Patents by Inventor Kevin Joseph Yost

Kevin Joseph Yost 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).

  • Method of making an optical fiber by melting particulate glass in a glass cladding tube
    Patent number: 6374641
    Abstract: An optical article having a rare earth doped, fluorinated aluminosilicate glass core composition consisting essentially, in mole %, of: SiO2 0-90 GeO2 0-90 Na2O 0-25 Li2O 0-10 K2O 0-25 Rb2O 0-25 Cs2O 0-25 Al2O3 5-40 Ga2O3 5-40 RE2(1)O3 0-40 RE2(2)O3 0-1  Er2O3 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Polly Wanda Chu, Matthew John Dejneka, Brian Paul Tyndell, Kevin Joseph Yost
  • Composition for optical waveguide article and method for making continuous clad filament
    Patent number: 6128430
    Abstract: An optical article having a rare earth doped, fluorinated aluminosilicate glass core composition consisting essentially, in mole %, of:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 0-90 GeO.sub.2 0-90 Na.sub.2 O 0-25 Li.sub.2 O 0-10 K.sub.2 O 0-25 Rb.sub.2 O 0-25 Cs.sub.2 O 0-25 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 5-40 Ga.sub.2 O.sub.3 5-40 RE.sub.2 (1)O.sub.3 0-40 RE.sub.2 (2)O.sub.3 0-1 Er.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.001-5 Yb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-5 PbO 0-15 RO 0-20 ZnO 0-10 ZrO.sub.2 0-2 TiO.sub.2 0-2 Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-10 Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-10 P.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-5 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-15 As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-10 Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-20 Na.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 0-10 Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-5, and ______________________________________up to 15 weight % fluorine in the form of at least one of a fluorinated component of the glass composition and a batch constituent selected from a group consisting of at least one of AlF.sub.3, REF.sub.3, NH.sub.5 F.sub.2, NaF, Na.sub.2 SiF.sub.6, Na.sub.3 AlF.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Polly Wanda Chu, Matthew John Dejneka, Brian Paul Tyndell, Kevin Joseph Yost