Patents Assigned to Corning
  • Appliance cabinet construction
    Patent number: 5632543
    Abstract: An insulated appliance cabinet is provided comprising a mounting structure and a plurality of vacuum insulation panels retained by the mounting structure and positioned relative to one another so as to define a substantially completely enclosed insulation shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph D. McGrath, Bret E. Kline, Dwight S. Musgave
  • Organopolysiloxane gum emulsion
    Patent number: 5633303
    Abstract: An organopolysiloxane gum emulsion is afforded by the emulsification of an organopolysiloxane gum in water. The organopolysiloxane gum emulsion is useful as a cosmetic base, lustrant, lubricant, antifoam, fiber-treatment agent, and paint additive. The organopolysiloxane gum emulsion includes(A) 100 weight parts organopolysiloxane gum whose plasticity at 25.degree. C. is at least 0.75 mm,(B) 1 to 100 weight parts emulsifying agent, and(C) 3 to 800 weight parts water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kondo, Tadashi Hamachi, Hidehiko Hosokawa, Fumitaka Suto, Junichi Maeshima
  • Infrared radiation blocking insulation product
    Patent number: 5633077
    Abstract: A thermal insulation product which effectively blocks the transmission of infrared radiation through the product is provided and includes, in combination, an insulating material and a chiral polymer adapted to block the passage of infrared radiation through the insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John L. Olinger
  • Method of making a high strength catalyst, catalyst support or adsorber
    Patent number: 5633217
    Abstract: A method of making a catalyst, catalyst support or adsorbing structure which involves forming a mixture of raw material which can be ceramic and/or molecular sieve, silicone resin permanent binder, dibasic ester as a solvent for the silicone resin, organic binder of cellulose ether, and/or derivatives thereof, and water, shaping the mixture into a green body which is then dried and heated to develop strength and form the catalyst, catalyst support, or adsorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Merrill Lynn
  • Method for the preparation of one-package room-temperature-vulcanizable silicone elastomer compositions
    Patent number: 5633302
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a non-yellowing one-package room-temperature-curable silicone elastomer composition that prior to its cure is highly workable and that during its cure does not crack or fissure even when deformed by an outside force. The method comprises as step one mixing of silanol-containing polydiorganosiloxane and inorganic filler; as step two admixing vinyltrioximosilane into the mixture of step one; and as step three admixing an alkyltrioximosilane into the mixture of step two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Adachi, Toshio Saruyama
  • Honeycomb structures having non-parallel cells and method of making
    Patent number: 5633066
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extruded honeycomb structure in which every cross-section is rotationally displaced from other cross-sections. The cells are twisted and as a result, are not parallel with the axis of extrusion. The twisted cells are formed by passing plastically deformable material through a die and twisting or rotationally displacing the extrudate around its central axis to obtain a twisted honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: G. Daniel Lipp, Mallanagouda D. Patil
  • Double fold insulation batt
    Patent number: 5631061
    Abstract: A fibrous insulation batt having a length and a width and including a first and second section, where each section is approximately one half the length of the batt, is folded so that the first section is generally parallel to and contacting the second section. The batt has two folds across its width and located between the first and second sections. The two folds are spaced apart from each other a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the uncompressed insulation batt. The two sections of the batt remain generally parallel to and contact each other when the batt is laid horizontal and in an unrestrained condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Owens Corning Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Wallace, Charles R. Weir
  • Methods and apparatus for making honeycomb extrusion dies
    Patent number: 5630951
    Abstract: A steel honeycomb extrusion die having an array of feedholes extending into a die inlet face and intersecting with an array of discharge slots on the die discharge face is made by a process wherein the slots are cut into blind feedholes by wire EDM slotting while dielectric fluid is provided in or flushed through the feedholes. The resulting improvements in EDM process stability reduce the number of wire electrodes broken during machining of the array, and in feedhole/slot intersection configuration and finish, provide dies with improved extrusion performance and extended service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: W. Neil Peters
  • Electrodes for lithium ion batteries using polysilazanes ceramic with lithium
    Patent number: 5631106
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery electrode formed by the pyrolysis of a silazane polymer followed by introducing lithium ions. These electrodes can be used to form batteries with large capacities, low irreversible capacity, high density and good safety behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Dahn, Alf M. Wilson, Weibing Xing, Gregg A. Zank
  • Silicone-polybutylene blends
    Patent number: 5629273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid comprising a compatible blend of (A) a polydimethylsiloxane and (B) a polybutylene wherein the viscosities of these two components are substantially identical such that the viscosity of the blend is less than the viscosity of either component (A) or (B), each viscosity being measured at the same operating temperature and pressure. This synergistic viscosity reduction is enhanced when particular moieties are present in the polydimethylsiloxane and/or polybutylene components and as the polydispersity of the polydimethylsiloxane is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Dale E. Hauenstein
  • Fast curing organosiloxane compositions with long working times
    Patent number: 5629399
    Abstract: A room temperature curable organosiloxane composition, containing an alkenyl-containing polyorganosiloxane, an organohydrogensiloxane, a platinum catalyst, a methylvinylcyclosiloxane and an acetylenic alcohol, which exhibits a long working time and a fast cure time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donnie R. Juen, Kent R. Larson, Myron T. Maxson, Lawrence J. Rapson
  • Hydrochlorination process for converting high-boiling residue from direct process to monosilanes
    Patent number: 5629438
    Abstract: A hydrochlorination process for the production of monosilanes from the high-boiling residue resulting from the reaction of organochlorides with silicon metalloid in a process typically referred to as the "direct process." The process comprises (A) forming a mixture comprising the high-boiling residue and an organosilane and (B) contacting the mixture with hydrogen chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of a catalyst composition effective in promoting the formation of monosilanes from the high-boiling residue. A preferred catalyst composition comprises aluminum trichloride, at least a portion of which may be formed in situ during conduct of the direct process and isolation of the high-boiling residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Steven K. Freeburne, Robert F. Jarvis, Jr.
