Patents Assigned to Corning
  • Optical stacks for sparkle reduction
    Patent number: 10353214
    Abstract: Optical stacks including a grating structure that generates diffraction in two in-plane dimensions. The optical stacks may include two gratings, which may be one-directional or two-directional. The optical stacks are suitable for reducing sparkle in displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Brett J. Sitter, Marc D. Radcliffe, Thomas R. Hoffend, Jr., Daniel W. Hennen, Michael L. Steiner, Lan H. Liu, Jacques Gollier, James Andrew West, Ellen Marie Kosik Williams
  • Location tracking using fiber optic array cables and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 10356555
    Abstract: Fiber optic array cables and related systems and methods to determine and/or track locations of objects are disclosed. The fiber optic array cables can be employed in an optical-fiber-based communication system, including a centralized optical-fiber based communication system. In one embodiment, the fiber optic array cable is configured to carry optical RF or radio-over-fiber (RoF) signals to establish communications with objects. The fiber optic array cable includes multiple reference units along the length of the cable. The reference units can be configured to convert received optical RF signals into electrical RF signals to establish RF communications with objects capable of receiving electrical RF signals. The reference units are also configured to convert received electrical RF signals from the objects into optical RF signals, which are then used to determine the location of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Jacob George, Michael Sauer, Dean Michael Thelen
  • Sulfur-containing polyorganosiloxane compositions and related aspects
    Patent number: 10351704
    Abstract: Described are hydrosilylation-curable polyorganosiloxane compositions containing sulfur, including hydrosilylation-curable polyorganosiloxane prepolymers and hydrosilylation-cured polyorganosiloxane polymer products made therefrom, as well as methods of preparing and using the same, devices comprising or prepared from the same, and sulfur-functional organosiloxanes useful therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Fumito Nishida, Steven Swier, Yanhu Wei
  • Multi-functional units incorporating lighting capabilities in converged networks
    Patent number: 10348405
    Abstract: Multi-functional units incorporating lighting capabilities in converged networks, and related networks and methods are disclosed. The multi-functional units are configured to be included at end points in a wireless communications network to serve as distribution points for distribution of communications services. Each multi-functional unit includes a plurality of wireless communications circuits in a single unit or housing to support multiple communications services. Thus, a single multi-functional unit can be installed in a location to support the multiple communications services to minimize installation footprint. To further conserve installation footprint, the wireless communications network can be provided as a converged network that includes a single communications backbone to converge multiple networks for the multiple communications services supported by the multi-functional units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Aravind Chamarti, Ulrich Wilhelm Heinz Neukirch, Rajeshkannan Palanisamy, Yuval Zinger
  • Methods of reducing surface roughness of reflectance coatings for DUV mirrors
    Patent number: 10345494
    Abstract: A method of reducing surface roughness of DUV reflectance coatings for a DUV mirror to improve the reflectance of the DUV mirror includes: forming the reflectance coating on a substrate, the reflectance coating including a film stack comprising multiple dielectric layers, including an uppermost layer. The method also includes adding to the uppermost layer a cap layer comprising SiO2 and having an upper surface with an initial RMS amount of surface roughness. The method further includes adding a sacrificial layer to the upper surface of the cap layer, wherein the sacrificial layer comprises SiO2. The method also includes etching the sacrificial layer down to the cap layer so that the upper surface of the cap layer has a final RMS amount of surface roughness that is less than the initial amount of surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Joseph D'Iallo, Jue Wang
  • Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 10343943
    Abstract: A glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a forming device configured to produce a glass ribbon and a control device configured to independently operate a first pull roll apparatus and a second pull roll apparatus such that the first pull roll apparatus rotates with a substantially constant torque the second pull roll apparatus rotates with a substantially constant angular velocity. The control device is further configured to adjust the substantially constant torque of the first pull roll apparatus based on an operating condition of at least one of the first pull roll apparatus and the second pull roll apparatus. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aburada, Jeffrey Robert Amadon, Chris Scott Kogge, Gautam Narendra Kudva
