Patents Assigned to Corning
  • Distributed antenna system for MIMO technologies
    Patent number: 9432095
    Abstract: A method and system for supporting MIMO technologies which can require the transport of multiple spatial streams on a traditional Distributed Antenna System (DAS). According to the invention, at one end of the DAS, each spatial stream is shifted in frequency to a pre-assigned band (such as a band at a frequency lower than the native frequency) that does not overlap the band assigned to other spatial streams (or the band of any other services being carried by the DAS). Each of the spatial streams can be combined and transmitted as a combined signal over a common coaxial cable. At the other “end” of the DAS, the different streams are shifted back to their original (overlapping) frequencies but retain their individual “identities” by being radiated through physically separate antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd
    Inventors: Igor Berlin, Yair Oren, Rami Reuven, Ofer Saban, Isaac Shapira
  • UV-Curable Silicone Composition, Cured Products Thereof, And Methods Of Using The Same
    Publication number: 20160244625
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed related to UV-curable silicone composition, cured products thereof, and methods of using the same. Various embodiments provide a shear-thinning UV-curable silicone composition. The composition can include (A) a mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane having the unit formula [(CH3)3SiO1/2]x[(CH3)2SiO]y[R(CH3)SiO]z wherein x is about 0.01 to about 0.1, y is about 0 to about 0.94, z is about 0.05 to about 0.99, and at each occurrence R is independently a mercapto(C1-30)hydrocarbyl group. The composition can include (B) at least one of (B1) a polyorganosiloxane comprising at least two aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, and (B2) an organic molecule comprising at least two aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds; the composition can include (C) a filler. The composition can also include (D) a photoinitiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Terry Clapp, Jonathan Hannington, Bianxiao Zhong
  • Thin substrates having mechanically durable edges
    Patent number: 9422188
    Abstract: A substrate (100) comprising a sheet of either a glass, a glass ceramic, or a ceramic and having increased edge strength. A polymeric edge coating (120) prevents creation of strength limiting defects along the edges of the substrate and protects the bend strength of the edges. The substrate may also have at least two parallel high strength edges (110, 112) and an edge coating (120) of a polymeric material covering at least a portion of each of the high strength edges to preserve the high strength edges from the introduction of defects and damage to the edges. Each of the two parallel high strength edges has a bend strength that is capable of less than about 2% failure probability at a stress level of 200 MPa over a test length of 50 mm. A method of making the substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, Gregory Scott Glaesemann, Xinghua Li
  • Method of fabricating light extraction substrate for OLED
    Patent number: 9425430
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device (OLED) which can improve the light extraction efficiency of the OLED, a method of fabricating the same and an OLED including the same. The light extraction substrate is disposed on one surface of an OLED through which light generated from the OLED is emitted outward, and includes a base substrate and a light extraction layer formed on the base substrate. The light extraction layer has therein a plurality of pores which is formed on the base substrate such that the base substrate forms a bottom surface of the plurality of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyeon Lee, Kyungmin Yoon, Youngseok Lee, Jaeho Lee
  • 2-aminoimidazole-functional silicone compositions and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9422404
    Abstract: A method of making a 2-aminoimidazole-functional silicone elastomer includes forming a mixture by combining a silicone elastomer base material having vinyl functionality, a 2-aminoimidazole-functional monomer or a 2-aminoimidazole-functional oligomer, and a free-radical initiator. Optionally, one or more cross-linkers, pigments, vinyl polymer, non-functional silicone fluid, or any combination thereof may also be included in the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: James Curtis, William J. Schulz
  • Fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies and method for making the same
    Patent number: 9423586
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a mechanical splice assembly and a connector body. The connector body has a first portion joined to a second portion. The first portion of the connector body includes first and second chambers. An opening on a front end of the connector body passes through the first chamber into the second chamber so that the mechanical splice assembly can be inserted into the first and second chambers. The second portion of the connector body includes cable retention arms that extend out from the rear end of the first portion and an opening that passes into the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems (Shanghai) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JiWei Sun
  • Conductive assemblies securing optical fibers to ferrules by thermally securing bonding agents within fiber optic connector housings, and related methods and assemblies
    Patent number: 9417397
