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Thin Glass Sheet and System and Method for Forming the Same
14 Oct 21
A method includes heating a glass preform having a plurality of glass layers and drawing the glass preform in a distal direction to form a drawn glass sheet extending distally from the glass preform and having the plurality of glass layers.
Patrick Joseph Cimo, Adam James Ellison, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Dennis James Post, Butchi Reddy Vaddi, Natesan Venkataraman
Filed: 24 Jun 21
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Honeycomb Bodies with Controlled Porosity Gradient and Firing Methods Thereof
14 Oct 21
Ceramic honeycomb bodies with a matrix of intersecting walls having an interior portion with a first average bulk porosity, and a skin having a second average bulk porosity, wherein the second average bulk porosity is less than the first average bulk porosity.
Douglas Munroe Beall, Elizabeth Marie Vileno
Filed: 19 Jun 19
Utility
High Transmission Glasses
14 Oct 21
Compounds, compositions, articles, devices, and methods for the manufacture of light guide plates and back light units including such light guide plates made from glass.
MELISSANN MARIE ASHTON-PATTON, Adam James Ellison, Ellen Anne King
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
Curved Glass Constructions and Methods for Forming Same
7 Oct 21
The disclosure relates to fame constructions comprising a glass substrate and a curved surface defining at least one curvature, wherein the engagement of the glass substrate with the curved surface imparts a curvature on the glass substrate.
Daniel Warren Hawtof, Christopher Lee Timmons
Filed: 26 Mar 21
Utility
Apparatus and Methods for Manufacturing a Glass Ribbon
7 Oct 21
A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a vessel and a filter positioned to receive a beam of light.
Franck Olivier Hounkpevi, Pierre Laronze, XI Xie
Filed: 12 Aug 19
Utility
Tubing Dimensional Measurement System
7 Oct 21
Provided herein are measurement systems including a micrometer assembly for receiving a length of tubing, the micrometer assembly including a plurality of non-contact optical micrometers disposed around the length of tubing for measuring an outer diameter (OD) at a first plurality of positions along a circumference of the length of tubing.
Jerry Lee Hepburn, Aniello Mario Palumbo
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Honeycomb Extrusion Dies and Forming Methods
7 Oct 21
A honeycomb extrusion die (120) includes a die body (302) including an inlet face (306) and an exit face.
Thomas William Brew, Yuehao Li, Min Shen
Filed: 30 May 19
Utility
Apparatus and Methods for Cold-shaping Glass Sheets
7 Oct 21
An apparatus for cold-shaping a glass sheet that includes: a plurality of vacuum chucks configured within a moveable table; a first automated pick mechanism proximate the table; an automated dispensing mechanism proximate the table; and a pressing apparatus.
Ki Nam Kim, Peter Knowles, Christopher Lee Timmons
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Forming Shaped Articles, Shaped Articles, Methods for Manufacturing Liquid Lenses, and Liquid Lenses
7 Oct 21
A method includes depositing a glass frit on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof.
Melinda Ann Drake, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer
Filed: 12 Oct 18
Utility
Glass, Glass-ceramic and Ceramic Articles with Protective Coatings Having Hardness and Toughness
7 Oct 21
An article is described herein which includes: a transparent substrate having a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface, such that each of the substrate and the protective film have an optical transmittance of 20% or more in the visible spectrum, and such that the protective film includes at least one of: (1) a hardness of greater than 13 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich nanoindenter, or (2) an effective fracture toughness (Kc) of greater than 2.5 MPa·m1/2, as measured by indentation fracture at a depth of greater than 1 μm.
Bill Baloukas, Robert Alan Bellman, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Ludvik Martinu, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price, Jincheng Qian
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Curved Vehicle Displays
7 Oct 21
Embodiments of a curved vehicle display including a display module having a display surface, a curved glass substrate disposed on the display surface having a first major surface, a second major surface having a second surface area, and a thickness in a range from 0.05 mm to 2 mm, wherein the second major surface comprises a first radius of curvature of 200 mm or greater, wherein, when the display module emits a light, the light transmitted through the glass substrate has a substantially uniform color along 75% or more of the second surface area, when viewed at a viewing angle at a distance of 0.5 meters from the second surface.
Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jordon Thomas Boggs, Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, Yawei Sun
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Image Panel Having Composite Image Using Color Changing with Backlight Illumination
7 Oct 21
Embodiments of an image panel are provided.
Matthew Wade Fenton, Joshua Lee Tokar
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Dynamically Allocating Spectrum Among Cross-interfering Radio Nodes of Wireless Communications Systems
7 Oct 21
Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of spectrum among cross-interfering radio nodes of wireless communications systems are disclosed.
Kalle Ahmavaara
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Utility
Glass Articles with Mixed Polymer and Metal Oxide Coatings
30 Sep 21
According to one or more embodiments, a pharmaceutical package may include a glass container and a coating.
David Henry, Valerie Claudine Lacarriere
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
Array of Polymeric Hydrogel Nanostructures and Their Uses
30 Sep 21
A method for making a microfluidic device having one or more different patterned polymeric hydrogel nanostructure is provided.
Ye Fang
Filed: 1 Aug 19
Utility
Light Extraction Structure with High Index Nanoparticles for an Organic Light Emitting Diode
30 Sep 21
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) assembly (100), comprising: a diode superstructure (110) comprising a cathode (140), an anode (120) having a refractive index of na, and an organic light emitting semiconductor material (160) interposed between the cathode (140) and the anode (120); and a light diffracting substructure (150) providing a scattering cross section of light from the diode superstructure (110).
Dipakbin Qasem Chowdhury, Sergey Anatol'evich Kuchinsky, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, JooYoung Lee, Michal Mlejnek, Hong Yoon
Filed: 23 Jul 18
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Plugging Cells of Ceramic Structures and Honeycomb Filters
30 Sep 21
A method for plugging a subset of cells of a honeycomb structure that includes: covering a first end face of the honeycomb structure with a mask that comprises a body and a plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of openings of the mask is coincident with a plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure; providing a plenum, a movable plunger and a flow plate; positioning a cylinder between the honeycomb structure and the plenum; dispensing a plugging material into the plenum; moving the plunger toward the flow plate with a force to push the plugging material through the flow plate into the cylinder, the moving generating a pressure in the plenum and the cylinder that forces the plugging material through the mask into the plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure to a predetermined depth; and determining the pressure within the cylinder during the moving of the plunger.
Kyle Owen Beebe, Robert John Locker, Robert Arthur McIntosh, Joel Andrew Schultes
Filed: 16 Jul 19
Utility
Apparatus and Methods for Fabricating Glass Ribbon
30 Sep 21
Apparatus can comprise a containment device including a surface defining a region extending in a flow direction of the containment device.
Alexey Sergeyevich Amosov, Ilya Svyatogorov, William Anthony Whedon
Filed: 6 Aug 19
Utility
Apparatus and Methods for Fabricating a Glass Ribbon
30 Sep 21
Apparatus can comprise a conduit with at least one slot of a plurality of slots comprising an intermediate length including a maximum width that is less than a maximum width of a first end portion and/or a maximum width of a second end portion of the slot.
Alexey Sergeyevich Amosov, Olivier Fournel, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Xavier Tellier
Filed: 6 Aug 19
Utility
Multi-composition Glass Structures Via 3D Printing
30 Sep 21
A method of producing a glass structure includes forming a green body having an inner layer of a first powder of a first glass composition in a first organic material matrix and an outer layer of a second powder of a second glass composition in a second organic material matrix, the outer layer covering at least two opposing major surfaces or all surfaces of the inner layer, the first glass composition being different from the second glass composition, the first and second powders having respective first and second sintering temperatures, the second sintering temperature being within 0 to 30° C. of the first sintering temperature; and debinding and sintering the green body to remove the organic materials and to sinter together the first and second glass powders to produce a sintered glass structure having an inner layer of the first glass composition and an outer layer of the second glass composition.
Soon-yong Choi, EunHwa Kim, Hyung Soo Moon
Filed: 29 Mar 21