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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric M Monberg, Princeton, NJ (US);
Frederick W. Walz, Jr., Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/7012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/7012 ;
Abstract
The invention involves fabricating a ceramic tube, e.g., a silica overcladding tube, with very little bow, e.g., about 0.3 mm per meter or less. In particular, the invention involves securing the tube by a handle that both allows the tube to hang plumb during treatment, and also is capable of deforming during such heat treatment to maintain the plumb arrangement.