公开(公告)号：US11753347B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17069025

申请日：2020-10-13

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Christopher Lee Timmons

IPC: C04B41/00 ,  C04B38/00 ,  C03B23/035 ,  B25B11/00 ,  B23B31/30 ,  B28B11/00 ,  B28B3/00

CPC classification number: C04B41/0063 ,  B28B3/006 ,  C03B23/0355 ,  C03B23/0357 ,  C04B38/0074 ,  B23B31/307 ,  B25B11/005 ,  B28B11/005 ,  C04B2235/5436

Abstract: A method for finishing a glass or ceramic article includes applying a force to the glass or ceramic article. The force is applied to the glass or ceramic article at least when the glass or ceramic article is at a temperature that is greater than or equal to a creep temperature of the glass or ceramic article. Holding the force to the glass or ceramic article as the glass or ceramic article is cooled to a temperature that is less than the creep temperature of the glass or ceramic article.

公开(公告)号：US20220242742A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17718484

申请日：2022-04-12

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Douglas Edward Brackley ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Eric Lee Miller ,  Cameron Wayne Tanner ,  James William Zimmermann

IPC: C01F7/441 ,  C01G25/02 ,  C04B35/632 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C03C8/02 ,  C03B19/06 ,  C03B29/12 ,  C04B35/622 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C03B35/24 ,  C04B35/111 ,  C04B35/486

Abstract: A process of forming a sintered article includes heating a green portion of a tape of polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals in organic binder at a binder removal zone to a temperature sufficient to pyrolyze the binder; horizontally conveying the portion of tape with organic binder removed from the binder removal zone to a sintering zone; and sintering polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals of the portion of tape at the sintering zone, wherein the tape simultaneously extends through the removal and sintering zones.

公开(公告)号：US11148321B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US17173637

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Jacqueline Leslie Brown ,  Timothy Joseph Curry ,  Roman E Hurny ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  John Albert Olenick ,  Kathleen Ritter Olenick ,  Jeremy Paananen ,  Thomas Silverblatt ,  Dell Joseph St Julien ,  Viswanathan Venkateswaran ,  Nathan Michael Zink

IPC: C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64 ,  B28B11/24 ,  C04B35/443

Abstract: A waveguide includes a body of material having a width, a thickness, and a length, where the width is orthogonal to the thickness, and the length is orthogonal to the thickness and the width. The material includes polycrystalline ceramic that is transmissive such that the body is configured as a waveguide. The thickness is no more than 5 millimeters and at least 20 nanometers, the width is greater than or equal to the thickness, and the length is at least 100 times greater than the width. The body of material has a granular profile such that grains of the material protrude generally outward from a surface of the body with a height of at least 25 nanometers and no more than 100 micrometers relative to recessed portions of the surface of the body at boundaries between the grains.

公开(公告)号：US20190225553A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16375160

申请日：2019-04-04

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： William Joseph Bouton

IPC: C04B41/45 ,  C04B35/622

Abstract: A process for manufacturing continuous ceramic tape includes steps of heating a ceramic feedstock to a molten state and spraying molten droplets of the feedstock onto a deposition surface. The method further includes forming a ceramic coating on the deposition surface by accumulating the droplets, which solidify and are directly bonded to one another. The deposition surface is non-stick with respect to the ceramic coating such that the coating may be peeled off of the deposition surface as a continuous ceramic tape, without fracture. Additionally, in embodiments, the deposition surface is removed by running the deposition over a bending edge, chemically stripping or dissolving the deposition surface, or burning the deposition surface.

公开(公告)号：US20190077674A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：US16190914

申请日：2018-11-14

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Douglas Edward Brackley ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Eric Lee Miller ,  Cameron Wayne Tanner ,  James William Zimmermann

IPC: C01F7/44 ,  C03B29/12 ,  C03B19/06 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C04B35/622 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C03C8/02 ,  C04B35/632 ,  C01G25/02 ,  C03B35/24 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/111

Abstract: A system, process and related sintered article are provided. The process includes supporting a piece of inorganic material with a pressurized gas and sintering the piece of inorganic material while supported by the pressurized gas by heating the piece of inorganic material to a temperature at or above a sintering temperature of the inorganic material such that the inorganic material is at least partially sintered forming the sintered article. The inorganic material is not in contact with a solid support during sintering. The sintered article, such as a ceramic article, is thin, has high surface quality, and/or has large surface areas.

