Patents Assigned to Corning Incorporated
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Publication number: 20230257292Abstract: A system for producing articles from glass tube includes a converter having a base with a plurality of processing stations and a turret moveable relative to the base. The turret indexes a plurality of holders for holding the glass tubes successively through the processing stations. The system further includes a thermal imaging system that includes a thermal imager coupled to the turret for movement with the turret. The thermal imaging system may also include a mirror coupled to the thermal imager and positioned to reflect infrared light from one of the plurality of holders to the thermal imager. The thermal imaging system may measure one or more characteristics of the glass tube during the conversion process. Processes for controlling the converter using the thermal imaging system to measure one or more process variables are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Keith Raymond Gaylo, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Joseph Michael Matusick, Connor Thomas O'Malley
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Publication number: 20230233408Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Christie Leigh McCarthy, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Steven Edward DeMartino, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, James Ernest Webb, Michael Clement Ruotolo, JR., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Christy Lynn Chapman, Robert Anthony Schaut
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Patent number: 11685684Abstract: Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Sean Matthew Garner, Michael James McFarland, Michael John Moore
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Patent number: 11685685Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a mold having a curved surface is provided. A self-adhesive layer is disposed on the curved surface. A glass sheet is bent into conformity with the curved surface at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the glass sheet. The glass sheet includes a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface is adhered to the self-adhesive layer. A frame is bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the glass sheet is removed from the self-adhesive layer. A system for performing the method and a mold having a self-adhesive layer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Dongyoung Cho, Hyun-Soo Choi, Ki-Nam Kim, Shin Kim
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Patent number: 11684064Abstract: Vial assemblies comprise a tubular body and a cap, the cap including a first portion configured to abut a lip of an open end of the tubular body, a threaded portion configured to couple to threading on an internal surface of the tubular body, and a second portion protruding from the threaded portion and extending into a cavity of the tubular body. Methods for storing and removing frozen samples from such vial assemblies are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: William Joseph Lacey, Gregory Roger Martin, Allison Jean Tanner
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Patent number: 11690249Abstract: Various aspects of a light extraction substrate, an organic light emitting device, and methods of fabrication are provided. A light extraction substrate of an organic light-emitting device includes a light-scattering layer disposed on a base substrate and contains a first material, and a number of holes (hole diameters ranging from 350 nm to 450 nm) extending between the first surface and the second surface. A planarization layer (thickness not greater than 200 nm) is disposed on the light-scattering layer and contains a second material.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Hong Yoon
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Patent number: 11680166Abstract: A thermoset barrier film including: a reaction product of the formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV), or a mixture thereof, as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the thermoset barrier film, and devices incorporating the thermoset barrier film.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Arthur Winston Martin, Shawn Michael O'Malley
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Patent number: 11679368Abstract: A flow reactor has a module having a process fluid passage with an interior surface, a portion of the passage including a cross section along the portion having a cross-sectional shape, and a cross-sectional area with multiple minima along the passage. The cross-sectional shape varies continually along the portion and the interior surface of the portion includes either no pairs of opposing flat parallel sides or only pairs of opposing flat parallel sides which extend for a length of no more than 4 times a distance between said opposing flat parallel sides along the portion and the portion contains a plurality of obstacles distributed along the portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Patrick Jean, Elena Daniela Lavric
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Patent number: 11679354Abstract: A sorbent structure that includes a continuous body in the form of a flow-through substrate comprised of at least one cell defined by at least one porous wall. The continuous body comprises a sorbent material carbon substantially dispersed within the body. Further, the temperature of the sorbent structure can be controlled by conduction of an electrical current through the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Mallanagouda Dyamanagouda Patil, Kim Doreen Pierotti
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Patent number: 11680236Abstract: A Petri dish (100) base (300) and lid (200) each having a substantially circular, substantially flat region from which sidewalls extend perpendicular to the flat region (312) forming a corner (326), (230). The base may have a base stacking ring (325) extending from the base (300) at the corner (326), and an internal channel (330) around the inside of the base (300) at the corner (326). The base (300) may have a uniform cross-sectional thickness (350) and may also have vents (322) in the base stacking ring (325). The lid (200) may have a uniform cross-sectional thickness (250). The lid (200) may have a lid stacking ring (225) at the corner (230), which forms a groove (240) in the interior (212) of the lid (200) at the corner (230). The lid may also have ribs (295) and vents (222) to enable multiple dishes to be stacked without forming a vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventor: Christophe Roland René Briche
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Patent number: 11680008Abstract: A glass composition includes: Si2O, greater than 15 mol % to less than or equal to 32 mol % Al2O3, B2O3, K2O, MgO, Na2O, and Li2O. The glass composition may have a fracture toughness of greater than or equal 0.75 MPa?m and a Young's modulus of greater than or equal to 80 GPa to less than or equal to 120 GPa. The glass composition is chemically strengthenable. The glass composition may be used in a glass article or a consumer electronic product.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Jian Luo
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Patent number: 11680006Abstract: Embodiments of a method of forming a glass article are disclosed. The methods include supplying a glass ribbon in a first direction and redirecting the glass ribbon to a second direction different from the first direction without contacting the glass ribbon with a solid material. The glass ribbon may exhibit a viscosity of less than about 108 Poise and a thickness of about 1 mm or less. Embodiments of a glass or glass-ceramic forming apparatus are also disclosed. The apparatus may include a glass feed device for supplying a glass ribbon in a first direction and a redirection system disposed underneath the glass feed device for redirecting the glass ribbon to a second direction. In one or more embodiments, the redirection system comprising at least one gas bearing system for supplying a gas film to support the glass ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Antoine Gaston Denis Bisson, Allan Mark Fredholm, Vincent Guillard
