Patents by Inventor Sara Ann Cole

Sara Ann Cole 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).

  • Method, system, and equipment for glass material processing as a function of crystal state
    Patent number: 10399882
    Abstract: A method of processing a glass material includes guiding and/or focusing light from a light source to glass material in a hot stage of a processing system, where the light source provides light at a wavelength ? that interacts with crystals that may be formed in the glass material. The method includes collecting and/or guiding light directed from the glass material in the hot stage to a wavelength separator, and separating the light directed from the glass material to provide a spectrum ? having wavelengths that are within about twenty nanometers of the wavelength ?. The method includes observing with a detector light of the spectrum ? to identify nano-scale shifts in the wavelength ? caused by interaction with crystals, if present, within the glass material in the hot stage of the processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara Ann Cole, Galan Gregory Moore
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND EQUIPMENT FOR GLASS MATERIAL PROCESSING AS A FUNCTION OF CRYSTAL STATE
    Publication number: 20180009694
    Abstract: A method of processing a glass material includes guiding and/or focusing light from a light source to glass material in a hot stage of a processing system, where the light source provides light at a wavelength ? that interacts with crystals that may be formed in the glass material. The method includes collecting and/or guiding light directed from the glass material in the hot stage to a wavelength separator, and separating the light directed from the glass material to provide a spectrum ? having wavelengths that are within about twenty nanometers of the wavelength ?. The method includes observing with a detector light of the spectrum ? to identify nano-scale shifts in the wavelength ? caused by interaction with crystals, if present, within the glass material in the hot stage of the processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sara Ann Cole, Galan Gregory Moore
  • Method, system, and equipment for glass material processing as a function of crystal state
    Patent number: 9783445
    Abstract: A method of processing a glass material includes guiding and/or focusing light from a light source to glass material in a hot stage of a processing system, where the light source provides light at a wavelength ? that interacts with crystals that may be formed in the glass material. The method includes collecting and/or guiding light directed from the glass material in the hot stage to a wavelength separator, and separating the light directed from the glass material to provide a spectrum ? having wavelengths that are within about twenty nanometers of the wavelength ?. The method includes observing with a detector light of the spectrum ? to identify nano-scale shifts in the wavelength ? caused by interaction with crystals, if present, within the glass material in the hot stage of the processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Ann Cole, Galan Gregory Moore