US Patent Issued to CORNING on July 1 for "Vibratory cutting apparatus and method comprising fluid bearings" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,894, issued on July 1, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Vibratory cutting apparatus and method comprising fluid bearings" was invented by Alejandro Aguilar (Painted Post, N.Y.), Kevin Eugene Elliott (Horseheads, N.Y.) and Justin Carl Fossum (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for vibratory cutting, including in the manufacture of ceramic honeycomb bodies. The apparatus includes a transducer configured to generate vibrations with respect to an axial direction. A cutting element is configured to receive and oscillate axially in response to the vibrations. The cutting element has a blade hav...