1622 patents
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Binder film for a fiber optic cable
2 Jan 24
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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Compressible electrical contacts with divaricated-cut sections
2 Jan 24
A compressible electrical contact, manufactured from a tube, includes a first contact end, a second contact end opposing the first contact end, and a medial portion disposed between the first contact end and the second contact end.
Daniel Michael Grabowski, Casey Roy Stein
Filed: 28 May 21
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Locally strengthened glass-ceramics and methods of making the same
19 Dec 23
Locally cerammed optically transparent glass-ceramic articles for consumer products.
Kirk Wegner Christiansen, Qiang Fu, Petr Gorelchenko, Aniello Mario Palumbo, Michael S Pambianchi, Erick Franklin VanDuyne
Filed: 9 Apr 19
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Colored glasses with improved tempering capabilities
19 Dec 23
The disclosure relates to highly temperable colored glass compositions.
Timothy James Kiczenski, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull, Jingshi Wu
Filed: 29 Sep 22
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Methods for making electrodes and providing electrical connections in sensors
19 Dec 23
A method of forming a sensor, such as a glass electrochemical sensor, is described.
Shrisudersan Jayaraman, Navaneetha Krishnan Subbaiyan
Filed: 28 Dec 18
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Mini duplex connector with push-pull polarity mechanism and carrier with latch and rail
19 Dec 23
A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing.
Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Jason Higley, Michael E. Hughes, Mitchell Cloud
Filed: 6 Dec 22
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Honeycomb bodies with honeycomb structure strengthening features and extrusion dies therefor
12 Dec 23
A honeycomb body having a honeycomb structure and a peripheral skin, the honeycomb structure having walls defining a plurality of cells including peripheral cells disposed directly adjacent to the peripheral skin.
Kenneth Richard Miller, Seth Thomas Nickerson, Danhong Zhong
Filed: 30 May 19
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Zirconia-toughened glass ceramics
12 Dec 23
ZrO2-toughened glass ceramics having high molar fractions of tetragonal ZrO2 and fracture toughness value of greater than 1.8 MPa·m1/2.
George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
Filed: 12 Jan 23
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Translating fluid bearings during an optical fiber draw process
12 Dec 23
A method of manufacturing an optical fiber, the method including drawing a bare optical fiber from an optical fiber preform along a draw pathway.
Steven Joseph Gregorski, Kenneth Spencer Morgan, Richard Alan Quinn, Bradley Kent Shepard, John Christopher Thomas, David Andrew Tucker
Filed: 25 Aug 21
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Colored glass-ceramics having petalite and lithium silicate structures
12 Dec 23
A glass-ceramic article comprises a petalite crystalline phase and a lithium silicate crystalline phase.
George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
Filed: 14 Jul 22
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Safety power disconnection for power distribution over power conductors to power consuming devices
12 Dec 23
Safety power disconnection for remote power distribution in power distribution systems is disclosed.
Ami Hazani
Filed: 15 Nov 21
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Method of preparing an electrode for use in forming a honeycomb extrusion die
5 Dec 23
Methods for forming an electrode for use in forming a honeycomb extrusion die.
Timothy Eugene Antesberger, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Dana Eugene Coots, Seyed Amir Farzadfar, Dominick John Forenz, Ryan Joseph Grohsmeyer, Mark Lee Humphrey, Zakariya Radwan Khayat, Kenneth Richard Miller, Richard Curwood Peterson, John Charles Rector
Filed: 21 May 20
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Low temperature moldable sheet forming glass compositions
5 Dec 23
The embodiments described herein relate to low temperature moldable sheet forming glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same.
Venkatesh Botu, Matthew John Dejneka, Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, Adama Tandia, Kochuparambil Deenamma Vargheese
Filed: 18 Jan 23
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Colored glass articles having improved mechanical durability
5 Dec 23
A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 50 mol % and less than or equal to 70 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 10 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 1 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 7 mol % and less than or equal to 14 mol % Li2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % Na2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 1 mol % K2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 7 mol % CaO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % MgO; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % ZnO.
Xiaoju Guo, Karl William Koch, III, Liping Xiong Smith, Nicole Taylor Wiles
Filed: 4 Jan 23
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Methods for ceramming glass with nucleation and growth density and viscosity changes
5 Dec 23
A method for ceramming a glass article to a glass-ceramic includes placing a glass article into a heating apparatus, and heating the glass article to a first hold temperature at a first predetermined heating rate.
Carol Ann Click, Indrajit Dutta, Ozgur Gulbiten, Jill Marie Hall, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Rohit Rai, John Robert Saltzer, Jr., Matthew Daniel Trosa, Zheming Zheng
Filed: 15 Jul 19
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Ion exchangeable borosilicate glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same
5 Dec 23
A glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, at least one alkali oxide, and at least one alkaline earth oxide.
Robert Anthony Schaut, Wendell Porter Weeks, Jr.
Filed: 4 Oct 21
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Optical fiber forming apparatus
28 Nov 23
An optical fiber forming apparatus comprises: a draw furnace comprising: (i) a muffle with an inner surface, (ii) an axial opening below the muffle, the inner surface of the muffle defining a passageway extending through the axial opening, and (iii) an upper inlet into the passageway; and a tube that extends into the passageway of the draw furnace above the axial opening, the tube having (i) an outer surface and the inner surface of the muffle surrounds the outer surface of the tube with a space separating the outer surface of the tube from the inner surface of the muffle, (ii) an inner surface that defines a second passageway extending through the tube, (iii) an inlet into the second passageway of the tube, (iii) an outlet out of the second passageway of the tube.
Erling Richard Anderson, Tammy Michelle Hoffmann, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Robert Clark Moore, Christopher Scott Thomas
Filed: 13 May 21
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Coated glass articles and processes for producing the same
28 Nov 23
According to one embodiment, a method for producing a coated glass article may include applying an anti-reflective coating onto a glass substrate.
John Tyler Keech, Jean-Francois Oudard, Robert Sabia, Leena Kumari Sahoo, Leonard Gerard Wamboldt
Filed: 29 Sep 21
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Magnesium aluminosilicate glasses with high fracture toughness
28 Nov 23
A glass composition includes: Si2O, greater than 0 mol % to less than or equal to 24 mol % Al2O3, B2O3, K2O, greater than or equal to 10 mol % to less than or equal to 38 mol % MgO, Na2O, and Li2O.
Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jian Luo
Filed: 12 Nov 20
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Method for controlling compaction
28 Nov 23
A method of controlling compaction including obtaining a plurality of sets of process conditions for a plurality of glass ribbons, measuring a compaction value for a glass sheet cut from each glass ribbon of the plurality of glass ribbons, correlating the compaction to the process conditions.
Steven Roy Burdette, Shriram Palanthandalam Madapusi, Jeremy Nathan Payne
Filed: 14 Jun 18