    Abstract: Conductive assemblies are disclosed for bonding an optical fiber in a ferrule by mounting the ferrule of a fiber optic connector in the conductive assembly and using the conductive assembly to convert laser beam energy to heat and apply the heat to a portion of a fiber optic ferrule sufficient to bond the optical fiber in the ferrule. In an exemplary method, an optical fiber is disposed in a bore of a ferrule. A portion of the ferrule is disposed in a conductive assembly, such that a conductive element contacts a portion of the length of the ferrule. A laser beam absorber absorbs light energy from a laser beam, and converts the energy to heat. The conductive element transfers the heat energy from the laser beam absorber to the ferrule, thereby heating the bonding agent and bonding the optical fiber in the bore of the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Andrey Kobyakov, Aramais Zakharian
  • Isolated pseudobrookite phase composites and methods of making
    Patent number: 9416056
    Abstract: A sintered refractory ceramic composition including: a pseudobrookite structured discrete first phase; and a continuous second phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making the sintered refractory ceramic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: James William Zimmermann
  • System-wide uplink band gain control in a distributed antenna system (DAS), based on per band gain control of remote uplink paths in remote units
    Patent number: 9420542
    Abstract: System-wide uplink band gain control in a distributed antenna system (DAS) based on per-band gain control of remote uplink paths in remote units is disclosed. In one embodiment, for each uplink band in the DAS, a gain control system receives remote uplink band power measurements for each remote uplink path for the uplink band. Based on these power measurements, the gain control system determines if the uplink gain of all of the remote uplink paths of the plurality of uplink paths of the uplink band should be adjusted. If the uplink gain of the remote uplink paths of the uplink band should be adjusted, the gain control system directs a remote uplink gain control circuit for each remote uplink path of the uplink band to adjust the uplink gain by a defined remote uplink band gain level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd
    Inventor: Yoni Henia
  • Plants with improved nitrogen utilization and stress tolerance
    Patent number: 9416367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, or both and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 38. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants. The invention also relates to methods of expressing in plants the nucleic acid molecules corresponding to the nucleic acid sequences that modulate nitrogen use in plants or are modulated by nitrogen conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Iowa Corn Promotion Board
    Inventors: James McLaren, Nicholas Duck, Brian Vande Berg, Alissa Nicole Anthony, Vadim Beilinson, Jill Hinson
  • Cordierite porous ceramic honeycomb articles with delayed microcrack evolution
    Patent number: 9409826
    Abstract: A porous ceramic honeycomb article includes a primary cordierite phase and an intercrystalline glass phase. In an as-fired condition, the porous ceramic honeycomb article exhibits microcrack parameter Nb3?0.06 and an as-fired E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?0.99. The article exhibits a coated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.14 and a coated E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?1.06 after the porous ceramic honeycomb article has been washcoated and calcined at a temperature of 550° C. After the article is exposed to a thermal treatment at a temperature ?800° C. following washcoating and calcining, at least a first portion of the porous ceramic honeycomb article has a first treated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.18, and a first treated mean coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than 12×10?7/° C. over a temperature range of 25° C. to 800° C. Methods of forming the porous ceramic honeycomb article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Munroe Beall, Gregory Albert Merkel, Martin Joseph Murtagh
  • Systems, methods, and devices for documenting a location of installed equipment
    Patent number: 9414192
    Abstract: A system, and related methods and devices, is disclosed for documenting a location of installed equipment. The system includes a mobile reader and a memory. The mobile reader is configured to read a unique identification of an equipment unit and to determine a location of the equipment unit while proximate the equipment unit. The location and the unique identification of the equipment unit is associated and stored in the memory. The memory may be located in the mobile reader or in a remotely located database. The mobile reader may be an optical reader configured to read the unique identification from an optical barcode associated with the equipment unit, or the mobile reader may be an RFID reader configured to read the unique identification from an RFID tag associated with the equipment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd
    Inventors: Igor Berlin, Ami Hazani
  • MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160223774
