Patents by Inventor Clayton L. Tuttle, II

Clayton L. Tuttle, II 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).

  • Sealing lighting device component assembly with solder glass preform by using infrared radiation
    Patent number: 7040121
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for sealing and affixing a component assembly for an electrical lighting device to a glass lamp envelope. The assembly used in the process comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire and a solder glass perform. The process is useful, for example, in hermetically sealing and affixing lamp components, such as electrical lead wires and exhaust tubulation, to a low pressure fluorescent discharge lamp envelope having phosphor coating already applied thereto. The present invention is particularly suitable for lamp envelope made of borosilicate glass having a CTE from 0 to 300° C. in the range of 30–45×10?7° C.?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph E. Canale, Stephen L. Cooch, William L. Haynes, Clayton L. Tuttle, II
  • Component assembly with solder glass preform for lighting device and sealing process
    Patent number: 6987359
    Abstract: Disclosed are a component assembly for an electrical lighting device and method for sealing the same. The assembly comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire, and a solder glass perform. The component assembly is useful, for example, in hermetically sealing and affixing lamp components, such as electrical lead wires and exhaust tubulation, to a low-pressure fluorescent discharge lamp envelope having phosphor coating already applied thereto without causing damage to other lamp components sensitive to high temperature. The present invention is particularly suitable for lamp envelope made of borosilicate glass having a CTE from 0 to 300° C. in the range of 30–45×10?7° C.?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph E. Canale, Stephen L. Cooch, J. Mario Quintal, Clayton L. Tuttle, II