Patents by Inventor Bethany Jon ALDERMAN

Bethany Jon ALDERMAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210331961
    Abstract: A cover element for an electronic device that includes a glass element having a thickness from 20 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, and a polymeric layer disposed over the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it has a bend strength of about 1850 MPa or more at a 10% failure probability, wherein the cover element is made by a multi-step method that employs a redraw thinning step and at least two chemical etching steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Bethany Jon Alderman, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Robert Lee Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20210291494
    Abstract: A cover element for an electronic device that includes a redrawn glass element, first and second primary surfaces, and a polymeric layer disposed over the first primary surface. The redrawn glass element has a reduced thickness and an average surface roughness of 1 nanometer or less. Further, the cover element can withstand a pen drop height of greater than 6 centimeters or 2.5 times or more than that of a control pen drop height of the cover element having a non-redrawn glass element the layer according to Drop Test 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bethany Jon Alderman, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Robert Lee Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20200407273
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article comprise: exposing an alkali-aluminosilicate glass-based substrate comprising opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t) to an ion exchange treatment to produce an ion exchanged glass-based substrate; and thereafter cooling the ion exchanged glass-based substrate in an environment having a starting temperature that is less than or equal to 200° C. and then reducing the temperature at a rate of greater than or equal to 3.3° C./minute to form the glass-based article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: BETHANY JON ALDERMAN, ALYSSA MICHELLE SERGIYENKO
  • Publication number: 20200399158
    Abstract: A glass ribbon includes a first major surface extending along a first plane. The glass ribbon includes a second major surface extending along a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. A first thickness is defined between the first major surface and the second major surface along a thickness direction perpendicular to the first major surface. The first thickness is within a range from about 25 ?m to about 125 ?m. An edge surface extends between the first plane and the second plane. The edge surface comprises a height in the thickness direction that is less than the first thickness. Methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Bethany Jon ALDERMAN, Naigeng CHEN, Claire Renata COBLE, Peter Joseph LEZZI, Yousef Kayed QAROUSH, Elizabeth Mary STURDEVANT