Patents by Inventor Carl Franklin Cline

Carl Franklin Cline 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).

  • Transparent glass-ceramic armor
    Patent number: 7875565
    Abstract: The invention is directed to transparent glass-ceramic materials for use in transparent armor systems. Applications include armor systems for ground vehicles and aircraft as well as personal protective equipment. The glass-ceramic materials according to the invention exhibit a ballistic limit vs. areal density line slope of 1.0 or greater, preferably 1.1 or greater and more preferably 1.2 or greater. The crystalline phase of the glass ceramic materials may include ?-quartz, spinel, spinel solid solutions, mullite and phases known in the art to be transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Linda Ruth Pinckney, Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang, Carl Franklin Cline