Patents by Inventor Robert J. Lira

Robert J. Lira 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).

  • Composite frit frame with backbone
    Patent number: 6126505
    Abstract: A composite sealing frame structure and a method for forming a composite sealing frame structure. In one embodiment, a rigid backbone component is provided with a first surface and a second surface. A first sealing material is disposed on the first surface of the rigid backbone component. A second sealing material is disposed on the second surface of the rigid backbone component. The first sealing material is adapted to seal the rigid backbone component to a first portion of a flat panel display. The second sealing material is adapted to seal the rigid backbone component to a second portion of a flat panel display such that the first portion and the second portion of the flat panel display are secured together by the rigid backbone component and the first and the second sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Candescent Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kollengode S. Narayanan, Raymond G. Capek, Robert J. Lira, Theodore S. Fahlen