Patents by Inventor Rick Charles Layton, III

Rick Charles Layton, III 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).

  • NON-CIRCULAR MULTICORE FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20180356587
    Abstract: A multicore fiber is provided. The multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores spaced apart from one another, and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and defining a substantially rectangular or cross-sectional shape having four corners. Each corner has a radius of curvature of less than 1000 microns. The multicore fiber may be drawn from a preform in a circular draw furnace in which a ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the preform to an inside diameter of the preform to an inside diameter of the draw furnace is greater than 0.60. The multicore fiber may have maxima reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Rick Charles Layton, III, Gautam Meda, John Stone, III, Pushkar Tandon
  • Non-circular multicore fiber and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 9841556
    Abstract: A multicore fiber is provided. The multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores spaced apart from one another, and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and defining a substantially rectangular or cross-sectional shape having four corners. Each corner has a radius of curvature of less than 1000 microns. The multicore fiber may be drawn from a preform in a circular draw furnace in which a ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the preform to an inside diameter of the preform to an inside diameter of the draw furnace is greater than 0.60. The multicore fiber may have maxima reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Rick Charles Layton, III, Gautam Meda, John Stone, III, Pushkar Tandon
  • NON-CIRCULAR MULTICORE FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20170322369
    Abstract: A multicore fiber is provided. The multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores spaced apart from one another, and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and defining a substantially rectangular or cross-sectional shape having four corners. Each corner has a radius of curvature of less than 1000 microns. The multicore fiber may be drawn from a preform in a circular draw furnace in which a ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the preform to an inside diameter of the preform to an inside diameter of the draw furnace is greater than 0.60. The multicore fiber may have maxima reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Rick Charles Layton, III, Gautam Meda, John Stone, III, Pushkar Tandon
  • NON-CIRCULAR MULTICORE FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20160349447
    Abstract: A multicore fiber is provided. The multicore fiber includes a plurality of cores spaced apart from one another, and a cladding surrounding the plurality of cores and defining a substantially rectangular or cross-sectional shape having four corners. Each corner has a radius of curvature of less than 1000 microns. The multicore fiber may be drawn from a preform in a circular draw furnace in which a ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the preform to an inside diameter of the preform to an inside diameter of the draw furnace is greater than 0.60. The multicore fiber may have maxima reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Daniel Warren Hawtof, Rick Charles Layton, III, Gautam Meda, John Stone, III, Pushkar Tandon