Patents by Inventor Sean Matthew Garner

Sean Matthew Garner 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: 20240322101
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode includes, printing a metal precursor ink onto a contact pad on a substrate; drying the metal precursor ink; printing a nanoparticle ink on the metal precursor ink; and consolidating the metal precursor ink and the nanoparticle ink such that metal from the precursor ink and metal from the nanoparticle ink fuse together. An electrode includes a metal precursor ink electrically contacting a contact pad; and a nanoparticle ink electrically contacting the metal precursor ink on the contact pad. An array substrate can include the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: SEAN MATTHEW GARNER, SIJAN KHAN, RICHARD CURWOOD PETERSON, LU ZHANG, YING ZHENG
  • Patent number: 12100729
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20240250231
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described for substrate materials and designs for controlling heat dissipation from semiconductor devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The embodiments may reduce temperature increases of semiconductor devices during operation. In some examples, a substrate structure is manufactured with a plurality of fins positioned along a first side. A plurality of heating sources, such as electronic components that generate heat, may be positioned along a second side of the substrate structure. The plurality of heat sources may be positioned to be laterally offset from the plurality of fins. In some examples, a plurality of LEDs are positioned along the first side of the substrate structure and at least partially laterally in line with the plurality of fins. In some examples, the plurality of LEDs are positioned along the first side of the substrate structure and laterally offset from the plurality of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: SEAN MATTHEW GARNER, DAVID ROBERT HEINE, DEAN MICHAEL THELEN
  • Patent number: 12046481
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for forming vias in a substrate, and more particularly to systems and methods for reducing substrate surface disruption during via formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Robert George Manley, Rajesh Vaddi
  • Patent number: 12012357
    Abstract: A method of performing ion exchange of a thin, flexible glass substrate having an average thickness equal to or less than about 0.3 mm to chemically strengthen the glass substrate is disclosed. The chemically strengthened glass substrate comprises a first compressive stress layer having a first depth of layer, and a second compressive stress layer having a second depth of layer, the first and second stress layers being separated by a layer of tensile stress. A laminated article comprising the chemically strengthened glass substrate is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Michael Lesley Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20240136390
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 11958780
    Abstract: A ceramic waveguide includes: a doped metal oxide ceramic core layer; and at least one cladding layer comprising the metal oxide surrounding the core layer, such that the core layer includes an erbium dopant and at least one rare earth metal dopant being: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, or oxides thereof, or at least one non-rare earth metal dopant comprising zirconium or oxides thereof. Also included is a quantum memory including: at least one doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device with the ceramic waveguide and a method of fabricating the ceramic waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Sean Matthew Garner, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Jun Yang, Haitao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11881501
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20230356505
    Abstract: Various embodiments for a laminate glass article having an integrated switch therein and related methods are provided. The laminated glass article a force sensor configured within one or more layers of the laminate with sufficient spacer incorporation to provide a force sensing switch. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Santanu Basu, Peter Steven Cole, Sean Matthew Garner
  • Publication number: 20230361094
    Abstract: A glass substrate with improved microLED transfer characteristics is disclosed, the glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a thickness therebetween. An electrically functional layer may be disposed on the first major surface. The glass wafer exhibits a waviness with a magnitude less than or equal to about 1 ?m in a spatial wavelength range from about 0.25 mm to about 50 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ya-Huei Chang, Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 11777067
    Abstract: Display tiles comprising pixel elements on a first surface of a substrate connected by an electrode, a driver located opposite the first surface, and a connector wrapped around an edge surface of the substrate connecting the driver to the pixel elements. Displays comprised of display tiles and methods of manufacturing display tiles and displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Sean Matthew Garner, Jen-Chieh Lin, Robert George Manley, Timothy James Orsley, Richard Curwood Peterson, Michael Lesley Sorensen, Pei-Lien Tseng, Rajesh Vaddi, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230294382
