Patents Examined by David Sample
  • Patent number: 12377637
    Abstract: A cover window, a display device, and a cover window manufacturing method are provided. The cover window includes a window substrate; a stress control layer on the window substrate and including a ceramic; and a hard coating layer on the stress control layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Kyu Kang, Hyun Seung Seo
  • Patent number: 12371367
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises silica, lithia, phosphorus pentoxide, and zirconia in amounts that, when heat treated, provide a glass-ceramic including a lithium disilicate (L2Si2O5) crystalline phase. The glass-ceramic may have high fracture toughness, transparency, hardness, and may be strengthen via ion-exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 12365618
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass compositions, glass articles and chemically strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition comprises Li2O, greater than about 0.9 mol % B2O3, Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 10 mol %, and from about 60 mol % to about 80 mol % SiO2. Embodiments of the chemically strengthened glass article include a first major surface and an opposing second major surface defining a thickness t, a compressive stress layer extending from the first major surface to a depth of compression greater than about 0.12 t, a maximum compressive stress of about 200 MPa or greater, and a Knoop Lateral Cracking Scratch Threshold greater than about 6 N, as measured on either one of the first major surface and the second major surface. Methods for forming such chemically strengthened glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 12365620
    Abstract: A glass sheet having asymmetric chemical strengthening is disclosed and described. The examples described herein are directed to a cover glass for an electronic device and other glass components that may be used as enclosure elements or may form an enclosure. Within the glass component, localized compressive stress regions may be formed on opposite sides of the glass component, which may help arrest or redirect propagating cracks or defects in the glass. The opposing compressive stress regions may also help maintain the overall flatness of the component while increasing strength and/or impact resistance of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones, Christopher C. Bartlow, Aidan R. Doan
  • Patent number: 12359586
    Abstract: A coated article (20;60) includes a substrate (22) and a coating (24;62) on the substrate. The coating includes at least a first layer (30). The first layer has: a matrix (50); and a filler (52) at 2.0% to 40% by volume in the first layer. The first layer is selected from alkaline earth or transition metal (M) tungstates (MWO4); alkaline earth molybdates (MMoO4); rare earth (RE) phosphates (REPO4); and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Joost, Kara J. Bridges, Christopher W. Strock, Imelda P. Smyth, Richard Wesley Jackson
  • Patent number: 12350904
    Abstract: An article comprises a first plate, a second plate and a cured adhesive layer. The first plate is made of a first chemically-strengthened glass-based material. The first plate comprises: a first major surface opposing a second major surface and a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm. The second plate is made of a second chemically-strengthened transparent glass-based material. The second plate comprises: a first major surface opposing a second major surface and a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm. The cured adhesive layer adheres a portion of the first major surface of the plate to the second major surface of the second plate. The second plate has an area equal to or less than 25% of the area of the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hamidreza Pirayesh, Kevin Barry Reiman, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 12338159
    Abstract: A strengthened cover glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided for use in consumer electronic devices. The process comprises cooling the cover glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened cover glass sheets for use in or on consumer electronic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Patent number: 12340916
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to materials, processes, generators, and/or systems, for generating radioisotope. The present disclosure also generally relates to ceramic materials comprising radioisotope suitable for use in a radioisotope generator. The present disclosure also generally relates to processes, generators and/or systems, for producing and capturing radioisotope. The present disclosure also generally relates to the preparation of radioisotope solutions for use in radiopharmacy and/or other clinical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: AdvanCell Isotopes Pty Limited
    Inventor: Julian Frederick Kelly
  • Patent number: 12330983
    Abstract: An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventors: William F O'Keeffe, Sean A Ross
  • Patent number: 12325212
    Abstract: A window assembly and method of forming a window assembly that is constructed to maintain separation of the environments separated by the window assembly when the window assembly is subjected to impacts and cooperate with the structure of associated with defining the window opening without detracting the operability of the window assembly relative to openings defined by the structure of third party original equipment manufacturers structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: TruArmor a division of Clear-Armor, LLC
    Inventors: David Anthony Trudeau, Alex Trudeau
  • Patent number: 12315721