  • Optical fibers and optical systems comprising the same
    Patent number: 10345604
    Abstract: An optical fiber for converting a Gaussian laser beam into a Bessel laser beam may include a first segment optically coupled to a second segment with a transition region, the first segment having a first outer diameter greater than a second outer diameter of the second segment. The first segment may include a first core portion with a first cladding portion extending around the first core portion. The first core portion may have an annular core region with a relative refractive index relative to the first cladding portion. The second segment may include a second core portion with a second cladding portion extending around the second core portion. The second core portion has a relative refractive index relative to the second cladding portion and the relative refractive index of the first annular core region may be substantially equal to the relative refractive index of the second core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming-Jun Li, Anping Liu
  • Unitary connector for connecting two bare optical fibers
    Patent number: 10345529
    Abstract: An optical fiber connecting device (100) and method of optically connecting two optical fibers (50, 50?) is described. The device (100) includes a housing (110), and first and second mechanical elements (130, 150) disposed within the housing (110). A first actuation cap (140) is disposed adjacent the first mechanical element (130) to secure a first optical fiber (50) within the first mechanical element (130) upon actuation, and a second actuation cap (160) disposed adjacent the second mechanical element (150) to secure a second optical fiber (50?) within the second mechanical element (150) upon actuation. The first and second optical fibers (50, 50?) can be positioned, secured and actuated in the connection device (100) at the same or at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventor: Lisong Cao
  • Photovoltaic module package
    Patent number: 10347782
    Abstract: A silicon wafer-based photovoltaic module is described, which includes a first outer protective layer and a second outer protective layer, wherein both outer protective layers comprise a low- or no-sodium glass or low- or no-alkali compositions. The photovoltaic modules show resistance to water ingress, no or reduced potential-induced sodium ion drift, and reduced potential induced degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Mark Francis Krol, James Ernest Webb
  • Ceria-zirconia-zeolite catalyst body
    Patent number: 10343117
    Abstract: A catalyst body which includes ceria:zirconia and a metal-zeolite, and is substantially free, or free, of tungsten or tungsten compounds, and methods of manufacture. The ceria and zirconia are present with a zirconia/ceria mole ratio of less than or equal to 1.0. The catalyst body is especially useful in NOx reduction applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi
  • Glass-based ferrules and optical interconnection devices and methods of forming same
    Patent number: 10345535
    Abstract: The glass-based ferrules include a glass substrate and two spaced-apart guide tubes, which can also be made of glass. The guide tubes include bores sized to receive guide pins from another ferrule. The ferrule can be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a waveguide connector that includes a planar lightwave circuit that supports multiple waveguides. The ferrule can also be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a fiber connector that includes a support substrate and an array of optical fibers supported thereby. The waveguide connector and fiber connector when mated form an integrated photonic device. Methods of forming the ferrule components, the ferrules and the optical interconnection devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Michael de Jong, Alan Frank Evans, Robin May Force, James Scott Sutherland
  • Enhanced features for a gateway coordinating multiple small cell radio access networks
    Patent number: 10349313
    Abstract: A method of coordinating a plurality of radio access networks (RANs) includes aggregating, with a gateway, communications interfaces between a plurality of RANs and a packet core network through the gateway. A plurality of radio nodes (RNs) in each of the RANs is communicatively coupled to the gateway and to user equipment (UE) devices associated with the RNs in each of the RANs. The gateway also controls and coordinates mobility of the UE devices within and among the RANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Chen, Jaspreet Singh, Peter J. Worters
  • Distributed antenna system architectures
    Patent number: 10349156
    Abstract: Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system (IDAS) to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The systems incorporate various functions, such as optical network terminal (ONT), splitter, and local powering, in antenna coverage areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: William Patrick Cune, Bernhard Arthur Maria Deutsch, Jason Elliott Greene, Thomas Knuth
  • Nondestructive method to predict isostatic strength in ceramic substrates
    Patent number: 10346962