    Abstract: A multicore optical fiber with a reference section having a material defining a marked multicore glass optical fiber. The multicore fibers can be in groupings, for example, the groupings can be in the form of one of an optical fiber ribbon covered by a matrix, and a tight buffered cable. Fiber optic connectors can be assembled to the multicore optical fiber at either or both ends, and the colored portion can be associated with the optical fiber connector aligning the optical core elements with the optical connectors. The assembly can have at least one transceiver device with a transmit port and a receive port defining a two-way communication channel. Further aspects describe methods of manufacturing multicore fibers including application of curable coatings and reference sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Corning Cable Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Wallace Bennett, Seldon David Benjamin, Douglas LLewellyn Butler, William Carl Hurley
  • ELIMINATION OF SODIUM SULFATE FROM BIOLOGICALLY TREATED WASTEWATER
    Publication number: 20160221851
    Abstract: The application relates to a process comprising: treating a wastewater stream in a membrane bioreactor, treating the effluent from the previous step in a cationic on exchanger, and treating the effluent from the previous step in a nanomembrane filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: CORN PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Carlos Eduardo Hurtado Gonzalez
  • LOW 4-METHYLIMIDAZOLE (4-MeI) CARAMEL COLOR CLASS IV PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20160221961
    Abstract: The application pertains to a process comprising a) acidifying a carbohydrate to a pH below 2; b) heating the mixture from step a) to a temperature from about 60° C. to about 100° C.; c) adding a catalyst to the mixture from step b) over a time from about 10 minutes to about 200 minutes; d) heating the mixture from step c) to a temperature from about 121° C.! to about 140° C. and to a pressure of about 4.5 Kg/cm2 to about 5.3 Kg/cm2 over a time from about 15 minutes to about 90 minutes; and e) maintaining the mixture of step d) at a temperature from about 121° C. to about 140° C. and a pressure of about 4.5 Kg/cm2 to about 5.3 Kg/cm2 over a time from about 1 minute to about 300 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Corn Products Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongxin Jiang, Felipe Torres Diaz, Brad Carnish, Jose Angel Contreras, Juan Carlos Rico
  • Coaxial cable connector with integral continuity contacting portion
    Patent number: 9407016
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal is disclosed. The connector has a coupler adapted to couple the connector to a terminal, a body assembled with the coupler and a post assembled with the coupler and the body. The post is adapted to receive an end of a coaxial cable. The coupler, the body or the post has an integral, monolithic contacting portion. When the connector is coupled to the terminal and a coaxial cable is received by the body, the contacting portion provides for electrical continuity from an outer conductor of the coaxial cable through the connector to the terminal other than by a separate component. The contacting portion is formable and forms to a contour of at least one of the body and the coupler when the body at least partially assembles with the coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLC
    Inventor: Donald Andrew Burris
  • APPARATUSES FOR HOLDING AND RETAINING GLASS ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160214888
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments described herein, an apparatus may hold and retain glass articles during processing. The apparatus may comprise a base frame comprising a bottom support plate and a plurality of ware keepers positioned on the bottom support plate. Each ware keeper of the plurality of ware keepers may comprise a plurality of retention bodies formed from wire segments and defining a ware receiving volume therebetween. Each retention body may comprise one or more of a base connection stem, a seat segment, a body segment, a retention segment, and a lever segment. The seat segments of the retention bodies may form a ware seat positioned above and substantially parallel to the bottom support plate. According to another embodiment, an assembly may comprise a plurality of magazine apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Kenneth Spencer Morgan
  • Optical fiber illumination systems and methods
    Patent number: RE46098
    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-induced attenuation greater than 50 dB/km for the wavelength(s) within 200 nm to 2000 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Edward John Fewkes, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • hybrid plant named ‘ROYAL FLAZH’
    Patent number: PP27081
    Abstract: A new and distinct Medinilla sp. plant named ‘ROYAL FLAZH’, characterized by a erect to semi-erect plant, measuring about 55-75 cm in total height (when first flowering) and about 75-100 cm in diameter; green colored leaves, measuring about 30-35 cm in length and about 10-15 cm in width; pendulous panicle, measuring about 25-30 cm in length and about 10-15 cm in diameter, with red-purple (RHS 67B) flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Corn Bak B.V.
    Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolaas D. M. Steur
  • hybrid plant named ‘ROYAL ZENZ’
    Patent number: PP27089
    Abstract: A new and distinct Medinilla sp. plant named ‘ROYAL ZENZ’, characterized by an erect shrub plant, measuring about 20 cm in total height (when first flowering) and about 50 cm in diameter; green colored leaves, measuring about 25 cm in length and about 11-13 cm in width; pendulous panicle, measuring about 32 cm in length and about 15 cm in diameter, with red-purple (RHS 68A) flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Corn Bak BV
    Inventors: Elly Bak, Nicolas Steur