Patents by Inventor Alan Russell Stanford

Alan Russell Stanford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and methods of inspecting ceramic honeycomb bodies
    Patent number: 10145805
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus and method to automatically inspect ceramic honeycomb bodies during the manufacturing thereof. The apparatus includes a light source to shine light through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a lens to receive at least a portion of the light transmitted through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a camera to capture images of the transmitted light, a support chuck to support the honeycomb body, and a controller to receive the captured images, to analyze each captured image, to adjust the support chuck and/or the lens based on the analysis, and to align the ceramic honeycomb body channels and the lens optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Russell Stanford, Eric Daniel Treacy, Lei Wang
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS OF INSPECTING CERAMIC HONEYCOMB BODIES
    Publication number: 20170336332
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus and method to automatically inspect ceramic honeycomb bodies during the manufacturing thereof. The apparatus includes a light source to shine light through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a lens to receive at least a portion of the light transmitted through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a camera to capture images of the transmitted light, a support chuck to support the honeycomb body, and a controller to receive the captured images, to analyze each captured image, to adjust the support chuck and/or the lens based on the analysis, and to align the ceramic honeycomb body channels and the lens optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Alan Russell Stanford, Eric Daniel Treacy, Lei Wang