Patents by Inventor Carol Ann Click
Carol Ann Click 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).
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Publication number: 20250145515Abstract: A glass comprising a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of 70×10?7/° C. or less, a liquidus viscosity of at least 150 kP, and Li2O in an amount of 0.1 wt. % or less, wherein the glass is ion-exchangeable. A glass, comprising SiO2 in an amount of 64-73 wt. %, Al2O3 in an amount of 7-15 wt. %, B2O3 in an amount of 9-11 wt. %, Na2O in an amount of 6-9.5 wt. %, K2O in an amount of 0.5-3 wt. %, CaO in an amount of at least 0.05 wt. %, and Li2O in an amount of less than 0.1 wt. %, wherein a weight ratio of Na2O/Al2O3 is less than or equal to 0.9. A method of recycling glass, the method comprising heating a composition to form a melt, the composition comprising glass cullet in an amount of at least 60 wt. %, and raw materials in an amount of 40 wt. % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Carol Ann Click, Timothy Michael Gross, Kristy Lynn Smith, Jingshi Wu
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Patent number: 12281036Abstract: A method for forming glass ceramic articles includes heating a stack of glass sheets to a nucleation temperature to create a nucleated crystallizable stack of sheets; heating the nucleated crystallizable stack of glass sheets to a crystallization temperature; and maintaining the crystallization temperature for a predetermined period of time to produce the glass-ceramic articles. The stack of glass sheets has a mass index of less than or equal to 35.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: I-Wen Chou, Carol Ann Click, Shuo Cui, James Howard Edmonston, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Katherine Weber Kroemer
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Publication number: 20250109059Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes greater than or equal to 55 wt % to less than or equal to 75 wt % SiO2; greater than or equal to 2 wt % to less than or equal to 10 wt % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 8 wt % to less than or equal to 15 wt % Li2O; greater than or equal to 2 wt % to less than or equal to 4 wt % P2O5; greater than or equal to 0.05 wt % and less than or equal to 4.0 wt % CaO; greater than or equal to 5 wt % to less than or equal to 15 wt % ZrO2; and a phase assemblage comprising a crystalline phase and a glass phase, wherein: a ratio of Li2O to Al2O3 is greater than 2 and less than or equal to 4; and a ratio of Li2O to ZrO2 is greater than or equal to 1.2 and less than or equal to 1.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Kayla Nicole Horton, Charlene Marie Smith, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Alana Marie Whittier, Shelby Kerin Wilson
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Publication number: 20240391820Abstract: A textured article is described herein that may include a glass-based substrate comprising a first major surface and a second major surface. The first major surface may be opposite the second major surface. At least a portion of the first major surface may be textured. The portion of the first major surface that is textured may have a roughness Ra of greater than or equal to 400 nm and an average pitch. A ratio of roughness Ra to average pitch may be from about 0.01 to about 0.04. At least a portion of the textured article may have an opacity of greater than about 70% or may have a coefficient of friction of from about 0.25 to about 0.4. The coefficient of friction may be measured as the kinetic coefficient of friction using a 500 g load on a foam rubber according to ASTM D1984.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Ronghua Chen, Carol Ann Click, Sean Patrick Coleman, Robert Randall Hancock, JR., Yuhui Jin, Atul Kumar, John Richard Ridge, Meng Shang
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Patent number: 12071364Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, James Howard Edmonston, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Katherine Weber Kroemer, Galan Gregory Moore, Rohit Rai, John Richard Ridge, John Robert Saltzer, Jr., Charlene Marie Smith, Erika Lynn Stapleton, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson, Bin Yang, Zheming Zheng
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Patent number: 12006248Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2. Lithium disilicate and either ?-spodumene or ?-quartz are the two predominant crystalline phases (by weight) of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article further comprises tetragonal ZrO2 as a crystalline phase. The composition of the glass-ceramic article from a primary surface into a thickness of the glass-ceramic article can comprise over 10 mol % Na2O (on an oxide basis), with the mole percentage of Na2O decreasing from the primary surface towards the center-volume. The glass-ceramic article exhibits a ring-on-ring load-to-failure of at least 120 kgf, when the thickness of the glass-ceramic article is 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20240174553Abstract: A glass-ceramic article, comprising (in mol %): 67-74% SiO2; 2-6% Al2O3; 0.5-1.5% P2O5; 18-25% Li2O; 0-1% Na2O; 0-1% K2O; 1-4% ZrO2; 0-2% CaO; and 0.001-0.5% SnO2. The glass-ceramic article is opaque, and further comprises a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a ?