Patents by Inventor Charlene Marie Smith

Charlene Marie Smith 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: 20220017407
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic comprising, in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 50 to 70% SiO2, 0 to 20% Al2O3, 12 to 23% MgO, 0 to 4% Li2O, 0 to 10% Na2O, 0 to 10% K2O, 0 to 5% ZrO2, and 2 to 12% F, wherein the predominant crystalline phase of said glass-ceramic is a trisilicic mica, a tetrasilicic mica, or a mica solid solution between trisilicic and tetrasilicic, and wherein the total of Na2O+Li2O is at least 2 wt. %; wherein the glass-ceramic can be ion-exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, John Philip Finkeldey, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220009829
    Abstract: Glass-based articles are provided that exhibit improved fracture resistance. The relationships between properties attributable to the glass composition and stress profile of the glass-based articles are provided that indicate improved fracture resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jennifer Lynn Hunt, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Ross Johnson Stewart
  • Patent number: 11220456
    Abstract: A glass-based article may include from about 45 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 0 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Na2O; less than about 5 mol. % K2O; a non-zero amount of Al2O; and an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase. The article may further in include a stress profile comprising a surface compressive stress (CS) and a maximum central tension (CT). A ratio of Li2O (mol. %) to R2O (mol. %) in the article is from about 0.5 to about 1, where R2O is the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O in the article. CT may be greater than or equal to about 50 MPa and less than about 100 MPa. CS may be greater than 2.0·CT. A depth of compression (DOC) of the stress profile may be greater than or equal to 0.14·t and less than or equal to 0.25·t, where t is the thickness of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 11220452
    Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220002187
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O. The glass article may have a softening point less than or equal to about 810° C. The glass article may also have a high temperature CTE less than or equal to about 27×10?6/° C. The glass article may also be ion exchangeable such that the glass has a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 600 MPa and a depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 ?m after ion exchange in a salt bath comprising KNO3 at a temperature in a range from about 390° C. to about 450° C. for less than or equal to approximately 15 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Karen Leslie Geisinger, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
  • Publication number: 20210403373
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
  • Publication number: 20210387905
    Abstract: Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07t to a depth of about 0.26t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18t to about 0.25t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa?m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Claude Andrews, Albert Joseph Fahey, Lisa Marie Noni, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson
  • Patent number: 11192818
    Abstract: A transparent gahnite-spinel glass ceramic is provided. The glass ceramic includes a first crystal phase including (MgxZn1?x)Al2O4 where x is less than 1 and a second crystal phase including tetragonal ZrO2. The glass ceramic may be ion exchanged. Methods for producing the glass ceramic are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, John Philip Finkeldey, Alexandra Mitchell, Charlene Marie Smith, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 11186517
    Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11174197
    Abstract: A glass-based article includes an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase, and a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface thereby defining a thickness (t) of the glass-based article. The glass-based article has a stress profile with a surface compressive stress (CS) and a maximum central tension (CT). The maximum CT is greater than or equal to 80 MPa and less than or equal to 95 MPa, and the maximum CT is positioned within the glass-based article at a range from greater than or equal to 0.4·t and less than or equal to 0.6·t. The surface CS of the glass-based article is greater than or equal to 200 MPa; and a depth of compression (DOC) is from greater than or equal to 0.14·t and less than or equal to 0.25·t.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 11174194
    Abstract: In embodiments, a lithium-containing aluminosilicate glass-ceramic article includes a fracture toughness of 1 MPa·m1/2 or greater; a ring-on-ring strength of at least 300 MPa; a compressive stress layer formed by ion-exchange having a depth of layer (DOL) of at least about 30 ?m; and a transmittance of at least 85% for light in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm at a thickness of 1 mm. The lithium-containing aluminosilicate glass-ceramic article is not frangible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11168021
    Abstract: Glass and glass ceramic compositions having a combination of lithium silicate and petalite crystalline phases along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions are compatible with conventional rolling and float processes, are transparent or translucent, and have high mechanical strength and fracture resistance. Further, the compositions are able to be chemically tempered to even higher strength glass ceramics that are useful as large substrates in multiple applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20210340055
    Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11161776
    Abstract: A black lithium silicate glass ceramic is provided. The glass ceramic includes lithium silicate as a primary crystal phase and at least one of petalite, ?-quartz, ?-spodumene, cristobalite, and lithium phosphate as a secondary crystal phase. The glass ceramic is characterized by the color coordinates: L*: 20.0 to 40.0, a*: ?1.0 to 1.0, and b*: ?5.0 to 2.0. The glass ceramic may be ion exchanged. Methods for producing the glass ceramic are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11148968
    Abstract: Glass and glass ceramic compositions having a combination of lithium silicate and petalite crystalline phases along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions are compatible with conventional rolling and float processes, are transparent or translucent, and have high mechanical strength and fracture resistance. Further, the compositions are able to be chemically tempered to even higher strength glass ceramics that are useful as large substrates in multiple applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11130705
    Abstract: Glass-based articles are provided that exhibit improved fracture resistance. The relationships between properties attributable to the glass composition and stress profile of the glass-based articles are provided that indicate improved fracture resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jennifer Lynn Hunt, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Ross Johnson Stewart
  • Patent number: 11124444
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O. The glass article may have a softening point less than or equal to about 810° C. The glass article may also have a high temperature CTE less than or equal to about 27×10?6/° C. The glass article may also be ion exchangeable such that the glass has a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 600 MPa and a depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 ?m after ion exchange in a salt bath comprising KNO3 at a temperature in a range from about 390° C. to about 450° C. for less than or equal to approximately 15 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Melinda Ann Drake, Karen Leslie Geisinger, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
  • Patent number: 11111173
    Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 11104608
    Abstract: Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07 t to a depth of about 0.26 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18 t to about 0.25 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa?m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan Claude Andrews, Albert Joseph Fahey, Lisa Marie Noni, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Shelby Kerin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210238080
    Abstract: A glass article including any one or several of SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, Li2O, SnO2 and a fusion line. The glass article can also include a liquidus viscosity less than or equal to 100 kP. In some embodiments, the glass article includes, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Shawn Rachelle Markham, Charlene Marie Smith, Jae Hyun Yu