Patents Assigned to Corning
  • Patent number: 10590021
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for bending thin glass sheets are described. The methods and apparatus described include positioning an auxiliary heater between a furnace and an entrance to glass bending station and/or positioning a downstream auxiliary heater between a glass bending station and a quench station. Also described are apparatus and methods for bending thin glass sheets by compensating for heat loss and maintaining the glass viscosity within a workable range for the bending or forming operation. Auxiliary heating elements can be placed in locations that would otherwise provide for excessive heat loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Christopher Thomas, Larry Gene Smith, Michael Timothy Brennan
  • Patent number: 10591668
    Abstract: An optical fiber includes (i) a chlorine doped silica based core having a core alpha (Core?)?4, a radius r1, and a maximum refractive index delta ?1 max% and (ii) a cladding surrounding the core. The cladding surrounding the core includes a) a first inner cladding region adjacent to and in contact with the core and having a refractive index delta ?2, a radius r2, and a minimum refractive index delta ?2 min such that ?2 min<?1 max, b) a second inner cladding adjacent to and in contact with the first inner cladding having a refractive index ?3, a radius r3, and a minimum refractive index delta ?3 min such that ?3 min<?2, and c) an outer cladding region surrounding the second inner cladding region and having a refractive index ?5, a radius rmax, and a minimum refractive index delta ?3 min such that ?3 min<?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 10591666
    Abstract: According to one embodiment two-core optical fiber is provided for use in Brillouin distributed fiber sensor applications and systems. The two-core fiber includes a first and second core. Each core is configured to exhibit a Brillouin frequency shift greater than 30 Mhz relative to the other core. Further, each core possesses temperature and strain coefficients that differ from the other core. The cores can be configured to produce Brillouin frequency shift levels of at least 30 Mhz relative to one another. These differences in shift levels may be affected by adjustment of the material compositions, doping concentrations and/or refractive index profiles of each of the cores. These optical fibers may also be used in BOTDR- and BOTDA-based sensor systems and arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Brett Jason Hoover, Ming-Jun Li, Shenping Li
  • Patent number: 10594397
    Abstract: There is provided a method of transmitting a visible light signal in visible light communication, including binarizing data to be transmitted into a binary bit representation, encoding the data for transmission by modulating one or more of a plurality of light emitting regions between a first state and a second state based on the binary bit representation of the data, and transmitting the visible light signal in the form of light emitted by one or more of the plurality of modulated light emitting regions, the visible light signal being decodable to obtain the data. There is also provided a method of transmitting a visible light signal in visible light communication which includes modulating one or more second sets of light emitting regions within the capture region between a first state and a second state based on the bit representations of one or more previous data for enabling error detection. Corresponding methods of receiving a visible light signal and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Kar Yam Tay, Anne-Maud B. Laprais, Andrew Timothy Tio
  • Patent number: 10591674
    Abstract: A system for positioning an optical preform in a furnace is provided that includes an upper muffle and a downfeed handle assembly with a tube defining a first end and a second end, the second end extending into the upper muffle. A handle is disposed within the tube. A second end of the handle extends into the upper muffle and a seal assembly is positioned around both the tube and the handle. The first end of the handle extends through the seal assembly and a drive assembly is coupled with the downfeed handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Erling Richard Anderson, Kenneth William Roberts
  • Patent number: 10593998
    Abstract: A composite electrolyte tri-layer structure, including a first layer having a first ceramic electrolyte, where the first electrolyte is stable against contact with lithium metal, a second layer having a second ceramic electrolyte, where the second electrolyte is stable against aqueous contact, and a third layer having a third non-aqueous electrolyte interposed between the first layer and second layer, wherein the first electrolyte, the second electrolyte, and the third electrolyte each have a different relative chemical stability. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the tri-layer structure, and an energy storage article or device incorporating at least one of the tri-layer structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Paul Oakley Johnson, Xinyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10591732
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprising at least one image generator having a curved display surface that generates image-bearing light, the display surface having at least one radius of curvature r1d; a reflective component spaced apart from the image generator, the reflective component having an incident reflective surface concave to the image and at least one radius of curvature r1r, disposed to create a virtual image of the curved display surface; and a beam splitter plate disposed in free space between the image generator and the reflective component and having first and second surfaces that are oblique to a line of sight of a viewer, wherein the reflective component and the beam splitter plate define a viewer eye box for the image-bearing light along the line of sight of the viewer, wherein the curved display surface and the reflective surface are substantially concentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Joshua Monroe Cobb
  • Patent number: 10590033
    Abstract: An article is provided which includes a substrate and a film disposed on a surface of the substrate. The film includes an aluminum concentration of about 45 atomic % to about 50 atomic %, a nitrogen concentration of about 26 atomic % to about 46 atomic % and an oxygen concentration of from about 4 atomic % to about 24 atomic %. The substrate comprises a bow of less than about 0.0005 meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Charles Andrew Paulson
  • Patent number: 10589284
    Abstract: A machine for distributing loosefill insulation from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end receives the loosefill insulation material. A shredding chamber is configured to receive the loosefill insulation material from the outlet end. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured to shred, pick apart and condition the loosefill insulation material. A discharge mechanism is mounted to receive the conditioned material. The discharge mechanism is configured to distribute the conditioned material into an airstream. A blower is configured to provide the airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism. The blower has a rotational speed that defines the volume and the velocity of the airstream. A remote control assembly is configured to communicate with the machine such that the volume and velocity of the airstream can be adjusted in a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Cook, Christopher M. Relyea, Brandon Robinson
  • Patent number: 10585358
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a flat, polymer-coated electrostatic chuck platen involves imposing forces on the chuck to compensate for platen warpage induced during shrinkage of the polymer coating as it is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorpotated
    Inventors: Mark Francis Krol, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Patent number: 10582720
    Abstract: A coated foodstuff is made using two starch components. One is a spray cooked agglomerated waxy corn starch as having a peak time to hydration viscosity of between about 5.5 and about 7.5 minutes. The snack has unique expansion and hardness properties compared to coatings made from other corn starches, in embodiments the snack has a coating that expands to between about 1.7 and about 2.6 mm, a hardness of between about 3000 and about 3750 grams, or a hardness-to-expansion ratio of about 1200:1 to about 2200:1 g/mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Corn Products Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Yurgec, Sergio Vargas Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10585256
    Abstract: A terminal for an optical fiber network includes a housing, a plurality of feeder cable adapters positioned in the housing, a plurality of distribution panel adapters positioned in the housing, and a bypass module positioned in the housing and including at least one bypass module adapter. A plurality of input optical fibers extend from at least one of the plurality of feeder cable adapters, into the main body of the bypass module, and to the at least one bypass module adapter. Additionally, a plurality of output optical fibers extend from the at least one bypass module adapter to at least one of the plurality of distribution panel adapters. The plurality of input optical fibers each optically couple to a single one of the plurality of output optical fibers within the at least one bypass module adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua David Henley, Trampus Lee Landrum, Diana Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10585242
    Abstract: The channel waveguides disclosed herein have bend compensation in the form of at least one compensated bend section. The channel waveguides are formed in a glass-based substrate having a glass-based matrix. The channel waveguide has an waveguide IOX region with a straight section and a bend section. The waveguide IOX region at the bend section is superimposed with a quasi-linear modifying IOX region to form a compensated bend IOX region that defines the compensated bend section. The compensated bend section has a reduced amount of optical loss as compared to if the compensated bend section had a refractive index profile that was the same as the straight section. Methods of forming the compensated bend sections for the channel waveguides are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Martin Otfried Brusberg, Sergey Anatol'evich Kuchinsky, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Aramais Robert Zakharian
  • Patent number: 10578785
    Abstract: An optical assembly and a method for making the optical assembly. The optical assembly includes an optical element; an adhesion promoter; a blocking coating; a holder; and an adhesive configured to adhere the optical element to the holder. The blocking coating includes a light absorber that does not transmit light with wavelengths from greater than or equal to about 250 nm to less than or equal to about 400 nm; The light absorber is positioned such that light having a wavelength from greater than or equal to about 190 nm to less than or equal to about 500 nm is not incident to the adhesive. The adhesion promoter improves adhesion of the blocking coating to the optical element and reduces the likelihood of delamination during handling, operation, or clearing of the optical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Jerome Cangemi, Gerald Philip Cox, Jean-Francois Oudard
  • Patent number: 10578811
    Abstract: Methods of forming a ferrule are disclosed where the ferrule includes an inner member and an outer member. An optical fiber is secured in an axial bore of the inner member, and then offset of a core of the optical fiber from a geometric center of the inner member is determined. The outer member is then formed over the inner member to “correct” for this offset so that the core of the optical fiber ends up closer to the geometric center of the resulting ferrule. Related ferrules and cable assemblies including the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Garrett Andrew Piech, James Scott Sutherland, Michael Brian Webb, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
  • Patent number: 10578777
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a coated article may include a substrate and an optical coating. The optical coating may be disposed on a major surface of the substrate and may form an air-side surface. The optical coating may include an optical stack, an adhesion coating, and an easy-to-clean coating. The adhesion coating may comprise an alumina layer and a silica layer. The present disclosure is also directed to methods for depositing optical coatings on substrates and to consumer electronic products which include the coated articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Chang-gyu Kim, Eric Louis Null, Jung-keun Oh, Sang-Yoon Oh, Jin-ah Yoo
  • Patent number: 10578820
    Abstract: An optical communication cable subassembly includes a cable core having optical fibers each comprising a core surrounded by a cladding, buffer tubes surrounding subsets of the optical fibers, and a binder film surrounding the buffer tubes. Armor surrounds the cable core, the binder film is bonded to an interior of the armor, and water-absorbing powder particles are provided on an interior surface of the binder film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Mario Sergio Sandate Aguilar, Michael John Gimblet, Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Warren Welborn McAlpine
  • Patent number: D878370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Mardis Bagley, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Scott M. Janis, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Dayne Wilcox
  • Patent number: D878371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Mardis Bagley, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Scott M. Janis, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Dayne Wilcox
  • Patent number: D878372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Mardis Bagley, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Scott M. Janis, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Dayne Wilcox