公开(公告)号：US11111155B1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US17239759

申请日：2021-04-26

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: C04B35/632 ,  C04B35/638 ,  C04B35/64 ,  C01F7/44 ,  C01G25/02 ,  C03C8/02 ,  C03B19/06 ,  C03B29/12 ,  C04B35/622 ,  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：US20210253439A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17239759

申请日：2021-04-26

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 ,  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：US20210202980A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17194775

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Bruce Gardiner Aitken ,  Michael Edward Badding ,  George Halsey Beall ,  Curtis Robert Fekety ,  Lanrik Wayne Kester ,  Robert Michael Morena ,  Zhen Song

IPC: H01M10/0525 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C03B19/06 ,  C03C3/16 ,  C03C3/253 ,  C03C8/14 ,  C03C8/20 ,  C04B35/447 ,  H01M10/0562

Abstract: A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries.

公开(公告)号：US20210162626A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

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

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：US11014822B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

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

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：US20210063637A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17001909

申请日：2020-08-25

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Karan Mehrotra ,  Cheng-Gang Zhuang

IPC: G02B6/10

Abstract: The THz waveguides disclosed herein are used to transmit signals having a THz frequency in the range from 0.1 THz to 10 THz and include an alumina core surrounded by an optional cladding. The core may have a diameter (D1) in the range from 10 μm to 500 μm and may be comprised of a ceramic ribbon having a dielectric constant (Dk). The optional cladding may have a dielectric constant (Dk) less than the core. The THz waveguides can be formed using a continuous firing process and nano-perforation technology that enables access to a wide form factor range. In one example, rectangular waveguides, or ribbons, may be fabricated in the 10 μm to 200 μm thick range at widths in the range from sub-millimeters to several meters and lengths in the range from millimeters to several hundred meters.

公开(公告)号：US20210047243A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17080906

申请日：2020-10-27

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  Francis Martin Behan ,  Seo-Yeong Cho ,  Benedict Yorke Johnson ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Robert George Manley ,  Seongho Seok ,  Nikolay Zhelev Zhelev ,  Cheng-Gang Zhuang

IPC: C04B41/00 ,  B05D3/00 ,  C04B41/83 ,  C04B41/89 ,  C04B41/48

Abstract: Ceramic assembly can comprise a ceramic article comprising a thickness defined between a first major surface and a second major surface. The thickness can be about 100 micrometers or less. The ceramic assembly can comprise a polymer coating deposited over at least an outer peripheral portion of the first major surface of the ceramic article. The polymer coating can comprise a thickness of about 30 micrometers or less. An edge strength of the ceramic assembly can be greater than an edge strength of the ceramic article by about 50 MegaPascals or more. Methods of forming a ceramic assembly can comprise depositing a polymer coating on an outer peripheral portion of a first major surface of a ceramic article. Methods can further comprise curing the polymer coating.

公开(公告)号：US20210031406A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US17076044

申请日：2020-10-21

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 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/64

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：US20200346367A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16930724

申请日：2020-07-16

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 ,  C04B35/443 ,  C04B35/115 ,  C04B35/486 ,  C04B35/64

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：US10581115B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16295673

申请日：2019-03-07

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Michael Edward Badding ,  Jacqueline Leslie Brown ,  Jennifer Anella Heine ,  Thomas Dale Ketcham ,  Gary Edward Merz ,  Eric Lee Miller ,  Zhen Song ,  Cameron Wayne Tanner ,  Conor James Walsh

IPC: H01M10/0562 ,  H01M4/04 ,  C04B35/622 ,  B28B1/30 ,  H01M4/1391 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/505 ,  G02B6/122 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/136 ,  H01M4/1397 ,  H01M4/58 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M4/02 ,  H01M4/525

Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.