Patents by Inventor Richard Curwood Peterson
Richard Curwood Peterson 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).
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Publication number: 20180059346Abstract: A crush resistant optical cable and/or crush resistant optical fiber buffer tube are provided. The cable generally includes a tube having at least one layer formed from a first material and an optical fiber located within a channel of the first tube. The buffer tube is configured to protect optical fibers from crush or impact events through a cushioning action. For example, the first material may be a polymer material having modulus of elasticity of less than 200 MPa, and the layer of the tube acts as a compliant cushioning layer at least partially contacting and surrounding an outer surface of the optical fiber when radially directed forces are applied to the outer surface of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Adra Smith Baca, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Manuela Ocampo, Richard Curwood Peterson, David Alan Seddon, Pushkar Tandon, Brandon Robert Williamson
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Patent number: 9829664Abstract: An crush resistant optical cable and/or crush resistant optical fiber buffer tube are provided. The cable generally includes a tube having at least one layer formed from a first material and an optical fiber located within a channel of the first tube. The buffer tube is configured to protect optical fibers from crush or impact events through a cushioning action. For example, the first material may be a polymer material having modulus of elasticity of less than 200 MPa, and the layer of the tube acts as a compliant cushioning layer at least partially contacting and surrounding an outer surface of the optical fiber when radially directed forces are applied to the outer surface of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Adra Smith Baca, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Manuela Ocampo, Richard Curwood Peterson, David Alan Seddon, Pushkar Tandon, Brandon Robert Williamson
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Publication number: 20170283296Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubing is described. The apparatus for forming glass tubing comprises an endless former with an outer surface and an inner passage defining an inner surface. The apparatus for forming glass tubing further comprises two chambers from which molten glass may flow. One chamber flows molten glass to the outer surface of the endless former and another chamber flows molten glass to the inner surface of the endless former. The two flows of molten glass meet at the bottom of the former to form glass tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Michael Thomas Gallagher, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Frank Coppola, Irene Mona Peterson, Richard Curwood Peterson, Olus Naili Boratav, George Clinton Shay, Paul D. Albee, Laurent Joubaud, Antoine Gaston Bisson, Glen Bennett Cook
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Publication number: 20170146756Abstract: An crush resistant optical cable and/or crush resistant optical fiber buffer tube are provided. The cable generally includes a tube having at least one layer formed from a first material and an optical fiber located within a channel of the first tube. The buffer tube is configured to protect optical fibers from crush or impact events through a cushioning action. For example, the first material may be a polymer material having modulus of elasticity of less than 200 MPa, and the layer of the tube acts as a compliant cushioning layer at least partially contacting and surrounding an outer surface of the optical fiber when radially directed forces are applied to the outer surface of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Adra Smith Baca, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Manuela Ocampo, Richard Curwood Peterson, David Alan Seddon, Pushkar Tandon, Brandon Robert Williamson
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Publication number: 20170089260Abstract: A composite thermal barrier and methods of applying the composite thermal barrier to a metallic surface within a combustion chamber of an engine. The composite thermal barrier includes at least one metallic support structure, a metallic skin, and an insulation material. The metallic support structure is connected to a metallic surface within the combustion chamber of the engine. The metallic skin is disposed adjacent to the metallic support structure to define a void space between the metallic skin and the metallic surface. The insulation material is contained within the volume to form the composite thermal barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Roy Joseph Bourcier, William Edward Lock, Richard Curwood Peterson, Irene Marjorie Slater, Pushkar Tandon, Christopher John Warren
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Patent number: 9488857Abstract: Methods of strengthening the edge surfaces of a glass substrate, and particularly glass substrates contained within a display panel, are disclosed. The methods include exposing edges of the display panel to an acid solution for a time and at a temperature effective to remove no more than about 20 micrometers of glass from edge surfaces, rinsing the acid solution from the edge and applying a polymer protective coating the rinsed edge to maintain the post-etching strength of the edge surfaces. Electronics on the display panel that may be exposed to the acid solution are masked with a terminal mask prior to the etching. The edge etching may be combined with etching of a surface of the display panel/cover glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Kody Luce Bornstein, Donald Arthur Clark, Gregory Scott Glaesemann, Gregory William Keyes, Jennifer Lynn Lyon, Richard Curwood Peterson, Shyamala Shanmugam, Christopher Clark Thompson, Krishna Hemanth Vepakomma, Kathleen Ann Wexell
