Patents by Inventor John Christopher Mauro

John Christopher Mauro 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: 20150118497
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20150099130
    Abstract: Borosilicate glasses are disclosed having (in weight %) 66-76% SiO2, 0-8% Al2O3, 10-18% B2O3, 0-4% Li2O, 0-12% Na2O, 0-12% K2O, 1-1.5% Ag, 1.5-2.5% Cl? and 0.01-0.06% of a summed amount of CuO and NiO, wherein the glass composition is bleachable upon exposure to ultraviolet irradiation from a stable state color or shade to a lighter color or shade. Such reverse photochromic borosilicate glass compositions may be thermally darkenable. The borosilicate glasses may be strengthened via ion-exchange strengthening treatment. The borosilicate glasses may retain their reverse photochromic and thermally darkenable properties even after ion-exchange strengthening treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: John Christopher Mauro, Lynn Marie Thirion
  • Patent number: 8975199
    Abstract: A compositional range of high strain point and/or intermediate expansion coefficient alkali metal free aluminosilicate and boroaluminosilicate glasses are described herein. The glasses can be used as substrates or superstrates for photovoltaic devices, for example, thin film photovoltaic devices such as CdTe or CIGS photovoltaic devices or crystalline silicon wafer devices. These glasses can be characterized as having strain points?600° C., thermal expansion coefficient of from 35 to 50×10?7/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Corsam Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, James Edward Dickinson, Jr., Timothy James Kiczenski, John Christopher Mauro, Adama Tandia
  • Publication number: 20150064474
    Abstract: Glass-ceramics and precursor glasses that are crystallizable to glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics of one or more embodiments include rutile, anatase, armalcolite or a combination thereof as the predominant crystalline phase. Such glasses and glass-ceramics may include compositions of, in mole %: SiO2 in the range from about 45 to about 75; Al2O3 in the range from about 4 to about 25; P2O5 in the range from about 0 to about 10; MgO in the range from about 0 to about 8; R2O in the range from about 0 to about 33; ZnO in the range from about 0 to about 8; ZrO2 in the range from about 0 to about 4; B2O3 in the range from about 0 to about 12, and one or more nucleating agents in the range from about 0.5 to about 12. In some glass-ceramic articles, the total crystalline phase includes up to 20% by weight of the glass-ceramic article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Sumalee Likitvanichkul, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20150051060
    Abstract: Alkali-doped boroaluminosilicate glasses are provided. The glasses include the network formers SiO2, B2O3, and Al2O3. The glass may, in some embodiments, have a Young's modulus of less than about 65 GPa and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 40×10?7/° C. The glass may be used as a cover glass for electronic devices, a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, or an outer clad layer for a glass laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, Jason Sanger Frackenpohl, John Christopher Mauro, Douglas Miles Noni, JR., Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20150051061
    Abstract: Intermediate to high CTE glass compositions and laminates formed from the same are described. The glasses described herein have properties, such as liquidus viscosity or liquidus temperature, which make them particularly well suited for use in fusion forming processes, such as the fusion down draw process and/or the fusion lamination process. Further, the glass composition may be used in a laminated glass article, such as a laminated glass article formed by a fusion laminate process, to provide strengthened laminates via clad compression as a result of CTE mismatch between the core glass and clad glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy James Kiczenski, John Christopher Mauro, Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull, Robert Anthony Schaut, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 8951927
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20150037553
    Abstract: Low CTE glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same are described. In one embodiment, a glass composition includes from about 60 mol. % to about 66 mol. % SiO2; from about 7 mol. % to about 10 mol. % AI2O3; and from about 14 mol. % to about 18 mol. % B2O3 as glass network formers. The glass composition may further include from about 9 mol. % to about 16 mol. % alkaline earth oxide. The alkaline earth oxide includes at least CaO. The CaO may be present in the glass composition in a concentration from about 3 mol. % to about 12 mol. %. The glass composition is free from alkali metals. The glass composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is less than or equal to 40×10?7/° C. averaged over the temperature range from about 20° C. to 300° C. The glass composition is particularly well suited for use as a glass cladding layer in a laminated glass article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20150037552
    Abstract: High CTE glass compositions and laminated glass articles formed from the same are described. In one embodiment, a glass composition may include from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2, from about 0 mol. % to about 8 mol. % Al2O3, and from about 3 mol. % to about 10 mol. % B2O3 as glass formers. The glass composition may further include alkali oxides such as from about 0 mol. % to about 2 mol. % Na2O and from about 10 mol. % to about 15 mol. % K2O. In addition, the glass composition may include from about 5 mol. % to about 6 mol. % of alkaline earth oxide. The alkaline earth oxide may include at least one of CaO, SrO, and BaO. However, the glass composition may be substantially free from MgO. The glass composition may be used in a laminated glass article, such as a laminated glass article formed by a fusion laminate process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 8946103
