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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141393 | Glass fibers having improved durability A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix is disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first refractive index, a first modulus, and a first durability characteristic and a secon... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132430 | Glass fibers having improved strength A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix are disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first set of mechanical properties including a first modulus and a first coefficient of t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7963126 | Glass fibers having improved durability A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix is disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first refractive index, a first modulus, and a first durability characteristic and a secon... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963125 | Glass fibers having improved strength A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix are disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first set of mechanical properties including a first modulus and a first coefficient of t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7419721 | Sizing composition and glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin The present invention is directed to sizing compositions for glass fibers and glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins. The sizing composition comprises a maleic anhydride copolymer. Thermoplastic polyamide resin articles reinforced with glass fibers at least par... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7267782 | Two-part combination of compositions for forming substantially colorless thermoplastic reinforcements A two-part sizing composition including a precursor size composition and a binder composition, the binder composition being substantially free of any aminosilane coupling agent for is provided for the production of reinforcing fiber materials that exhibit little or ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254963 | Method and device for continuous production of glass-sheathed metal wires The device and process allow for continuous processing of metal wire sheathed in glass (10) of considerable length. Normally a feed pipe (15) containing all the necessary metal, itself placed into a glass tube (20 | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241499 | Sizing composition for glass yarns, the glass yarns thus obtained and composite materials comprising said yarns The invention relates to a sizing composition composed of a solution comprising at least 5% by weight of solvent and comprising a thermally curable base system, said system comprising at least 60% by weight of components with a molecular mass of less than 750 and at... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7129289 | Hydrolization resistant sizing composition A two-part sizing composition that imparts improved resistance to hydrolysis of reinforced composites including a size composition and a binder composition is provided. The size composition may include one or more coupling agents, one or more lubricants, and at leas... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6228281 | Sizing for glass fibers having low nonionic and cationic lubricant content A sizing composition for coating glass and carbon fibers. The composition comprises low concentrations of a cationic and nonionic lubricant, a film-forming polymer, and preferably a coupling agent and a hydrolyzing agent. Use of the sizing composition red... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5855640 | Apparatus for delivering a coated glass stream for forming charges of glass A method for delivering a coated glass stream having a first inner layer and a second outer layer wherein the method includes providing a vertical orifice, delivering molten glass from a first source through the orifice, providing a gap about the orifice ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5841928 | Planar waveguides made by use of photosensitive changes to the refractive index of a deposited layer Planar waveguides are produced by using radiation to write path regions into a photosensitive layer. Originally, the photosensitive layer had the same refractive index as the confining regions, e.g., it consists of silica doped with oxides of Ge and B. Co... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5814122 | Method of making hollow high temperature ceramic superconducting fibers A hollow high temperature ceramic superconducting fiber (10, 100), a process for making the hollow fibers and an apparatus for carrying out the process are provided. The apparatus functions to simultaneously draw a molten superconducting material (16) and... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5811376 | Method for making superconducting fibers A process for making a superconducting fiber or wire (10) is provided. The superconducting fiber or wire (10) has a superconducting core (12) and a glass cladding outer layer (14). The process comprises melting a superconducting composition (16) and a gla... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5704960 | Method of forming an optical fiber for reduced polarization effects in amplifiers A single mode optical fiber suitable for use in an amplified fiber optic system which includes an inner glass core doped with a rare earth element and an outer transparent glass cladding. The fiber exhibits a plurality of mode coupling sites formed at reg... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5660611 | Method for producing glass thin film A method for producing an oxide glass thin film is provided, in which volatilization of additives in a porous film from which the thin film is formed is effectively suppressed, and which the oxide glass film has a desired arrangement of refractive index w... