Patents by Inventor Edwin J. Simonson

Edwin J. Simonson 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).

  • Method of forming reinforced glass composites
    Patent number: 4764195
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for thermal pressing a glass-impregnated preform to create a composite body with a glass or glass-ceramic matrix. The method involves contacting the preform during pressing with members prepared from a material exhibiting significant impedance to heat flow in order to delay cooling of the preform during consolidation. The preferred preform consists of a stack of glass-impregnated plies having ceramic fibers and/or whiskers entrained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Roger A. Allaire, William F. Pardue, Jr., Edwin J. Simonson
  • Method controlling thermal gradients in glass
    Patent number: 4427430
    Abstract: In the thermal cycles utilized for frit sealing glass members together for forming a glass housing and for baking-out such housing, shielding means are provided to protect and shield those portions of the glass members having multiple surfaces which would otherwise be exposed to excess thermal energy, from such thermal energy so as to inhibit the formation of detrimental thermal gradients within the housing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Roger A. Allaire, Edwin J. Simonson