Patents by Inventor Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai

Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai 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 and apparatus for controlling thickness of glass sheet
    Patent number: 11565962
    Abstract: A system includes an overflow distributor (200) including a weir (245, 247). The system further includes a thermal exchange unit positioned in proximity to the weir. The thermal exchange unit (300) includes a tubular focusing member (310) and a thermal member (330) disposed at least partially within a lumen of the focusing member. The focusing member extends distally beyond a distal end of the thermal member by a distance It. In an embodiment the thermal exchange unit comprises several focusing members and thermal members to control a thermal profile of a glass stream flowing over the weir, particularly of a portion of the glass stream in contact with the weir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai, Frank Coppola, Hung Cheng Lu, William Anthony Whedon
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THICKNESS OF GLASS SHEET
    Publication number: 20180118601
    Abstract: A system includes an overflow distributor (200) including a weir (245, 247). The system further includes a thermal exchange unit positioned in proximity to the weir. The thermal exchange unit (300) includes a tubular focusing member (310) and a thermal member (330) disposed at least partially within a lumen of the focusing member. The focusing member extends distally beyond a distal end of the thermal member by a distance It. In an embodiment the thermal exchange unit comprises several focusing members and thermal members to control a thermal profile of a glass stream flowing over the weir, particularly of a portion of the glass stream in contact with the weir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai, Frank Coppola, Hung Cheng Lu, William Anthony Whedon
  • Muffle gap seal for glass laminate machine
    Patent number: 9701560
    Abstract: A flexible seal positioned between two muffles of a glass laminate fusion draw machine comprises, in order from the interior to the exterior of the muffles, a radiation shield comprising overlapping rows of refractory material, a thermal seal comprising a blanket of temperature resistance material, and an air seal comprising a sheet of high temperature elastomeric material. The seal may further comprising a secondary radiation shield positioned between the thermal seal and the air seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai, Frank Coppola, Bruno Le Gallic, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Shaan Leslian Yeershen Polius
  • MUFFLE GAP SEAL FOR GLASS LAMINATE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150033797
    Abstract: A flexible seal positioned between two muffles of a glass laminate fusion draw machine comprises, in order from the interior to the exterior of the muffles, a radiation shield comprising overlapping rows of refractory material, a thermal seal comprising a blanket of temperature resistance material, and an air seal comprising a sheet of high temperature elastomeric material. The seal may further comprising a secondary radiation shield positioned between the thermal seal and the air seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jufe Adam Brown-Tsai, Frank Coppola, Bruno Le Gallic, Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin, Shaan Leslian Yeershen Polius