Patents by Inventor Jean E. Balster

Jean E. Balster 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 for manufacturing ceramic honeycombs with reduced shrinkage
    Patent number: 9464004
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing porous ceramic articles is provided that includes forming a plurality of extruded green bodies from a ceramic precursor batch composition. The method also includes firing the extruded green bodies in a tunnel kiln to produce porous ceramic articles, periodically determining a shrinkage characteristic of at least one sample passing through the tunnel kiln, and adjusting a top soak temperature in the kiln if the shrinkage characteristic is outside of a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean E Balster, Michael P Brown, Thomas James Deneka, Joshua L Howell, Daniel Edward McCauley
  • Method for Manufacturing Ceramic Honeycombs with Reduced Shrinkage
    Publication number: 20120217669
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing porous ceramic articles is provided that includes forming a plurality of extruded green bodies from a ceramic precursor batch composition. The method also includes firing the extruded green bodies in a tunnel kiln to produce porous ceramic articles, periodically determining a shrinkage characteristic of at least one sample passing through the tunnel kiln, and adjusting a top soak temperature in the kiln if the shrinkage characteristic is outside of a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Jean E. Balster, Michael P. Brown, Thomas James Deneka, Joshua L. Howell, Daniel Edward McCauley