1622 patents
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Glass treatment apparatus and methods of treating glass
20 Jul 20
A glass treatment apparatus comprise at least one upstream working device including a working wheel configured to rotate such that a working surface of the working wheel machines a surface portion of a glass sheet.
James William Brown, Yu-Chang Hong, Chih-Hung Lee, Naiyue Zhou
Filed: 22 Feb 15
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Modular optical fiber distribution system
20 Jul 20
A modular optical fiber distribution unit and related distribution system is provided.
Diego David Torres
Filed: 22 May 17
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Kiln car and kiln for firing ceramic bodies
13 Jul 20
A kiln car assembly for a firing kiln having a plurality of upper burners includes a kiln car with an uppermost plurality of ceramic green bodies, a plurality of vertical members, and a horizontal supporting plate for supporting the ceramic green bodies during a firing process in the kiln.
Peng Chen, Jeffrey Siler White, Christopher Steven Witte
Filed: 28 Aug 16
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Fiber optic cable with sleeve
13 Jul 20
A fiber optic cable includes a core assembly including an optical fiber, a polymeric sleeve surrounding the core assembly, water-swellable material integrated with the polymeric sleeve, and a jacket surrounding the polymeric sleeve.
Anne Germaine Bringuier, Rodney Maurice Burns, Keith Aaron Greer, Warren Welborn McAlpine, Joel Laine Parker
Filed: 22 Jun 16
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Vehicle interior systems having a curved cover glass and a display or touch panel and methods for forming the same
13 Jul 20
Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed.
Fabio Lopes Brandao Salgado, Thomas Michael Cleary, Steven Edward DeMartino, Timothy Michael Gross, Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
Filed: 5 Jul 18
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Methods for thermally treating glass articles
13 Jul 20
According to one embodiment, a method for thermally treating glass articles may include holding a glass article at a treatment temperature equal to an annealing temperature of the glass article ±15° C. for a holding time greater than or equal to 5 minutes.
Adam James Ellison, Timothy James Kiczenski, Stephanie Lynn Morris, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Alvin Tietje
Filed: 29 Dec 15
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Glass article and method for forming the same
13 Jul 20
A method includes forming a glass article.
Alexey Sergeyevich Amosov, Heather Debra Boek, Frank Coppola, Matthew John Dejneka, John Christopher Mauro, Netesan Venkataraman, Mark Owen Weller
Filed: 19 Aug 18
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Glass with enhanced strength and antimicrobial properties, and method of making same
13 Jul 20
A method of making an antimicrobial glass article that includes the steps: submersing the article in a strengthening bath to exchange a portion of ion-exchangeable metal ions in the glass article with a portion of ion-exchanging metal ions in the strengthening bath to form a compressive stress layer extending from the first surface to a diffusion depth in the article; removing a portion of the compressive stress layer from the first surface of the article to a first depth above the diffusion depth in the article to define a new first surface and a remaining compressive stress layer; and submersing the article in an antimicrobial bath to exchange a portion of the ion-exchangeable and the ion-exchanging metal ions in the compressive stress layer with a portion of the silver metal ions in the antimicrobial bath to impart an antimicrobial property in the article.
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Delena Lucinda Justice Duffy, Sumalee Likitvanichkul, Richard Michael Fiacco, Georgiy M Guryanov, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kuksenkova, Wageesha Senaratne, Anantha Narayanan Subramanian
Filed: 14 Feb 18
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Method and system for the selective coating of an interior surface
6 Jul 20
The present disclosure relates, in various embodiments, to methods and systems for masking and de-masking a portion of an interior surface of a structure, such as may be useful in the selective coating of an interior surface of a structure.
Karl Robert Heise, Jeffrey Allen Miller, Haregewine Tadesse Woldegiworgis
Filed: 27 Oct 15
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Transformable cable reels and related assemblies and methods
6 Jul 20
Transformable cable reels, related assemblies and methods are disclosed.
