Patents Examined by David Sample
  • Patent number: 12649688
    Abstract: Chemically tempered lithium aluminosilicate glasses and methods of tempering are provided. The method allows fast tempering at moderate temperatures, which leads to a deep zone of surface tension with a high level of surface tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Stefan Meinhardt, Rolf Weitnauer
  • Patent number: 12637386
    Abstract: Embodiments of a deadfront article are provided. The deadfront article includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The deadfront article also includes a semi-transparent layer disposed onto the second surface of the substrate. The semi-transparent layer has a region of a solid color or of a design of two or more colors, and the semi-transparent layer has a first optical density. Further, the deadfront article includes a contrast layer disposed onto the region. The contrast layer is configured to enhance visibility of the color(s) of the semi-transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew Wade Fenton, Antoine Daniel Lesuffleur, Xu Ouyang, Yawei Sun, Joshua Lee Tokar
  • Patent number: 12623968
    Abstract: A functionally graded firing setter that includes a substrate layer of cubic oxide; a top layer of unstabilized zirconium dioxide/hafnium dioxide; and a continuous transitional gradient layer disposed between the substrate layer and the top layer. The continuous transitional gradient layer includes cubic oxide stabilized zirconium dioxide/hafnium dioxide. The cubic oxide can be calcium oxide (CaO) or magnesium oxide (MgO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventor: Lucian Garrett Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12624229
    Abstract: An article includes a substrate and a bond coat disposed on the substrate. The bond coat includes a matrix, a plurality of gettering particles disposed in the matrix, a plurality of diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, a radiation-absorbing component disposed in the matrix, wherein the radiation-absorbing component is concentrated at an outer surface of the bond coat. An article and a method of protecting an article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals, David A. Litton, Brian T. Hazel
  • Patent number: 12623292
    Abstract: A coated tool of the present invention includes a base material and a hard coating film on the base material. The hard coating film is a nitride or carbonitride containing aluminum (Al) of 65 atomic % or more 90 atomic % or less, titanium (Ti) of 10 atomic % or more 35 atomic % or less, a total of aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti) of 85 atomic % or more, and argon (Ar) of 0.20 atomic % or less. The hard coating film satisfies a relationship of Ih×100/Is?12 when a peak intensity of a (010) plane of AlN of a hexagonal close-packed structure is Ih and a sum of peak intensities due to predetermined nine crystal planes of TiN and AlN is Is in an intensity profile obtained from a selected area diffraction pattern of a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignees: MOLDINO Tool Engineering, Ltd., Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon
    Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Kazuyuki Kubota, Kumar Yalamanchili, Denis Kurapov, Wolfgang Kalss
  • Patent number: 12617695
    Abstract: Provided is a fluorite-based material thin film including an orthorhombic crystal structure having a symmetric segment and a non-symmetric segment; and at least two domains having different polarization directions. At least one of, the symmetric segment is not present at a wall between the domains, or at least two symmetric segments are consecutive. Also provided is a semiconductor device including the fluorite-based material thin film having an orthorhombic crystal structure. A polarization direction of the fluorite-based material thin film is configured to be changed by a structural transition between the symmetric segment and the non-symmetric segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dukhyun Choe, Jinseong Heo
  • Patent number: 12617714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a strengthened glass and a glass strengthening method, and an electronic device housing. Two opposing sides of the strengthened glass have surface compressive stress layers, and a third stress layer is sandwiched between the two surface compressive stress layers. The third stress layer includes a compressive stress region and multiple tensile stress regions spaced apart within the compressive stress region, the multiple tensile stress regions are extended in a thickness direction of the strengthened glass, and each of the tensile stress regions is surrounded by the compressive stress region. A sum of thicknesses of the surface compressive stress layers and a thickness of the compressive stress region located between two adjacent tensile stress regions is equal to a thickness of the strengthened glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Yulei Pei, Shuang Wu, Qiying Gai, Jingna Cui, Jiaxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12617024
    Abstract: A cutting tool according to the present disclosure has a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge. The cutting edge is located between the rake face and the flank face. The cutting tool includes a substrate composed of a cubic boron nitride sintered material, and an oxide layer that covers the substrate and that constitutes at least part or whole of the rake face, the flank face, and the cutting edge. The oxide layer includes at least one element selected from a group consisting of titanium, aluminum, zirconium, and cobalt. A thickness of the oxide layer is 2 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Naoki Watanobe, Masashi Harada, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino
  • Patent number: 12612331
    Abstract: A window includes a base layer, a plurality of nitride layers disposed on the base layer, a plurality of oxide layers disposed on the base layer, and a protective layer disposed on the nitride layers and the oxide layers. The nitride layers are alternately stacked with the oxide layers on the base layer, and a sum of thicknesses of the nitride layers and thicknesses of the oxide layers is equal to or greater than about 500 nm and equal to or smaller than about 900 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12612329
