Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Strong

Daniel D. Strong 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).

  • Methods of finishing an edge of a glass sheet
    Patent number: 8986072
    Abstract: Methods of finishing an edge of a glass sheet comprise the step of machining the edge of the glass sheet into a predetermined cross-sectional profile along a plane taken transverse to the edge of the glass sheet with an initial average edge strength ESi. The methods also include the step of finishing the edge with at least one finishing member, such as an endless belt, without substantially changing a shape of the predetermined cross-sectional profile. In one example, a wet slurry including an abrasive can be applied to at least one of a finishing member and the edge of the glass sheet. After finishing the edge, example finished average edge strengths ESf can be at least about 250 MPa. In addition or alternatively, in another example, the ratio ESf/ESi can be within a range of from about 1.6 to about 5.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles M. Darcangelo, Aric B. Shorey, Daniel D. Strong, David A. Tammaro
  • METHODS OF FINISHING AN EDGE OF A GLASS SHEET
    Publication number: 20120302139
    Abstract: Methods of finishing an edge of a glass sheet comprise the step of machining the edge of the glass sheet into a predetermined cross-sectional profile along a plane taken transverse to the edge of the glass sheet with an initial average edge strength ESi. The methods also include the step of finishing the edge with at least one finishing member, such as an endless belt, without substantially changing a shape of the predetermined cross-sectional profile. In one example, a wet slurry including an abrasive can be applied to at least one of a finishing member and the edge of the glass sheet. After finishing the edge, example finished average edge strengths ESf can be at least about 250 MPa. In addition or alternatively, in another example, the ratio ESf/ESi can be within a range of from about 1.6 to about 5.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Charles M. Darcangelo, Aric B. Shorey, Daniel D. Strong, David A. Tammaro
  • Method and apparatus for edge finishing glass
    Patent number: 5975992
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using edge polishing methods, such as, for example, by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against rotating polishing wheels which are oriented al least approximately orthogonally to said sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce H. Raeder, Harold G. Shafer, Jr., Daniel D. Strong
  • Method and apparatus for edge finishing glass
    Patent number: 5816897
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using edge polishing methods, such as, for example, by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against rotating polishing wheels which are oriented al least approximately orthogonally to said sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce H. Raeder, H. Gordon Shafer, Jr., Daniel D. Strong