Patents by Inventor Mak Patrick Delong

Mak Patrick Delong 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).

  • Publication number: 20110259057
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to glass fiber forming bushings, to methods of controlling the temperature of bushings having multiple segments, to systems of controlling the temperature of bushings having multiple segments, and to other systems and methods. In one embodiment, a method of controlling the temperature of a bushing having multiple segments comprises forming a plurality of filaments from a bushing comprising at least two segments, gathering the filaments into at least two ends, measuring the size of each of the at least two ends, comparing the measured size of the at least two ends to a desired end size, adjusting the amount of current passing through the at least two bushing segments in response to the end size comparisons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu Gu, Timothy S. McAbee, James C. Peters, Mak Patrick Delong