Patents by Inventor Dzung Duc Nguyen

Dzung Duc Nguyen 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).

  • High temperature furnace insulation
    Patent number: 8821634
    Abstract: A high temperature furnace comprising hot zone insulation having at least one shaped thermocouple assembly port to reduce temperature measurement variability is disclosed. The shaped thermocouple assembly port has an opening in the insulation facing the hot zone that is larger than the opening on the furnace shell side of the insulation. A method for producing a crystalline ingot in a high temperature furnace utilizing insulation having a shaped thermocouple assembly port is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: GTAT Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Duanmu, Dean C. Skelton, Menahem Lowy, Dzung Duc Nguyen
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE FURNACE INSULATION
    Publication number: 20120240844
    Abstract: A high temperature furnace comprising hot zone insulation having at least one shaped thermocouple assembly port to reduce temperature measurement variability is disclosed. The shaped thermocouple assembly port has an opening in the insulation facing the hot zone that is larger than the opening on the furnace shell side of the insulation. A method for producing a crystalline ingot in a high temperature furnace utilizing insulation having a shaped thermocouple assembly port is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GT SOLAR, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ning Duanmu, Dean C. Skelton, Menahem Lowy, Dzung Duc Nguyen