    Abstract: An engineered substrate structure includes a ceramic substrate having a front surface characterized by a plurality of voids, and a barrier layer encapsulating the ceramic substrate. The barrier layer defining a plurality of valleys corresponding to the plurality of voids. The engineered substrate structure further includes a first bonding layer comprising a bonding layer material and coupled to the barrier layer on the front surface of the ceramic substrate. The first bonding layer defines a plurality of fill regions filled with the bonding layer material in the plurality of valleys corresponding to the plurality of voids. The engineered substrate structure further includes a second bonding layer coupled to the first bonding layer, and a substantially single crystalline layer joined to the second bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: QROMIS, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Cem Basceri, Shari Farrens
  • Patent number: 12298474
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate and a coating applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes: a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate; a first metallic layer over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer; a first primer layer over at least a portion of the first metallic layer; a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the first primer layer; a second metallic layer over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer; a second primer layer over at least a portion of the second metallic layer; a third dielectric layer over at least a portion of the second primer layer; and an outermost protective layer formed over at least a portion of the third dielectric layer. The coated article wherein the RgL* value is at least 35, and no more than 55. The coated article has a total combined thickness of the metallic layers of at least 10 nanometers, and no more than 30 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Zhixun Ma, Adam D. Polcyn, Andrew Wagner
  • Patent number: 12297141
    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: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 12297142
    Abstract: A plate-like chemically strengthened glass having a compression stress layer on the surface of the glass, wherein the compressive stress value (CS0) at the glass surface of is 500 MPa or more, the plate thickness (t) is 400 ?m or more, the compressive stress depth of layer (DOL) is (t×0.15) ?m or more, the compressive stress values (CS1) and (CS2) when the depth from the glass surface is ¼ and ½, respectively, are 50 MPa or more, m1 expressed by {m1=(CS1?CS2/(DOL/4?DOL/2)} is ?1.5 MPa/?m or more, m2 expressed by {m2=(CS2/(DOL/2?DOL)} is 0 MPa/?m or less, and m2 is less than m1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama
  • Patent number: 12296557
    Abstract: A vehicle laminated glazing includes a first extraclear glass sheet (exterior glazing), a lamination interlayer and a second glass or plastic sheet (interior glazing) with a traversing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Claire Davis, Keihann Yavari
  • Patent number: 12287456
    Abstract: A hard optical film, a method for producing the same and use thereof. The film is an optical film with a nano-dual-phase structure, and features a regulable thickness, high visible light transmittance and hardness, a flat and uniform surface, and a great application prospect. The hard optical film is prepared on a surface of a substrate by magnetron sputtering, having high binding force between the obtained film and the substrate, such that the substrate has a very high hardness, a very strong abrasion resistance and certain corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN FUTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jian Lu, Yu Bu
  • Patent number: 12281039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth×[?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama, Izuru Kashima, Kazuki Kanehara
  • Patent number: 12275668
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article includes exposing a glass-based substrate having a lithium aluminosilicate composition to an ion exchange treatment to form the glass-based article. The ion exchange treatment including a molten salt bath having a concentration of a sodium salt in a range from 8 mol % to 100 mol %. The glass-based article includes sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article The glass-based article has compressive stress layer extending from the surface to a spike depth of layer from 4 micrometers to 8 micrometers. The glass-based article includes a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K2O) to sodium oxide (Na2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Xiaoju Guo, Pascale Oram, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Taylor Marie Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12248123
    Abstract: Described herein are antireflective layers, methods for forming antireflective layers, and structures including antireflective layers. Methods are included for forming a durable antireflective layer on the surface of a substrate, wherein the substrate has a complex three-dimensional shape, wherein the durable antireflective layer comprises a uniform monolayer of silica nanoparticles interconnected by SiO2, a uniform monolayer of silica nanoparticles bonded to the surface of the substrate, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, INC.
    Inventors: Sin-Yen Leo, Peng Jiang, Zhuxiao Gu
  • Patent number: 12240779
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape for easily producing chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape that resists damage and has exceptional transparency. This crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape: contains crystals; has light transmittance in terms of a thickness of 0.8 mm of 80% or higher; and contains 45-74% SiO2, 1-30% Al2O3, 1-25% Li2O, 0-10% Na2O, 0-5% K2O, a total of 0-15% of SnO2 and/or ZrO2, and 0-12% P2O5, these amounts expressing the oxide-based mass percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Li, Kenji Imakita, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda