Patents Examined by Lauren R Colgan
  • Patent number: 11968794
    Abstract: Glass-based articles are disclosed having a thickness in a range of from about 0.2 mm to about 4.0 mm, a first compressive stress layer extending from a first surface of the glass-based article to a first depth of compression that is in a range of from about 5% to about 20% of the thickness, a second compressive stress layer extending from a second surface of the glass-based article to a second depth of compression that is in a range of from about 5% to about 20% of the thickness, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface, and a central region extending from the first depth of compression to the second depth of compression and having a maximum tensile stress in a range of from about 0.5 MPa to about 20 MPa. Electronic devices comprising the glass-based articles and methods of making glass-based articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kameron Isaiah Chambliss, Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, Kevin Barry Reiman, Vitor Marino Schneider
  • Patent number: 11964450
    Abstract: A laminated member includes a glass member of which a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 850 nm is 80% or more, a bonding layer provided on or above the glass member, the bonding layer being constituted by a resin, and a ceramic member provided on or above the bonding layer, the ceramic member being constituted by an SiC member or an AlN member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ogawa, Norihito Nakazawa, Shuhei Nomura
  • Patent number: 11964908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tempered glass sheet having a compressive stress layer in a surface thereof, the tempered glass sheet including as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50% to 80% of SiO2, 8% to 25% of Al2O3, 0% to 10% of B2O3, 3% to 15% of Li2O, 3% to 21% of Na2O, 0% to 10% of K2O, 0% to 10% of MgO, 0% to 10% of ZnO, and 0% to 15% of P2O5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Yuki, Ryota Suzuki, Tomonori Ichimaru, Kiyotaka Kinoshita, Yuta Nagano
  • Patent number: 11958269
    Abstract: A laminated member includes a glass member of which a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 850 nm is 80% or more, a bonding layer provided on or above the glass member, the bonding layer being constituted by a resin, and a Si—SiC member provided on or above the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ogawa, Shuhei Nomura, Norihito Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 11952312
    Abstract: Glass compositions are provided with low Young's modulus and compatibility with slot drawing techniques, due at least in part to liquidus viscosity and liquidus temperature. When ion-exchanged the resulting glass articles are capable of exhibiting a ratio of a peak compressive stress value in MPa to a Young's modulus value in GPa of 13.0 or more. The glass articles may have a peak compressive stress value in a range of 850 MPa to 1400 MPa. The glass articles are suitable for various high-strength applications, including cover glass applications that experience significant bending stresses during use, for example, cover glasses for flexible displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Binghui Deng, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi
  • Patent number: 11945190
    Abstract: Laminated glass includes a pair of glass plates each having a curvature; an intermediate film located between the pair of glass plates; and a light control element enclosed in the intermediate film. The light control element includes a first resin layer; a second resin layer; and a light control layer held by the first resin layer and the second resin layer. One or more slits are provided in a main surface of the first resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Yuhei Gima
  • Patent number: 11938701
    Abstract: A glazing includes at least one transparent substrate comprising a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, wherein said first major surface is coated with an electrically conductive layer and the electrically conductive layer is absent in one or more regions of the first major surface. At least a portion of the one or more regions of the first major surface, and/or corresponding regions of the opposing second major surface, bears a low-emissivity material, and the one or more regions permit the passage of electromagnetic radiation through the glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Roland Day
  • Patent number: 11931989
    Abstract: A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane which are joined to one another via a first thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the outer pane and a second thermoplastic intermediate layer arranged directly adjacent the inner pane, and an inlay element which is arranged in a region of the composite pane between the first thermoplastic intermediate layer and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer. The inner pane has a cutout and the second thermoplastic intermediate layer has a cutout. The cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer is, when looked through, arranged completely within the region in which the inlay element is arranged, and the cutout of the inner pane is, when looked through, arranged completely within the cutout of the second thermoplastic intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Christopher Matheisen, Dirk Wohlfeil, Gabor Varga, Michael Kolf
  • Patent number: 11926122
    Abstract: A glazing applicable to multiple illumination products comprises a first glass substrate having first and second surfaces, a second glass substrate having third and fourth surfaces, a polymer interlayer laminated between the first and second substrates, and a coating including a first luminescent material and being applied on one of the third and fourth surfaces of the second glass substrate, for emitting light to both of the interior and exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bard, Emily Anne Curtis
  • Patent number: 11923115
    Abstract: An insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet has, on at least one surface, an insulating coating including an insulating tensile coating layer A. A tension applied to the steel sheet by an insulating tensile coating layer having a coating weight of M/2 from a surface of the insulating tensile coating layer A is 0.80×?A or more, where M is a weight of the insulating tensile coating layer A, and ?A is the tension applied to the steel sheet by the insulating tensile coating layer A. The insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet has excellent adhesion of the insulating coating. A method for manufacturing the insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Masahiro Suemune, Karin Kokufu, Toshito Takamiya
  • Patent number: 11912615
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Pascale Oram, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 11912614