    Abstract: A functional laminated glass article includes: a backer substrate; a flexible glass substrate comprising a thickness of no greater than 300 ?m, and laminated to the backer substrate with an adhesive; a plurality of conductive traces disposed on one or both of the backer substrate and the flexible glass substrate; and a plurality of electronic device elements disposed between the backer substrate and the flexible glass substrate and in contact with the plurality of conductive traces. Further, the adhesive encapsulates the conductive traces and the electronic device elements between the backer substrate and the flexible glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Li-Wei Chou, Sean Matthew Garner, Jen-Chieh Lin, Pei-Lien Tseng
  • Patent number: 11753334
    Abstract: A method of performing ion exchange of a thin, flexible glass substrate having an average thickness equal to or less than about 0.3 mm to chemically strengthen the glass substrate is disclosed. The chemically strengthened glass substrate comprises a first compressive stress layer having a first depth of layer, and a second compressive stress layer having a second depth of layer, the first and second stress layers being separated by a layer of tensile stress. A laminated article comprising the chemically strengthened glass substrate is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Michael Lesley Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20230242441
    Abstract: A method of performing ion exchange of a thin, flexible glass substrate having an average thickness equal to or less than about 0.3 mm to chemically strengthen the glass substrate is disclosed. The chemically strengthened glass substrate comprises a first compressive stress layer having a first depth of layer, and a second compressive stress layer having a second depth of layer, the first and second stress layers being separated by a layer of tensile stress. A laminated article comprising the chemically strengthened glass substrate is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Michael Lesley Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20230221475
    Abstract: A display device includes at least two adjacent display tiles having a seam therebetween, and an optical element at the seam to optically blur the seam between the adjacent display tiles, with each of the adjacent display tiles including a substrate, one or more light sources on a first surface of the substrate, and control electronics on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Patent number: 11685684
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Sean Matthew Garner, Michael James McFarland, Michael John Moore
  • Publication number: 20230099647
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a substrate including a first major surface, a second major surface, and an edge surface. The edge surface includes a radius of curvature extending between the first major surface and the second major surface. The electronic apparatus includes an opto-electronic device positioned on the first major surface. The electronic apparatus includes an electrical component positioned on the second major surface. The electronic apparatus includes a first electrically-conductive trace attached to the edge surface. The first electrically-conductive trace electrically connects a first portion of the opto-electronic device to the electrical component and defines a first current path. The electronic apparatus includes a second electrically-conductive trace extending through an opening in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Andrew Pastel, Dean Michael Thelen
  • Publication number: 20230032165
    Abstract: An edge conductor includes a first portion electrically connected to a first conductor on a first surface of a substrate, a second portion electrically connected to a second conductor on a second surface of the substrate, a third portion extending between the first portion and the second portion along an edge of the substrate, and a coating covering at least a portion of the third portion of the edge conductor, where the second surface of the substrate is opposite the first surface of the substrate, and the edge of the substrate extends between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: David Lynn Baker, Sean Matthew Garner, Christina Marie Laskowski, Kevin Ray Maslin, Michael Lesley Sorensen, Haregewine Tadesse
  • Publication number: 20230019958
    Abstract: A ceramic waveguide includes: a doped metal oxide ceramic core layer; and at least one cladding layer comprising the metal oxide surrounding the core layer, such that the core layer includes an erbium dopant and at least one rare earth metal dopant being: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, or oxides thereof, or at least one non-rare earth metal dopant comprising zirconium or oxides thereof. Also included is a quantum memory including: at least one doped polycrystalline ceramic optical device with the ceramic waveguide and a method of fabricating the ceramic waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Sean Matthew Garner, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Jun Yang, Haitao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220413334
    Abstract: Methods relating to and an apparatus including: a smart device and an integrated heating module are provided. The apparatus includes: a smart device having an electrically switchable material, a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer, wherein the electrically switchable material is retained between a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer; and an integrated heating module configured between the electrically switchable material and one of: the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer, wherein the integrated heating module is configured to provide resistant heating along at least a portion of the electrically switchable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Sean Matthew Garner