Patents by Inventor Yves A. H. Brocheton

Yves A. H. Brocheton 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).

  • Fugitive pore former for porous ceramic articles
    Patent number: 7914874
    Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic batch compositions for forming porous ceramic articles. The ceramic forming precursor batch compositions include ceramic forming inorganic batch components and a cyclododecane pore forming agent. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing porous ceramic articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Henry, Yves A. H. Brocheton
  • Fugitive Pore Former For Porous Ceramic Articles
    Publication number: 20090057939
    Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic batch compositions for forming porous ceramic articles. The ceramic forming precursor batch compositions include ceramic forming inorganic batch components and a cyclododecane pore forming agent. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing porous ceramic articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: David Henry, Yves A.H. Brocheton
  • Colorless inorganic glass
    Patent number: 6420290
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is colorless inorganic glasses, as well as products manufactured from said glasses. Said glasses are of the type containing copper halides or copper cadmium halides and having a sharp optical absorption cutoff between 370 nm and 425 nm essentially having the composition below, expressed in cationic percentages: 23-73% SiO2 15-45% B2O3  0-24% Al2O3  0-12% Li2O  0-20% Na2O  0-12% K2O 0-5% CaO + BaO + SrO 0.125-1%    Cu2O 0-1% CdO 0-5% ZrO2 with   0-1.75% Cl 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Corning S.A.
    Inventors: Yves A. H. Brocheton, Christophe Remy
  • Method of measuring a large current using a glass fiber current sensor
    Patent number: 6320366
    Abstract: A method of determining the magnitude of an exceptionally large current which comprises measuring the angle of rotation of polarized light in a magnetic field created by the current with a glass fiber sensor composed of a fluoride glass having a low Verdet constant and a photoelastic coefficient not over about 0.25 (nm/cm)/(kg/cm2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas F. Borrelli, Yves A H Brocheton, Lauren K. Cornelius, Paul L. Netter, Daniel L G Ricoult, Paul A. Tick
  • IR and UV absorbing brown solar glasses, ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 6255238
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is brown solar glasses, absorbing UV or IR radiation, as well as solar ophthalmic lenses in said glasses. Said glasses have the following composition, expressed in percentages by weight: SiO2: 64-71; B2O3: 2-8; Al2O3: 0-4; ZrO2: 0-2; Li2O: 0-4; Na2O: 6-10; K2O: 7-16; CaO: 0-5.5; ZnO: 0-5.5; TiO2; 0-2; Fe2O3: 3-9; Co3O4: 0-0.030; NiO: 0-0.2; SeO2: 0.0030-0.1; As2O3: 0-0.1; Sb2O3: 0-0.1; SnO2: 0-0.1; Cl: 0-2; Br: 0-2; F: 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Corning S.A.
    Inventor: Yves A. H. Brocheton
  • Glass fiber current sensor and method of use therefor
    Patent number: 6133721
    Abstract: A glass fiber sensor for measuring an electrical current, the glass fiber core being a heavy flint glass having its composition modified by the addition to the glass composition of a source of a selected rare earth ion, whereby the Verdet constant value of the glass is reduced without unduly increasing the value of the photoelastic coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas F. Borrelli, Yves A H Brocheton, Alexandre M. Mayolet
  • Brown glass which absorbs ultraviolet radiation
    Patent number: 6048812
    Abstract: The invention relates to brown glasses which absorb ultraviolet radiation that are used in the production of ophthalmic sun glasses, and that have the following composition, expressed in wt. %:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 59-78 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 2-6 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-3 Na.sub.2 O 7-16 K.sub.2 O 2-9 CaO 0-7 BaO 0-12 ZnO 0-12 ZrO.sub.2 0-6 TiO.sub.2 0-6 MnO.sub.2 0.25-6 V.sub.2 O.sub.5 1-3 Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-1.5 NiO 0-0.5 CoO 0-0.1 Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-0.7 As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-0.7 F 0.05-1.0 With MnO.sub.2 + Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 + V.sub.2 O.sub.5 >1.5 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 + SiO.sub.2 .gtoreq.65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Yves A. H. Brocheton, Marie J. M. Comte
  • High-index glasses that absorb UV radiation
    Patent number: 5932501
    Abstract: The invention relates to glasses which absorb UV radiation and which have the following composition, in wt. %: SiO.sub.2 30-52; ZnO 0-8; B.sub.2 O.sub.3 12-22; PbO 0-2; ZrO.sub.2 5-14; Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-15; Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-12; La.sub.2 O.sub.3 5-25; Li.sub.2 O 1.5-3.5; TiO.sub.2 0-2; Na.sub.2 O 0-6; HfO.sub.2 0-2; K.sub.2 O 2-9; Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-2; MgO 0-5; Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 0-2; CaO 0-5; MoO.sub.3 0-2; SrO 0-9; WO.sub.3 0-2; BaO 0-14; SnO 0-4; Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-4; SnO.sub.2 0-4; AS.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-4; CdO 0-1; CuO 0.15-1; F 0-2; Cl 0-3; Br 0-3; I 0-2 with the following conditions: Li.sub.2 O+Na.sub.2 O+K.sub.2 O (X.sub.2 O) 7-14; MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO (XO) 12-20; ZrO.sub.2 +Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 <15; F+Cl+Br+I 0.2-4.0; TiO.sub.2 +PbO+Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 .ltoreq.2; AS.sub.2 O.sub.3 +Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 +SnO.sub.2 +SnO 0.05-4.0 and a ratio R=(M.sub.2 O+2MO-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -ZrO.sub.2)/B.sub.2 O.sub.3 where M.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Yves A. H. Brocheton