Patents by Inventor Christopher Lee Timmons
Christopher Lee Timmons 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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Patent number: 11951072Abstract: A coated glass pharmaceutical package includes a glass body having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A lubricous coating having a thickness of less than or equal to 90 nm may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body but not on any portion of the interior surface. The portion of the coated glass package with the lubricous coating comprises a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation cycle including exposure to a temperature of 250° C. for a time period of 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
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Publication number: 20240091103Abstract: According to embodiments, a coated pharmaceutical container may include a pharmaceutical container comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the pharmaceutical container may include a glass composition that has Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720 testing standard. The coated pharmaceutical container may further include a coating bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface but not on any portion of the interior surface. The coating may have a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7, and the coated pharmaceutical container may be thermally stable after heating at a temperature of at least 260° C. for a time period of 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 11932445Abstract: A glass container including a body having a delamination factor less than or equal to 10 and at least one marking is described. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The marking is located within the wall thickness. In particular, the marking is a portion of the body having a refractive index that differs from a refractive index of an unmarked portion of the body. Methods of forming the marking within the body are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Leonard Thomas Masters, William James Miller, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20240025788Abstract: Disclosed is a glass article. The glass article includes a cold-formed glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface. The second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface has a curvature with a variable radius of curvature including a minimum radius of curvature at a vertex of the curvature. The curvature extends in a first direction from the vertex and in a second direction from the vertex. The first direction is opposite to the second direction. The variable radius of curvature continuously increases with increasing distance from the vertex in the first direction and in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Steven Roy Burdette, Gaurav Dave, Rohan Ram Galgalikar, Khaled Layouni, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11872189Abstract: According to embodiments, a method of making a coated pharmaceutical container, may include: forming a glass tube; forming the glass tube into a pharmaceutical container comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface; and applying a coating to the exterior surface. The coating has a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7 relative to a second pharmaceutical container when tested in a vial-on-vial testing jig under a normal load of 30 N. The coated pharmaceutical container may be thermally stable after depyrogenation at a temperature of at least 260° C. for 30 minutes in air.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 11866359Abstract: Embodiments of a method of cold-forming a glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes bending a glass sheet over the chuck such that a first major surface of the glass sheets conforms to a bending surface of the chuck. In one or more embodiments, the method includes adhering a frame to the second major surface of the glass sheet such that at least one spacer is positioned between the glass sheet and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jeffrey John Domey, Peter Knowles, Khaled Layouni, Christopher Mark Schweiger, Christopher Lee Timmons, Arlin Lee Weikel
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Publication number: 20230382083Abstract: The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20230331436Abstract: A glass container including a body having a delamination factor less than or equal to 10 and at least one marking is described. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The marking is located within the wall thickness. In particular, the marking is a portion of the body having a refractive index that differs from a refractive index of an unmarked portion of the body. Methods of forming the marking within the body are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Ming-Jun Li, Anping Liu, John Stephen Peanasky, Christopher Lee Timmons, Qi Wu
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Patent number: 11786441Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. The coated pharmaceutical packages may Include a glass body formed from borosilicate glass that meets Type 1 criteria according to USP <660> or alkali aluminosilicate glass having a Class HGA 1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720-1985 testing standard. A low-friction coating comprising a polymer may be positioned on a portion of the exterior surface. A coefficient of friction of an abraded area of the portion of the exterior surface with the low-friction coating may be less than 0.7 after exposure to a temperature of 260° C. for 30 minutes and abrasion under a load of at least 10 N and does not have observable damage. A retained strength of the coated glass article in horizontal compression does not decrease by more than 20% after the temperature exposure and the abrasion.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 11787735Abstract: A glass container comprises a glass body comprising a first region under a compressive stress extending from a surface of the glass body to a depth of compression and a second region extending from the depth of compression into a thickness of the glass body, the second region being under a tensile stress. The glass container also includes a localized compressive stress region having a localized compressive stress extending from the surface to a localized depth of compression within the body. The localized depth of compression is greater than the depth of compression of the first region. The glass container also includes a crack re-direction region extending in a predetermined propagation direction, wherein the crack re-direction region possesses a higher tensile stress than the tensile stress in the second region in a sub-region of the crack re-direction region, the sub-region extending substantially perpendicular to the predetermined propagation direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Jeffrey John Domey, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11772361Abstract: The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11753347Abstract: A method for finishing a glass or ceramic article includes applying a force to the glass or ceramic article. The force is applied to the glass or ceramic article at least when the glass or ceramic article is at a temperature that is greater than or equal to a creep temperature of the glass or ceramic article. Holding the force to the glass or ceramic article as the glass or ceramic article is cooled to a temperature that is less than the creep temperature of the glass or ceramic article.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11737951Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages may comprise a glass body formed from a borosilicate glass composition having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A low-friction thermally stable coating having a thickness of ?1 ?m may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface. The low-friction coating may comprise a silane. The portion of the exterior surface of the coated pharmaceutical package may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated pharmaceutical package formed from the same borosilicate glass composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Publication number: 20230249172Abstract: An ion exchange tank is provided. The ion exchange tank includes a processing chamber and an additive chamber separated by a weir system, the weir system having a flow channel fluidly connecting the processing chamber to the additive chamber, wherein the flow is divided from the additive chamber by a first partition and divided from the processing chamber by a second partition, wherein the additive chamber comprises a solids-absorbing material disposed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Richard Wayne Bernard, Tonia Havewala Fletcher, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20230212070Abstract: A glass article including a frame having a frame support surface, a glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface, and an adhesive bead disposed between the frame support surface and the second major surface. The adhesive bead defines a bead path. The adhesive bead has a cross-section perpendicular to the bead path, and the cross-section includes a width and a height. The height is a maximum dimension perpendicular to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the width is a maximum dimension parallel to the second major surface of the glass sheet. An aspect ratio of the height to the width is at least 0.6, and the width is 2 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jennifer Hiras, Robert Daniel Parker, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20230192525Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include a cold-formed cover glass substrate comprising a first end, a second end opposing the first end, opposing first and second major surfaces, a width, a length; a first axis and a second axis both extending along the width or both extending along the length; a first portion extending from the first axis to the first end that comprises a first radius of curvature, and a second portion extending from the first axis to the second axis. In one or more embodiments, the second portion includes a second radius of curvature that increases or decreases from the first axis to the second axis. In one or more embodiments, the cold-formed cover glass substrate comprises a third portion extending from the second axis to the second end, wherein the third portion differs from the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Khaled Layouni, Kimberly Wilbert Smith, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11667434Abstract: A glass container including a body having a delamination factor less than or equal to 10 and at least one marking is described. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The marking is located within the wall thickness. In particular, the marking is a portion of the body having a refractive index that differs from a refractive index of an unmarked portion of the body. Methods of forming the marking within the body are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Ming-Jun Li, Anping Liu, John Stephen Peanasky, Christopher Lee Timmons, Qi Wu
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Patent number: 11648549Abstract: An ion exchange tank is provided. The ion exchange tank includes a processing chamber and an additive chamber separated by a weir system, the weir system having a flow channel fluidly connecting the processing chamber to the additive chamber, wherein the flow is divided from the additive chamber by a first partition and divided from the processing chamber by a second partition, wherein the additive chamber comprises a solids-absorbing material disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Richard Wayne Bernard, Tonia Havewala Fletcher, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20230132277Abstract: Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaveh Adib, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, James Patrick Hamilton, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Chandan Kumar Saha, Robert Anthony Schaut, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11608290Abstract: Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaveh Adib, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, James Patrick Hamilton, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Chandan Kumar Saha, Robert Anthony Schaut, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Christopher Lee Timmons