Lin Lin

US Patent:

20220317340, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Mar 30, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/708105

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
- ASAN-SI, KR
Shandon Dee Hart - Elmira NY, US
Chang-gyu Kim - Gyeonggi-do, KR
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Dong-gun Moon - Yongin-si, KR
Jeonghong Oh - Cheonan-si, KR
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US
Charlene Marie Smith - Corning NY, US
Ljerka Ukrainczyk - Ithaca NY, US
Tingge Xu - Painted Post NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/14
G02B 1/115
G02B 5/28

Abstract:

A transparent article is described herein that includes: a glass-ceramic substrate comprising first and second primary surfaces opposing one another and a crystallinity of at least 40% by weight; and an optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers and a scratch-resistant layer. The article also exhibits an average photopic transmittance of greater than 80% and a maximum hardness of greater than 10 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich Hardness Test over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm. The glass-ceramic substrate comprises an elastic modulus of greater than 85 GPa and a fracture toughness of greater than 0.8 MPa√m. Further, the optical film structure exhibits a residual compressive stress of ≥700 MPa and an elastic modulus of ≥140 GPa.

US Patent:

20230034541, Feb 2, 2023

Filed:

Sep 29, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/955737

Inventors:

- CORNING NY, US
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Thien An Thi Nguyen - Mountain View CA, US
Charles Andrew Paulson - Painted Post NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/14
G02B 1/115
G02B 1/11

Abstract:

A coated article is described herein with a substrate having a major surface that comprises a first portion and a second portion that is curved or faceted; and an optical coating on the major surface that forms an anti-reflective surface. A first direction is normal to the first portion and is not equal to a plurality of second directions that are normal to the second portion, and the angle between the first direction and each of the second directions is from about 10 degrees to 60 degrees. Further, the coated article exhibits at the first and second portion a hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater. Further, the coated article exhibits a single side maximum reflectance of about 3% or less as the first and second portion, wherein the reflectance is measured in a range from about 425 nm to about 950 nm.

US Patent:

20230010461, Jan 12, 2023

Filed:

Jun 29, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/852452

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/115
G02B 5/02

Abstract:

An article is described that includes: a substrate having opposing major surfaces; and an optical film structure in direct contact with a first major surface and comprising a physical thickness from 50 nm to less than 500 nm, high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers with a first low RI layer directly on the first major surface, and a capping low RI layer. The high and low RI layers total three (3) layers to nine (9) layers, wherein each low RI layer and the capping low RI layer comprises a silicon-containing oxide and each high RI layer comprises a silicon-containing nitride or oxynitride. The article exhibits a Berkovich maximum hardness of 8 GPa or greater measured over an indentation depth ≥50 nm. The article exhibits a two-side average transmittance >85% at infrared wavelengths from 840 to 860 nm and from 930 to 950 nm at 0 incidence.

US Patent:

20210033751, Feb 4, 2021

Filed:

Jul 31, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/944408

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US
Nicholas M. Walker - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/11

Abstract:

An article is described herein that includes: a translucent substrate having a major surface; and an anti-reflective coating disposed on the major surface and forming an anti-reflective surface. The article exhibits a single side average photopic light reflectance at the anti-reflective surface of less than 0.35%. Further, the article exhibits a single side color shift (ΔC) of less than 6 over an incident angle range from 0 degrees to 60 degrees incidence at the anti-reflective surface, wherein the anti-reflective coating comprises a physical thickness from about 50 nm to less than 500 nm. In addition, the anti-reflective coating comprises a plurality of layers that comprises at least one low refractive index layer and at least one high refractive index layer. Further, each high refractive index layer has a refractive index of greater than 2.0 and each low refractive index layer has a refractive index of less than 1.7.

US Patent:

20200310000, Oct 1, 2020

Filed:

Mar 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/831714

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Thien An Thi Nguyen - Corning NY, US
Charles Andrew Paulson - Painted Post NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/14
G02B 1/115

Abstract:

A coated article with a substrate having a major surface that comprises a first portion and a second portion that is curved or faceted; and an optical coating on the major surface that forms an anti-reflective surface. A first direction is normal to the first portion and is not equal to a plurality of second directions that are normal to the second portion, and the angle between the first direction and each of the second directions is from about 10 degrees to 60 degrees. Further, the coated article exhibits at the first and second portion a hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater. Further, the coated article exhibits a single side maximum reflectance of about 3% or less as the first and second portion, wherein the reflectance is measured in a range from about 425 nm to about 950 nm.

US Patent:

20200247715, Aug 6, 2020

Filed:

Sep 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/651850

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Guangli Hu - Berkeley Heights NJ, US
William Joseph Hurley - Corning NY, US
Dana Ianson - Westfield PA, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Santona Pal - Corning NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

C03C 17/245
C03C 17/22
C03C 3/091
C03C 3/097

Abstract:

An article that includes: a substrate having a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and comprising a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface. The protective film comprises a thickness of greater than 1.5 microns and a maximum hardness of greater than 15 GPa at a depth of 500 nanometers, as measured on the film disposed on the substrate. Further, the protective film comprises a metal oxynitride that is graded such that an oxygen concentration in the film varies by 1.3 or more atomic %. In addition, the substrate comprises an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of the film.

US Patent:

20200170134, May 28, 2020

Filed:

Dec 16, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/715472

Inventors:

- CORNING NY, US
Robert Alan Bellman - Ithaca NY, US
Andrea Weiss Bookbinder - Corning NY, US
Shandon Dee Hart - Elmira NY, US
Albert Peter Heberle - Santa Clara CA, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Charles Andrew Paulson - Painted Post NY, US
Vitor Marino Schneider - Painted Post NY, US

International Classification:

H05K 5/03
H04B 1/3888
H04M 1/02
H05K 5/00
C23C 14/34
C23C 14/00
C23C 14/02
C23C 14/58
H01J 37/32
C23C 14/28
C23C 16/56
C23C 16/02
C23C 16/50
C03C 17/34

Abstract:

An ultraviolet light-resistant article that includes: a substrate having a glass or glass-ceramic composition and first and second primary surfaces; an ultraviolet light-absorbing element having a an absorptivity greater than 50% at wavelengths from about 100 nm to about 380 nm and a thickness between about 10 nm and about 100 nm; and a dielectric stack formed with a plasma-enhanced process. Further, the light-absorbing element is between the substrate and the dielectric stack. Alternatively, the light-absorbing element can include one or more ultraviolet light-resistant layers disposed within the dielectric stack over the first primary surface.

US Patent:

20200158916, May 21, 2020

Filed:

Nov 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/685009

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
- Asan-si, KR
Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams - Painted Post NY, US
Lin Lin - Painted Post NY, US
Dong-gun Moon - Yongin-si, KR
Jung-keun Oh - Gwangmyeong-si, KR
Charles Andrew Paulson - Painted Post NY, US
James Joseph Price - Corning NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 1/115
C03C 17/36
G02B 1/14
C03C 17/34

Abstract:

An optical film structure that includes: an optical film comprising a physical thickness from about 50 nm to about 3000 nm, and a silicon-containing nitride or a silicon-containing oxynitride. The optical film exhibits a maximum hardness of greater than 18 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm on a hardness stack comprising a test optical film with a physical thickness of about 2 microns disposed on an inorganic oxide test substrate, the test optical film having the same composition as the optical film. Further, the optical film exhibits an optical extinction coefficient (k) of less than 1×10at a wavelength of 400 nm and a refractive index (n) of greater than 1.8 at a wavelength of 550 nm.