Patents by Inventor Gregory Paul Dillon

Gregory Paul Dillon 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).

  • Klin firing with differential temperature gradients
    Patent number: 11566843
    Abstract: A method for heating ware in a kiln. The ware space of the kiln includes a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a second direction. The method includes heating the ware space in a first heating stage, a second heating stage, and a third heating stage. At least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) in one of the heating stages, a temperature control zone oriented in the first direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the first direction; and (ii) in one of the heating stages, one temperature control zone oriented in the second direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dillon, Bernd Geismar, Michael Gerigk, Thomas Madison Tebo, III
  • KILN FIRING WITH DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
    Publication number: 20220026148
    Abstract: A method for heating ware in a kiln. The ware space of the kiln includes a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a second direction. The method includes heating the ware space in a first heating stage, a second heating stage, and a third heating stage. At least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) in one of the heating stages, a temperature control zone oriented in the first direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the first direction; and (ii) in one of the heating stages, one temperature control zone oriented in the second direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dillon, Bernd Geismar, Michael Gerigk, Thomas Madison Tebo, III
  • Kiln firing with differential temperature gradients
    Patent number: 11168941
    Abstract: A method for heating ware in a kiln. The ware space of the kiln includes a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a second direction. The method includes heating the ware space in a first heating stage, a second heating stage, and a third heating stage. At least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) in one of the heating stages, a temperature control zone oriented in the first direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the first direction; and (ii) in one of the heating stages, one temperature control zone oriented in the second direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a set point temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the second direction, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dillon, Bernd Geismar, Michael Gerigk, Thomas Madison Tebo, III
  • KILN FIRING WITH DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
    Publication number: 20190017744
    Abstract: A method for heating ware in a kiln. The ware space of the kiln includes a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a first direction, and a plurality of temperature control zones oriented in a second direction. The method includes heating the ware space in a first heating stage, a second heating stage, and a third heating stage. At least one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) in one of the heating stages, a temperature control zone oriented in the first direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a setpoint temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the first direction; and (ii) in one of the heating stages, one temperature control zone oriented in the second direction has a setpoint temperature that is different from a set point temperature of one other temperature control zone oriented in the second direction, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dillon, Bernd Geismar, Michael Gerigk, Thomas Madison Tebo
  • Method for firing ceramic honeycomb bodies in a kiln
    Patent number: 8192680
    Abstract: A method for fabricating ceramic honeycomb structural bodies that includes conveying at least one green honeycomb structural body of a first type and at least one green honeycomb structural body of a second type through a kiln in a manner which reduces cracking or fissures in the fired objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuk Fung Chan, Gregory Paul Dillon, Tudor Constantin Gheorghiu, Mahesh Chandra Mathur, Adedoyin Ademola Oyelaran, David Robert Potts
  • Methods For Continuous Firing Of Shaped Bodies And Roller Hearth Furnaces Therefor
    Publication number: 20100127418
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for continuous firing of shaped bodies in one cycle, in particular a continuous method for heat treatment and/or control oxidation of shaped bodies by passing them through a roller hearth furnace on furnace trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Davidson, Gregory Paul Dillon, James Gerard Fagan, Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree
  • Method for firing ceramic honeycomb bodies in a kiln
    Publication number: 20090057963
    Abstract: A method for fabricating ceramic honeycomb structural bodies that includes conveying at least one green honeycomb structural body of a first type and at least one green honeycomb structural body of a second type through a kiln in a manner which reduces cracking or fissures in the fired objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Yuk Fung Chan, Gregory Paul Dillon, Tudor Constantin Gheorghiu, Mahesh Chandra Mathur, Adedoyin Ademola Oyelaran, David Robert Potts