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).

  • Patent number: 11352289
    Abstract: Ion exchangeable glasses containing SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, MgO, B2O3, and P2O5 are provided. The compressive stresses of these ion exchanged glasses are greater than 900 megapascals (MPa) at a depth of 45 or 50 microns (?m) with some glasses exhibiting a compressive stress of at least 1 gigaPascals (GPa). The ion exchange rates of these glasses are much faster than those of other alkali aluminosilicate glasses and the ion exchanged glass is resistant damage to impact damage. A method of ion exchanging the glass is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo
  • Patent number: 11339088
    Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved fracture resistance. The glass-based articles herein provide high fracture resistance after multiple drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Jason Thomas Harris, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Pascale Oram, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Patent number: 11339084
    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 have compositions selected to be fusion formable, to be steam strengthen able, and to avoid the formation of platinum defects during the forming process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20220144681
    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: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Timothy Michael Gross, Jin Su Kim, Jesse Kohl, Hung Cheng Lu, Yu Xiao, Liying Zhang, Lu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220144686
    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 have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11319239
    Abstract: Phosphate glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit a positive percent kill as measured by United States EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer and/or have a CIELAB L* value below 35, CIELAB a* and b* values within 5 of zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220106224
    Abstract: Phosphate glasses and glass-ceramics exhibit a positive percent kill as measured by United States EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer and/or have a CIELAB L* value below 35, CIELAB a* and b* values within 5 of zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11279114
    Abstract: A glass article having a first glass layer, a second glass layer disposed adjacent to the first glass layer, and an interface slidably coupling the first glass layer to the second glass layer. The interface has a thickness of from 2 nm to 500 nm. The glass article is characterized by: (a) an absence of failure when the article is held at a parallel plate separation distance of 10 mm for 60 minutes at 25° C. and 50% relative humidity; (b) a puncture resistance of greater than about 6 kgf when the second glass layer is supported by (i) a 50 ?m thick pressure-sensitive adhesive having an elastic modulus of less than 1 GPa and (ii) an approximately 100 ?m thick polyethylene terephthalate layer having an elastic modulus of less than 10 GPa, and the first glass layer is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a 1 mm diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinu Baby, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Polly Wanda Chu, Timothy Michael Gross, Yousef Kayed Qaroush
  • Patent number: 11279649
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass compositions, glass articles and chemically strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition comprises Li2O, greater than about 0.9 mol % B2O3, Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 10 mol %, and from about 60 mol % to about 80 mol % SiO2. Embodiments of the chemically strengthened glass article include a first major surface and an opposing second major surface defining a thickness t, a compressive stress layer extending from the first major surface to a depth of compression greater than about 0.12 t, a maximum compressive stress of about 200 MPa or greater, and a Knoop Lateral Cracking Scratch Threshold greater than about 6 N, as measured on either one of the first major surface and the second major surface. Methods for forming such chemically strengthened glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220081347
    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: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M. Guryanov
  • Patent number: 11274057
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass composition including at least about 65 mol % SiO2, Al2O3 in the range from about 7 mol % to about 11 mol %, Na2O in the range from about 13 mol % to about 16 mol %; and a non-zero amount of one or more alkali earth metal oxides selected from MgO, CaO and ZnO, wherein the sum of the alkali earth metal oxides is up to about 6 mol %, are disclosed. The glass compositions can be processed using fusion forming processes and float forming processes and are ion exchangeable. Glass articles including such glass compositions and methods of forming such glass articles are also disclosed. The glass articles of one or more embodiments exhibit a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least 8 kgf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Publication number: 20220073426
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
  • Patent number: 11230494
    Abstract: An article comprising an ion-exchanged glass material that prevents sharp contact flaws from entering a central region of the material that is under central tension and thus causing failure of the material. The glass material may be a glass or glass ceramic having a surface layer under compression. In some embodiments, the depth of the compressive layer is greater than about 75 ?m. The greater depth of layer prevents flaws from penetrating the compressive layer to the region under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20220002186
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to glass articles with a glass composition including about 65 mol % or greater SiO2; 8 mol % or greater Al2O3; from about 3.5 mol % to about 16 mol % Na2O; up to about 5 mol % P2O5, and up to about 15 mol % ZnO. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition includes about 56% or greater SiO2; about 8 mol % or greater Al2O3; from about 3.5 mol % to about 16 mol % Na2O; up to about 1 mol % P2O5; and up to about 15 mol % ZnO. In some embodiments, the glass article exhibits a CS at a depth of greater than 30 micrometers of about 1 GPa or greater. Embodiments of an automotive interior system including such glass articles and methods of making glass articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Patent number: 11214510
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Georgiy M Guryanov
  • Publication number: 20210387898
    Abstract: Embodiments of alkali aluminosilicate glass articles that may be chemically strengthened to achieve a maximum surface compressive stress that exceeds compressive stresses that have been achieved in similar glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the fictive temperature of these glass articles may be equal to the 1011 poise (P) viscosity temperature of the glass article. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a maximum compressive stress of at least about 400 MPa, 800 MPa, 930 MPa or 1050 MPa. In some embodiments, the strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles described herein may exhibit a compressive stress layer extending to a depth of layer of at least about 40 ?m (in samples having a thickness of 1 mm). In still other embodiments, these strengthened alkali aluminosilicate glass articles exhibit a parabolic or near-parabolic tensile stress profile in the central region of the glass articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Timothy Michael Gross
  • Publication number: 20210387442
    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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    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: 20210380470
    Abstract: Glasses comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and P2O5 that are capable of chemical strengthened by ion exchange and having high damage resistance. These phosphate-containing glasses have a structure in which silica (SiO2) is replaced by aluminum phosphate (AlPO4) and/or boron phosphate (BPO4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Timothy Michael Gross, Marcel Potuzak
  • Publication number: 20210370774
    Abstract: An automotive display module can include a mounting bracket, a display panel, a cover substrate, and a frame member. The mounting bracket can be securable to a component of an automobile. The display panel can be coupled to the mounting bracket and the frame member can be connected to a back side of the cover substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Amey Ganpat Badar, Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Jong Se Park, Michael William Price, Yousef Kayed Qaroush, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20210355023
    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 have compositions selected to be fusion formable, to be steam strengthen able, and to avoid the formation of platinum defects during the forming process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu