Patents Assigned to Corning Incorporated
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Patent number: 11752730Abstract: A stack assembly is provided that includes a glass layer having a thickness, a first and second primary surface and a compressive stress region extending from the second primary surface to a first depth; and a second layer coupled to the second primary surface. The glass layer is characterized by: an absence of failure when the layer is held at a bend radius from about 3 to 20 mm, a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the second primary surface is supported by (i) an ˜25 ?m thick PSA and (ii) an ˜50 ?m thick PET layer, and the first primary surface is loaded with a stainless steel pin having a flat bottom with a 200 ?m diameter, a pencil hardness of at least 8H, and a neutral axis within the glass layer located between the second primary surface and half of the first thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Theresa Chang, Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith, James Ernest Webb
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Patent number: 11746022Abstract: A process of forming a sintered article includes heating a green portion of a tape of polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals in organic binder at a binder removal zone to a temperature sufficient to pyrolyze the binder; horizontally conveying the portion of tape with organic binder removed from the binder removal zone to a sintering zone; and sintering polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals of the portion of tape at the sintering zone, wherein the tape simultaneously extends through the removal and sintering zones.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Douglas Edward Brackley, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Eric Lee Miller, Cameron Wayne Tanner, James William Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11745472Abstract: An apparatus for finishing a cut edge of a glass laminate includes a support including a surface and an edge, a rail disposed adjacent the support and extending substantially parallel to the edge, a carrier coupled to the rail, and a finishing tool coupled to the carrier and including an abrasive surface positioned adjacent the edge. The carrier is translatable along the rail to translate the abrasive surface relative to the edge. A method includes securing a glass laminate to a support and contacting a cut edge of the glass laminate with an abrasive surface of a finishing tool coupled to a carrier. The carrier is translated along a rail to move the abrasive surface along the cut edge of the glass laminate and transform the cut edge into a finished edge. The glass laminate can have an edge strength of at least about 100 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Sun-Hwan Kong, Cheol Hee Park, Dong Keun Shin
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Patent number: 11745385Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Dale Charles Marshall, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Emmanuel Chima Okpara, Conor James Walsh
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Patent number: 11746045Abstract: A glass article comprising an alkali aluminosilicate glass that is formable by down-draw processes for example slot- and fusion-draw to thicknesses of 125 ?m or less and is capable of being chemically strengthened by ion-exchange to achieve a compressive stress at its surface of at least 950 MPa, in some embodiments at least about 1000 MPa, and in other embodiments at least about 1100 MPa. The high surface compressive stress allows the glass to retain net compression and thus contain surface flaws when the glass is subjected to bending around a tight radius. The glass may be used in foldable display applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Timothy Michael Gross, John Christopher Mauro
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Patent number: 11745588Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, a cold-formed glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 500 mm or greater, and an adhesive between the curved surface and the glass substrate. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed. The systems and methods include components and/or design modifications or methods for reducing stress in the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Atul Kumar, Jinfa Mou, Yawei Sun, Po Ki Yuen
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Patent number: 11746046Abstract: Chemically strengthened glass articles having at least one deep compressive layer extending from a surface of the article to a depth of compression DOC of at least about 125 ?m within the glass article. The compressive stress profile includes a single linear segment or portion extending from the surface to the depth of compression DOC. Alternatively, the compressive stress profile may include an additional portion extending from the surface to a relatively shallow depth and the linear portion extending from the shallow depth to the depth of compression.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Jaymin Amin, Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, Jonathan David Pesansky, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Brian Paul Strines
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Patent number: 11749906Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an antenna device. The antenna device includes a glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface and the second major surface define a thickness of the glass sheet. The antenna device also includes at least one patch antenna. Each of the at least one patch antenna includes a first metallic layer that is located within the thickness of the glass sheet at or below the first major surface. Additionally, the antenna device includes a ground plane comprising a second metallic layer that is located within the thickness of the glass sheet at or below the second major surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Allegra Josephine Dawes, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Dean Michael Thelen
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Patent number: 11745471Abstract: A glass element having a thickness from 25 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress GI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Theresa Chang, Polly Wanda Chu, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Adam James Ellison, Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith, Butchi Reddy Vaddi, Natesan Venkataraman
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Patent number: 11747709Abstract: An optical ring resonator that includes a closed loop core, a cladding layer, and one or more bus waveguides. The closed loop core is disposed in the cladding layer and is As2Se3 glass. The one or more bus waveguides are disposed in the cladding layer and are optically coupled to the closed loop core. The closed loop core has a zero-dispersion wavelength within a telecommunication wavelength band. The closed loop core has a plurality of resonant modes, including a zero-dispersion resonant mode corresponding with the zero-dispersion wavelength and a plurality of paired resonant modes. Further, the closed loop core has a phase matching bandwidth extending greater than ±40 nm from the zero-dispersion wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Wei Jiang, Daniel Aloysius Nolan