-spodumene solid solution crystalline phase, a Zr-based crystalline phase, and a lithium phosphate crystalline phase. The glass-ceramic article can further comprise a fracture toughness (KIC) of from 1.0 to 3.0 MPa*m1/2, as measured by the Chevron Notch Short Bar Method, and an opacity from 60 to 97%, as measured through the glass-ceramic article with a thickness of 0.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20240174554Abstract: Glass-based substrates including recycled content of highly crystalized cullet are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing a recycled glass-based material composition, the method comprising: melting a set of raw materials, the set of raw materials comprising glass-ceramic cullet. The glass-ceramic cullet comprising: a cullet composition comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and Li2O; greater than or equal to 70% by total weight cullet crystal phase. The melting is performed in a melting vessel held at a temperature, and for a time, sufficient to melt the glass-ceramic cullet to form a re-melted precursor material. The melted precursor material may be used to form a glass-based product which may be transparent or opaque.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: CAROL ANN CLICK, MATHIEU GERARD JACQUES HUBERT
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Publication number: 20240150221Abstract: A cover substrate for an electronic device including greater than or equal to 1% by weight post-consumer recycled cover substrate. A method of forming the cover substrate including the steps of (i) determining the composition of the post-consumer recycled cover substrate, (ii) determining the maximum amount of the post-consumer recycled cover substrate that can be added to a predetermined batch without causing the resulting cover substrate to fall out of specification, and (iii) forming the cover substrate from the combined recycled post-consumer cover substrate and the predetermined batch. Additionally, a method that includes steps of (i) determining the composition of the post-consumer recycled cover substrate, (ii) determining a target weight percentage of the post-consumer recycled cover substrate in a cover substrate, and (iii) determining weight percentages of other oxides to be added to the target weight percentage for the resulting combination to produce the cover substrate with a desired composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert
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Patent number: 11834363Abstract: A method for ceramming a glass article to a glass-ceramic includes placing a glass article into a heating apparatus, and heating the glass article to a first hold temperature at a first predetermined heating rate. The glass article is held at the first hold temperature for a first predetermined duration. The viscosity of the glass article is maintained within log viscosity ±1.0 poise during the first predetermined duration. The glass article is then heated from the first hold temperature to a second hold temperature at a second predetermined heating rate. The glass article is held at the second hold temperature for a second duration. A density of the glass article is monitored from the heating of the glass article from the first hold temperature through the second duration, and the second duration is ended when an absolute value of a density rate of change of the glass article is less than or equal to 0.10 (g/cm3)/min.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, Indrajit Dutta, Ozgur Gulbiten, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Rohit Rai, John Robert Saltzer, Jr., Matthew Daniel Trosa, Zheming Zheng
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Publication number: 20230348319Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2. Lithium disilicate and either ?-spodumene or ?-quartz are the two predominant crystalline phases (by weight) of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article further comprises tetragonal ZrO2 as a crystalline phase. The composition of the glass-ceramic article from a primary surface into a thickness of the glass-ceramic article can comprise over 10 mol % Na2O (on an oxide basis), with the mole percentage of Na2O decreasing from the primary surface towards the center-volume. The glass-ceramic article exhibits a ring-on-ring load-to-failure of at least 120 kgf, when the thickness of the glass-ceramic article is 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20230322603Abstract: A method of minimizing the formation of a rhodium-platinum defect in a glass or glass ceramic material or in the melt thereof is provided. The method includes providing a vessel made of a platinum-rhodium alloy for use in a manufacturing process for obtaining the material, and an interface between the vessel and the melt is present. The method can include providing sufficient partial pressures of hydrogen outside and inside the vessel for controlling the partial pressure of oxygen in a region of the melt adjacent to the interface. A method of minimizing the formation of, or counteracting the impact of, a localized thermal, electrical, or composition cell in the melt during a manufacturing process is also provided. The method can include adding a multivalent compound to the melt, adding a mixer to the finer tube, adding a mixing step to the manufacturing process, or amplifying the mixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: CAROL ANN CLICK, MATTHEW JOHN DEJNEKA, MARTIN HERBERT GOLLER, ZAKARIYA RADWAN KHAYAT, SUSAN LEE SCHIEFELBEIN
