Corning Incorporated

Andrew Joseph Sullivan

Dana Craig Bookbinder

James Andrew West

Thomas William Brew

David Robertson Treacy, Jr

Kenneth Charles Sariego

Venkatesh Botu

Robert Bernard Lubberts

Darin Wayne Felty

David Lewin Poff

Frank Fabian

Christian Alexander Rothenbach Stacey

Roni Daniel Levi

A transparent illumination system and related light guide plate is provided. The system is configured to facilitate total internal reflection propagation of light through the light guide plate despite low index of refraction differences between the glass material of the light guide layer and the adjacent layer. The system includes a light source, such as a laser diode, and an optical element to fan out light from the light source in the plane of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes internal light extraction features.

Light guide plate and transparent illumination system utilizing the same

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming a circumferential skin surrounding a central cellular structure of an extruded honeycomb article. The method and apparatus may be used to produce defect-free skins and/or skins having large thickness and a high degree of particle alignment thereby preferably exhibiting CTE comparable to the extruded webs. These benefits are achieved by providing a die and method wherein a flow, Q, exiting any two active ones of a plurality of peripheral slots forming the skin is substantially equal. Also disclosed is a thick-skinned ceramic article having a thick extruded skin (t&#x3e;5 t) with an I-value comparable to the webs.

Methods for extruding a honeycomb article with a skin surrrounding a central cellular structure

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Painted Post, NY, United States of America

Andrew Joseph Sullivan