Patents by Inventor Robert O. Savage

Robert O. Savage 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).

  • Direct optical fiber glass formation techniques using chemically and/or physically removable filamentary substrates
    Patent number: 5114738
    Abstract: An optical fiber is formed by continuously coating a precursor core filam with a glass-forming coating. The precursor filament is continuously moved from a storage reel through a stationary coating station. The filament is then moved through a stationary glass-forming station and is continuously processed to convert the coating to a glass, with the core either removed from the fiber during glass forming or becoming an integral part of the ultimate fiber during glass forming. The glass fiber is then moved continuously through a glass densification station and is densified in a continuous process. The fiber is thereafter provided with a protective coating as it moves through a stationary coating station and the completed optical fiber is continuously reeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert O. Savage, Robert J. Fischer, Sam Divita