Patents by Inventor Steven E. DeMartino
Steven E. DeMartino 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).
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Publication number: 20140001143Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Andrei G. Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana C. Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan K. Saha, Steven E. DeMartino, Christopher L. Timmons, John S. Peanasky, Robert A. Schaut, Paul S. Danielson, Melinda A. Drake, Robert M. Morena, Kaveh Adib, James P. Hamilton, Susan L. Schiefelbein
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Patent number: 8063560Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. Basically, the hermetically sealed OLED display is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate and depositing a frit onto the second substrate plate. OLEDs are deposited on the first substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The frit is glass that was doped with at least one transition metal and possibly a CTE lowering filler such that when the irradiation source heats the frit, it softens and forms a bond. This enables the frit to melt and form the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the OLEDs.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce G. Aitken, Joel P. Carberry, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Lisa A. Lamberson, Richard J. Miller, II, Robert Morena, Joseph F. Schroeder, III, Alexander Streltsov, Sujanto Widjaja
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Patent number: 7602121Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. Basically, the hermetically sealed OLED display is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate and depositing a frit onto the second substrate plate. OLEDs are deposited on the first substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The frit is glass that was doped with at least one transition metal and possibly a CTE lowering filler such that when the irradiation source heats the frit, it softens and forms a bond. This enables the frit to melt and form the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the OLEDs.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce G. Aitken, Joel P. Carberry, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Lisa A. Lamberson, Richard J. Miller, II, Robert Morena, Joseph F. Schroeder, III, Alexander Streltsov, Sujanto Widjaja
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Patent number: 7407423Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. Basically, the hermetically sealed OLED display is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate and depositing a frit onto the second substrate plate. OLEDs are deposited on the first substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The frit is glass that was doped with at least one transition metal and possibly a CTE lowering filler such that when the irradiation source heats the frit, it softens and forms a bond. This enables the frit to melt and form the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the OLEDs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce G. Aitken, Joel P. Carberry, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Lisa A. Lamberson, Richard J. Miller, II, Robert Morena, Joseph F. Schroeder, III, Alexander Streltsov, Sujanto Widjaja
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Patent number: 7239785Abstract: A method of minimizing localized heating of, or minimizing signal losses across a source of loss in, an optical fiber used in transmission of a high power optical signal at an operating wavelength. These methods include the steps of: providing an optical fiber which comprises either (i) a coating characterized by an absorbance of less than about 4.5 dB/cm at the operating wavelength or (ii) a refractive index lower than the refractive index of a cladding layer of the optical fiber by more than about 3×10?3 at the operating wavelength, or (iii) both (i) and (ii); and transmitting a optical signal having a power greater than about 250 mW through the optical fiber, wherein the coating, cladding layer, or combination thereof are selected to minimize localized heating of the optical fiber or to result in a signal loss across a source of loss that is less than about 250 mW at the operating wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Steven E. DeMartino, Michael E. DeRosa, Gregory S. Glaesemann, Stephan L. Logunov, Ulrich W. H. Neukirch, Michael J. Winningham
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Patent number: 6998776Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. Basically, the hermetically sealed OLED display is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate and depositing a frit onto the second substrate plate. OLEDs are deposited on the first substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The frit is glass that was doped with at least one transition metal and possibly a CTE lowering filler such that when the irradiation source heats the frit, it softens and forms a bond. This enables the frit to melt and form the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the OLEDs.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce G. Aitken, Joel P. Carberry, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Lisa A. Lamberson, Richard J. Miller, II, Robert Morena, Joseph F. Schroeder, III, Alexander Streltsov, Sujanto Widjaja
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Publication number: 20040207314Abstract: A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. Basically, the hermetically sealed OLED display is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate and depositing a frit onto the second substrate plate. OLEDs are deposited on the first substrate plate. An irradiation source (e.g., laser, infrared light) is then used to heat the frit which melts and forms a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the OLEDs. The frit is glass that was doped with at least one transition metal and possibly a CTE lowering filler such that when the irradiation source heats the frit, it softens and forms a bond. This enables the frit to melt and form the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the OLEDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Bruce G. Aitken, Joel P. Carberry, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Lisa A. Lamberson, Richard J. Miller, Robert Morena, Joseph F. Schroeder, Alexander Streltsov, Sujanto Widjaja
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Patent number: 6603900Abstract: The invention relates to an athermal optical waveguide grating device. The optical waveguide grating device includes a fiber Bragg grating secured and bonded to a supporting substrate member with a low thermal expansion securing glass, such as a copper alumino silicate glass. The inventive devices and method of making the devices include the utilization of intermediate solid insert members between the fiber and a negative thermal expansion substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1999Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Dana C. Bookbinder, Joel P. Carberry, Paul S. Danielson, Steven E. DeMartino, Henry E. Hagy, Brent M. Wedding
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Patent number: 6520689Abstract: A method for splicing optical fibers is disclosed. The fibers are held by ferrules with a softening temperature at least 30° C. below that of the lower of the glass transition temperatures of the fibers. The ends of the fibers are actively aligned and brought into contact, then energy is applied to fuse the ferrules together, maintaining the alignment of the ends of the fibers. The ferrules may be a low-melting inorganic glass, such as a lead bismuth borosilicate glass. The method and ferrules of the present invention are especially useful in splicing fibers of dissimilar thermomechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Steven E. DeMartino, Michael E. DeRosa, Bruce G. Aitken
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Publication number: 20030016922Abstract: A method for splicing optical fibers is disclosed. The fibers are held by ferrules with a softening temperature at least 30° C. below that of the lower of the glass transition temperatures of the fibers. The ends of the fibers are actively aligned and brought into contact, then energy is applied to fuse the ferrules together, maintaining the alignment of the ends of the fibers. The ferrules may be a low-melting inorganic glass, such as a lead bismuth borosilicate glass. The method and ferrules of the present invention are especially useful in splicing fibers of dissimilar thermomechanical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Steven E. DeMartino, Michael E. DeRosa, Bruce G. Aitken
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Patent number: 6483979Abstract: An apparatus is provided for mechanically attaching an optical fiber to a substrate. The apparatus includes a clamping block formed of malleable material disposed adjacent a substrate. The fiber is disposed adjacent the clamping block and a securing member such as a fastener or spring is used to secure the fiber to the clamping block and substrate. The frictional forces between the fiber and the clamping block eliminate movement of the fiber relative to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Steven E. DeMartino, Peter Knowles, James E. Webb