Patents by Inventor Patrick Ryan Pruden

Patrick Ryan Pruden 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: 11549872
    Abstract: A test apparatus comprises a probe movably mounted relative to a carrier. The probe comprises an end portion with a surface area of about 5 mm2 or less. The test apparatus can be used in methods of determining a crush strength of an edge of a substrate. Methods can comprise aligning the probe with a test location of the substrate at a predetermined angle relative to a probe axis. Methods can further comprise applying a mechanical force to the test location with the probe in the direction of the probe axis. Also, methods can comprise increasing the mechanical force applied by the probe until the substrate cracks or a predefined force applied by the probe is reached. Based on the mechanical force applied by the probe, a crush strength of an edge can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, James Edward Morrison, Jr., Patrick Ryan Pruden, Ananthanarayanan Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20220411665
    Abstract: A screen protector application kit includes a glass-based substrate (110) having an adhesive belt (270) and an adhesive container (478) of an uncured adhesive composition. The adhesive belt (270) includes a first major surface (272) adhered to the glass-based substrate (110), a second major surface (274), a distal edge (276) extending between the first major surface (272) and the second major surface (274), and a proximal edge (278) extending between the first major surface (272) and the second major surface (274). The uncured adhesive composition includes 30 wt % to 99.9 wt % of at least one of: (i) a monomer; and (ii) an oligomer; and 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % of a visible-light photoinitiator. The uncured adhesive composition may further include 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a co-initiator. The uncured adhesive composition may further include 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % of an oxygen inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel James Beyler, Rui Chang, Hossein Eshraghi, George Karl Kaufman, Laurence Ralph Morey, Patrick Ryan Pruden, Vitor Marino Schneider
  • Publication number: 20200056968
    Abstract: A test apparatus comprises a probe movably mounted relative to a carrier. The probe comprises an end portion with a surface area of about 5 mm2 or less. The test apparatus can be used in methods of determining a crush strength of an edge of a substrate. Methods can comprise aligning the probe with a test location of the substrate at a predetermined angle relative to a probe axis. Methods can further comprise applying a mechanical force to the test location with the probe in the direction of the probe axis. Also, methods can comprise increasing the mechanical force applied by the probe until the substrate cracks or a predefined force applied by the probe is reached. Based on the mechanical force applied by the probe, a crush strength of an edge can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, James Edward Morrison, JR., Patrick Ryan Pruden, Ananthanarayanan Subramanian