Patents by Inventor Ronald Leroy Stewart

Ronald Leroy Stewart 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: 11926564
    Abstract: Glasses that can be chemically strengthened and are colored by transition metals. Most of the glasses are black, with some having high damage resistance and compressive surface layers having high compressive stress and depth of layer after ion exchange. These colored glasses do not require a post-forming heat treatment to produce color and are formable by fusions drawing, rolling, slot drawing, and float glass processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, John Christopher Mauro, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20230061747
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 11498865
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 10676389
    Abstract: A glass article includes an alkali-alkaline-alumino-silicate composition, wherein the glass article has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in a range from about 110×10?7/° C. to about 130×10?7/° C. over a temperature range of 0-300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Kohli, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200079682
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 10501365
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20190039942
    Abstract: A glass article includes an alkali-alkaline-alumino-silicate composition, wherein the glass article has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in a range from about 110×10?7/° C. to about 130×10?7/° C. over a temperature range of 0-300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd KOHLI, Ronald Leroy STEWART
  • Patent number: 9868663
    Abstract: A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Samir Biswas, Qiang Fu, David Myron Lineman, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20160368812
    Abstract: A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kristen L. Barefoot, James Joseph Price, Jose Mario Quintal, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 9499431
    Abstract: A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kristen L Barefoot, David John Brockway, James Joseph Price, Jose Mario Quintal, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20160311718
    Abstract: A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Samir Biswas, Qiang Fu, David Myron Lineman, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 9403715
    Abstract: A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Samir Biswas, Qiang Fu, David Myron Lineman, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20160090321
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass articles which are resistant to UV photodarkening, the glass articles having a thickness ?1.3 mm and comprise UV absorbers such as Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ce, Ge, Mo, Cr, Co and Ni, and combinations thereof, or alternatively comprising ZnO or SnO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150368149
    Abstract: Glasses that can be chemically strengthened and are colored by transition metals. Most of the glasses are black, with some having high damage resistance and compressive surface layers having high compressive stress and depth of layer after ion exchange. These colored glasses do not require a post-forming heat treatment to produce color and are formable by fusions drawing, rolling, slot drawing, and float glass processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaoju Guo, Jeffrey Todd Kohli, John Christopher Mauro, Ronald LeRoy Stewart
  • Patent number: 9133054
    Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 SiO2; 10.5-17 Al2O3; 5-13 Li2O; 0-4 ZnO; 0-8 MgO; 2-5 TiO2; 0-4 B2O3; 0-5 Na2O; 0-4 K2O; 0-2 ZrO2; 0-7 P2O5; 0-0.3 Fe2O3; 0-2 MnOx; and 0.05-0.2 SnO2. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit the following criteria: a. a ratio: [ Li 2 ? O + Na 2 ? O + K 2 ? O + MgO + ZnO ] [ Al 2 ? O 3 + B 2 ? O 3 ] ?between 0.7 to 1.5; b. a ? ? ratio ? : ? [ TiO 2 + SnO 2 ] [ SiO 2 + B 2 ? O 3 ] ?greater than 0.04. Furthermore, the glass-ceramics exhibit an opacity ?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, George Owen Dale, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Charlene Marie Smith, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Publication number: 20150183680
    Abstract: A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kristen L. Barefoot, David John Brockway, James Joseph Price, Jose Mario Quintal, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140356628
    Abstract: A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Samir Biswas, Qiang Fu, David Myron Lineman, Ronald Leroy Stewart
  • Patent number: 8664130
    Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 Si O2; 10.5-17 Al2O3; 5-13 Li2O; 0-4 ZnO; 0-8 MgO; 2-5 TiO2; 0-4 B2O3; 0-5 Na2O; 0-4 K2O; 0-2 ZrO2; 0-7 P2O5; 0-0.3 Fe2O3; 0-2 MnOx; and 0.05-0.2 SnO2. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit the following criteria: a. a ratio: [ Li 2 ? O + Na 2 ? O + K 2 ? O + MgO + ZnO ] [ Al 2 ? O 3 + B 2 ? O 3 ] between 0.7 to 1.5; b. a ratio: [ TiO 2 + SnO 2 ] [ SiO 2 + B 2 ? O 3 ] greater than 0.04. Furthermore, the glass-ceramics exhibit an opacity ?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, George Owen Dale, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Charlene Marie Smith, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 8664131
    Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 SiO2; 10.5-17 Al2O3; 5-13 Li3O; 0-4 ZnO; 0-8 MgO; 2-5 TiO2; 0-4 B2O3; 0-5 Na2O; 0-4 K2O; 0-2 ZrO2; 0-7 P2O5; 0-0.3 Fe2O3; 0-2 MnOx; and 0.05-0.2 SnO2. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit the following criteria: a. a ratio: [ Li 2 ? O + Na 2 ? O + K 2 ? O + MgO + ZnO _ ] ? [ Al 2 ? O 3 + B 2 ? O 3 ] between 0.7 to 1.5; b. a ratio: [ TiO 2 + SnO 2 _ ] ? [ SiO 2 + B 2 ? O 3 ] greater than 0.04. Furthermore, the glass-ceramics exhibit an opacity ?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, George Owen Dale, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Charlene Marie Smith, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Publication number: 20140057092
    Abstract: Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 SiO2; 10.5-17 Al2O3; 5-13 Li2O; 0-4 ZnO; 0-8 MgO; 2-5 TiO2; 0-4 B2O3; 0-5 Na2O; 0-4 K2O; 0-2 ZrO2; 0-7 P2O5; 0-0.3 Fe2O3; 0-2 MnOx; and 0.05-0.2 SnO2. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit the following criteria: a. a ratio: [ Li 2 ? O + Na 2 ? O + K 2 ? O + MgO + ZnO ] [ Al 2 ? O 3 + B 2 ? O 3 ] between 0.7 to 1.5; b. a ? ? ratio ? : ? [ TiO 2 + SnO 2 ] [ SiO 2 + B 2 ? O 3 ] greater than 0.04. Furthermore, the glass-ceramics exhibit an opacity ?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, George Owen Dale, Linda Ruth Pinckney, Charlene Marie Smith, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Steven Alvin Tietje