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20150030827
    Abstract: Glass compositions and glass articles comprising the glass compositions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass composition includes from about 65 mol. % to about 70 mol. % SiO2; from about 9 mol. % to about 14 mol. % Al2O3; and from about 0 mol. % to about 11 mol. % B2O3 as glass network formers. The glass composition also includes from about 5 mol. % to less than 10 mol. % alkali oxide R2O, wherein R is at least one of Li, Na, and K. The glass composition also includes from about 3 mol. % to about 11 mol. % of divalent oxide MO, wherein M is at least one of Mg, Ca, Ba, SrO and Zn. The glass composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is less than or equal to 55×10-7/° C. and is amenable to strengthening by ion-exchange. The glass composition is well suited for use as the glass cladding layers of a laminated glass article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: One Incorporated
    Inventors: Sinue Gomez, Timothy James Kiczenski, John Christopher Mauro, Robert Anthony Schaut, Morten Mattrup Smedskjaer, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20150010739
    Abstract: Opal glass compositions and glass articles comprising the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass composition includes 55 mol. % to 70 mol. % SiO2 and 9 mol. % to 15 mol. % Al2O3 as glass network formers. The glass composition also includes 10 mol. % to 15 mol. % alkali oxide M2O, wherein M is at least one of Na and K. The glass composition also includes 2 mol. % to 8 mol. % divalent oxide RO, wherein R is at least one of Zn, Ca, and Mg. As an opalizing agent, the glass composition may also include 8.5 mol. % to 16 mol. % F?. The glass composition may also include 0 mol. % to 0.3 mol. % SnO2 as a fining agent and from about 0 mol. % to about 6 mol. % of colorant. The glass composition is free from As and compounds containing As.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: John Christopher Mauro, Morten Mattrup Smedskjaer, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20140356576
    Abstract: Described herein are various glass compositions, glass articles, and information storage devices that comprise the glass articles as substrates therefor, along with methods for their manufacture and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, John Christopher Mauro, Morten Mattrup Smedskjaer
  • Publication number: 20140335331
    Abstract: Alkali-free phosphoboroaluminosilicate glasses are provided. The glasses include the network formers SiO2, B2O3, and at least one of Al2O3 and P2O5. The glass may, in some embodiments, have a Young's modulus of less than about 78 GPa and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion, averaged over a temperature range from about 20° C. to about 300° C., of less than about 38×10?7/° C. The glass may be used as a cover glass for electronic devices or as an outer clad layer for a glass laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20140242375
    Abstract: Laminated glass articles and methods for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a laminated glass article may include a glass core layer and at least one glass cladding layer fused to the glass core layer. The at least one glass cladding layer may be phase separated into a first phase and at least one second phase having different compositions. The first phase of the at least one glass cladding layer may have an interconnected matrix. The at least one second phase of the at least one glass cladding layer may be dispersed throughout the interconnected matrix of the first phase of the at least one glass cladding layer. In some embodiments, the at least one second phase may be selectively removed from the interconnected matrix leaving a porous, interconnected matrix of the first phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Christopher Mauro, Ronald John Parysek, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20140230490
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for treating zircon-containing forming structures, e.g., zircon isopipes, with one or more treatment glass compositions in which defect-causing reactions between the zircon of the forming structure and molten glass are suppressed at the delivery temperature of the treatment glass. The treatment compositions can be used during start-up of a forming structure, between runs of the same production glass on a given forming structure, and/or when transitioning between runs of two production glasses on a given forming structure. The treatment compositions can be used with production glasses that are ion-exchangeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, Timothy James Kiczenski, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20140227523
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20140186632
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 8720226
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and apparatus are provided for predicting/estimating chemical depth of layer (DOL) and maximum surface compressive stress (CS) of glass articles after ion-exchange. The methods and apparatus can, for example, be used to select glass compositions, salt bath temperatures, and/or ion-exchange times which provide desired DOL and/or CS values. One or more manufacturing constraints, e.g., constraints on liquidus viscosity, zircon breakdown viscosity, and the like, can be applied to the process of predicting/estimating DOL and/or CS values so that glass compositions selected based on DOL and/or CS values can, for example, be manufactured commercially by a fusion or float process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Clippinger Allan, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20140106172
    Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least about 30 kilogram force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, John Christopher Mauro