    Abstract: Glasses that can be chemically strengthened and are colored by transition metals. Most of the glasses are black, with some having high damage resistance and compressive surface layers having high compressive stress and depth of layer after ion exchange. These colored glasses do not require a post-forming heat treatment to produce color and are formable by fusions drawing, rolling, slot drawing, and float glass processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, John Christopher Mauro, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 12583206
    Abstract: A component for an electronic device including an internal compressive stress region is disclosed herein. The internal compressive stress region may be created in a glass portion of the component or in a glass ceramic portion of the component. Electronic devices comprising the components and method for making the components are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher C Bartlow, Dale N. Memering, Tyler A. Marshall, Victor Luzzato
  • Patent number: 12577176
    Abstract: A CMAS resistant overlay coating including at least one CMAS resistant layer, wherein the overlay coating is i. disposed over a surface of a substrate including a material susceptible to CMAS corrosion, ii. includes a metal oxide matrix and iii. has at least partially a vertical columnar structure. Moreover, at least one non-oxidized metallic constituent selected from the group of aluminum, chromium and metallic constituents including aluminum and chromium is embedded in the metal oxide matrix. Furthermore, a substrate has a CMAS resistant overlay coating at issue on a surface of a material susceptible to CMAS corrosion. A CAE process is provided for forming such a CMAS resistant overlay coating on a surface of a material susceptible to CMAS corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventors: Bernhard Kohlhauser, Helmut Schoech, Beno Widrig, Juergen Ramm
  • Patent number: 12577170
    Abstract: A complex sintered body includes a lamination of a layer composed of a zirconia sintered body containing 0.5% or more by mole and less than 4% by mole of an oxide of cerium in terms of CeO2, 2% or more by mole and less than 6% by mole of yttria and 0.1% or more by mass and less than 2% by mass of an oxide of aluminum; and at least one of a layer composed of a zirconia-based sintered body containing 2.0% or more by mass and 20.0% or less by mass of an oxide of aluminum, and a layer composed of a zirconia-based sintered body containing 2% or more by mole and less than 6% by mole of yttria and a coloring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Fujisaki, Hitoshi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 12581730
    Abstract: A carrier substrate to be used, when manufacturing a member for an electronic device on a surface of a substrate, by being bonded to the substrate, includes at least a first glass substrate. The first glass substrate has a compaction described below of 80 ppm or less. Compaction is a shrinkage in a case of subjecting the first glass substrate to a temperature raising from a room temperature at 100° C./hour and to a heat treatment at 600° C. for 80 minutes, and then to a cooling to the room temperature at 100° C./hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ono, Takatoshi Yaoita, Reo Usui, Kenichi Ebata, Jun Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12573519
    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: May 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: AdvanCell Pty Limited
    Inventor: Julian Frederick Kelly
  • Patent number: 12570578
    Abstract: A cement-based artificial stone plate includes a cement-based plate body; and a metal mesh being embedded in the cement-based plate body; wherein the metal mesh is arranged with at least one fixing member, the fixing member defines a screw hole along its axis, and the screw hole of the fixing member is exposed on back of the cement-based plate body, and back of the plate body is provided with regular or irregular protrusions, between any two protrusions forms a groove, and bottom of each groove is close to the metal mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Inventor: Bing Zhong
  • Patent number: 12557567
    Abstract: Provided are a crack-free laminated film and a structure including this laminated film. This laminated film includes: a buffer layer; and at least one layer of gallium nitride base film disposed on the buffer layer. Moreover, the compression stress of the entire laminated film is ?2.0 to 5.0 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Suemoto, Yoshihiro Ueoka, Masami Mesuda
  • Patent number: 12539689
    Abstract: A window is provided to include a glass substrate, an adhesive layer on the glass substrate, a polymer layer between the glass substrate and the adhesive layer, the polymer layer having a surface adjacent to the adhesive layer, the surface being hydrophilic at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a protective layer on the adhesive layer. Thereby, when the protective layer is damaged, only the protective layer may be replaced without replacing a glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minhyuck Kang, Yukihiro Miyazawa, Su-Hyoung Kang, Jeongeun Kim
  • Patent number: 12534415
    Abstract: A coating for an article includes a seal coat comprising self-healing particles disposed in a seal coat matrix and a bond coat disposed on the seal coat. The bond coat includes a matrix, diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, and gettering particles disposed in the matrix. A coating for an article and a method of applying a coating to an article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Nable, Ying She
  • Patent number: 12535621
    Abstract: In some implementations, an optical component includes an optical medium, the optical medium having a surface, wherein the surface includes one or more hydroxyl group terminations; and a surface layer chemically bonded to the optical medium, such that the surface layer has a thickness of less than 10 nanometers and is a hydrophobic surface, the surface layer including at least one of: a hexamethyldisilazane material, a polysiloxane material, a polydimethylsiloxane material, a fluoro-polymer material, an organosilicon material, or an organofluorine material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Richard D. Faulhaber, Martin H. Muendel