Elli Makrides-Saravanos, Daniel Scott McGranahan, John Henry Vynalek
Filed: 11 Apr 19
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Isopipe with curb at the compression end and method for forming a glass ribbon
6 Jul 20
The disclosure relates to apparatuses for producing a glass ribbon, the apparatuses comprising a forming body (100) comprising an upper trough-shaped portion comprising two trough walls and a trough bottom; a lower wedge-shaped portion; a delivery end configured to receive molten glass; and a compression end (237) comprising a curb (243); and an end cap (205) coupled to the compression end (237) and extending over a top surface of the curb (243), wherein a height of the curb (243) is greater than a height of the two trough walls at a point proximate the compression end (237).
John Michael Feenaughty, Shawn Rachelle Markham
Filed: 29 Sep 15
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Photosensitive glasses and glass ceramics and composite glass materials made therefrom
6 Jul 20
Photosensitive lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses that can be selectively irradiated and cerammed to provide patterned regions of glass and lithium-based glass ceramic, and composite glass articles made from such glasses and glass ceramics are provided.
George Halsey Beall, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Thomas Philip Seward, III
Filed: 23 Jan 17
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Multi-pin connector block assembly
6 Jul 20
A radio frequency (RF) connector block assembly having a plurality of connector pin assemblies mounted within a multi-connector block is disclosed.
Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV
Filed: 18 Dec 18
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Optical fiber with low fictive temperature
29 Jun 20
An optical fiber with low fictive temperature along with a system and method for making the optical fiber are provided.
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Bruce Warren Reding, Pushkar Tandon
Filed: 12 Nov 18
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High strength antimicrobial glass
29 Jun 20
A method of making a glass having antimicrobial properties and high compressive stress.
John Christopher Mauro
Filed: 14 Nov 17
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Textured surfaces for display applications
29 Jun 20
A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed.
James Patrick Hamilton, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, Jonathan Michael Mis, Vasudha Ravichandran, Nicholas James Smith, Christine Coulter Wolcott, Ruchirej Yongsunthon
Filed: 15 Apr 19
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Solid electrolyte for a negative electrode of a secondary battery including first and second solid electrolytes with different affinities for metal deposition electronchemical cell and method of manufacturing
29 Jun 20
A solid electrolyte for a negative electrode of a secondary battery includes a first solid electrolyte having a first surface and a second solid electrolyte on the first solid electrolyte and having a second surface.
Karen E. Thomas-Alyea, Yong-Gun Lee, Lincoln Miara, Hyunseok Kim, Jusik Kim, Michael E. Badding, Zhen Song
Filed: 11 Jan 18
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Connector device for connecting at least one optical fiber end piece and manufacturing method
29 Jun 20
A connector device for connecting optical fiber endpieces comprising an optoelectronic chip, a fiber end piece holder and a reflection surface.
Jeffery Alan DeMeritt, Wojciech Piotr Giziewicz, Christopher Paul Lewallen, James Phillip Luther, Jerald Lee Overcash, Rebecca Kayla Schaevitz
Filed: 14 Sep 17
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Antenna stack
29 Jun 20
An antenna stack includes a glass cover having an outer face, an inside face opposite the outer face, and a body therebetween.
Mikael Bror Taveniku, Mark Peter Taylor, Thomas Lars Willhelm Pernstål
Filed: 13 Mar 19
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Apparatus and methods for laser processing transparent workpieces using phase shifted focal lines
22 Jun 20
A method for laser processing a transparent workpiece includes forming a contour line having defects in the transparent workpiece, which includes directing a pulsed laser beam oriented along a beam pathway through a beam converting element and through a phase modifying optical element such that the portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece includes a phase shifted focal line having a cross-sectional phase contour that includes phase contour ridges induced by the phase modifying optical element and extending along phase ridge lines.
Anping Liu, Matthew Ryan Ross
Filed: 17 Jan 18