公开(公告)号：US20180043572A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15790737

申请日：2017-10-23

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Jacqueline Leslie Brown ,  Timothy Joseph Curry ,  Roman E. Hurny ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  John Albert Olenick ,  Kathleen Ritter Olenick ,  Jeremy Paananen ,  Thomas Silverblatt ,  Dell Joseph St Julien ,  Viswanathan Venkateswaran ,  Nathan Michael Zink

IPC: B28B11/24

CPC classification number: B28B11/243 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C04B2235/6025 ,  C04B2235/9615 ,  C04B2235/963 ,  C04B2235/9653

Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.

公开(公告)号：US11953264B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US18239211

申请日：2023-08-29

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Jacqueline Leslie Brown ,  Timothy Joseph Curry ,  Roman E Hurny ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  John Albert Olenick ,  Kathleen Ritter Olenick ,  Jeremy Paananen ,  Thomas Silverblatt ,  Dell Joseph St Julien ,  Viswanathan Venkateswaran ,  Nathan Michael Zink

IPC: C04B35/64 ,  B28B11/24 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/486 ,  F26B3/00 ,  F26B13/10 ,  F27B13/10 ,  F27B9/28

CPC classification number: F26B3/00 ,  B28B11/243 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64 ,  F26B13/10 ,  F27B13/10 ,  C04B2235/6025 ,  C04B2235/95 ,  C04B2235/9615 ,  C04B2235/963 ,  C04B2235/9653 ,  F27B9/28

Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.

公开(公告)号：US11919196B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US18225767

申请日：2023-07-25

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Andrew Peter Kittleson ,  Dale Charles Marshall ,  Gary Edward Merz ,  Eric Lee Miller ,  Emmanuel Chima Okpara ,  Conor James Walsh

IPC: F27B9/14 ,  B28B11/24 ,  B32B27/32 ,  C04B35/10 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B35/64

CPC classification number: B28B11/243 ,  B32B27/32 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C04B2235/3225 ,  C04B2235/6025 ,  C04B2235/612 ,  C04B2235/65 ,  C04B2235/656 ,  C04B2235/9615

Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.

公开(公告)号：US11745385B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US18095183

申请日：2023-01-10

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Andrew Peter Kittleson ,  Dale Charles Marshall ,  Gary Edward Merz ,  Eric Lee Miller ,  Emmanuel Chima Okpara ,  Conor James Walsh

IPC: F27B9/14 ,  C04B35/10 ,  B28B11/24 ,  B32B27/32 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B35/64

CPC classification number: B28B11/243 ,  B32B27/32 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C04B2235/3225 ,  C04B2235/6025 ,  C04B2235/612 ,  C04B2235/65 ,  C04B2235/656 ,  C04B2235/9615

Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.

公开(公告)号：US20230204285A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18115852

申请日：2023-03-01

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  William Joseph Bouton ,  Jacqueline Leslie Brown ,  Timothy Joseph Curry ,  Roman E Hurny ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  John Albert Olenick ,  Kathleen Ritter Olenick ,  Jeremy Paananen ,  Thomas Silverblatt ,  Dell Joseph St Julien ,  Viswanathan Venkateswaran ,  Nathan Michael Zink

IPC: F26B3/00 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64 ,  F27B13/10 ,  F26B13/10 ,  B28B11/24

CPC classification number: F26B3/00 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64 ,  F27B13/10 ,  F26B13/10 ,  B28B11/243 ,  C04B2235/6025 ,  C04B2235/9615 ,  C04B2235/963 ,  C04B2235/9653 ,  F27B9/28

Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.