Patents by Inventor Thomas LaVee Buck

Thomas LaVee Buck 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 of coating tubes using a self-assembly process
    Patent number: 8389050
    Abstract: A method of coating an inner surface of a tubular workpiece includes immersing the tubular workpiece lengthwise into a liquid subphase, inserting a first end of a delivery tube into the tubular workpiece so as to bring a distal end surface of the delivery tube to within a predetermined distance from the liquid surface, dispensing a suspension of coating particles into the first delivery tube to form a monolayer of the coating particles on the liquid surface in an area of the liquid surface between the inner surface of the tubular workpiece and an outer surface of the first delivery tube, and withdrawing at least a portion of the tubular workpiece from the liquid subphase so as to form a coating of the coating particles on a portion of the inner surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas LaVee Buck, Jia Liu, Natesan Venkataraman
  • Method Of Coating Tubes Using A Self-Assembly Process
    Publication number: 20100129545
    Abstract: A method of coating an inner surface of a tubular workpiece includes immersing the tubular workpiece lengthwise into a liquid subphase, inserting a first end of a delivery tube into the tubular workpiece so as to bring a distal end surface of the delivery tube to within a predetermined distance from the liquid surface, dispensing a suspension of coating particles into the first delivery tube to form a monolayer of the coating particles on the liquid surface in an area of the liquid surface between the inner surface of the tubular workpiece and an outer surface of the first delivery tube, and withdrawing at least a portion of the tubular workpiece from the liquid subphase so as to form a coating of the coating particles on a portion of the inner surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas LaVee Buck, Jia Liu, Natesan Venkataraman