Patents by Inventor Timothy Edward Myers

Timothy Edward Myers 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: 20210231943
    Abstract: An electrowetting optical device is provided. The electrowetting optical device includes a first window, a second window, and a cavity disposed between the first window and the second window. The electrowetting optical device additionally includes a first liquid and a second liquid disposed within the cavity, the first liquid and the second liquid substantially immiscible with each other and having different refractive indices such that an interface between the first liquid and the second liquid defines a variable lens. The electrowetting optical device also includes a common electrode in electrical connection with the first liquid and a driving electrode disposed on a sidewall of the cavity and insulated from the first liquid and the second liquid by an insulating polymer dielectric layer. The insulating polymer dielectric layer may be formed using initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Benjamin Jean-Baptiste Francois Burger, Michelle Dawn Fabian, Timothy Edward Myers
  • Publication number: 20210047236
    Abstract: An article is described herein that includes: a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic substrate comprising a primary surface; at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film disposed over the primary surface; and an easy-to-clean (ETC) coating comprising a fluorinated material that is disposed over an outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film. The at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises an average hardness of 10 GPa or more. Further, the outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises a surface roughness (Rq) of less than 1.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman, Yuhui Jin, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Timothy Edward Myers, Eric Louis Null, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price, Florence Christine Monique Verrier
  • Publication number: 20200408984
    Abstract: A backlight unit for use with an LCD display device (10), the backlight unit (24), including a cured polymer layer (34), disposed on a major surface of the glass substrate (28), the cured polymer layer (34) exhibiting a pencil hardness value of 1 H-2 H as measured in accordance with ASTM D3363-05 and an adhesion of 5 B as measured in accordance with ASTM D3359-09. A maximum color shift (Delta) ymax of the cured polymer layer (34) is less than about 0.015 after aging for 1000 hours at 60° C. and 90% relative humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Michelle Dawn Fabian, Jennifer Lynn Lyon, Timothy Edward Myers, Kristi Lynn Simonton
  • Patent number: 10822271
    Abstract: An article that includes: a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic substrate comprising a primary surface; at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film disposed over the primary surface; and an easy-to-clean (ETC) coating comprising a fluorinated material that is disposed over an outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film. The at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises an average hardness of 12 GPa or more. Further, the outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises a surface roughness (Rq) of less than 1.0 nm. Further, the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises a total thickness of about 500 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman, Yuhui Jin, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Timothy Edward Myers, Eric Louis Null, Jung-keun Oh, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Jin-ah Yoo
  • Patent number: 10680192
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Patent number: 10295728
    Abstract: A light diffusing component is disclosed. The light diffusing component comprises a substrate, such as glass, having a frontside, a backside spaced apart from the frontside, and an edge configured to receive a light source. The glass sheet includes at least one scattering layer having a plurality of light scattering centers etched into at least a portion of the frontside of the glass sheet. The scattering centers have an increased density as the distance from the edge increases and the scattering centers are randomly distributed in size and smaller than about 200 ?m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a light diffusing component comprising masking a substrate, such as a glass sheet, and etching the substrate such that the density of the resulting scattering centers increased as the distance from the light source increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Etienne, Matthew Wade Fenton, Timothy Edward Myers, Kathleen Ann Wexell
  • Publication number: 20190146140
    Abstract: A glass article comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a plurality of light extraction features (220), ones of the plurality of light extraction features (220) having scattering particles and binder material, wherein the plurality of light extraction features produces a color shift Ay<0.01 per 500 mm of length, and wherein a difference in Fresnel reflections at the first surface at 45 degrees measured within the respective glass article at 450 nm and 630 nm is less than 0.015%. A light extracting ink is also provided comprising scattering particles and a binder material, wherein Fresnel reflections between the binder material and an adjacent substrate are substantially invariant with respect to wavelength. A light extracting ink is also provided comprising scattering particles and a binder material, wherein the binder material has an index of refraction equal to that of an adjacent substrate at a single wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Byungyun Joo, Timothy Edward Myers, Steven S Rosenblum, James Andrew West
  • Publication number: 20190115548
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Patent number: 10186673
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Publication number: 20180319704
    Abstract: An article that includes: a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic substrate comprising a primary surface; at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film disposed over the primary surface; and an easy-to-clean (ETC) coating comprising a fluorinated material that is disposed over an outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film. The at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises an average hardness of 12 GPa or more. Further, the outer surface of the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises a surface roughness (Rq) of less than 1.0 nm. Further, the at least one of an optical film and a scratch-resistant film comprises a total thickness of about 500 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman, Yuhui Jin, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Timothy Edward Myers, Eric Louis Null, Jung-keun Oh, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Jin-ah Yoo
  • Publication number: 20180019419
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Publication number: 20170336556
    Abstract: A light diffusing component is disclosed. The light diffusing component comprises a substrate, such as glass, having a frontside, a backside spaced apart from the frontside, and an edge configured to receive a light source. The glass sheet includes at least one scattering layer having a plurality of light scattering centers etched into at least a portion of the frontside of the glass sheet. The scattering centers have an increased density as the distance from the edge increases and the scattering centers are randomly distributed in size and smaller than about 200 ?m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a light diffusing component comprising masking a substrate, such as a glass sheet, and etching the substrate such that the density of the resulting scattering centers increased as the distance from the light source increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Etienne, Matthew Wade Fenton, Timothy Edward Myers, Kathleen Ann Wexell
  • Patent number: 9761817
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Patent number: 9677047
    Abstract: A cell culture microcarrier includes (1) a polystyrene microcarrier base having a remnant of a carboxylic acid group, and (ii) a polypeptide conjugated to the base via the remnant of the carboxylic acid group. The polypeptide may contain a cell adhesive sequence, such as RGD. Cells cultured with such microcarriers exhibit peptide-specific binding to the microcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michelle Dawn Fabian, Timothy Edward Myers, Kyle Patrick Snyder, Florence Verrier
  • Patent number: 9651720
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Publication number: 20160268525
    Abstract: Articles utilizing polymeric dielectric materials for gate dielectrics and insulator materials are provided along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Mingqian He, Timothy Edward Myers, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Arthur Lawrence Wallace
  • Patent number: 9302933
    Abstract: A method of making an article having a textured glass surface, including, for example: attaching microencapsulated particles to a portion of a glass surface of the article; and contacting the glass surface having the attached microencapsulated particles with an etchant to form the textured surface. A glass article prepared by the method including: at least one textured surface having excellent haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Myers, Vasudha Ravichandram, Christine Coulter Wolcott
  • Publication number: 20150198752
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Patent number: 9017566
    Abstract: A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example: depositing deformable particles on at least a portion of a glass surface of the article; causing the deposited deformable particles on the surface to deform and adhere to the surface; and contacting the surface having the adhered particles with an etchant to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Warren Lander, Timothy Edward Myers, Kelvin Nguyen, Alan Thomas Stephens, II
  • Publication number: 20150090689
    Abstract: Described herein are coating compositions for protecting one-glass solution (OGS) glasses and other display glasses during processing. The coatings are non-reactive to typical indium-tin oxide touch components, metal electrodes, and black matrix inks, and can thus be used to over-coat these materials. In one aspect, the coating compositions described herein can be applied by a screen printing application process in a single layer or in multiple layers and are compatible with CNC edge grinding and acid etching. Further, the protective coatings are rigid, but not brittle, and are durable but still able to be processed rapidly. Additionally, the protective coatings are transparent, allowing alignment marks on the substrates to be visible. Finally, the protective coatings can easily be removed after substrate processing has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Diane Kimberlie Guilfoyle, Hsien Li Lu, Timothy Edward Myers, Lu Zhang