Patents by Inventor Victor E. Olson, III

Victor E. Olson, III 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).

  • Flash vaporizer system for use in manufacturing optical waveguide fiber
    Patent number: 5078092
    Abstract: A system for delivering a liquid reactant at high flow rates to an oxidation/flame hydrolysis glass soot deposition site. A first liquid only reactant is delivered to a flash vaporization chamber to form a thin film and mixed with oxygen after vaporization. Additional vaporized reactants are thereafter mixed with the vaporized first liquid prior to delivery to an oxidation/flame hydrolysis burner to form a glass soot outer cladding layer on a soot preform. The soot preform is subsequently fused to form a high quality glass blank for drawing into optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: A. Joseph Antos, Michael S. Dobbins, Victor E. Olson, III, Dale R. Powers, Francis W. Voorhees