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5529596 | Method for making dual-glass fibers by causing one glass to flow around another glass as they are spun from a rotating spinner A method for making dual-glass fibers includes supplying first and second molten glass to a rotating spinner having an orificed peripheral wall, where the first glass has a higher viscosity than that of the second glass, centrifuging the first and second ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5522003 | Glass preform with deep radial gradient layer and method of manufacturing same A glass preform structure, preferably of an optical glass, constructed with a central core of a first material, a surrounding tube of a second material, and a deeply placed bonded layer integrally formed between the core and tube preferably by a heat driv... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5378256 | Method of manufacturing silica waveguide optical components This invention describes a method of manufacturing silica waveguide optical components in which silica glass films are laminated on a substrate by repeating a unit operation in which a sol material, a precursor of glass particles, is coated and then the c... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5356871 | Method of making a superconductive fiber A method of making a high critical temperature superconductive fiber by fiber drawing a material of the family Bix Pby Sr2 Ca2 Cu3 Oz where 1.9ࣘ x+yࣘ 2.3. In the method a preform is mad... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5240066 | Method of casting amorphous and microcrystalline microwires A method for preparing glass-coated microwires is provided. A metal in a glass tube is superheated in a high frequency induction field, whereby the glass tube softens. A thin capillary tube is drawn from the softened glass and the glass tube fills with mo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5215565 | Method for making superconductor filaments A method of the production of the ceramic superconductor filament comprises a step including mixing raw materials of ceramic superconductor, subsequently shaping the mixed ceramic superconductor into a ceramic superconductor body of a predetermined shape and p... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5158588 | Method of drawing dissolved superconductor A preform for drawing superconductive wire is prepared by mixing fine particles of a superconducting material, containing barium, potassium, bismuth and oxygen, with a solvent, containing potassium hydroxide, in a tube. When the preform is heated and draw... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5122226 | Method of making hybrid composite structures of fiber reinforced glass and resin matrices A process for fabricating a composite article is disclosed. A surface of a preconsolidated fiber reinforced glass matrix composite structure is pretreated to promote adhesion to the surface, a mass of fiber-containing uncured resin is molded in contact wi... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5110334 | Method of producing glass fiber with cores of a different material A process is provided for forming a glass fiber having one or more metal aments in its core. In the process, a metal rod or particles of a metal or semiconducting material optionally mixed with glass powder is introduced into a hollow glass tube closed a... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5045526 | Making insulated superconductor wire A method for producing insulated superconductor wire including the steps of a tubular glass preform, filling it with a superconductor material, suspending the preform within an oven to heat a section of the preform to approximately its softening point, an... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5037800 | Method of drawing glass encased superconductive oxide core A sintered elongated core made of a ceramic type superconductive material consisting essentially of (Rx Ba.sub.(1-x))3 Cu2 Oz in which R is Sc, Y La, Ho, Dy or Eu; x is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.8; and z is ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4976761 | Method for making ceramic matrix composite article A method for making a fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite article is disclosed wherein a ceramic matrix material in the form of a glass powder is combined with a fibrous reinforcing material such as a fiber tow, and the powder and tow are transporte... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4968662 | Method of the production of ceramic superconductor filaments A method of the production of the ceramic superconductor filament comprises a step including mixing raw materials of ceramic superconductor, subsequently shaping the mixed ceramic superconductor into a ceramic superconductor body of a predetermined shape and p... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4921518 | Method of making short fiber reinforced glass and glass-ceramic matrix composites A method of making a fiber reinforced glass matrix composite wherein a continuous length of fiber is impregnated with glass and at least partially consolidated to form a fiber-glass matrix system encompassing the continuous length of fibers, cutting the f... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4776865 | Method of forming a fiber-reinforced inorganic composite A method of forming a fiber-reinforced, glass or glass-ceramic, elongated composite is described wherein several multifiber lengths are impregnated with matrix material, woven or twisted to form a fabric network, the impregnating matrix material softened,... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4239816 | Organic additives for organometallic compositions A coating composition for the pyrolytic deposition of metal oxide films is disclosed comprising an organometallic coating reactant, a high boiling point organic compound which modifies the rate of film formation and decreases the particle size of the meta... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4020896 | Ceramic structural material Disclosed is a ceramic structural material, which is particularly useful in combination with an assembly or matrix of integrally fused tubes forming a series of longitudinal parallel passageways. Also disclosed is a method for making such ceramic structur... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3932161 | Fibrous insulating materials Heat-insulating ceramic pieces are made, suitable for assembly to form the internal linings of gas turbine engine ducts, by producing and shaping an adherent mass of short fibre ceramic filaments and silica sol. After the shaped pieces have been dried, th... | 01/13/1976 |
