Patents by Inventor Shedric Glover

Shedric Glover 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).

  • Methods for fabricating flexible waveguides using alkyl-functional silsesquioxane resins
    Patent number: 9080077
    Abstract: A silicone composition comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane resin having the formula (R1R22SiO1/2)v(R22SiO2/2)w(R2SiO3/2)x(R3SiO3/2)y(SiO4/2)z, wherein R1 is C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl, R2 is R1 or an epoxy-substituted organic group, R3 is C4 to C8 alkyl, v is from 0 to 0.3, w is from 0 to 0.5, x is from 0 to 0.9, y is from 0.1 to 0.8, z is from 0 to 0.5, and v+w+x+y+z=1, provided that the organopolysiloxane resin has an average of at least two silicon-bonded epoxy-substituted organic groups per molecule; (B) an organic solvent; and (C) a photoinitiator. Planar optical waveguide assemblies having one or more layers comprising the silicone composition, and methods for preparing the planar optical waveguide assemblies are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jon De Groot, Jr., Shedric Glover, David Witker
  • Methods for Fabricating Flexible Waveguides Using Alkyl-Functional Silsesquioxane Resins
    Publication number: 20120301094
    Abstract: A silicone composition comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane resin having the formula (R1R22SiO1/2)v(R22—SiO2/2)w(R2SiO3/2)x(R3SiO3/2)y(SiO4/2)z, wherein R1 is C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl, R2 is R1 or an epoxy-substituted organic group, R3 is C4 to C8 alkyl, v is from 0 to 0.3, w is from 0 to 0.5, x is from 0 to 0.9, y is from 0.1 to 0.8, z is from 0 to 0.5, and v+w+x+y+z=1, provided that the organopolysiloxane resin has an average of at least two silicon-bonded epoxy-substituted organic groups per molecule; (B) an organic solvent; and (C) a photoinitiator. Planar optical waveguide assemblies having one or more layers comprising the silicone composition, and methods for preparing the planar optical waveguide assemblies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Jon De Groot, JR., Shedric Glover, David Witker
  • Short reach optical interconnect
    Patent number: 7471856
    Abstract: An optical link includes a polymer waveguide having a top cladding layer, a core polymer layer, and a bottom cladding layer, supported by a substrate, with mirrors and optical vias. The core polymer layer includes a polymer material having a nanoparticle filler with a particle size of less than one tenth the shortest wavelength of interest for the optical link. The optical links comprise individual, multiple or massively parallel channels in single or multilayer networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Gemfire Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Degroot, Jr., Shedric Glover, William K. Bischel, Mark J. Dyer
  • Short Reach Optical Interconnect
    Publication number: 20080044133
    Abstract: An optical link includes a polymer waveguide having a top cladding layer, a core polymer layer, and a bottom cladding layer, supported by a substrate, with mirrors and optical vias. The core polymer layer includes a polymer material having a nanoparticle filler with a particle size of less than one tenth the shortest wavelength of interest for the optical link. The optical links comprise individual, multiple or massively parallel channels in single or multilayer networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicants: Dow Corning Corporation, Gemfire Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Degroot, Shedric Glover, William Bischel, Mark Dyer