Patents by Inventor Gordon Charles Brown
Gordon Charles Brown 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: 10864707Abstract: Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jeffrey Scott Cites, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Chunhe Zhang
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Patent number: 10773495Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
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Patent number: 10509307Abstract: High contrast, glass-based, writeable/erasable front projection screens are provided. The screens include a transparent glass sheet which has a front surface and a back surface separated by a distance d. The back surface is in optical contact with a diffusing element. During use of the projection screen, the glass sheet transmits image light from a projector to the diffusing element and the diffusing element reflects a portion of that light back through the glass sheet to a user. The screens have a user-facing surface that is a writable/erasable surface. In embodiments, the distance d is less than or equal to 0.2 millimeters, the whiteness W of the projection screen is less than or equal to 0.5, and/or the contrast C of the projection screen is at least 75%.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jacques Gollier, Joan Deanna Gregorski, Vasudha Ravichandran, David Lee Weidman
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Publication number: 20190317254Abstract: A surface display unit incorporates an opaque screen and an image panel. The opaque screen is disposed on the front side of the image panel which provides an optical image. The opaque screen generally hides the image panel while the surface display unit is not in use. When the image panel is activated to provide an optical image, the opaque screen provides a suitable level of transparency so that a viewer can observe the optical image with sufficient clarity. The opaque screen can provide optical enhancement, decorative texture, and/or mechanical support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Gordon Charles Brown
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Patent number: 10379265Abstract: A surface display unit incorporates an opaque screen (180) and an image panel (110). The opaque screen is disposed on the front side of the image panel which provides an optical image. The opaque screen generally hides the image panel while the surface display unit is not in use. When the image panel is activated to provide an optical image, the opaque screen provides a suitable level of transparency so that a viewer can observe the optical image with sufficient clarity. The opaque screen can provide optical enhancement, decorative texture, and/or mechanical support and include antiglare, anti-reflective, and anti-scratch films (140, 150, 160). The opque screen can be a laminated polymer film, an electrochromic or photochromic system, or a switchable dye doped liquid crystal material.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventor: Gordon Charles Brown
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Publication number: 20190091973Abstract: Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jeffery Scott Cites, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Chunhe Zhang
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Patent number: 10166744Abstract: Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jeffrey Scott Cites, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Chunhe Zhang
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Publication number: 20180272659Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
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Patent number: 10011094Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
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Publication number: 20180147985Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle projection system comprising a light source configured to provide an output beam. A light splitting device is coupled to the light source to receive the output beam. Two or more optical fibers are coupled to the light splitting device to receive a split output beam from the light splitting device. Two or more projector devices are coupled to the two or more optical fibers. The two or more projector devices are configured to provide one or more display images using light received from the split output beam on one or more display surfaces in a vehicle. A vehicle including the vehicle projection system and a method of providing display images at a plurality of locations in a vehicle are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Joshua Monroe Cobb, Kevin Thomas Gahagan, James Andrew West
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Publication number: 20180149777Abstract: A surface display unit incorporates an opaque screen (180) and an image panel (110). The opaque screen is disposed on the front side of the image panel which provides an optical image. The opaque screen generally hides the image panel while the surface display unit is not in use. When the image panel is activated to provide an optical image, the opaque screen provides a suitable level of transparency so that a viewer can observe the optical image with sufficient clarity. The opaque screen can provide optical enhancement, decorative texture, and/or mechanical support and include antiglare, anti-reflective, and anti-scratch films (140, 150, 160). The opque screen can be a laminated polymer film, an electrochromic or photochromic system, or a switchable dye doped liquid crystal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventor: Gordon Charles Brown
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Publication number: 20170269466Abstract: High contrast, glass-based, writeable/erasable front projection screens are provided. The screens include a transparent glass sheet which has a front surface and a back surface separated by a distance d. The back surface is in optical contact with a diffusing element. During use of the projection screen, the glass sheet transmits image light from a projector to the diffusing element and the diffusing element reflects a portion of that light back through the glass sheet to a user. The screens have a user-facing surface that is a writable/erasable surface. In embodiments, the distance d is less than or equal to 0.2 millimeters, the whiteness W of the projection screen is less than or equal to 0.5, and/or the contrast C of the projection screen is at least 75%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jacques Gollier, Joan Deanna Gregorski, Vasudha Ravichandran, David Lee Weidman
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Publication number: 20160250825Abstract: A laminate structure having a first glass layer, a second glass layer, and at least one polymer interlayer intermediate the first and second glass layers. The polymer interlayer can include a first region having a first modulus of elasticity and a second region having a second modulus of elasticity. The second modulus of elasticity can be greater than the first modulus of elasticity. In some embodiments, the first region can be a central region of the polymer interlayer and the second region can be a peripheral region of the polymer interlayer encompassing the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Gordon Charles Brown, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Paul George Rickeert, Huan-Hung Sheng, Paul John Shustack
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Publication number: 20160176163Abstract: A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Thomas Michael Cleary, Joan Deanna Gregorski
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Publication number: 20150246507Abstract: Laminated structures comprise a metal sheet including a first face and a second face with a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 2 mm extending between the first face and the second face. The laminated structure further includes a first chemically strengthened glass sheet including a thickness of less than or equal to about 1.1 mm and a first interlayer attaching the first chemically strengthened glass sheet to the first face of the metal sheet. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a laminated structure comprise the steps of laminating with a metal sheet and a first chemically strengthened glass sheet together with an interlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, Jeffrey Scott Cites, William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Chunhe Zhang
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Publication number: 20150086048Abstract: A glass panel is provided having a glass structure with an exterior surface and an interior surface, the glass structure having at least one glass sheet with a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm and a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the interior surface of the glass structure. The glass panel further includes a polymer layer positioned on the interior surface and intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame an array of acoustic exciters positioned on the glass structure, the array of acoustic exciters providing excitation energy to or receiving excitation energy from the glass structure where frequency response of the panel can be a function of the geometry of the glass structure and the position of the acoustic exciters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, John Phillip Ertel, David Ralph Maack, Steven Luther Moyer, Christopher Alan Nitz, Zhiqiang Shi