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Methods and Apparatus for Microwave Drying of Green Ceramic Honeycomb Bodies Using Adjustable Air Flow
30 Jun 22
A method of drying a green ceramic honeycomb body (20) comprising: moving the body (20) through a drying system (50) comprising interconnected microwave devices (60), wherein each microwave device (D1, D2, D3) comprises an entrance (62a, 62b, 62c) located at an upstream end and an exit (64a, 64b, 64c) located at a downstream end of the microwave device (D1, D2, D3), the ends defining a downstream direction (72) and an upstream direction (74) in each of the devices (D1, D2, D3); removing moisture from the body (20) by irradiating the body (20) with microwave radiation within each of the devices (D1, D2, D3); and flowing air against the outer peripheral wall (22) of the body (20) while the body (20) is located in each of the microwave devices (D1, D2, D3).
Colby William Audinwood, Brett Alan Terwilliger
Filed: 23 Apr 20
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Cold Formed 3D Product and Processes Using Vacuum Chuck
30 Jun 22
The disclosure relates to vacuum forming methods, apparatuses and resulting displays that represent improvements in various key areas.
Peter Knowles, Christopher Mark Schweiger, Christopher Lee Timmons, Arlin Lee Weikel
Filed: 21 Apr 20
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Combined Cold Forming and Hot Forming Processes for Increased Design Flexibility
30 Jun 22
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of forming a glass sheet.
Khaled Layouni
Filed: 1 May 20
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Glasses with Modified Young's Modulus Profile
30 Jun 22
Glass-based articles that include a reduced Youngs modulus layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of layer and an optional 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.
Timothy Michael Gross, Adam Robert Sarafian, Jingshi Wu, Zheming Zheng
Filed: 12 May 20
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Chemically Durable, Lithium-free Glass Compositions
30 Jun 22
Chemically durable glass compositions are disclosed.
Venkatesh Botu, Matthew John Dejneka, Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, Adama Tandia, Kochuparambil Deenamma Vargheese
Filed: 28 Apr 20
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Articles Including Glass And/or Glass-ceramics and Methods of Making the Same
30 Jun 22
A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass.
Matthew John Dejneka, Jesse Kohl
Filed: 21 Mar 22
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Liquid Lenses and Liquid Lens Articles with Low Reflectivity Electrode Structures
30 Jun 22
A liquid lens article that includes: a first substrate; and an electrode disposed on a primary surface of the first substrate.
Robert Alan Bellman, Raymond Miller Karam, Marie Bernadette O'Regan, Shiva Prakash
Filed: 7 May 20
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Binder Film for a Fiber Optic Cable
30 Jun 22
A fiber optic cable includes a cable core of core elements and a protective sheath surrounding the core elements, an armor surrounding the cable core, the armor comprising a single overlap portion when the fiber optic cable is viewed in cross-section, and a jacket surrounding the armor, the jacket having at least two longitudinal discontinuities extruded therein.
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Rodney Maurice Burns, James Garrett Dewell, Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Keith Aaron Greer, Warren Welborn McAlpine
Filed: 16 Mar 22
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Liquid Lens
23 Jun 22
The present embodiment relates to a liquid lens comprising: a case forming a chamber therein; a liquid disposed in the chamber; and a heating member disposed in the case and heating the liquid, wherein the case comprises: a first plate through which an optical axis passes, and disposed on one side of the liquid; and a second plate through which the optical axis passes, and disposed on the other side of the liquid, the thickness of the first plate on the optical axis is thinner than that of the second plate on the optical axis, and the chamber is filled with a single liquid.
Young Soo SEO, Jae Keun PARK
Filed: 6 Apr 20
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Substrate Cutting and Separating Systems and Methods
23 Jun 22
A method of forming a plurality of defects within a substrate with a laser beam focal line using a laser beam, each defect of the plurality of defects being a damage track within the substrate with a diameter of about 10 microns or less, the plurality of defects forming a contour line on the substrate.
