公开(公告)号：US20230161318A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17983825

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Alejandro Aguilar ,  Kevin Eugene Elliot

IPC: G05B19/402

CPC classification number: G05B19/402 ,  G05B2219/50047

Abstract: Centering apparatuses and methods for precision placement of a product or component, such as a ceramic honeycomb body, prior to a post-production processing steps are provided. In particular, after extrusion of a component or ware, the component or ware oftentimes requires one or more post-production processing steps in order to obtain a final product. The centering apparatuses and methods described herein provide for the precise and accurate centering of the product (or component) prior to performing these post-production processing steps, thereby obtaining repeatable, consistent, high-quality final products.

公开(公告)号：US20220063931A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17417260

申请日：2019-12-05

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Alejandro Aguilar

IPC: B65G47/90

Abstract: A fluid-operated gripping apparatus for holding a workpiece having a curved sidewall in a working orientation, and associated methods for gripping and holding a workpiece, are provided. Three fluid-operated actuators, each including an actuator rod and a moveable piston arranged within a cylinder, are equally spaced around a perimeter of a workpiece and receive fluid from a single pressurized fluid source. A fluid (e.g., hydraulic or pneumatic) circuit causes the actuators to extend during a closing stroke of the gripping apparatus according to the force equalization principle. Each actuator includes an end effector pivotally coupled with an actuator rod and configured to contact a surface of the workpiece at exactly two points. A backstop configured to contact an end face of the workpiece is coupled with a rotational joint.

公开(公告)号：US20210206128A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17056561

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Alejandro Aguilar ,  Tetyana Buchholz ,  Raymond Charles Cady ,  Daniel Warren Hawtof ,  Shawn Michael O'Malley ,  Jason Daniel Steadman

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  G02B26/00

Abstract: A method of forming a liquid lens, comprising the steps of: positioning a first substrate defining a hole over a second substrate, wherein a cavity is defined within the second substrate and aligned with the hole; dispensing a second liquid into the cavity defined within the second substrate; capping the second liquid with a first liquid dispensed through the hole, wherein the first liquid and the second liquid have different refractive indices than each other; and translating at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate such that the hole is not aligned with the cavity.