    Abstract: A method of examining a cellular structure includes the steps of providing an inspecting device, a neural network and a target cellular structure that includes a plurality of target cells extending therethrough and further includes a target face exposing an arrangement of the target cells; inspecting the arrangement of cells on the face of the target cellular structure using the inspecting device; representing the arrangement of cells with numerically defined target cell parameters; inputting the target cell parameters into the neural network; and generating an output from the neural network based on the target cell parameters, the output being indicative of a strength of the target cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Stephens, II, Leon Robert Zoeller, III
  • Field access terminal system
    Patent number: 10345523
    Abstract: An optical communication cable and related systems and methods are provided. A method for field terminating an optical fiber of a fiber optic distribution cable includes accessing at least one of a plurality of optical fibers of the distribution cable by creating an access location in the distribution cable, inserting a cutting tool through the access location such that the cutting tool extends longitudinally past the access location a predetermined distance, terminating the at least one of the plurality of optical fibers at the predetermined distance, removing at least a portion of the at least one terminated optical fiber through the access location, and inserting the portion of the at least one terminated optical fiber through a furcation tube premounted on a small access closure device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Clinton Jensen, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
  • High fiber density, low bend loss optical fiber cable
    Patent number: 10345543
    Abstract: A highly packed, low bend loss optical cable is provided. The cable includes an outer cable jacket and a plurality of buffer tubes surrounded by the cable jacket. Each buffer tube includes an inner surface defining a channel having a diameter, D1, and an outer surface facing an inner surface of the cable jacket. The cable includes a plural number, N, of optical fibers, located within the channel of each buffer tube and surrounded by the inner surface of the buffer tube. Each optical fiber has an outer diameter, D2. The N optical fibers are densely packed within each buffer tube such that a diameter ratio parameter, ?, is defined as the ratio D1/ D2, and is 2.25+0.143(N)???1.14+0.313(N).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Inna Igorevna Kouzmina, Ming-Jun Li, David Alan Seddon, Pushkar Tandon
  • Systems and methods for traceable cables
    Patent number: 10338317
    Abstract: A traceable cable includes at least one data transmission element, a jacket at least partially surrounding the at least one data transmission element, and a tracing optical fiber incorporated with and extending along at least a portion of a length of the cable. The tracing optical fiber includes a core having a first index of refraction and a cladding having a second index of refraction. The traceable cable also includes at least one launch point provided through at least a portion of the jacket for optically accessing the tracing optical fiber. The launch point includes an optical medium accessible from an exterior of the jacket and in contact with the tracing optical fiber, wherein the optical medium is substantially index-matched to the core of the tracing optical fiber. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Sebastian Bauco, Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Micah Colen Isenhour
  • Holmium-based contrast enhancing UV blocking glass compositions
    Patent number: 10336647
    Abstract: A UV-blocking glass material having precipitated cuprous halide crystals and including by weight percent, on an oxide basis: from 30 wt % to 65 wt % SiO2; from 12 wt % to 25 wt % B2O3; from 3 wt % to 10 wt % Al2O3; from 0 wt % to 7 wt % Na2O; from 0 wt % to 10 wt % K2O; from 0 wt % to 5 wt % Li2O; from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % Ho2O3; from 0.25 wt % to 1.50 wt % CuO; and from 0.5 wt % to 5.0 wt % halogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Yves Andre Henri Brocheton
  • Optical fiber bundle
    Patent number: 10338332
    Abstract: An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
  • Optical fiber illumination systems and methods
    Patent number: RE47499
    Abstract: An illumination system generating light having at least one wavelength within 200 nm a plurality of nano-sized structures (e.g., voids). The optical fiber coupled to the light source. The light diffusing optical fiber has a core and a cladding. The plurality of nano-sized structures is situated either within said core or at a core-cladding boundary. The optical fiber also includes an outer surface. The optical fiber is configured to scatter guided light via the nano-sized structures away from the core and through the outer surface, to form a light-source fiber portion having a length that emits substantially uniform radiation over its length, said fiber having a scattering-in- duced attenuation greater than 50 dB/km for the wavelength(s) within 200 nm to 2000 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Edward John Fewkes, Stephan Lvoich Logunov