Andreas Simon Gaab, Richard Anthony Gaona, Nicolai Martin Haenel, Dale Humphrey, Ralf Joachim Terbrueggen, John Eric Tyler
Filed: 17 Dec 21
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Filled-pore Decorative Layer for Ion Exchange and Automotive Glass
23 Jun 22
The disclosure relates to glass articles having a decorative inorganic layer that is compatible with ion exchange processes and suitable for automotive glass.
Mickaël Berrebi, Philippe Lehuede
Filed: 15 Apr 20
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Method of Manufacturing Sheets of Glass with Reduced Total Thickness Variation
23 Jun 22
A method of manufacturing a sheet of glass comprises: (a) forming a vertically oriented ribbon of glass that moves downward as a function of time, the ribbon of glass having a first primary surface and a second primary surface that face in generally opposite directions and a core disposed between the first and second primary surfaces; (b) as the ribbon of glass moves downward, passing the ribbon of glass adjacent to a first raised temperature zone liquefies the first primary surface while a temperature of the core remains below a softening temperature; and (c) after the ribbon of glass moves below the first raised temperature zone, separating a sheet of glass from the ribbon of glass.
Douglas Dale Bressler, David Alan Deneka, Miki Eugene Kunitake, Ivan Fedorovich Melikhov, Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin, Jia Zhang
Filed: 17 Dec 21
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Textured Glass-based Articles with Scratch Resistance and Methods of Making the Same
23 Jun 22
An article that includes: a glass-based substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a compressive stress region that extends from the primary surface to a selected depth; and a textured region defined by the primary surface.
Jaymin Amin, Robert Randall Hancock, JR., Raymond Chih Chung Hsiao, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
Filed: 12 Sep 18
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Decorated Glass Having a Printed Ink Layer
23 Jun 22
Embodiments of a decorated glass are provided.
Antoine Daniel Emmanuel Lesuffleur, Xu Ouyang, Yawei Sun
Filed: 27 Mar 20
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Window Having Metal Layer That Transmits Microwave Signals and Reflects Infrared Signals
23 Jun 22
A window structure includes a metal layer that transmits microwave signals and reflects infrared signals.
Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Alexandre Mikhailovich Bratkovski
Filed: 8 Apr 20
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Primer Thickness Control on Porous Ceramic Bodies
23 Jun 22
A fired ceramic article including a screen printed layer of primer on a portion of the fired ceramic body.
Mickaël Berrebi, Kathy Margaret Corcoran, Christopher Paul Daigler, David Henry, Brian Christopher Lewis, Hideki Masaki, Kevin Ray Maslin
Filed: 13 Apr 20
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Cell Culture Insert
23 Jun 22
A cell culture insert for use in culturing cells to promote the formation of spheroids and methods of using these spheroid-promoting cell culture inserts.
Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
Filed: 10 Mar 22
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Glass Laminate Sound Diffusers and Methods
23 Jun 22
Transparent or translucent sound diffusers include a first glass sheet of less than 0.8 mm thickness and a second glass sheet of less than 0.8 mm thickness with a transparent or translucent adhesive layer there between, the adhesive layer adhering the first and second sheets in a fixed configuration such that a first major surface of the first glass sheet has a smooth, repeatedly rising and falling shape.
Eric Louis Null, Prashanth Abraham Vanniamparambil
Filed: 22 Apr 20
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Backlight Units Having Quantum Dots
23 Jun 22
Novel backlighting units (BLU) for use with LCD panel are disclosed.
Songfeng Han, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, Shenping Li, Xiang-Dong Mi
Filed: 23 Apr 20
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Fifth Generation (5G) Non-standalone (Nsa) Radio Access System Employing Virtual Fourth Generation (4G) Master Connection to Enable Dual System Data Connectivity
23 Jun 22
Fifth generation (5G) non-standalone (NSA) radio access system employing virtual fourth generation (4G) master connection to enable dual system data connectivity.
Kalle Ahmavaara, Yashodhan A Dandekar
Filed: 10 Mar 22