2172 patents
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Method for Making Uniform Porous Surface Layer on Garnet Thin Film
27 Apr 23
A solid garnet composition includes a bulk composition having a lithium garnet; and a surface composition having a protonated garnet on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the lithium garnet, such that the protonated garnet is uniformly disposed over the at least a portion of the exterior surface of the lithium garnet.
Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Aaron David DeGeorge, Zhen Song
Filed: 22 Oct 21
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Light-based Optical Fiber Heaters Using Hollow Light Pipes
27 Apr 23
A method of processing an optical fiber that includes drawing an optical fiber along a fiber pathway through a hollow light pipe, wherein the hollow light pipe comprises a first end having an opening with a radius Rp, a second end and a pipe body comprising a chamber extending from the first to the second end, the fiber pathway extending through the pipe body, and a reflective coating is disposed on the pipe body, and directing a light from a directed light source into the hollow light pipe through the opening such that the light is reflected by the reflective coating while propagating in the hollow light pipe, the optical fiber absorbing the light reflected by the reflective coating, wherein the light enters the opening of the hollow light pipe at an input angle in a range of from 10° to 70° with respect to the fiber pathway.
Anthony Sebastian Bauco, Joel Patrick Carberry, Ming-Jun Li, Craig Daniel Nie, Vincent Matteo Tagliamonti, Chunfeng Zhou
Filed: 19 Oct 22
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Low-modulus Ion-exchangeable Glasses with Enhanced Thermal Properties for Manufacturing
20 Apr 23
Ion-exchanged alkali aluminosilicate glass articles with a ratio of peak compressive stress value to Young's modulus value of 15 or more.
PETER JOSEPH LEZZI
Filed: 10 Oct 22
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Optical Fibers with High Dopant Concentrations and Seed-free Interfaces and Methods of Making the Same
20 Apr 23
A method of fabricating an optical fiber, the method including providing a core portion including a doped portion having greater than or equal to 1.6 wt. % of a halide dopant and eliminating seed precursor sites at an exterior surface of the core portion, the seed precursor sites forming seeds in the optical fiber, wherein the eliminating the seed precursor sites includes one or more of: (i) fabricating the core portion by densifying an exterior portion of a silica soot body prior to exposing the silica soot body to the halide dopant, and (ii) exposing the exterior surface of the core portion to a reactive etchant.
Kevin Wallace Bennett, Steven Bruce Dawes, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Steven Alvin Tietje, Matthew Artus Tuggle
Filed: 14 Oct 22
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Atomic Layer Deposition Derived Protective Coatings for Calcium Fluoride Optical Components
20 Apr 23
A coated optical component includes an optical component and a conformal coating.
Donald Erwin Allen, Gerald Philip Cox, Keith John Donohue, Ming-Huang Huang, Hoon Kim, Jue Wang
Filed: 13 Oct 22
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Backlights Including Patterned Reflectors
20 Apr 23
Kirk Richard Allen, David Lynn Baker, Songfeng Han, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Pamela Arlene Maurey, Xiang-Dong Mi, Timothy James Orsley, Andrii Varanytsia
Filed: 2 Feb 21
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Fluid Compositions for Variable Lenses, Variable Lenses, and Methods of Manufacturing and Operating Variable Lenses
20 Apr 23
A liquid lens can include a cavity between first and second windows, first and second liquids in the cavity, and a variable interface between the liquids, thereby forming a variable lens.
Julie Colette Anduran, Benjamin Jean-Baptiste Francois Burger, Raymond Miller Karam
Filed: 15 Mar 21
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Rapidly Sintered Cathodes with Optimal Size and Concentration of Secondary Phases and Methods of Formation Thereof
20 Apr 23
A sintered electrode for a battery, the sintered electrode having a first surface positioned to face a current collector and a second surface positioned to face an electrolyte layer, such that the sintered electrode includes: a first phase and a second phase, such that: the first phase has a lithium compound, and the second phase has at least one of a porous structure or solid-state Li-ion conductors, and such that: a thickness of the sintered electrode between the first surface and the second surface ranges between 10 μm and 200 μm.
Sumitava De, Cameron Wayne Tanner
Filed: 26 Mar 21
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Room Temperature Glass-to-glass, Glass-to-plastic and Glass-to-glass Ceramic/semiconductor Bonding
20 Apr 23
A process for room temperature substrate bonding employs a first substrate substantially transparent to a laser wavelength is selected.
