Patents by Inventor Robert A. Heine

Robert A. Heine 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).

  • Patent number: 11975285
    Abstract: A honeycomb body having a repeating channel structure formed of intersecting porous walls. The repeating channel structure comprises a first channel type defined by at least four first surfaces, at least two of the at least four first surfaces are parallel to one another; and a second channel type having at least four second surfaces, wherein four or more of the at least four second surfaces are non-parallel with one another. Repeating channel structure is repeated in the honeycomb body. Honeycomb extrusion dies and methods of manufacturing the honeycomb body are provided, as are other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Natarajan Gunasekaran, David Robert Heine, Weidong Li, Craig Louis Stratton, Neng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240136390
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 11881501
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20230392528
    Abstract: A heater assembly including a heater body having a monolithic honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of intersecting walls. The walls have a thickness and extend in an axial direction to form a plurality of cells of the honeycomb structure that extend axially from a first end face to a second end face. A first electrode is coupled to the heater body. A second electrode is coupled to the heater body. A current-carrying path is defined over the walls between the first electrode and the second electrode. A plurality of openings extend through the thickness of at least some of the walls. A fluid treatment system, method of treating a fluid, and method of manufacturing a heater assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Adam Collins, David Robert Heine, Avinash Tukaram Shinde
  • Publication number: 20230361094
    Abstract: A glass substrate with improved microLED transfer characteristics is disclosed, the glass substrate comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a thickness therebetween. An electrically functional layer may be disposed on the first major surface. The glass wafer exhibits a waviness with a magnitude less than or equal to about 1 ?m in a spatial wavelength range from about 0.25 mm to about 50 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ya-Huei Chang, Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20220389850
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The electrical heater includes a honeycomb body having a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough. The honeycomb body includes a matrix of intersecting walls forming a plurality of cells extending axially through the honeycomb body. A plurality of electrodes are positioned about an outer periphery of the honeycomb body. The plurality of electrodes are arranged into a plurality of pairs of electrodes that comprises at least a first pair of electrodes and a second pair of electrodes. Each pair of electrodes includes a first electrode and a second electrode. An electrode length of the electrodes along the outer periphery is proportional to a central current path length between center points of the electrodes of that pair of electrode. The electrode lengths of the electrodes of the first and second pairs of electrode are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: David Robert Heine, Avinash Tukaram Shinde
  • Publication number: 20220338307
    Abstract: An electrical heater and a method of heating a catalyst. The heater includes a honeycomb body that includes a honey-comb structure. The honeycomb structure includes a central axis extending longitudinally and a plurality of interconnected walls. The interconnected walls include a plurality of radial walls extending along a radius of the honeycomb body between the central axis and an outermost periphery of the honeycomb body and a plurality of angular walls arranged concentrically with respect to the central axis and spanning between the radial walls. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of cells defined by the interconnected walls. The heater comprises a first electrode disposed at the central axis and a second electrode disposed radially outwardly of the central axis and in electrical communication with the first electrode via one or more of the intersecting walls that are located between the first electrode and second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: David Robert Heine, Kunal Upendra Sakekar, Avinash Tukaram Shinde
  • Publication number: 20220285431
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 11374053
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20220001321
    Abstract: A honeycomb body having a repeating channel structure formed of intersecting porous walls. The repeating channel structure comprises a first channel type defined by at least four first surfaces, at least two of the at least four first surfaces are parallel to one another; and a second channel type having at least four second surfaces, wherein four or more of the at least four second surfaces are non-parallel with one another. Repeating channel structure is repeated in the honeycomb body. Honeycomb extrusion dies and methods of manufacturing the honeycomb body are provided, as are other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Natarajan Gunasekaran, David Robert Heine, Weidong Li, Craig Louis Stratton, Neng Wang
  • Patent number: 11215096
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The heater includes a honeycomb body having intersecting walls forming channels extending along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of electrically resistive paths are included, each including at least a portion of the plurality of intersecting walls and extending a length across the honeycomb body transverse to the longitudinal axis. A positive electrode and a negative electrode are in electrical communication with each other via the resistive paths. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are operatively positioned to generate a respective flow of current through each resistive path. The lengths of at least two of the resistive paths differ from each other. The resistive paths are configured with respect to the at least one positive electrode and the at least one negative electrode such that the current in each of the resistive paths is substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Adam Collins, Tushar Gulati, David Robert Heine
  • Publication number: 20210054771
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method for heating a catalyst. The heater includes a honeycomb body having intersecting walls forming channels extending along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of electrically resistive paths are included, each including at least a portion of the plurality of intersecting walls and extending a length across the honeycomb body transverse to the longitudinal axis. A positive electrode and a negative electrode are in electrical communication with each other via the resistive paths. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are operatively positioned to generate a respective flow of current through each resistive path. The lengths of at least two of the resistive paths differ from each other. The resistive paths are configured with respect to the at least one positive electrode and the at least one negative electrode such that the current in each of the resistive paths is substantially equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Adam Collins, Tushar Gulati, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 10898856
    Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body having intersecting walls that form channels extending axially from a first end face to a second end face and plugs to seal the channels at least at one of the first end face and the second end face. The plugs include a first active component, such as a catalytically active component or a chemically active component, of the plug structure, wherein the intersecting walls comprise no first active component and optionally have a second active component of the wall structure or disposed on the walls. Included are methods of making the ceramic honeycomb body having plugs of the first active component and walls with no first active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Christian Bischof, David Robert Heine, Ameya Joshi, Barbara Anna Oyer, Todd Parrish St Clair, Patrick David Tepesch
  • Publication number: 20200357845
    Abstract: A method of assembling a display area includes selecting a first tile from a plurality of tiles, each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a predetermined parameter and a plurality of microLEDs defining a plurality of pixels. The selecting the first tile based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the first tile. The method includes selecting a second tile from the plurality of tiles based on a value of the predetermined parameter of the second tile. The method further includes positioning the first tile and the second tile into an array defining at least a portion of the display area. A first edge of the first tile facing a second edge of the second tile. A display device including the display area assembled by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Matthew Garner, David Robert Heine
  • Patent number: 10643870
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: Paul John Schuele, David Robert Heine, Mark Albert Crowder, Sean Mathew Garner, Changqing Zhan, Avinash Tukaram Shinde, Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Kurt Michael Ulmer
  • Publication number: 20190273006
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Paul John Schuele, David Robert Heine, Mark Albert Crowder, Sean Mathew Garner, Changqing Zhan, Avinash Tukaram Shinde, Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Kurt Michael Ulmer
  • Patent number: 10347513
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: Paul John Schuele, David Robert Heine, Mark Albert Crowder, Sean Mathew Garner, Changqing Zhan, Avinash Tukaram Shinde, Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Kurt Michael Ulmer
  • Patent number: 10243098
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate. In some cases, embodiments include a substrate including a plurality of wells each having a sidewall where a through hole via extends from a bottom of at least one of the plurality of wells; and a post enhanced diode including a post extending from a top surface of a diode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Heine, Sean Mathew Garner, Avinash Tukaram Shinde
  • Publication number: 20180145207
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: David Robert Heine, Sean Mathew Garner, Avinash Tukaram Shinde
  • Publication number: 20180144957
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for assuring deposition of elements in relation to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Paul John Schuele, David Robert Heine, Mark Albert Crowder, Sean Mathew Garner, Changqing Zhan, Avinash Tukaram Shinde, Kenji Alexander Sasaki, Kurt Michael Ulmer