Patents by Inventor Benjamin C. Bourne

Benjamin C. Bourne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Glass bending method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9249044
    Abstract: A sag-bending glass mold for creating a partial parabolic-curved glass sheet is disclosed. The glass mold comprises a glass-support surface having a cross-sectional profile of varying height. The cross-sectional profile has a first portion with profile of a non-parabolic, linear-square root composite shape. A method for forming a partial parabolic glass sheet is also disclosed. The method comprises positioning a planar glass sheet on a sag-bending mold having a linear-square root composite shape and deforming the glass sheet to follow the linear-square root composite shape of the sag-bending mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SUNPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary S. Judkins, Benjamin C. Bourne, Amine Berrada
  • GLASS BENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130000356
    Abstract: A sag-bending glass mold for creating a partial parabolic-curved glass sheet is disclosed. The glass mold comprises a glass-support surface having a cross-sectional profile of varying height. The cross-sectional profile has a first portion with profile of a non-parabolic, linear-square root composite shape. A method for forming a partial parabolic glass sheet is also disclosed. The method comprises positioning a planar glass sheet on a sag-bending mold having a linear-square root composite shape and deforming the glass sheet to follow the linear-square root composite shape of the sag-bending mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SUNPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary S. Judkins, Benjamin C. Bourne, Amine Berrada