a maximum CS magnitude (CSmax) of about 900 MPa or greater, a CS magnitude of 750 MPa or greater at a depth of about 5 micrometers, and a maximum CT magnitude (CTmax) disposed at a depth from the first major surface in a range from about 0.25 t to about 0.75 t. Embodiments of a curved glass article are also disclosed. In one or more embodiments, such curved glass articles include the first major concave surface comprising a maximum radius of curvature of about 100 mm or greater and a first maximum CS value (CSmax1) greater than about 800 MPa, a second major convex surface comprising a second maximum CS value (CSmax2), wherein the CSmax2 is less than CSmax1. Embodiments of an automotive interior system including such curved glass articles and methods of making glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Black, Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni
  • Patent number: 11767258
    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 methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Adam Robert Sarafian, Jingshi Wu, Zheming Zheng