Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Manno

Thomas E. Manno 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).

  • Part-holding fixture for grinding wedged optical flats
    Patent number: 6855036
    Abstract: A part-holding fixture is adapted for rotation about a work spindle axis and includes a mounting land that seals a back surface of an optical flat for securing the optical flat to the part-holding fixture and that inclines the back surface of the optical flat through a wedge angle for grinding wedged optical flats at repeatable wedge angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory J. Arserio, Thomas E. Manno, Robert E. Heath