    Abstract: Glass-based articles are frangible, comprising a peak central tension (CT) in a tensile region that is greater than: (E/68 GPa)*75 MPa*1 mm0.5/?(t), where E is the Young's modulus value of the glass-based substrate utilized to form the glass-based article. The stress profiles of the glass-based articles may comprise: a maximum compressive stress (CSmax) greater than or equal to 150 MPa; a depth of compression (DOC) that is greater than or equal to 0.21t; a peak central tension (CT) in a tensile region that is greater than or equal to 100 MPa to less than or equal to 220 MPa; and/or a negative curvature region, wherein a second derivative of stress as a function of depth is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Vitor Marino Schneider
  • Patent number: 11912618
    Abstract: In embodiments, a glass composition may include: greater than or equal to 71 mol. % and less than or equal to 83 mol. % SiO2; greater than or equal to 1 mol. % and less than or equal to 11 mol. % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 5 mol. % and less than or equal to 18 mol. % alkali oxide, the alkali oxide comprising greater than 3 mol. % Li2O and at least one of Na2O and K2O; greater than or equal to 1 mol. % and less than or equal to 8 mol. % alkaline earth oxide, the alkaline earth oxide comprising MgO and at least one of CaO, BaO, and SrO; and at least one of TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, La2O3 and Y2O3, wherein TiO2+ZrO2+HfO2+La2O3+Y2O3 is greater than 0 mol. % and less than or equal to 6 mol. % and Al2O3+TiO2+ZrO2+HfO2+La2O3+Y2O3 is greater than or equal to 2 mol. % and less than or equal to 12 mol. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, Lina Ma, Robert Anthony Schaut
  • Patent number: 11912603
    Abstract: A glass article includes a first surface; a second surface opposed to the first surface; a side surface connecting the first surface to the second surface; a first surface compressive region extending from the first surface to a first depth; a second surface compressive region extending from the second surface to a second depth; and a side compressive region extending from the side surface to a third depth, where the first surface and the side surface are non-tin surfaces, the second surface is a tin surface, and a maximum compressive stress of the second surface compressive region is greater than a maximum compressive stress of the first surface compressive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jin Sung, Byung Hoon Kang, Seung Kim, Young Ok Park, Gyu In Shim
  • Patent number: 11912613
    Abstract: A glass article includes lithium aluminosilicate, includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, a first compressive region extending from the first surface to a first compression depth, a second compressive region extending from the second surface to a second compression depth, and, a tensile region disposed between the first compression depth and the second compression depth, where a stress profile of the first compressive region has a first local minimum point at which the stress profile is convex downward and a first local maximum point at which the stress profile is convex upward, where a depth of the first local maximum point is greater than a depth of the first local minimum point, and where a stress of the first local maximum point is greater than a compressive stress of the first local minimum point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jin Sung, Byung Hoon Kang, Seung Kim, Young Ok Park, Gyu In Shim
  • Patent number: 11912605
    Abstract: A method for making a glass ribbon that includes: flowing a glass into a caster having a width (Wcast) from about 100 mm to about 5 m and a thickness (t) from about 1 mm to about 500 mm to form an a cast glass; cooling the cast glass in the caster to a viscosity of at least 108 Poise; conveying the cast glass from the caster; drawing the cast glass, the drawing comprising heating the cast glass to an average viscosity of less than 107 Poise and drawing the cast glass into a glass ribbon having a width (Wribbon) that is less than Wcast; and thereafter cooling the glass ribbon to ambient temperature. Further, the cast glass during the cooling, conveying and drawing steps is about 50° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Randy Lee Rhoads
  • Patent number: 11905205
    Abstract: Methods for chemically strengthening a cover for an electronic are disclosed. The methods include removing material from a mounting surface of the cover to counteract warping of the mounting surface due to ion exchange. The chemically strengthened covers have a high bend strength and allow a strong seal to be formed between the cover and an enclosure component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard A. Davis, Christopher D. Jones
  • Patent number: 11906699
    Abstract: An article that includes: an inorganic oxide substrate having opposing major surfaces; and an optical film structure disposed on a first major surface of the substrate, the optical film structure comprising one or more of a silicon-containing oxide, a silicon-containing nitride and a silicon-containing oxynitride and a physical thickness from about 50 nm to less than 500 nm. The article exhibits a hardness of 8 GPa or greater measured at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or a maximum hardness of 9 GPa or greater measured over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm, the hardness and the maximum hardness measured by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test. Further, the article exhibits a single-side photopic average reflectance that is less than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Alexandre Michel Mayolet, James Joseph Price
  • Patent number: 11905203
    Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a substrate having a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and comprising a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface. The protective film comprises a thickness of greater than 1.5 microns and a maximum hardness of greater than 15 GPa at a depth of 500 nanometers, as measured on the film disposed on the substrate. Further, the protective film comprises a metal oxynitride that is graded such that an oxygen concentration in the film varies by 1.3 or more atomic %. In addition, the substrate comprises an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Guangli Hu, William Joseph Hurley, Dana Ianson, Lin Lin, Santona Pal, James Joseph Price
  • Patent number: 11897804
    Abstract: A laminate includes a first glass article having a first thickness, a first annealing point, and a first softening point, a second glass article having a second thickness, a second annealing point, and a second softening point, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass article and the second glass article. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness, the second annealing point is less than or equal to the first annealing point, and the second softening point is greater than the first softening point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Dale Bressler, Rebecca Marie Connors, Sinue Gomez, Timothy Michael Gross, Shane David Seyler, Jason Scott Stewart, Zhongzhi Tang, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore