Patents by Inventor Jason Allen Dillard

Jason Allen Dillard 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).

  • Apparatus for mixing vaporized precursor and gas and method therefor
    Patent number: 9522826
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a vaporized precursor with a gas for producing silica particles is provided. The apparatus includes a mixer housing, a precursor delivery chamber having an output in communication with the mixer housing for delivering a vaporized precursor in the mixer housing, and an oxidizing gas delivery chamber having an output in communication with the mixer housing for delivering an oxidizing gas to be mixed with the vaporized precursor. The apparatus further includes a flashback member disposed within the mixer housing and between the output of the precursor delivery chamber and the output of the oxidizing gas delivery chamber. The flashback member is located at a minimum distance from the output of the oxidizing gas delivery chamber defined by Lminimum (cm)=0.453U (Re)?0.5567, wherein U is the flow rate in cm/sec of precursor and Re is the flow Reynolds number. The flashback member may include a tapered surface on at least one side to reduce recirculation of vaporized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Lewis A Bernstein, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Jason Allen Dillard, Jennifer L Porter, Balram Suman, Pushkar Tandon
  • APPARATUS FOR MIXING VAPORIZED PRECURSOR AND GAS AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140356273
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a vaporized precursor with a gas for producing silica particles is provided. The apparatus includes a mixer housing, a precursor delivery chamber having an output in communication with the mixer housing for delivering a vaporized precursor in the mixer housing, and an oxidizing gas delivery chamber having an output in communication with the mixer housing for delivering an oxidizing gas to be mixed with the vaporized precursor. The apparatus further includes a flashback member disposed within the mixer housing and between the output of the precursor delivery chamber and the output of the oxidizing gas delivery chamber. The flashback member is located at a minimum distance from the output of the oxidizing gas delivery chamber defined by Lminimum (cm)=0.453U (Re)?0.5567, wherein U is the flow rate in cm/sec of precursor and Re is the flow Reynolds number. The flashback member may include a tapered surface on at least one side to reduce recirculation of vaporized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Lewis A Bernstein, Dana Craig Bokbinder, Jason Allen Dillard, Jennifer L. Porter, Balram Suman, Pushkar Tandon