Patents by Inventor Terence J. Clark

Terence J. Clark 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).

  • Patent number: 11814313
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 11279532
    Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
  • Patent number: 10807897
    Abstract: An apparatus for refining molten glass that includes a housing having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Molten glass is received at an upper end of the housing and is discharged from a lower end of the housing. A guide extends at least partway across the housing and directs molten glass in a generally downward direction through the housing and in a parallel or oblique direction relative to the transverse axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Tilak Gullinkala, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J. Clark, Witold Mastek
  • Publication number: 20200199002
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 10633273
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Publication number: 20180186526
    Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
  • Patent number: 9938058
    Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
  • Patent number: 9932258
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for making glass and glass gobs on demand. A sheet of molten glass is provided in a staging section. The sheet of molten glass is held within the staging section when there is no demand for glass articles. When there is a demand for production of glass articles, a portion of the sheet of molten glass is flowed into a gob forming section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J Clark
  • Publication number: 20180002214
    Abstract: An apparatus for refining molten glass that includes a housing having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Molten glass is received at an upper end of the housing and is discharged from a lower end of the housing. A guide extends at least partway across the housing and directs molten glass in a generally downward direction through the housing and in a parallel or oblique direction relative to the transverse axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tilak Gullinkala, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J. Clark, Witold Mastek
  • Patent number: 9776904
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass that includes a housing having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Molten glass is received at an upper end of the housing and is discharged from a lower end of the housing. A guide extends at least partway across the housing and directs molten glass in a generally downward direction through the housing and in a parallel or oblique direction relative to the transverse axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Tilak Gullinkala, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J Clark, Witold Mastek
  • Publication number: 20170158541
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 9637406
    Abstract: An apparatus for melting and refining a silica-based glass composition includes a vertical first reaction chamber having an input adjacent to a lower end for receiving glass-forming components. The glass-forming components are heated to elevated temperature during upward flow through the vertical first reaction chamber to form a glass precursor melt adjacent to an upper end of the vertical first reaction chamber. A vertical second reaction chamber has an input adjacent to an upper end and an output adjacent to a lower end for delivering glass melt. A cross passage connects the upper end of the vertical first reaction chamber to the upper end of the vertical second reaction chamber such that the precursor melt flows from the vertical first reaction chamber through the cross passage and then through the vertical second reaction chamber to homogenize the precursor melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Dawid Dewet-Smith, D. Wayne Leidy, Carl L. Fayerweather, Daniel R. Swiler, Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 9611163
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J Clark
  • Publication number: 20160251129
    Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
  • Patent number: 9365314
    Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin, Terence J Clark
  • Publication number: 20150353405
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass that includes a housing having a vertically oriented longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Molten glass is received at an upper end of the housing and is discharged from a lower end of the housing. A guide extends at least partway across the housing and directs molten glass in a generally downward direction through the housing and in a parallel or oblique direction relative to the transverse axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tilak Gullinkala, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J. Clark, Witold Mastek
  • Publication number: 20150251941
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 9023474
    Abstract: A plurality of soda-lime glass batch materials are formed into granules that include a core and a shell surrounding the core. The core comprises a first portion of the plurality of glass batch materials, and the shell comprises a remaining portion of the plurality of glass batch materials. These core-shell granules can be melted in a glass furnace to produce molten soda-lime glass in less time and at a lower temperature than conventional soda-lime glass batch preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: Witold W. Mastek, Desikan Sundararajan, Terence J. Clark, Melisa Y. Zambrano Becerra
  • Publication number: 20120001358
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method comprising a) placing wet ceramic greenware body on a carrying structure, and b) exposing the wet ceramic greenware body to conditions such that the liquid carrier in the ceramic greenware body is substantially removed; wherein the carrying structure contains a carrying sheet comprising a material which retains its shape under drying conditions, the carrying sheet having two flat parallel faces and a plurality of walls perpendicular to the flat parallel faces wherein the walls form a plurality of flow passages communicating between the two faces wherein the largest distance between any two walls in the carrying sheet is about 6 mm or less and the walls have a sufficient thickness to support the wet ceramic greenware body under drying conditions without deforming and the area of the flow passages measured parallel to the two faces is from about 60 to about 90 percent by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Terence J. Clark, James J. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 7019390
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a power module for automotive switching applications including a plurality of semiconductor chips and a unitary silicon nitride substrate. The plurality of semiconductor chips are attached to the silicon nitride substrate and the substrate is configured to have a thermal coefficient of expansion substantially the same as the plurality of semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Sheng, Terence J. Clark, James Fain, Sylvester Karpchuck, Ronald P. Colino