Patents by Inventor Michael Groß

Michael Groß 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).

  • Patent number: 11752730
    Abstract: A stack assembly is provided that includes a glass layer having a thickness, a first and second primary surface and a compressive stress region extending from the second primary surface to a first depth; and a second layer coupled to the second primary surface. The glass layer is characterized by: an absence of failure when the layer is held at a bend radius from about 3 to 20 mm, a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the second primary surface is supported by (i) an ˜25 ?m thick PSA and (ii) an ˜50 ?m thick PET layer, and the first primary surface is loaded with a stainless steel pin having a flat bottom with a 200 ?m diameter, a pencil hardness of at least 8H, and a neutral axis within the glass layer located between the second primary surface and half of the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith, James Ernest Webb
  • Patent number: 11751570
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include an aluminosilicate glass, which may include P2O5 and K2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang
  • Patent number: 11745471
    Abstract: A glass element having a thickness from 25 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress GI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Polly Wanda Chu, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Adam James Ellison, Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Nicholas James Smith, Butchi Reddy Vaddi, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11746045
    Abstract: A glass article comprising an alkali aluminosilicate glass that is formable by down-draw processes for example slot- and fusion-draw to thicknesses of 125 ?m or less and is capable of being chemically strengthened by ion-exchange to achieve a compressive stress at its surface of at least 950 MPa, in some embodiments at least about 1000 MPa, and in other embodiments at least about 1100 MPa. The high surface compressive stress allows the glass to retain net compression and thus contain surface flaws when the glass is subjected to bending around a tight radius. The glass may be used in foldable display applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 11724958
    Abstract: Alkali aluminosilicate glasses that are resistant to damage due to sharp impact and capable of fast ion exchange are provided. The glasses comprise at least 4 mol % P2O5 and, when ion exchanged, have a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least about 7 kgf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11708296
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to glass compositions with high coefficients of thermal expansion and low fracture toughness designed for thermal tempering. These glasses are ideally suited to produce a “dicing” pattern when thermally tempered, even when thin (<3 mm). Disclosed glasses have high thermal expansions at low and high temperatures to produce increased temper stresses once quenched, coupled with low fracture toughness which promotes crack bifurcation and enhanced frangibility. Methods of making such glasses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi
  • Patent number: 11707268
    Abstract: A surgical retractor for retracting body tissue in a therapeutic procedure includes a blade having a body portion and a plurality of elongate elements extending from the body portion. The plurality of elongate elements is separated a distance from one another along a length of the body portion and form one or more gaps therebetween. The plurality of elongate elements is connected by one or more cross connectors transverse to the plurality of elongate elements. The retractor blade is configured to permit movement of a lung being retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Gross, Timothy Guenot
  • Publication number: 20230202915
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Pascale Oram, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Publication number: 20230206342
    Abstract: An on-demand insurance (ODI) server for generating dynamic user offerings may be provided. The ODI server may include at least one processor in communication with a memory device. The at least one processor may be programmed to (i) receive, from a user computing device associated with a user, an insurance policy request for a trip from a start location to an end location, (ii) determine at least one transportation mode available for the trip, (iii) access contextual data associated with the trip, (iv) assess a risk associated with the at least one transportation mode, (v) calculate a risk score associated with the at least one transportation mode based upon at least the contextual data, (vi) generate an insurance offering associated with the at least one transportation mode, and/or (vii) transmit the insurance offering in real time to the user computing device for purchase by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Gross, Jody Ann Thoele, Joseph Robert Brannan, Eric R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20230206341
    Abstract: A personalized insurance (“PI”) computing device for determining an optimal insurance product for a driver operating a vehicle for a transportation network company (“TNC”) during a period of increased demand includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory. The processor is configured to: (i) receive, from a TNC, data indicating increased demand for transportation services, (ii) retrieve driver data that includes the driver history, (iii) generate an optimal pricing model for the driver based upon the increased demand and the driver data, (iv) execute the model to determine an optimal insurance product having characteristics reflecting at least one risk factor associated with the increased demand for transportation services and a risk profile determined from analyzing the driver data, and (v) transmit an offer to the driver to provide transportation services at an increased earnings rate and with the determined optimal insurance product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Gross, Joseph Robert Brannan, Brian N. Harvey
  • Publication number: 20230183125