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Patent number: 11724961Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2. Lithium disilicate and either ?-spodumene or ?-quartz are the two predominant crystalline phases (by weight) of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article further comprises tetragonal ZrO2 as a crystalline phase. The composition of the glass-ceramic article from a primary surface into a thickness of the glass-ceramic article can comprise over 10 mol % Na2O (on an oxide basis), with the mole percentage of Na2O decreasing from the primary surface towards the center-volume. The glass-ceramic article exhibits a ring-on-ring load-to-failure of at least 120 kgf, when the thickness of the glass-ceramic article is 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20230242438Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Carol Ann Click, James Howard Edmonston, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Katherine Weber Kroemer, Galan Gregory Moore, Rohit Rai, John Richard Ridge, John Robert Saltzer, JR., Charlene Marie Smith, Erika Lynn Stapleton, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson, Bin Yang, Zheming Zheng
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Publication number: 20230150869Abstract: A glass-ceramic article having greater than or equal to 65.00 wt. % and less than or equal to 80.00 wt. % SiO2, greater than 4.00 wt. % and less than or equal to 12.00 wt. % Al2O3, greater than or equal to 0.10 wt. % and less than or equal to 3.5 wt. % P2O5, greater than or equal to 8.00 wt. % and less than or equal to 17.00 wt. % Li2O, greater than or equal to 4.00 wt. % and less than or equal to 15.00 wt. % ZrO2, and greater than or equal to 0.05 wt. % and less than or equal to 4.00 wt. % CaO.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Taylor Marie Wilkinson
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Patent number: 11649187Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2?0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, James Howard Edmonston, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Katherine Weber Kroemer, Galan Gregory Moore, Rohit Rai, John Richard Ridge, John Robert Saltzer, Jr., Charlene Marie Smith, Erika Lynn Stapleton, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson, Bin Yang, Zheming Zheng
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Patent number: 11352291Abstract: A black ?-spodumene lithium disilicate glass ceramic is provided. The glass ceramic includes at least one of magnetite, ?-quartz, cristobalite, and lithium phosphate as a minor crystal phase. The glass ceramic is characterized by the color coordinates: L*: 15.0 to 35.0, a*: ?3.0 to 3.0, and b*: ?5.0 to 5.0. The glass ceramic may be ion exchanged. Methods for producing the glass ceramic are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20210403373Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2. Lithium disilicate and either ?-spodumene or ?-quartz are the two predominant crystalline phases (by weight) of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article further comprises tetragonal ZrO2 as a crystalline phase. The composition of the glass-ceramic article from a primary surface into a thickness of the glass-ceramic article can comprise over 10 mol % Na2O (on an oxide basis), with the mole percentage of Na2O decreasing from the primary surface towards the center-volume. The glass-ceramic article exhibits a ring-on-ring load-to-failure of at least 120 kgf, when the thickness of the glass-ceramic article is 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
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Publication number: 20210238083Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2?0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, James Howard Edmonston, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Katherine Weber Kroemer, Galan Gregory Moore, Rohit Rai, John Richard Ridge, John Robert Saltzer, JR., Charlene Marie Smith, Erika Lynn Stapleton, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson, Bin Yang, Zheming Zheng
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Patent number: 11014848Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t +0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Carol Ann Click, James Howard Edmonston, Qiang Fu, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Dhananjay Joshi, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Katherine Weber Kroemer, Galan Gregory Moore, Rohit Rai, John Richard Ridge, John Robert Saltzer, Jr., Charlene Marie Smith, Erika Lynn Stapleton, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson, Bin Yang, Zheming Zheng