Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Gross

Timothy 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).

  • Publication number: 20250066243
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Patent number: 12234182
    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 methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Adam Robert Sarafian, Jingshi Wu, Zheming Zheng
  • Publication number: 20250059081
    Abstract: An alkali aluminosilicate glass article having: greater than or equal to 70.0 mol % and less than or equal to 78.0 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 7.0 mol % and less than or equal to 12.0 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 3.0 mol % and less than or equal to 7.0 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 2.0 mol % and less than or equal to 7.0 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 3.0 mol % and less than or equal to 6.0 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0.0 mol % and less than or equal to 2.0 mol % P2O5; and greater than or equal to 0.0 mol % and less than or equal to 1.5 mol % REmOn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20250011218
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition comprising B2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 11 mol % and less than or equal to 16 mol %; Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 2 mol % and less than or equal to 5 mol %; one or more alkali metal oxides; one or more alkaline earth metal oxides; a total amount of Na2O, K2O, MgO, and CaO that is greater than or equal to 7.0 mol %°. Amounts of SiO2, B2O3, the one or more alkali metal oxides, Al2O3, and the one or more alkaline earth metal oxides, satisfy: (R2O+R?O)?Al2O3, and 0.80<(1?[(2R2O+2R?O)/(SiO2+2Al2O3+2B2O3)])<0.93, where R2O and R?O are sums sum of the concentrations of the one or more alkali metal oxides and the one or more alkaline earth metal oxides, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 12179459
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    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: 20240409456
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Publication number: 20240400434
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing glass articles having a target effective coefficient of thermal expansion CTETeff averaged over a temperature range comprise selecting a glass core composition having an average core glass coefficient of thermal expansion CTEcore that is greater than the target effective CTETeff and a glass clad composition having an average clad glass coefficient of thermal expansion CTEclad that is less than the target effective CTETeff; and manufacturing a glass laminate comprising a glass core layer formed from the glass core composition and two or more glass cladding layers fused to the glass core layer, each of the two or more glass cladding layers formed from the glass clad composition such that a ratio of a thickness of the glass core layer to a total thickness of the two or more glass cladding layers is selected to produce the glass laminate having an effective coefficient of thermal expansion CTEeff that is within ±0.5 ppm/° C. of the target effective CTETeff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Timothy Michael Gross, Jin Su Kim, Jesse Kohl, HungCheng Lu, Yu Xiao, Liying Zhang, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12151971
    Abstract: A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 45 mol % to less than or equal to 60 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 15 mol % to less than or equal to 25 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 10 mol % to less than or equal to 20 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 7.5 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 5 mol % K2O; greater than or equal to 7 mol % to less than or equal to 13 mol % P2O5, and greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 4 mol % TiO2. The glass composition may have a liquidus temperature of less than or equal to 1300° C. and an inter-diffusion coefficient greater than or equal to 4000 ?m2/hour. The glass composition is chemically strengthenable. The glass composition may be used in a glass-based article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20240383797
    Abstract: A glass composition includes: from 50 mol % to 70 mol % SiO2; from 15 mol % to 30 mol % Al2O3; from 5 mol % to 20 mol % Na2O; from 0 mol % to 15 mol % MgO; and from 0 mol % to 15 mol % CaO. The glass composition is free or substantially free of Li (i.e., Li2O). The sum of MgO and CaO in the glass composition may be from 0 mol % to 30 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: TIMOTHY MICHAEL GROSS, ALEXANDRA LAI CHING KAO ANDREWS MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 12139435
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to glass articles that comprise a maximum CS magnitude (CSmax) of about 900 MPa or greater, a CS magnitude of 750 MPa or greater at a depth of about 5 micrometers, and a maximum CT magnitude (CTmax) disposed at a depth from the first major surface in a range from about 0.25t to about 0.75t. Embodiments of a curved glass article are also disclosed. In one or more embodiments, such curved glass articles include the first major concave surface comprising a maximum radius of curvature of about 100 mm or greater and a first maximum CS value (CSmax1) of greater than about 800 MPa, a second major convex surface comprising a second maximum CS value (CSmax2), wherein the CSmax2 is less than CSmax1. Embodiments of an automotive interior system including such curved glass articles and methods of making glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Black, Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni
