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: 20200001575
    Abstract: A glass article includes a glass core layer and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer. An average coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the core layer is greater than an average CTE of the cladding layer. An effective 109.9 P temperature of the glass article is at most about 750° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Sinue Gomez, Guangli Hu, Robert Anthony Schaut, Charlene Marie Smith, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20200002221
    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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 10487008
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass-ceramics having crystalline phases including ?-spodumene ss and either (i) pseudobrookite or (ii) vanadium or vanadium containing compounds so as to be colored and opaque glass-ceramics having coordinates, determined from total reflectance—specular included—measurements, in the CIELAB color space of the following ranges: L*=from about 20 to about 45; a*=from about ?2 to about +2; and b*=from about ?12 to about +1. Such CIELAB color space coordinates can be substantially uniform throughout the glass-ceramics. In each of the proceeding, ?-quartz ss can be substantially absent from the crystalline phases. If present, ?-quartz ss can be less than about 20 wt % or, alternatively, less than about 15 wt % of the crystalline phases. Also Further crystalline phases might include spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss), rutile, magnesium zinc phosphate, or spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss) and rutile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Charlene Marie Smith, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 10457587
    Abstract: Embodiments of thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based articles may include a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a first CS region comprising a concentration of a metal oxide that is both non-zero and varies along a portion of the thickness, and a second CS region being substantially free of the metal oxide of the first CS region, the second CS region extending from the first surface to a depth of compression of about 0.17·t or greater. In one or more embodiments, the first surface is flat to 100 ?m total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first surface. Methods of strengthening glass sheets are also disclosed, along with consumer electronic products, laminates and vehicles including the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Charlene Marie Smith, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Publication number: 20190300426
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass-ceramic article having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, a first region extending from the first surface to a first depth d1, and a second region extending from a depth greater than or equal to d1 to a second depth d2, wherein the second region comprises a crystalline phase and a glass phase, and wherein an area percentage % of crystals in the first region is less than an area percentage % of crystals in the second region. In some embodiments, a compressive stress layer extends from the first surface to a depth of compression (DOC), wherein the DOC is greater than or equal to 0.05 mm an average compressive stress in the first region is greater than or equal to 50 MPa. In some embodiments, the DOC is greater than d1; a reduce modulus of the first region is less than the reduced modulus of the second region; and/or a hardness of the first region is less than the hardness of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Qiang Fu, Jennifer Lynn Hunt, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier, Taylor Marie Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 10427975
    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: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20190276350
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass may include from about 50 mol. % to about 70 mol. % SiO2; from about 12 mol. % to about 35 mol. % B2O3; from about 4 mol. % to about 12 mol. % Al2O3; greater than 0 mol. % and less than or equal to 1 mol. % alkali metal oxide, wherein Li2O is greater than or equal to about 20% of the alkali metal oxide; from about 0.3 mol. % to about 0.7 mol. % of Na2O or Li2O; and greater than 0 mol. % and less than 12 mol. % of total divalent oxide, wherein the total divalent oxide includes at least one of CaO, MgO and SrO, and wherein a ratio of Li2O (mol. %) to (Li2O (mol. %)+(Na2O (mol. %)) is greater than or equal 0.4 and less than or equal to 0.6. The glass may have a relatively low high temperature resistivity and a relatively high low temperature resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, John Christopher Mauro, Charlene Marie Smith, Liying Zhang
  • Patent number: 10407339
    Abstract: Ion exchangeable alkali aluminosilicate glasses and glass articles having softening points and high temperature coefficients of thermal expansion that permit the glass to be formed into three-dimensional shapes by the vacuum sagging process are provided. These glasses contain significant amounts of at least one of MgO and ZnO and comprise B2O3 and less than 1 mol % Li2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 10399304
    Abstract: A glass article includes a glass core layer and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer. An average coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the core layer is greater than an average CTE of the cladding layer. An effective 109.9 P temperature of the glass article is at most about 750° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Sinue Gomez, Guangli Hu, Robert Anthony Schaut, Charlene Marie Smith, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20190256407
    Abstract: ZrO2-toughened glass ceramics having high molar fractions of tetragonal ZrO2 and fracture toughness value of greater than 1.8 MPa·m1/2. The glass ceramic may also include also contain other secondary phases, including lithium silicates, that may be beneficial for toughening or for strengthening through an ion exchange process. Additional second phases may also decrease the coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass ceramic. A method of making such glass ceramics is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 10364182
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Publication number: 20190210916
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 10329186
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass may include from about 50 mol. % to about 70 mol. % SiO2; from about 12 mol. % to about 35 mol. % B2O3; from about 4 mol. % to about 12 mol. % Al2O3; greater than 0 mol. % and less than or equal to 1 mol. % alkali metal oxide, wherein Li2O is greater than or equal to about 20% of the alkali metal oxide; from about 0.3 mol. % to about 0.7 mol. % of Na2O or Li2O; and greater than 0 mol. % and less than 12 mol. % of total divalent oxide, wherein the total divalent oxide includes at least one of CaO, MgO and SrO, and wherein a ratio of Li2O (mol. %) to (Li2O (mol. %)+(Na2O (mol. %)) is greater than or equal 0.4 and less than or equal to 0.6. The glass may have a relatively low high temperature resistivity and a relatively high low temperature resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, John Christopher Mauro, Charlene Marie Smith, Liying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190177210
    Abstract: ZrO2-toughened glass ceramics having high molar fractions of tetragonal ZrO2 and fracture toughness value of greater than 2 MPa·m1/2. The glass ceramic may also include also contain other secondary phases that may be beneficial for toughening or for strengthening through an ion exchange process. Additional second phases may also decrease the coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass ceramic. A method of making such glass ceramics is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Marc Dittmer, Qiang Fu, Wolfram Holand, Markus Rampf, Christian Ritzberger, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20190161397
    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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, John Philip Finkeldey, Alexandra Mitchell, Charlene Marie Smith, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Publication number: 20190161395
    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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20190152834
    Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 60-75 SiO2; 10-18 Al2O3; 5-14 Li2O; and 4.5 B2O3. The glass-ceramics also have a Vickers initiation crack threshold of at least about 25 kgf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
  • Patent number: 10294151
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 10266447
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 10259746
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about ?0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje