Patents by Inventor Christine Cecala

Christine Cecala 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).

  • Patent number: 11912619
    Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; and a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a base on the first surface, a plurality of facets extending from the first surface, and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 350 ?m, wherein the plurality of facets of each polyhedral surface feature converge toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xinyu Cao, Christine Cecala, Ling Chen, Wanghui Chen, Yuhui Jin, Cameron Robert Nelson, Jayantha Senawiratne, David Lee Weidman
  • Publication number: 20240060851
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for determining a core-to-ferrule offset of a ferrule for a fiber optic connector. A reference ferrule is physically aligned with a core imager by positioning the reference ferrule so that edges of the reference ferrule in a plurality of profile images are aligned with fiducial markers in the images. The reference ferrule is incrementally rotated about its longitudinal center access, a core image captured at each rotational angle, and a reference core-to-ferrule offset determined based on the core images. A test ferrule is physically aligned with the core imager by positioning the test ferrule so that edges of the test ferule are aligned with the edges of the reference ferrule in a plurality of profile images. The core-to-ferrule offset of the test ferrule is then determined based on an offset between the test and reference cores in a composite core image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: David Matthew Berg, Christine Cecala, Sterling Michael Clarke, Richard Hagan, Stefan Wolfgang Kramel, David Andrew Pastel, Dragan Pikula, Michael Brian Webb, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
  • Publication number: 20230084912
    Abstract: Described herein are textured glass-based articles. The textured glass based articles may include a glass-based substrate including a first major surface and a second major surface. At least a portion of one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface is textured, wherein the portion of the one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface that are textured may have a sparkle at 140 ppi of less than or equal to 5% and an uncoupled distinctness-of-image of at least 78%. Methods for making such articles are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christine Cecala, Ronghua Chen, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, David Lee Weidman, Binwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220073418
    Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; and a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a base on the first surface, a plurality of facets extending from the first surface, and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 350 ?m, wherein the plurality of facets of each polyhedral surface feature converge toward one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Xinyu Cao, Christine Cecala, Ling Chen, Wanghui Chen, Yuhui Jin, Cameron Robert Nelson, Jayantha Senawiratne, David Lee Weidman
  • Publication number: 20190227002
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus including a light source, a sample holding stage, an image capture device, positioned to receive light from the light source after the light has interacted with a sample on the sample holding stage, and a damage metric. The damage metric includes two or more damage levels, and is a function of light in a test image. Further, the damage metric may correlate to visual observation so that an inspection apparatus may mimic how users of devices will perceive damage to the devices. The damage metric may be adjusted to account for different damage types, for example, abrasion and scratch damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Evan James Bittner, David John Brockway, Christine Cecala, Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Eric Louis Null