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: 11279649
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass compositions, glass articles and chemically strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition comprises Li2O, greater than about 0.9 mol % B2O3, Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 10 mol %, and from about 60 mol % to about 80 mol % SiO2. Embodiments of the chemically strengthened glass article include a first major surface and an opposing second major surface defining a thickness t, a compressive stress layer extending from the first major surface to a depth of compression greater than about 0.12 t, a maximum compressive stress of about 200 MPa or greater, and a Knoop Lateral Cracking Scratch Threshold greater than about 6 N, as measured on either one of the first major surface and the second major surface. Methods for forming such chemically strengthened glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220081347
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M. Guryanov
  • Patent number: 11274057
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass composition including at least about 65 mol % SiO2, Al2O3 in the range from about 7 mol % to about 11 mol %, Na2O in the range from about 13 mol % to about 16 mol %; and a non-zero amount of one or more alkali earth metal oxides selected from MgO, CaO and ZnO, wherein the sum of the alkali earth metal oxides is up to about 6 mol %, are disclosed. The glass compositions can be processed using fusion forming processes and float forming processes and are ion exchangeable. Glass articles including such glass compositions and methods of forming such glass articles are also disclosed. The glass articles of one or more embodiments exhibit a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least 8 kgf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220073426
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates include low amounts of phosphorous. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220036466
    Abstract: An analytics computing device is disclosed that includes a processor in communication with at least one memory device. The processor is configured to receive dynamic data corresponding to activity of a user, and including telematics data generated by a user device associated with the user. The processor is also configured to generate a plurality of analytics values based upon the dynamic data by applying at least one artificial intelligence (AI) model to the dynamic data, and generate an analytics vector for the user. The analytics vector includes the plurality of analytics values. The processor is further configured to use the analytics vector and at least one rule set of a plurality of rule sets to calculate at least one price for a usage-based insurance (UBI) policy of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Brian N. Harvey, Ryan Michael Gross, Matthew Eric Riley, SR., J. Lynn Wilson, Joseph Robert Brannan
  • Patent number: 11230494
    Abstract: An article comprising an ion-exchanged glass material that prevents sharp contact flaws from entering a central region of the material that is under central tension and thus causing failure of the material. The glass material may be a glass or glass ceramic having a surface layer under compression. In some embodiments, the depth of the compressive layer is greater than about 75 ?m. The greater depth of layer prevents flaws from penetrating the compressive layer to the region under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11233764
    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: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20220002186
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to glass articles with a glass composition including about 65 mol % or greater SiO2; 8 mol % or greater Al2O3; from about 3.5 mol % to about 16 mol % Na2O; up to about 5 mol % P2O5, and up to about 15 mol % ZnO. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition includes about 56% or greater SiO2; about 8 mol % or greater Al2O3; from about 3.5 mol % to about 16 mol % Na2O; up to about 1 mol % P2O5; and up to about 15 mol % ZnO. In some embodiments, the glass article exhibits a CS at a depth of greater than 30 micrometers of about 1 GPa or greater. Embodiments of an automotive interior system including such glass articles and methods of making glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11214510
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M Guryanov
  • Publication number: 20210387442
    Abstract: A laminate glass article is provided that includes: a core glass layer comprising a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass layers, each comprising a first primary surface, a second primary surface in contact with the core glass layer and a second CTE that is lower than the first CTE of the core glass layer. The difference in the first and second CTE is about 10×10?7/#C to about 70×10?7/#C. Further, each of the core glass layer and the clad glass layers comprises a viscosity from 109.0 to 1014.0 Poise from about 550#C to about 700#C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Venkatesh Botu, Timothy Michael Gross, Balamurugan Meenakshi Sundaram, Adama Tandia, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore, Kochuparambil Deenamma Vargheese, Mark Owen Weller
  • Publication number: 20210387898
    Abstract: Embodiments of alkali aluminosilicate glass articles that may be chemically strengthened to achieve a maximum surface compressive stress that exceeds compressive stresses that have been achieved in similar glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the fictive temperature of these glass articles may be equal to the 1011 poise (P) viscosity temperature of the glass article. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a maximum compressive stress of at least about 400 MPa, 800 MPa, 930 MPa or 1050 MPa. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a compressive stress layer extending to a depth of layer of at least about 40 ?m (in samples having a thickness of 1 mm). In still other embodiments, these strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles exhibit a parabolic or near-parabolic tensile stress profile in the central region of the glass articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20210380470
    Abstract: Glasses comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and P2O5 that are capable of chemical strengthened by ion exchange and having high damage resistance. These phosphate-containing glasses have a structure in which silica (SiO2) is replaced by aluminum phosphate (AlPO4) and/or boron phosphate (BPO4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Timothy Michael Gross, Marcel Potuzak
  • Publication number: 20210370774
    Abstract: An automotive display module can include a mounting bracket, a display panel, a cover substrate, and a frame member. The mounting bracket can be securable to a component of an automobile. The display panel can be coupled to the mounting bracket and the frame member can be connected to a back side of the cover substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Amey Ganpat Badar, Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Jong Se Park, Michael William Price, Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20210355023
    Abstract: Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to be fusion formable, to be steam strengthen able, and to avoid the formation of platinum defects during the forming process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20210353279
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael A. Gross, Timothy Guenot
  • Publication number: 20210340055
    Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20210323857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a glass article having a glass composition. The glass composition includes SiO2 in an amount of from 63 mol % to 75 mol %, Al2O3 in an amount of from 7 mol % to 13 mol %, R2O in an amount of from 13 mol % to 24 mol %, P2O5 in an amount of from 0.1 mol % to 1.2 mol %, and a water content ?-OH of 0.1 abs/mm to 0.5 abs/mm. Further, the glass composition includes at least one of MgO or ZnO. MgO is present in a range from 0 mol % to 7 mol %, and ZnO is present in a range from 0 mol % to 7 mol %. The glass article has an anneal point and a softening point, and the relationship of (anneal point+softening point)/2 is less than 685° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore
  • Publication number: 20210298673
    Abstract: Systems for monitoring respiratory function of a person include a garment configured to be worn on a torso of the person. The garment includes one or more reference patterns positioned on the anterior torso of the person when the garment is worn. A camera is used to capture, at a first time, at least one image of the person immediately prior to inhalation, and immediately prior to exhalation, and to capture, at a second time, at least one image of the person immediately prior to inhalation, and immediately prior to exhalation. A computing device is used to transmit the images to a remote computing device for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11124443
    Abstract: Glasses comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and P2O5 that are capable of chemical strengthened by ion exchange and having high damage resistance. These phosphate-containing glasses have a structure in which silica (SiO2) is replaced by aluminum phosphate (AlPO4) and/or boron phosphate (BPO4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Timothy Michael Gross, Marcel Potuzak
  • Patent number: 11111173
    Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides. The glass article has a molar ratio of Al2O3:(R2O+RO) greater than or equal to 0.9, where R2O is a sum of alkali metal oxides in mol % and RO is a sum of divalent cation oxides in mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith