Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Decker

Jeffrey Alan Decker 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 AND METHOD OF DELIVERING SOLID CHEMICALS AND RETAINING SLUDGE IN MOLTEN SALT BATH
    Publication number: 20200172434
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for delivering and retaining solid chemicals in molten salt baths are provided, the chemicals may serve to reduce the lithium poisoning level of the molten salt bath. Methods and apparatuses are also provided for retaining sludge in a molten salt bath, allowing for removal of the sludge from the molten salt bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: John Martin Dafin, Jeffrey Alan Decker, William Jason Hill, Yuhui Jin, James Paul McCann, Alan Scott McCarthy
  • Methods of fabricating glass articles by laser damage and etching
    Patent number: 9656910
    Abstract: Methods of forming a glass article are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming a glass article includes translating a pulsed laser beam on a glass substrate sheet to form a laser damage region between a first surface and a second surface of the glass substrate sheet. The method further includes applying an etchant solution to the glass substrate sheet to remove a portion of the glass substrate sheet about the laser damage region. The method may further include strengthening the glass substrate sheet by an ion-exchange strengthening process, and coating the glass substrate sheet with an acid-resistant coating. Also disclosed are methods where the laser damage region has an initial geometry that changes to a desired geometry following the reforming of the glass substrate sheet such that the initial geometry of the laser damage region compensates for the bending of the glass substrate sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brandon Allen Bazemore, Jeffrey Alan Decker, Jiangwei Feng, Diane Kimberlie Guilfoyle, Daniel Ralph Harvey, Yuhui Jin, Laurent Joubaud, Xavier Gerard Lafosse, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • METHODS OF FABRICATING GLASS ARTICLES BY LASER DAMAGE AND ETCHING
    Publication number: 20160152516
    Abstract: Methods of forming a glass article are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming a glass article includes translating a pulsed laser beam on a glass substrate sheet to form a laser damage region between a first surface and a second surface of the glass substrate sheet. The method further includes applying an etchant solution to the glass substrate sheet to remove a portion of the glass substrate sheet about the laser damage region. The method may further include strengthening the glass substrate sheet by an ion-exchange strengthening process, and coating the glass substrate sheet with an acid-resistant coating. Also disclosed are methods where the laser damage region has an initial geometry that changes to a desired geometry following the reforming of the glass substrate sheet such that the initial geometry of the laser damage region compensates for the bending of the glass substrate sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Brandon Allen Bazemore, Jeffrey Alan Decker, Jiangwei Feng, Diane Kimberlie Guilfoyle, Daniel Ralph Harvey, Yuhui Jin, Laurent Joubaud, Xavier Gerard Lafosse, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Ljerka Ukrainczyk