Patents by Inventor Craig Steven Weber

Craig Steven Weber 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: 11001522
    Abstract: Methods for thinning glass are provided, including methods for reducing a thickness of a glass sheet by subjecting the glass sheet to an etching process. The methods can include passing the glass sheet through an etching zone along a conveyance path a plurality of times until an initial thickness of the glass sheet is reduced to a final predetermined thickness of the glass sheet, and washing the glass sheet after each pass through the etching zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Craig Steven Weber
  • Publication number: 20190047906
    Abstract: Methods for thinning glass are provided, including methods for reducing a thickness of a glass sheet by subjecting the glass sheet to an etching process. The methods can include passing the glass sheet through an etching zone along a conveyance path a plurality of times until an initial thickness of the glass sheet is reduced to a final predetermined thickness of the glass sheet, and washing the glass sheet after each pass through the etching zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Craig Steven Weber
  • Publication number: 20150143849
    Abstract: A method of cutting a sheet material includes mounting the sheet material on a support and forming a porous barrier between the sheet material and the support by interposing at least one sheet of porous material between the sheet material and the support. The method includes focusing a laser beam at a target point relative to the sheet material on the support. A relative motion is effected between the focused laser beam and the sheet material such that the focused laser beam moves along a predetermined path on the sheet material to cut the sheet material along the predetermined path while the porous barrier shields the support from damage by the focused baser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Kun Hung Tu, Craig Steven Weber