Patents by Inventor Christopher Alan Nitz

Christopher Alan Nitz 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 mirror apparatus and methods of manufacturing a glass mirror apparatus
    Patent number: 10551590
    Abstract: Example methods of manufacturing a glass mirror apparatus includes the step of providing a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. The method further includes the step of applying a reflective layer to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror. In further examples, a glass mirror apparatus comprises a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. A reflective layer applied to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Nitz, Michael Aaron McDonald, Chunhe Zhang
  • GLASS MIRROR APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A GLASS MIRROR APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160004033
    Abstract: Example methods of manufacturing a glass mirror apparatus includes the step of providing a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. The method further includes the step of applying a reflective layer to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror. In further examples, a glass mirror apparatus comprises a chemically strengthened glass sheet with a thickness of less than or equal to about 2 mm. A reflective layer applied to the second major surface of the glass sheet to provide a first glass mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Aaron McDonald, Christopher Alan Nitz, Chunhe Zhang
  • ACOUSTIC PANELS AND PLANAR STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150086048
    Abstract: A glass panel is provided having a glass structure with an exterior surface and an interior surface, the glass structure having at least one glass sheet with a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm and a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the interior surface of the glass structure. The glass panel further includes a polymer layer positioned on the interior surface and intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame an array of acoustic exciters positioned on the glass structure, the array of acoustic exciters providing excitation energy to or receiving excitation energy from the glass structure where frequency response of the panel can be a function of the geometry of the glass structure and the position of the acoustic exciters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Gordon Charles Brown, John Phillip Ertel, David Ralph Maack, Steven Luther Moyer, Christopher Alan Nitz, Zhiqiang Shi