Patents by Inventor Melinda A. Drake

Melinda A. Drake 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).

  • Patent number: 9346708
    Abstract: Strengthened glass substrates with glass fits and methods for forming the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for forming a glass frit on a glass substrate may include providing a glass substrate comprising a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass substrate into a thickness of the glass substrate, the compressive stress having a depth of layer DOL and an initial compressive stress CSi. A glass frit composition may be deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate and the glass frit composition are heated in a furnace to sinter the glass fit composition and bond the glass frit composition to the glass substrate, wherein, after heating, the glass substrate has a fired compressive stress CSf which is greater than or equal to 0.70*CSi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Melinda A. Drake, Lisa A. Lamberson, Robert M. Morena
  • Publication number: 20140001143
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andrei G. Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana C. Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan K. Saha, Steven E. DeMartino, Christopher L. Timmons, John S. Peanasky, Robert A. Schaut, Paul S. Danielson, Melinda A. Drake, Robert M. Morena, Kaveh Adib, James P. Hamilton, Susan L. Schiefelbein
  • Publication number: 20130295353
    Abstract: Strengthened glass substrates with glass fits and methods for forming the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for forming a glass frit on a glass substrate may include providing a glass substrate comprising a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass substrate into a thickness of the glass substrate, the compressive stress having a depth of layer DOL and an initial compressive stress CSi. A glass frit composition may be deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the glass substrate. Thereafter, the glass substrate and the glass frit composition are heated in a furnace to sinter the glass fit composition and bond the glass frit composition to the glass substrate, wherein, after heating, the glass substrate has a fired compressive stress CSf which is greater than or equal to 0.70*CSi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Melinda A. Drake, Lisa A. Lamberson, Robert M. Morena