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Patent number: 11745384Abstract: A thin-walled honeycomb body (100) having a plurality of repeating cell structures (110) formed of intersecting porous thick walls (112V, 112H) and thin walls (114V, 114H). Each repeating cell structure (110) is bounded on its periphery by the thick walls (112V, 122H) of a first transverse thickness (Tk) and the thin walls (114V, 114H) have a second transverse thickness (Tt) that subdivides each repeating cell structure (110) into between 7 and 36 individual cells (108). In the thin-walled honeycomb body (100), the first transverse thickness (Tk) of the thick walls (112V, 112H) is less than or equal to 0.127 mm (0.005 inch) and the second transverse thickness (Tt) of the thin walls (114V, 114H) is less than or equal to 0.0635 mm (0.0025 inch), and Tk>Tt. Honeycomb extrusion dies and methods of manufacturing the thin-walled honeycomb body (100) having thick walls (112V, 112H) and thin walls (114V, 114H) are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning, IncorporatedInventors: Ravindra Kumar Akarapu, Amit Halder, Priyank Paras Jain, Weidong Li
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Patent number: 11749836Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
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Patent number: 11746322Abstract: A cell culture article includes a substrate having a polymer coating that is conducive to colony passaging of cells cultured on the coating. Example polymer coatings are formed from polygalacturonic acid (PGA), alginate, or combinations thereof. Cells cultured on the polymer coating can be separated from the substrate as a colony or layer of cells by exposing the polymer coating to (i) a chelating agent, (ii) a proteinase-free enzyme, or (iii) a chelating agent and a proteinase-free enzyme.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Ye Fang, Ann MeeJin Ferrie, Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral, David Henry, Martial Hervy, Corinne Walerack, Yue Zhou
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Patent number: 11746038Abstract: Compounds, compositions, articles, devices, and methods for the manufacture of light guide plates and back light units including such light guide plates made from glass. In some embodiments, light guide plates (LGPs) are provided that have similar or superior optical properties to light guide plates made from PMMA and that have exceptional mechanical properties such as rigidity, CTE and dimensional stability in high moisture conditions as compared to PMMA light guide plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Melissann Marie Ashton-Patton, Adam James Ellison, Ellen Anne King
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Patent number: 11746041Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-ceramic, glass-ceramic article or glass-ceramic window that includes 40 mol %?SiO2?80 mol %; 1 mol %?AI2O3?15 mol %; 3 mol %?B2O3?50 mol %; 0 mol %?R2O?15 mol %; 0 mol %?RO?2 mol %; 0 mol %?P2O5?3 mol %; 0 mol %?SnO2?0.5 mol %; 0.1 mol %?MoO3?15 mol %; and 0 mol %?WO3?10 mol % (or 0 mol %<MoO3?15 mol %; 0.1 mol %?WO3?10 mol %; and 0.01 mol %?V2O5?0.2 mol %), wherein the WO3 (mol %) plus the MoO3 (mol %) is from 1 mol % to 19 mol %, and wherein R2O (mol %) minus the AI2O3 (mol %) is from ?12 mol % to 4 mol %, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Stuart Gray, Jesse Kohl, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
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Patent number: 11746061Abstract: A coated ceramic honeycomb body comprising a honeycomb structure comprising a matrix of intersecting porous walls forming a plurality of axially-extending channels, at least some of the plurality of axially-extending channels being plugged to form inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein a total surface area of the outlet channels is greater than a total surface area of the inlet channels, and wherein a catalyst is preferentially located within the outlet channels, and preferentially disposed on non-filtration walls of the outlet channels. Methods and apparatus configured to preferentially apply a catalyst-containing slurry to the outlet channels and non-filtration walls are provided, as are other aspects.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Achim Karl-Erich Heibel, Konstantin Vladimirovich Khodosevich, Kenneth Richard Miller, Hrushikesh Govindrao Pimpalgaonkar, Kunal Upendra Sakekar, Min Shen, Todd Parrish St Clair
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Patent number: 11737951Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages may comprise a glass body formed from a borosilicate glass composition having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A low-friction thermally stable coating having a thickness of ?1 ?m may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface. The low-friction coating may comprise a silane. The portion of the exterior surface of the coated pharmaceutical package may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated pharmaceutical package formed from the same borosilicate glass composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 11739020Abstract: A conveying apparatus can comprise one or more support members defining an interior passage and a first plurality of apertures. A first cross-sectional area of the interior passage at a first end portion of a support area can be greater than a second cross-sectional area of the interior passage at a second end portion of the support area. A tube can extend within the interior passage and comprises a second plurality of apertures. Methods are also provided for conveying a ribbon with one or more support members.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Keith Raymond Gaylo, Jacob Immerman, Rohit Rai
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Patent number: 11739018Abstract: A method of forming a glass ribbon includes flowing a molten glass into a caster having a width (Wcast) and a thickness (Tcast) to form a cast glass, cooling the cast glass in the caster to a viscosity of 108 Poise or more, conveying the cast glass from the caster, volumetrically heating the cast glass to an average viscosity of 106 Poise or less using a gyrotron microwave heating device, and drawing the cast glass into a glass ribbon having a width (Wgr) that is less than or equal to the width (Wcast) of the caster and a thickness (Tgr) that is less than the thickness (Tcast) of the caster.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Aziz Hoque, Chao Yu
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Patent number: 11739021Abstract: Embodiments of a transparent glass-based material comprising a glass phase and a second phase that is different from and is dispersed in the glass phase are provided. The second phase may comprise a crystalline or a nanocrystalline phase, a fiber, and/or glass particles. In some embodiments, the second phase is crystalline. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based material has a transmittance of at least about 88% over a visible spectrum ranging from about 400 nm to about 700 nm and a fracture toughness of at least about 0.9 MPa·m1/2, and wherein a surface of the glass-based material, when scratched with a Knoop diamond at a load of at least 5 N to form a scratch having a width w, is free of chips having a size of greater than 3w.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Paulo Jorge Gaspar Marques