Pascal R. Ackermann-Karam, Mark Finkle, Daniella M. Harvey, Raymond Miller Karam, Georges Roussos
Filed: 21 Dec 22
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Ultra Low Melting Glass Frit and Fibers
20 Apr 23
Disclosed herein are methods for forming low melting point glass fibers comprising providing a glass feedstock comprising a low melting point glass and melt-spinning the glass feedstock to produce glass fibers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the glass fibers is less than or equal to about 120% of the glass transition temperature of the glass feedstock.
Leonard Charles Dabich, II, Shari Elizabeth Koval, Mark Alejandro Quesada, Paul Arthur Tick
Filed: 20 Dec 22
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Light Extraction Substrate of Organic Light-emitting Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same
20 Apr 23
Various aspects of an OLED and related methods of manufacturing are provided, wherein a light extraction substrate of an OLED includes a base substrate; a porous light-scattering layer, including a first material, and having a plurality of holes formed therein; a planarization layer formed on the light-scattering layer, and including a second material; and a plurality of scattering structures including the second material, and formed by the second material infiltrated from the planarization layer into the light-scattering layer to fill at least a part of the plurality of holes, the scattering structures including a plurality of second scattering structures.
JooYoung Lee
Filed: 16 Dec 22
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Bullet-type Connectors, Printed Circuit Board Assemblies, and Methods
20 Apr 23
A bullet-type connector includes an axially compressible housing, a central conductor, and a dielectric mount.
Donald Andrew Burris, Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV
Filed: 13 Oct 22
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Li-metal Oxide/garnet Composite Thin Membrane and Method of Making
20 Apr 23
A sintered composite ceramic includes a lithium-garnet major phase; and a lithium dendrite growth inhibitor minor phase, such that the lithium dendrite growth inhibitor minor phase comprises lithium tungstate.
Michael Edward Badding, Jun Jin, Zhen Song, Jianmeng Su, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Chujun Zheng
Filed: 17 Oct 22
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Apparatus and Method for Reducing Defects In Glass Melt Systems
20 Apr 23
An apparatus and method for manufacturing a glass article includes a conduit of precious metal or precious metal alloy hat encloses molten glass.
Martin Herbert Goller, Matthew Carl Morse
Filed: 17 Mar 21
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Apparatus and Method for Edge-strength Enhanced Glass
13 Apr 23
A method including emitting a laser beam toward a transparent workpiece such that portions of the laser beam pass through openings of a beam shaping structure and form corresponding laser beam focal lines across the transparent workpiece.
Yen-Kai Huang, Bernhard Anton Moegele, Uwe Stute, Ralf Joachim Terbrueggen
Filed: 7 Oct 22
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Spacer and Methods for Optimizing Optical Fiber Curing Process
13 Apr 23
A curing apparatus for curing a coating composition disposed on an optical fiber, the curing apparatus including a first light source and a second light source such that the second light source is spaced from the first light with a gap.
Stephan Lvovich Logunov
Filed: 26 Sep 22
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Coated Glass Articles with Adhesion Promoting Region
13 Apr 23
A coated glass article includes a glass article comprising a glass having a surface.
Dane Alphanso Christie, Richard Michael Fiacco, Insik Jeon, Eric Emil Leonhardt
Filed: 20 Sep 22
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Coaxial Blindmate Connectors and Methods for Using the Same
13 Apr 23
A coaxial connector includes an outer conductor portion including a polymer shell, the polymer shell defining an inner bore extending from a first open end to a second open end opposite the first open end, and a conductive layer positioned on the inner bore of the polymer shell, an outer surface of the polymer shell, or both, where the conductive layer is structurally configured to be electrically coupled to an outer conductor of a coaxial transmission medium, an electrically-insulating intermediate member positioned at least partially within the inner bore of the polymer shell, and an inner conductor portion engaged with the electrically-insulating intermediate member and positioned at least partially within the inner bore of the polymer shell, where the inner conductor portion is configured to be electrically coupled to an inner conductor of the coaxial transmission medium and electrically isolated from the conductive layer of the outer conductor portion.
Donald Andrew Burris, Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV, David Jeffrey Malouf
Filed: 15 Dec 22
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Glass with Unique Fracture Behavior for Vehicle Windshield
13 Apr 23
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 %°.
Thomas Michael Cleary, Timothy Michael Gross, Jingshi Wu
Filed: 30 Sep 22
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Honeycomb Plugging Apparatus and Methods Providing Reduced Slump
13 Apr 23
A honeycomb plugging apparatus that reduces slumping of the plugging patty.
Richard Bergman, Keith Norman Bubb, Anthony Joseph Cecce, Julie Marie Daugherty, Patrick David Tepesch
Filed: 5 Oct 22