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Publication number: 20160257612Abstract: A method for forming a porous soot body that includes depositing soot on a release coating supported by a bait substrate. Characteristics of the release coating control the strength of attachment of the porous soot body to the bait substrate. Weak attachment of the porous soot body to the bait substrate facilitates separation of the porous soot body from the bait substrate without damaging the porous soot body. The release coating may be formed from a brittle material or a material that oxidizes or otherwise depletes during deposition of the soot that forms the porous soot body. The release coating may include carbon. The separated porous soot body may be consolidated to form a core cane or may function as a sleeve (porous cladding) in a cane-in-soot fiber preform manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Liam Ruan de Paor, Nicolas LeBlond, Richard Curwood Peterson, Kenneth William Roberts, Li Yang
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Publication number: 20150308311Abstract: Described herein is a substrate including a central longitudinal axis, a first support web, and a second support web. A sinuous web may be positioned between the first support web and the second support web. The sinuous web may include transverse web portions and bridging web portions, where the bridging web portions alternatively connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions. The sinuous web may be connected to the first support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the first support web. The sinuous web may be connected to the second support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the second support web. A support leg length to distance between transverse web portions ratio may be from about 1.0 to about 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Michael Edward Badding, Paul Martin Elliot, Michael Fischer, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Denis Pavlovich Lukanin, Richard Curwood Peterson
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Publication number: 20150277023Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing one or more components for a display system, particularly for producing diffused light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Michael Etienne, Richard Curwood Peterson, Vasudha Ravichandran, Kathleen Ann Wexell
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Publication number: 20150198838Abstract: Methods of strengthening the edge surfaces of a glass substrate, and particularly glass substrates contained within a display panel, are disclosed. The methods include exposing edges of the display panel to an acid solution for a time and at a temperature effective to remove no more than about 20 micrometers of glass from edge surfaces, rinsing the acid solution from the edge and applying a polymer protective coating the rinsed edge to maintain the post-etching strength of the edge surfaces. Electronics on the display panel that may be exposed to the acid solution are masked with a terminal mask prior to the etching. The edge etching may be combined with etching of a surface of the display panel/cover glass substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Kody Luce Bornstein, Donald Arthur Clark, Gregory Scott Glaesemann, Gregory William Keyes, Jennifer Lynn Lyon, Richard Curwood Peterson, Shyamala Shanmugam, Christopher Clark Thompson, Krishna Hemanth Vepakomma, Kathleen Ann Wexell
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Patent number: 9072997Abstract: Described herein is a substrate including a central longitudinal axis, a first support web, and a second support web. A sinuous web may be positioned between the first support web and the second support web. The sinuous web may include transverse web portions and bridging web portions, where the bridging web portions alternatively connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions. The sinuous web may be connected to the first support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the first support web. The sinuous web may be connected to the second support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the second support web. A support leg length to distance between transverse web portions ratio may be from about 1.0 to about 4.0.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: William Peter Addiego, Michael Edward Badding, Paul Martin Elliott, Michael Fischer, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Denis Pavlovich Lukanin, Richard Curwood Peterson
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Patent number: 8746013Abstract: The invention relates to a burner module having a body that is either sintered or photo-cured, and to methods of making such a burner module. The body (110) of the burner (100) is formed from one of a sintered metal, a sintered alloy, a laminated glass ceramic, and a photo-cured polymer. 1 Sintering and photo-curing may be accomplished by irradiating the body with localized heating using a focused energy source, such as a laser. The burner module is resistant to thermal shock and provides a distributed, even stream of a precursor or precursors to be reacted in a flame of the burner module to form soot, which is to deposited on a receptor surface, and may be used for vapor and liquid precursor delivery systems. A soot deposition system having an array of such burner modules and methods of making a fused silica article by depositing soot using the burner modules are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Muluwork Geremew, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Richard Curwood Peterson, Amy Lu Rovelstad, Christopher Clark Thompson
