Patents by Inventor Zhisheng Xiong

Zhisheng Xiong 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 FOR TREATING INSULATING GLASS UNITS CONTAINING A SUSPENDED FILM
    Publication number: 20160002971
    Abstract: A thermal treatment method for insulating glass units or IGUs having one or more suspended polymer films includes first curing a sealant at a first elevated temperature for a specified duration, then shrinking the suspended film at a second, higher, elevated temperature for a specified duration, and then cooling the IGUs back to ambient temperature. The various heating and cooling stages may be performed in a tunnel oven having different length sections at the desired temperatures, while the IGUs are conveyed from one section to the next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Zhisheng Xiong
  • In-Line Tunnel Oven and Method for Treating Insulating Glass Units
    Publication number: 20140261974
    Abstract: A thermal treatment method for insulating glass units or IGUs having one or more suspended polymer films includes first curing a sealant at a first elevated temperature for a specified duration, then shrinking the suspended film at a second, higher, elevated temperature for a specified duration, and then cooling the IGUs back to ambient temperature. The various heating and cooling stages may be performed in a tunnel oven having different length sections at the desired temperatures, while the IGUs are conveyed from one section to the next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard T. Wipfler, Christian H. Stoessel, Zhisheng Xiong