  • Radiation curable compositions containing vinyl ether functional polysiloxanes and methods for the preparation
    Patent number: 5629095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation curable silicone vinyl ethers and methods for preparing silicone vinyl ethers. More particularly, the present invention relates compositions containing vinyl ether functional silicones and to the preparation and use of silicone vinyl ethers which are curable by addition of photocleavable acids and exposure to ultraviolet or electron beam radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie J. Bujanowski, Shedric O. Glover, Susan V. Perz, Maris J. Ziemelis, Gary R. Homan, Michael W. Skinner
  • Method for preparation of allylsilanes
    Patent number: 5629439
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of allylsilanes. The method comprises contacting magnesium metal with a mixture comprising diethylene glycol dibutyl ether, allyl halide, and a halosilane at a temperature within a range of about 5.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. The method provides a high yield of allylsilane product that is easily recoverable and also provides for high ratios of allylsilane to hexadiene by-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Howard M. Bank, Sean P. Davern, Binh T. Nguyen
  • Method and apparatus for writing photosensitive grating using Lloyd's mirror
    Patent number: 5629998
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming a refractive index grating in a waveguide in accordance with the invention includes a waveguide formed from a material that changes its index of refraction when exposed to a beam of optical radiation, a source of coherent optical radiation for forming a beam of radiation, a mirror arranged to intercept a first part of a beam and to reflect the first part of the beam through an angle, and a phase delay plate arranged to intercept a second part of the beam for delaying the second part of the beam propagating through the plate, in which the mirror and the phase delay plate are arranged so that the first part of the beam and the second delayed part of the beam form an interference pattern on the waveguide for changing the index of refraction of the waveguide, in a pattern corresponding to the interference pattern for forming an index grating in the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas A. Cook, Robert A. Modavis
  • Antiperspirant and deodorant
    Patent number: 5628989
    Abstract: Antiperspirant/deodorants contain 5-90 wt % of spheroid silicone rubber powders with average particle sizes of 0.1-200 .mu.m and JIS A hardness of the silicone rubber forming said powder is 35-80. They spread well, are smooth, and have a dry feel when used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Asao Harashima, Yoshitsugu Morita, Ryuji Tachibana
  • Packaging of high power semiconductor lasers
    Patent number: 5629952
    Abstract: A package for a high power semiconductor laser comprising a hermetically sealed container filled with a dry gaseous medium containing oxygen. The presence of oxygen in the laser atmosphere is counter to standard practice in the art which teaches the use of an atmosphere of a dry inert gas. The package also includes a getter for organic impurities, e.g., a getter composed of a porous silica or a zeolite. The hydrogen content of the materials used to form the package are reduced by baking at an elevated temperature for an extended period of time, e.g., at 150.degree. C. for 200 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger F. Bartholomew, Paul A. Jakobson, Douglas W. Hall, Julia A. Sharps
  • Preparation of polyorganosiloxanes by interfacial polymerization
    Patent number: 5629401
    Abstract: An interfacial polymerization process wherein organosilicon reactants are dissolved in mutually immiscible, nonaqueous solvents, and a condensation product is formed at the interface. This technique has many of the advantages of analogous organic interfacial polymerization, and may be used, for example, to prepare crosslinked films, fibers, particles, or encapsulants. Structures which cannot be prepared by other routes can be made. In particular, a well-defined alternating dimethyl/diphenyl siloxane block copolymer can be prepared by condensing a dihalo organosilicon compound such as diphenyldichlorosilane (C.sub.6 H.sub.5).sub.2 SiCl.sub.2 in diphenyl ether with a dimethyl silanolate in cyclohexane. The advantages are ability to control polymer structure, and there is no rearrangement during polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Graiver, Arnold W. Lomas
  • Two-step cleaning or dewatering with siloxane azeotropes
    Patent number: 5628833
    Abstract: A process for cleaning or dewatering a surface in which there is applied to the surface a washing composition containing a volatile methyl siloxane such as hexamethyldisiloxane or octamethyltrisiloxane, and an agent for enhancing cleaning or dewatering such as a glycol ether or surface active agent. While the surface is still wet with the washing composition, it is rinsed with an azeotrope containing hexamethyldisiloxane or octamethyltrisiloxane, and 2-pentanol, 2-methyl -1-pentanol, 3-methyl-3-pentanol, 1-methoxy-2-propanol, 1-butoxy -2-propanol, 1-hexanol, n-propoxypropanol, or ethyl lactate. The surface is then dried or permitted to dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Cheryl A. McCormack, Dwight E. Williams
  • Glass fiber insulation product
    Patent number: 5629089
    Abstract: A glass fiber insulation product includes irregularly-shaped glass fibers of two different glasses having differing coefficients of thermal expansion, with the irregularly-shaped dual-glass fibers exhibiting a substantially uniform volume filling nature, and providing improved recovery and thermal conductivity abilities even in the absence of a binder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarke Berdan, II, Ronald A. Houpt, Russell M. Potter, David P. Aschenbeck