  • Patent number: 12122714
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition comprising B2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 11 mol % and less than or equal to 16 mol %; Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 2 mol % and less than or equal to 5 mol %; one or more alkali metal oxides; one or more alkaline earth metal oxides; a total amount of Na2O, K2O, MgO, and CaO that is greater than or equal to 7.0 mol %°. Amounts of SiO2, B2O3, the one or more alkali metal oxides, Al2O3, and the one or more alkaline earth metal oxides, satisfy: (R2O+R?O)?Al2O3, and 0.80<(1?[(2R2O+2R?O)/(SiO2+2Al2O3+2B2O3)])<0.93, where R2O and R?O are sums sum of the concentrations of the one or more alkali metal oxides and the one or more alkaline earth metal oxides, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 12121030
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include an aluminosilicate glass, which may include P2O5 and K2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Gary Stephen Calabrese, Timothy Michael Gross, Dayue Jiang, Jianguo Wang
  • Patent number: 12122711
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20240343635
    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: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M. Guryanov
  • Patent number: 12116302
    Abstract: A laminate includes a first glass article having a first thickness, a first annealing point (TA1), and a first softening point (TS1), a second glass article having a second thickness, a second annealing point (TA2), and a second softening point (TS2), and an interlayer disposed between the first glass article and the second glass article. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness, the second annealing point (TA2) is less than or equal to the first annealing point (TA1), and the second softening point (TS2) is greater than the first softening point (TS1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Douglas Dale Bressler, Rebecca Marie Connors, Sinue Gomez, Timothy Michael Gross, Shane David Seyler, Jason Scott Stewart, Zhongzhi Tang, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore
  • Publication number: 20240336513
    Abstract: A glass composition includes: greater than or equal to 40 mol % and less than or equal to 57 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 15 mol % and less than or equal to 30 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % P2O5; greater than or equal to 14 mol % and less than or equal to 17 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 7 mol % K2O; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 3 mol % Li2O. R2O/Al2O; is greater than or equal to 0.8. B2O5+P2O5+K2O is greater than or equal to 3 mol % and less than or equal to 25 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20240317632
    Abstract: A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, less than or equal to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % SrO, and greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % of 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: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 12098095
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass articles comprising an anneal point (° C.) and a softening point (° C.), and the relationship of (anneal point+softening point)/2 in a range from about 625° C. to about 725° C. are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass articles include a glass composition including SiO2 in an amount in a range from about 63 mol % to about 75 mol %; Al2O3 in an amount in a range from about 7 mol % to about 13 mol %; R2O in an amount from about 13 mol % to about 24 mol %; P2O5 in an amount in a range from about 0 mol % to about 3 mol %, and one or both of MgO and ZnO. Laminates including such glass articles, and methods for making such laminates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Zhongzhi Tang, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore
  • Patent number: 12091357
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Publication number: 20240300853
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic substrate includes a continuous glass phase; a magnetizable component; and an antimicrobial component. The substrate can further include a discontinuous glass phase disposed in the continuous glass phase. The magnetizable component and the antimicrobial component can be disposed in the discontinuous glass phase. The substrate can include 45 percent to 60 percent SiO2; 3 percent to 6 percent P2O5; 3 percent to 10 percent B2O3; 4 percent to 8 percent K2O; 7 percent to 15 percent Fe2O3; and 15 percent to 25 percent CuO. A ratio of the mole percentage of CuO to Fe2O3 in the substrate can be 1.3 to 3.0. The magnetizable component can include one or more of delafossite and magnetite. The antimicrobial component can include one or more of cuprite and metallic copper. The substrate can exhibit a magnetic permeability of greater than or equal to 1.02?R at a frequency of 10,000,000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: David Eugene Baker, Bavani Balakrisnan, Ling Cai, Timothy Michael Gross