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Patent number: 11681173Abstract: Embodiments of an image panel are provided. The image panel includes a transparent substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. A first image layer is disposed on the second major surface. A diffuser layer is disposed on the first image layer, and a second image layer is disposed on the diffuser layer. The second image layer includes mask regions and image regions. An optical density of the image panel is at least 3.0 in the mask regions and less than 3.0 in the image regions. The image regions are not visible from the first major surface when light is not incident upon the second major surface. The image regions are visible from the first major surface and form a composite image with the first image layer when light is incident upon the second major surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Matthew Wade Fenton, Joshua Lee Tokar
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Patent number: 11680908Abstract: A waveguide sensor system is provided. The system includes a light source and a waveguide formed from a light transmitting material. Light from the light source enters the waveguide at an input area and travels within the waveguide by total internal reflection to an analyte area and light to be analyzed travels within the waveguide from the analyte area by total internal reflection to an output area. An optical sensor is coupled to the output area and is configured to interact with the light to be analyzed. The system includes a plurality of pores located along the outer surface within the analyte area and formed in the light transmitting material of the waveguide, and the pores are configured to enhance light interaction with the analyte within the analyte area. The pores and analyte area may be protected and/or enhanced with a hydrophobic layer overlaying the pores.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jeffrey Stapleton King, Navaneetha Krishnan Subbaiyan
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Patent number: 11682365Abstract: A method, of reducing display device energy consumption, including: (a) determining lighting conditions ambient to a display device; (b) determining content that a user chooses to view on the display device; (c) calculating the user's perception of display quality using an image appearance model; and (d) adjusting, when the perceived display quality is higher than a target display quality, display device conditions so that the perceived display quality matches the target display quality so as to reduce energy consumption. An apparatus utilizing the method so as to reduce energy consumption while providing an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience to a user.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Jaymin Amin, Shandon Dee Hart, Brooke Amber Hathaway, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Alexandre Michel Mayolet
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Patent number: 11681098Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure include low moat volume single mode ultra-low loss optical fibers. In some embodiments, a single mode optical fiber includes a first core region; a second core region surrounding and directly adjacent to the first core region, wherein a volume V of the second core region is less than or equal to 14% ??m2; a cladding region surrounding the core region; and wherein the optical fiber has a cable cutoff of less than 1260 nm, a mode field diameter at 1310 nm of 8.6 microns to 9.7 microns, a mode field diameter at 1550 nm of 9.9 microns to 11 microns, and an attenuation at 1550 nm of less than or equal to 0.17 dB/km.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Peter Gottfried Hebgen, Hazel Benton Matthews, III, Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra
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Patent number: 11682792Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery includes: a substrate; a composite cathode disposed on the substrate; a solid-state electrolyte disposed on the composite cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the solid-state electrolyte, such that the composite cathode comprises: active elemental sulfur, conductive carbon, and sulfide electrolyte, and the sulfide electrolyte is uniformly coated on at least one surface of the conductive carbon. A method of forming a composite cathode for a lithium-sulfur battery includes: synthesizing dispersed carbon fiber from cotton to form carbonized dispersed cotton fiber (CDCF) powder; in-situ coating of the CDCF with an electrolyte component to form a composite powder; and mixing active elemental sulfur powder with the composite powder to form the composite cathode.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jun Jin, Zhen Song, Qing Wang, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu
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Patent number: 11673371Abstract: Shaped glass structures, in particular to curved glass structures, having optically improved transmittance are provided along with methods of making such glass structures. Articles and methods described herein mask tube or reforming defects with help of refractive index-matching substances (e.g. optically clear adhesives) and/or additional glass layers. The articles and methods are applicable to any shaped glass, and is particularly useful for 3D-shaped parts for use in portable electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaymin Amin, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Santona Pal
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Patent number: 11673132Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body, suitable for use in exhaust gas processing, includes a honeycomb structure having a plurality of through-channels, a first portion of the plurality of through-channels have a first hydraulic diameter dh1, a second portion of the plurality of through-channels have a second hydraulic diameter that is smaller than the first hydraulic diameter dh1, the first hydraulic diameter dh1 is equal to or greater than 1.1 mm, and the first and second portions of through-channels, taken together, have a geometric surface area GSA greater than 2.9 mm?1. Diesel oxidation catalysts and methods of soot removal are also provided, as are other aspects.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Achim Karl-Erich Heibel, Pushkar Tandon
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Patent number: 11675182Abstract: A method of operating a liquid lens can include positioning a variable interface between first and second liquids in a brace position in response to a brace trigger event. The variable interface can be adjustable between (a) a rest position in which a perimeter of the variable interface is spaced from a first window of the liquid lens by a rest distance and (b) the brace position in which the perimeter of the variable interface is spaced from the first window by a brace distance. The brace distance can be greater than the rest distance. In the rest position, the variable interface can have a rest surface area. In the brace position, the variable interface can have a brace surface area. The brace surface area can be less than the rest surface area.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Paul Ewing Langenbacher, Minjie Ma, Christopher R C Olson, Upendra Milind Phatak