1622 patents
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Apparatus and method for tensioning and threading optical fiber
6 Apr 21
An apparatus for tensioning and threading an optical fiber includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt that wraps around the first and second rollers, and a third roller.
Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Bret Cooper Faler, Jason Thomas Fralin, Kelvin Nguyen, Ashley Danielle Perritt
Filed: 6 Dec 18
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Methods for minimizing SHR in glass articles by producing a gas flow during pharmaceutical part converting
6 Apr 21
Systems for producing articles from glass tube include a converter having a base with a plurality of processing stations and a turret moveable relative to the base.
Keith Raymond Gaylo, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Joseph Michael Matusick, David John McEnroe, Connor Thomas O'Malley, Elias Panides, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Steven Robert Wagner
Filed: 27 Nov 18
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Low viscosity glasses and methods and systems for manufacture
6 Apr 21
A glass article including any one or several of SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, Li2O, SnO2 and a fusion line.
Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Shawn Rachelle Markham, Charlene Marie Smith, Jae Hyun Yu
Filed: 31 Oct 17
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Multimode optical fiber transmission system including single mode fiber
6 Apr 21
Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical transmission system that operates at a wavelength in the range from 950 nm to 1600 nm and that employs a single-mode optical transmitter and an optical receiver optically coupled to respective ends of a multimode fiber designed for 850 nm multimode operation.
Xin Chen, Ming-Jun Li
Filed: 23 Mar 20
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Systems for and methods of drying the skin of a cellular ceramic ware
30 Mar 21
Systems for and methods of drying a wet skin of a wet skinned ceramic ware are disclosed.
Jacob George, Amit Halder, Madison Minjoo Lee
Filed: 21 Mar 16
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Optical fiber with low fictive temperature
30 Mar 21
Optical fibers having low fictive temperature and methods of making such fibers are described.
Steven Akin Dunwoody, Robert Clark Moore, Pushkar Tandon
Filed: 20 Sep 17
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Reduced reflection glass articles and methods for making and using same
30 Mar 21
Described herein are various articles that have anti-reflection properties, along with methods for their manufacture and use.
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Jiangwei Feng, Timothy Michael Gross, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov
Filed: 26 Nov 13
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Apparatus and methods to impact test materials
30 Mar 21
Apparatus and methods for impact testing of a transparent substrate are provided.
Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, Kevin Barry Reiman, Brian Paul Strines
Filed: 28 Oct 16
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Antimicrobial phase-separable glass/polymer composite articles and methods for making the same
30 Mar 21
A method of making an antimicrobial composite article, including the steps: providing a matrix comprising a polymeric material; providing a plurality of second phase particles comprising an antimicrobial agent; melting the matrix to form a matrix melt; distributing the plurality of second phase particles in the matrix melt at a second phase volume fraction to form a composite melt; forming a composite article from the composite melt; and treating the composite article to form an antimicrobial composite article having an exterior surface comprising an exposed portion of the matrix and the plurality of second phase particles.
Dayue Jiang, Kaitlyn Mary Matias, Kevin Andrew Vasilakos, Jianguo Wang, Jie Wang
Filed: 20 Oct 16
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Bottom up electroplating with release layer
23 Mar 21
A method for producing a conductive through-via, including applying a seed layer on a surface of a first substrate, and forming a surface modification layer on at least one of the seed layer and a second substrate.
Robert Alan Bellman, Rajesh Vaddi
Filed: 3 Oct 19
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Apparatuses and methods for continuous production of glass tubing
23 Mar 21
An apparatus for producing composite glass tube with a plurality of glass layers includes a plurality of cylindrical containers of increasing inner dimensions concentrically arranged and stationary.
Dale Madard Fisher, Jr., David Posada-Pineda
Filed: 27 Nov 18
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Shaped glass laminates and methods for forming the same
23 Mar 21
Embodiments of a laminate including a first curved glass substrate comprising a first viscosity (poises) at a temperature of 630° C.; a second curved glass substrate comprising a second viscosity that is greater than the first viscosity at a temperature of 630° C.; and an interlayer disposed between the first curved glass substrate and the second curved glass substrate, are disclosed.
Michele Marie-Louise Fredholm
Filed: 20 Feb 18
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Articles having retained strength
23 Mar 21
One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article retains its average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application.
Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, Fei Li, James Joseph Price, Chandan Kumar Saha
Filed: 9 Oct 19
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Laser welding transparent glass panes using a low emissivity coating
23 Mar 21
A sealed article and methods of making the same.
Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, John Christopher Thomas
Filed: 29 Nov 16
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Apparatus and methods to determine stresses in cover glass of handheld devices
23 Mar 21
Apparatus and methods of for measuring stress incurred by a cover glass of a handheld device when the cover glass contacts a surface during a drop event.
Prakash Chandra Panda, Jonathan David Pesansky, Praveen Reddy Samala, Adam Carver Skillings
Filed: 4 Nov 16
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Enhanced, durable silver coating stacks for highly reflective mirrors
23 Mar 21
The disclosure is directed to a highly reflective multiband mirror that is reflective in the VIS-NIR-SWIR-MWIR-LWIR bands, the mirror being a complete thin film stack that consists of a plurality of layers on a selected substrate.
Jason S Ballou, Frederick J Gagliardi, Gary Allen Hart, Timothy R Soucy, Robin Merchant Walton, Leonard Gerard Wamboldt, Jue Wang
Filed: 9 Mar 18
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Cleaning nozzle and nozzle assembly and cleaning methods for optical fiber connectors
23 Mar 21
A cleaning nozzle includes an outer housing having a central axis and an inner surface that defines an outer housing interior.
James Michael Brown, Yuehao Li, Elias Panides, Jingru Zhang, Yi Zhang
Filed: 31 Oct 17
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Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining location of a mobile device(s) in a distributed antenna system(s)
23 Mar 21
Distributed antenna systems provide location information for client devices communicating with remote antenna units.
Michael Sauer
Filed: 13 Aug 19
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Strengthened thin glass-polymer laminates
23 Mar 21
A glass-polymer laminate structure includes a flexible glass substrate having a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm.
Kiat Chyai Kang, Govindarajan Natarajan, Yu Xiao
Filed: 27 Aug 13
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Cold formed 3D cover glass articles and forming process to make the same
23 Mar 21
In some embodiments, a process comprises applying an adhesive layer to a substrate having a developable shape.
Thomas Michael Cleary, Yawei Sun, Chunhe Zhang
Filed: 20 Oct 17