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Publication number: 20140150386Abstract: Described herein is a substrate including a central longitudinal axis, a first support web, and a second support web. A sinuous web may be positioned between the first support web and the second support web. The sinuous web may include transverse web portions and bridging web portions, where the bridging web portions alternatively connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions. The sinuous web may be connected to the first support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the first support web. The sinuous web may be connected to the second support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the second support web. A support leg length to distance between transverse web portions ratio may be from about 1.0 to about 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Michael Edward Badding, Paul Martin Elliott, Michael Fischer, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Denis Pavlovich Lukanin, Richard Curwood Peterson
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Patent number: 8449283Abstract: A die for forming an extrusion includes a die body, a body feed section and an extrusion forming section. The die body may include an inlet and an outlet defining an extrudate flow path through the die body. The body feed section may be positioned between the inlet and outlet and includes an arrangement of body feed channels. The extrusion forming section may be positioned between the body feed section and the outlet and includes a thin-wall forming portion fluidly coupled to at least one thick-wall forming portion. The thin-wall forming portion may include an array of pins extending from the body feed section towards the outlet and the thick-wall forming portion may include at least one baffle section positioned in the extrudate flow path through the thick-wall forming portion. The area of the thick-wall forming portion may be greater than an interstitial area between the pins.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Stephen Charles Currie, Mircea Despa, Paul Martin Elliott, Richard Curwood Peterson
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Publication number: 20100316856Abstract: A die for forming an extrusion includes a die body, a body feed section and an extrusion forming section. The die body may include an inlet and an outlet defining an extrudate flow path through the die body. The body feed section may be positioned between the inlet and outlet and includes an arrangement of body feed channels. The extrusion forming section may be positioned between the body feed section and the outlet and includes a thin-wall forming portion fluidly coupled to at least one thick-wall forming portion. The thin-wall forming portion may include an array of pins extending from the body feed section towards the outlet and the thick-wall forming portion may include at least one baffle section positioned in the extrudate flow path through the thick-wall forming portion. The area of the thick-wall forming portion may be greater than an interstitial area between the pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Stephen Charles Currie, Mircea Despa, Paul Martin Elliott, Richard Curwood Peterson
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Publication number: 20100143601Abstract: The invention relates to a burner module having a body that is either sintered or photo-cured, and to methods of making such a burner module. The body (110) of the burner (100) is formed from one of a sintered metal, a sintered alloy, a laminated glass ceramic, and a photo-cured polymer. 1 Sintering and photo-curing may be accomplished by irradiating the body with localized heating using a focused energy source, such as a laser. The burner module is resistant to thermal shock and provides a distributed, even stream of a precursor or precursors to be reacted in a flame of the burner module to form soot, which is to deposited on a receptor surface, and may be used for vapor and liquid precursor delivery systems. A soot depostion system having an array of such burner modules and methods of making a fused silica article by depositing sopt using the burner modules are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Daniel Warren Hawtof, Richard Curwood Peterson, Amy Lu Rovelstad, Muluwork Geremew, Christopher Clark Thompson
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Publication number: 20080124423Abstract: A method of forming an extrusion die comprises depositing at least one layer of a sinterable material, such as binder-free sinterable material, in a plane creating a layer of unsintered material, applying irradiation to the at least one layer of unsintered material along a pattern creating a layer of centered material, and forming the extrusion die as a single, integrally-formed piece by repeating the depositing and irradiating steps in a coordinate direction that is substantially orthogonal to the plane, wherein a new layer is superposed upon a previously sintered layer. The extrusion die formed via this method includes an inlet section having a die inlet face and a plurality of feed channels extending from the inlet face toward a honeycomb-forming section that is spaced from the inlet face and terminates in a die outlet face that includes an array of discharge channels formed from pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Richard Curwood Peterson, Alan Thomas Stephens