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Method of Controlling Bubbles In a Glass Making Process
6 Jan 22
Methods are disclosed for shrinking bubbles on the free surface of a volume of molten glass contained within or flowing through a vessel, thereby minimizing re-entrainment of the bubbles into the volume of molten glass and reducing the occurrence of bubbles in finished glass products produced from the molten glass.
Laura Rose Van Cott Adkins, Gilbert De Angelis, Megan Aurora DeLamielleure, Pierre Laronze
Filed: 12 Nov 19
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Method and Apparatus for Suppressing Flow Instabilities In an Optical Fiber Draw System
6 Jan 22
A furnace system includes a muffle defining a furnace cavity.
Erling Richard Anderson, Tammy Michelle Hoffmann, John Michael Jewell, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Robert Clark Moore
Filed: 9 Sep 21
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Glass Substrates with Modified Surface Resistant to Weathering
6 Jan 22
A light guide plate that includes a glass substrate including an edge surface and at least two major surfaces defining a thickness and an edge surface, the edge surface configured to receive light from a light source and the glass substrate configured to distribute the light from the light source, wherein the glass substrate comprises an alkali-containing bulk and an alkali-depleted surface layer, the alkali-depleted surface layer comprising about 0.5 atomic % alkali or less.
Nicholas James Smith
Filed: 17 Oct 19
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Glass Articles Exhibiting High Compressive Stress, Automotive Interior Systems That Include Such Glass Articles and Methods for Making the Same
6 Jan 22
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.
Timothy Michael Gross
Filed: 19 Nov 19
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Ion Exchangeable Li-containing Glass Compositions for 3-D Forming
6 Jan 22
According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O.
Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Karen Leslie Geisinger, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
Filed: 15 Sep 21
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Low-warp, Strengthened Articles and Asymmetric Ion-exchange Methods of Making the Same
6 Jan 22
A method of making a strengthened article that includes: providing an article comprising a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic composition with a plurality of ion-exchangeable alkali metal ions, a first primary surface and a second primary surface; forming a SiO2-containing film over the first primary surface, wherein the SiO2-containing film comprises a thickness from about 5 nanometers to about 20 nanometers; forming an anti-glare surface integral with the second primary surface; providing a first ion-exchange bath comprising a plurality of ion-exchanging alkali metal ions, each having a larger size than the size of the ion-exchangeable alkali metal ions; and submersing the article in the first ion-exchange bath at a first ion-exchange temperature and duration to form a strengthened article.
Haixing Chen, Chenglong Dai, Jun Hou
Filed: 8 Nov 19
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Ultrasonic Inspection for Ceramic Structures
6 Jan 22
Methods, systems, and devices for ultrasonic inspection for ceramic structures are described.
Natarajan Gunasekaran, Prashanth Abraham Vanniamparambil, Ryan Spencer Wilhelm
Filed: 4 Nov 19
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Uv Patternable Polymer Blends for Organic Thin-film Transistors
6 Jan 22
A cross-bred organic semiconductor (OSC) polymer, includes a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-fused thiophene polymeric material, such that: the DPP-fused thiophene polymeric material comprises a first linear alkyl-substituted DPP portion and a second branched alkyl-substituted DPP portion, the cross-bred OSC polymer comprises a repeat unit having both the first linear alkyl-substituted DPP portion and the second branched alkyl-substituted DPP portion, and the fused thiophene is beta-substituted.
Huayun Deng, Mingqian He, Xin Li, Yang Li, Weijun Niu, Arthur Lawrence Wallace, Hongxiang Wang
Filed: 22 Oct 19
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Managing a Communications System Based on Software Defined Networking (SDN) Architecture
6 Jan 22
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to managing a communications system based on software defined networking (SDN) architecture.
Robert Fred Basile, Jason Elliott Greene
Filed: 17 Sep 21
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Extrusion Dies and Methods and Apparatuses for Forming the Same
30 Dec 21
A method of manufacturing a honeycomb extrusion die.
Scott Winfield Deming, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
Filed: 13 Sep 21
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Method of Manufacturing Ceramic Tape
30 Dec 21
A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace.
Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E. Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
Filed: 8 Sep 21
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Articles and Methods for Bonding Sheets with Carriers
30 Dec 21
Described herein are organosilicon modification layers and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on a sheet, a carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between a sheet and carrier.
Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman
Filed: 7 Sep 21
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Glass Compositions with High Central Tension Capability
30 Dec 21
A glass composition is provided that is capable of being ion exchanged to produce high central tension values.
Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jian Luo
Filed: 25 Jun 21
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White Glass-ceramic Substrates and Articles Including Tetragonal Zirconia Crystalline Phase, and Method of Manufacturing the Same
30 Dec 21
A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2.
Carol Ann Click, Qiang Fu, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Charlene Marie Smith, Alana Marie Whittier
Filed: 25 Jun 21
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Glass-ceramic Article with Surface Passivation Layer and Methods for Producing the Same
30 Dec 21
A glass-ceramic article is provided that includes a surface passivation layer.
Haixing Chen, Jiangwei Feng, Meng Qin, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
Filed: 28 Jun 21
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Methods of Regenerating Poisoned Molten Salt Baths with Glass and Associated Glass Compositions
30 Dec 21
A method of regenerating a poisoned molten salt bath is provided.
Qiang Fu, Alana Marie Whittier
Filed: 28 Jun 21
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Low Temperature Methods for Depositing Inorganic Particles on a Metal Substrate and Articles Produced by the Same
30 Dec 21
Methods for depositing inorganic particles including titanium carbonitride on a metal substrate via chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
Hoon Kim, Charles Andrew Paulson
Filed: 20 Sep 19
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Hermetic Metallized Via with Improved Reliability
30 Dec 21
According to various embodiments described herein, an article comprises a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a via extending through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface over an axial length in an axial direction.
Mandakini Kanungo, Prantik Mazumder, Chukwudi Azubuike Okoro, Ah-Young Park, Scott Christopher Pollard, Rajesh Vaddi
Filed: 9 Sep 21
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Gel Composite Cathode for Solid-state Batteries and Methods of Manufacturing Thereof
30 Dec 21
A battery includes a substrate; a composite cathode disposed on the substrate; a solid-state electrolyte disposed on the composite cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the solid-state electrolyte, such that the composite cathode comprises a gel polymer electrolyte layer and a porous cathode active material layer.
Michael Edward Badding, Mingli Cai, Jun Jin, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Liu Yao
Filed: 24 Jun 21
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Coaxial Cable Connector Assemblies with Outer Conductor Engagement Features and Methods for Using the Same
30 Dec 21
A coaxial cable connector assembly including a rear body, a coupler rotatably engaged with the rear body, where the coupler defines an inner channel extending through the coupler between a front portion of the coupler and a rear portion of the coupler, and a nominal portion defining a nominal inner span along the inner channel, and a retainer engaged with the coupler and the rear body, where the retainer couples the coupler to the rear body, where at least one of the retainer and the coupler defines an engagement passage having a non-uniform span, where at least a portion of the engagement passage extends inwardly from the nominal portion of the coupler and is structurally configured to contact an outer conductor of the coaxial cable forming an electrical pathway between the thread of the coupler and the outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
Donald Andrew Burris, David Jeffrey Malouf
Filed: 21 Jun 21