Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Scott Servilla
  • Low thermal expansion calcium aluminate articles
    Patent number: 6689707
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods for making such articles are disclosed. The compositions, articles and methods include calcium aluminate materials consisting essentially of a main phase of CaAl4O7 and having a low coefficient of thermal expansion produced by utilizing an additive and firing to temperatures below about 1600°0 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas M. Beall, Shahid G. Lakhwani, Linda R. Pinckney
  • Methods of making low thermal expansion calcium aluminate articles
    Patent number: 6686305
    Abstract: Methods of making ceramic bodies are disclosed. The methods include manufacturing calcium aluminate material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas M. Beall, Shahid G. Lakhwani, Linda R. Pinckney
  • Radiation compatible lubricant for medical devices
    Patent number: 6102898
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of vitamin E or its derivative, such as vitamin E acetate, with a silicone lubricant for use on a medical device. The vitamin E prevents degradation of the silicone lubricant when the medical device is irradiated for sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson & Company
    Inventors: Mohammad A. Khan, David P. Hopkins
  • Apparatus for forming glass sheets with coaxial cavities
    Patent number: 5970747
    Abstract: A glass ceramic or glass-ceramic sheet is formed by progressively reducing the thickness of the sheet by passing the sheet between successive pairs of counter-rotating rollers. The average viscosity of the sheet is maintained between 5.times.10.sup.4 and 10.sup.9 P during the sheet forming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Allan M. Fredholm, Claude F. M. Gille, Gilbert D. Pujol