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Glass Melting System and Method for Increased Homogeneity
18 Mar 21
An apparatus and method for producing a glass article includes a melting vessel, a fining vessel located downstream from the melting vessel, and a bubbling vessel that is downstream from the melting vessel and upstream from the fining vessel.
Memduh Volkan Demirbas, William Gurney Dorfeld, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Randy Dean Ziegenhagen
Filed: 24 Nov 20
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Continuous Methods of Forming Glass Ribbon Using a Gyrotron Microwave Heating Device
18 Mar 21
A method of forming a glass ribbon includes flowing a molten glass into a caster having a width (Wcast) and a thickness (Tcast) to form a cast glass, cooling the cast glass in the caster to a viscosity of 108 Poise or more, conveying the cast glass from the caster, volumetrically heating the cast glass to an average viscosity of 106 Poise or less using a gyrotron microwave heating device, and drawing the cast glass into a glass ribbon having a width (Wgr) that is less than or equal to the width (Wcast) of the caster and a thickness (Tgr) that is less than the thickness (Tcast) of the caster.
Aziz Hoque, Chao Yu
Filed: 11 Sep 20
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Glass Sheets with Improved Edge Quality and Methods of Producing the Same
18 Mar 21
A method of manufacturing and treating a glass article wherein the treatment of the article includes directing a flow of plasma, such as a flow of plasma comprising an atmospheric pressure plasma jet, toward an edge surface of the article.
Jiangwei Feng, Chia-Yen Pai, James Joseph Price, Wanda Janina Walczak
Filed: 10 Dec 18
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Liquid Lenses with Ceramic Insulating Layers
11 Mar 21
A liquid lens that includes a first window, a second window, and a cavity disposed between the first window and the second window; a first and second liquid disposed within the cavity, the first and second liquid substantially immiscible with each other and having different refractive indices such that an interface between the first and second liquid defines a variable lens, at least a portion of the first liquid disposed within a first portion of the cavity, the second liquid disposed within a second portion of the cavity; a common electrode in electrical communication with the first liquid; and a driving electrode disposed on a sidewall of the cavity and insulated from the first liquid and the second liquid by an insulating element, wherein the insulating element comprises an insulating outer layer in contact with the liquids, the insulating outer layer comprising a lanthanide series oxide.
Bruno Berge, Gwenael Bonfante, Benjamin Burger, Stéphanie Chevalliot, Mathieu Maillard, Bérangère Toury-Pierre
Filed: 13 Dec 18
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Sonic Cleaning of Optical Fiber Draw Furnace
11 Mar 21
A process for cleaning particulate matter from the interior of a muffle of an optical fiber draw furnace includes propagating sound waves through the interior of the muffle at a frequency of from about 75 Hz to about 5000 Hz and an intensity of from about 110 dB to about 160 dB.
Xiaoming Chen, Yun Gang Li, Zhi Ming Liu
Filed: 23 Jul 20
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Microfluidic Devices and Methods for Manufacturing Microfluidic Devices
11 Mar 21
A method for manufacturing a microfluidic device (100) includes depositing a bonding layer (106) on a surface of a second glass layer (104a) of a glass substrate having a first glass layer (102) and the second glass layer (104a) fused to the first glass layer (102), such that a masked region of the surface is covered by the bonding layer, and an exposed region of the surface is uncovered by the bonding layer; removing a portion of the second glass layer corresponding to the exposed region of the surface to form a flow channel (112) in the glass substrate; and bonding a cover (108) to the glass substrate with the bonding layer (106).
Ye Fang, Jin Su Kim, Aize Li
Filed: 23 Apr 19
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Laminate Glass Ceramic Articles with Uv-and Nir-blocking Characteristics and Methods of Making the Same
11 Mar 21
A laminate glass-ceramic article is provided that includes: a core glass layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers, each having a CTE that is lower than or equal to the first CTE of the core glass layer.
Matthew John Dejneka, Jesse Kohl
Filed: 13 Dec 18
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Through-substrate Laser Patterning and Isolating of Thin Conductive Films
11 Mar 21
An invention disclosure discloses a composite structure.
James Gregory Couillard, Ming-Huang Huang, Xinghua Li
Filed: 16 Jan 19
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CorrectedLithium Containing Glasses
11 Mar 21
A glass article including, on an oxide basis, from 60 mol % to 74 mol % SiO2, from 7 mol % to 18 mol % Al2O3, from 3 mol % to 16 mol % B2O3, from 0 mol % to 6 mol % Na2O, from 0 mol % to 5 mol % P2O5, from 5 mol % to 11 mol % Li2O, less than or equal to 0.2 mol % SnO2, and from 0.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % divalent cation oxides.
Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Charlene Marie Smith
Filed: 31 Oct 17
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Textured, Antiglare Glass Articles and Methods of Making the Same
11 Mar 21
A glass article is provided that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and a textured region defined by the primary surface.
Jaymin Amin, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, David Lee Weidman
Filed: 9 Sep 20
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Optical System Comprising Chlorine Doped Mode Field Expanded Optical Fibers
11 Mar 21
An optical system comprising: an optical assembly having a first optical surface and a rear optical surface, said optical assembly comprising at least three optical elements; an optical fiber comprising a core portion with a mode field diameter (MFD) expanded region optically coupled to the rear optical surface of the optical assembly, the optical fiber comprising a core region doped with chlorine in a concentration greater than 0.5 wt %, wherein the MFD expanded region is less than 5 cm in length, and has MFD at the fiber end coupled to the optical assembly that is a least 20% greater than the MFD at other end of the optical fiber; an optical signal source coupled to first optical surface of the optical assembly, such that the optical signal provided by the optical signal source is routed along an optical path formed by the optical assembly to the mode field diameter expanded region of said optical fiber.
Dong Gui, Pushkar Tandon, Qijun Xiao
Filed: 2 Sep 20
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Synthesis of FT4-BASED Organic Semiconducting Small Molecules by Pd-catalyzed Direct (Hetero)arylation or Direct Alkenylation
11 Mar 21
A method for forming organic semiconducting materials, including: providing a mixture having: a tetrathienoacene (FT4)-based monomer, and one of a thiophene-containing compound or an alkene-containing compound; and reacting the FT4-based monomer with the thiophene-containing compound or the alkene-containing compound in a one-step direct arylation reaction mechanism to form a final FT4-based organic semiconducting compound.
Mingqian He, Yang Li, Jing Sun, Hongxiang Wang, Mong-dong Zhou
Filed: 4 Sep 20
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Thermally Compensated Microfluidic Structures
4 Mar 21
Exemplary liquid lenses generally include two liquids disposed within a microfluidic cavity disposed between a first window and a second window.
Christian Daniel Gutleben
Filed: 30 Jul 20
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Fluidic Devices Including Microplates with Interconnected Wells
4 Mar 21
A fluidic device for culturing cells includes a microplate and plate lid.
Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
Filed: 13 Jul 18
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Proteinase-free Coatings for Colony Passaging
4 Mar 21
A cell culture article includes a substrate having a polymer coating that is conducive to colony passaging of cells cultured on the coating.
Ye Fang, Ann MeeJin Ferrie, Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral, David Henry, Martial Hervy, Corinne Walerack, Yue Zhou
Filed: 16 Sep 20
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Glass Product Manufacturing Apparatus
4 Mar 21
A glass product manufacturing apparatus includes a stirring vessel disposed in a chamber, a conduit arranged in the chamber and having an inner space through which molten glass from the stirring vessels flows, and a nozzle disposed in the chamber adjacent to the conduit and configured to jet a fluid around the conduit.
Sun Woo Moon, YOUNG-SOO PARK
Filed: 10 Jan 19
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Scratch Resistant Glass and Method of Making
4 Mar 21
Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance.
Yuhui Jin, Joshua James McCaslin, Vitor Marino Schneider, Wei Sun, Taylor Marie Wilkinson
Filed: 28 Aug 20
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Microcavity Dishes with Sidewall Including Liquid Medium Delivery Surface
4 Mar 21
A microcavity dish (10) for cultivating cells includes a dish body including a sidewall (16) that encloses a cell culture chamber within the dish body.
Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
Filed: 13 Jul 18
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Multicore Fiber Crosstalk Sensor with Matched Effective Index
4 Mar 21
An optical fiber sensor with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution is described.
Ming-Jun Li
Filed: 21 Aug 20
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Optical Film Structures and Articles for Hidden Displays and Display Devices
4 Mar 21
An article is described herein that includes: a translucent substrate comprising opposing major surfaces; and an optical film structure disposed on a first major surface of the substrate, the optical film structure comprising an outer surface and a plurality of periods such that each period comprises an alternating low refractive index layer and high refractive index layer.
Jaymin Amin, Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Thien An Thi Nguyen
Filed: 27 Aug 20