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to glass compositions having improved thermal tempering capabilities. The disclosed glass compositions have high coefficients of thermal expansion and Young's moduli, and are capable of achieving high surface compressions. A method of making such glasses is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11677711
    Abstract: Systems and methods are herein disclosed for displaying a smart preview of video content. A first claimed embodiment includes receiving video content. A system can then detect an event taking place during the video content having an event time. The system can then receive a request to display a preview of the video content. The system can then display the preview of the video content beginning at the event time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20230174410
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a glass pharmaceutical package with unique composition. The pharmaceutical package includes a glass container with a first and second surface, the first surface being an outer surface of the glass container. The glass container is formed from a borosilicate glass composition, the glass composition including: at least 75 mol % SiO2; at least 10 mol % B2O3; and Al2O3 in an amount such that sum of SiO2, B2O3, and Al2O3 is at least 90 mol %. The glass container has at least two of the following: a hydrolytic resistance of class HGA 1 according to ISO 720:1985, a base resistance of class A1 or class A2 according to ISO 695:1991, and an acid resistance of class S2 or class S1 according to DIN 12116 (2001).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20230173895
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition having a unique fracture behavior. The borosilicate glass composition may be incorporated into a glass laminate including a first glass ply and a second glass ply. The second glass ply may comprise the borosilicate glass composition. The second glass ply may have a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than or equal to 5.1 ppm°/C. A combined thickness of the first glass ply and the second glass ply may be greater than or equal to 3.7 mm and less than or equal to 6.0 mm, and a ratio of the second thickness to the combined thickness is greater than or equal to 0.825. The second glass ply does not fail when the first major surface is impacted by a Vickers diamond impactor at an impact energy of 0.25 Joules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11667566
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Pascale Oram, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 11667563
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Sumalee Likitvanichkul, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20230167010
    Abstract: A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 45 mol % to less than or equal to 60 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 15 mol % to less than or equal to 25 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 10 mol % to less than or equal to 21 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 1 mol % to less than or equal to 10 mol % Cs2O; and greater than or equal to 7 mol % to less than or equal to 13 mol % P2O5. The glass composition may have a liquidus temperature of less than or equal to 1300° C. and a strain point greater than or equal to 525° C. The glass composition is chemically strengthenable. The glass composition may be used in a glass-based article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20230169547
    Abstract: A user analytics computing device for processing mobile device telematics data includes a processor in communication with a memory device. The processor is programmed to: (i) store a model to predict a travel mode for a user based upon historical telematics data, (ii) form a first group by assigning a user to the first group, (iii) receive telematics data associated with movement of the user, (iv) input the telematics data into the model to determine a travel mode of the user, (v) parse subsets of the telematics data based upon the determined travel modes, (vi) retrieve an eligibility condition defining eligibility to qualify for a user offering, (vii) aggregate one subset of the telematics data associated with the first travel mode of the user, (viii) determine that the group telematics data satisfies the eligibility condition, and (ix) cause a notification to be displayed on the mobile device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Gross, Joseph Robert Brannan, Brian N. Harvey
  • Publication number: 20230150863
    Abstract: A glass composition includes from 55.0 mol % to 75.0 mol % SiO2; from 8.0 mol % to 20.0 mol % Al2O3; from 3.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li2O; from 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na2O; and less than or equal to 1.5 mol % K2O. The glass composition has the following relationships: Al2O3+Li2O is greater than 22.5 mol %, R2O+RO is greater than or equal to 18.0 mol %, R2O/Al2O3 is greater than or equal to 1.06, SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3+P2O5 is greater than or equal to 78.0 mol %, and (SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3+P2O5)/Li2O is greater than or equal to 8.0. The glass composition may be used in a glass article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev
  • Publication number: 20230153917
    Abstract: A matching computer system for electronically generating, matching, and providing online user profiles, and determining a sharing score between the online user profiles is provided. The matching computer system may be configured to generate online user profiles associated with users of the systems. The matching computer system may be also configured to calculate a base score based upon the generated online user profile. Each base score represents a level of trustworthiness of each respective user. The matching computer system may be further configured to determine a sharing score between users based upon the base scores. Each sharing score represents a level of matching between the online user profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Brannan, Brian N. Harvey, Ryan Michael Gross, J. Lynn Wilson, Matthew Eric Riley, SR.