Patents Examined by Jose I Hernandez-Kenney
  • Patent number: 11286556
    Abstract: Methods for selectively depositing on surfaces are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosure utilize an organometallic precursor that is substantially free of halogen and substantially free of oxygen. Deposition is performed to selectively deposit a metal film on a non-metallic surface over a metallic surface. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods of gap filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Byunghoon Yoon, Wei Lei, Sang Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 11273526
    Abstract: Systems and methods for application of stress corrosion cracking resistant cold spray coatings include a method of forming a partial coating on a canister having a perimeter wall with a surface. The method may include identifying a compromised region on the surface of the wall of the canister, and impacting a substantially linear flow of particles of a powder against an area in the compromised region of the surface in a manner effective to cause the particles of the powder to bond to the surface of the wall to produce a coating on the area of the compromised region. The method may also include moving the substantially linear flow in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the wall to cause the particles to impact an additional area of the compromised region to cause the particles to bond to the surface of the additional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle William Johnson, Jamie Walter Beard, Bhaarat Kumar Jasthi
  • Patent number: 11276847
    Abstract: A method for forming a connection such as an electrical connection, to a fibre material electrode element comprises moving a length of the fibre material relative to a pressure injection stage and pressure impregnating by a series of pressure injection pulses a lug material into a lug zone part of the fibre material to surround and/or penetrate fibres of the fibre material and form a lug strip in the lug zone. The fibre material may be a carbon fibre material and the lug material a metal such as Pb or a Pb alloy. Apparatus for forming an electrical connection to a fibre material electrode element is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ArcActive Limited
    Inventors: John Abrahamson, Shane Christie, Hannu Out, Euan Scott Heffer, Yoon San Wong
  • Patent number: 11268196
    Abstract: Forming a lithium lanthanum zirconate thin film includes disposing zirconium oxide on a substrate to yield a zirconium oxide coating, contacting the zirconium oxide coating with a solution including a lithium salt and a lanthanum salt, heating the substrate to yield a dried salt coating on the zirconium oxide coating, melting the dried salt coating to yield a molten salt mixture, reacting the molten salt mixture with the zirconium oxide coating to yield lithium lanthanum zirconate, and cooling the lithium lanthanum zirconate to yield a lithium lanthanum zirconate coating on the substrate. In some cases, the zirconium oxide coating is contacted with an aqueous molten salt mixture including a lithium salt and a lanthanum salt, the molten salt mixture is reacted with the zirconium oxide coating to yield lithium lanthanum zirconate, and the lithium lanthanum zirconate is cooled to yield a lithium lanthanum zirconate coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Candace Chan, Jon Mark Weller
  • Patent number: 11260421
    Abstract: A method of repairing an erosion coating coupled to a substrate, wherein the coating comprises an anodization layer on the substrate, a bond primer layer on the anodization layer, a corrosion-resistant primer on the bond primer, and an erosion coating on the corrosion-resistant primer. The method comprises abrading an erosion coating; abrading a corrosion-resistant primer; creating an abraded surface comprising a bond primer over an anodization layer coupled to the substrate, applying a sol-gel adhesion promoter layer to said abraded surface; applying a corrosion-resistant layer over the sol-gel adhesion promoter layer; and applying an erosion coating layer over the corrosion-resistant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John Harner, John D. Riehl, William Bogue, Gary A. Wigell
  • Patent number: 11254762
    Abstract: A multiple-component composition that can be used for producing a corrosion inhibiting (meth)acrylic hydrogel. The multiple-component composition including at least one water soluble (meth)acrylic compound, at least one free radical initiator, at least one benzoate, and optionally at least one catalyst for free radical formation. A method for producing a hydrogel, to a hydrogel obtainable by the method, to a (meth)acrylic injection material, and to a method for sealing cracks, voids, flaws and cavities in building structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Markus Haufe, Max Hug, Mirdash Bakalli
  • Patent number: 11247938
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, compositions and methods for strengthening glass without heat or chemical processing of the glass itself. The compositions of the present invention are emulsions comprising polymer colloid particles that are functionalized with an organosilicon compound. The polymer colloid particles can fill surface defects in the glass due to their size being smaller than the surface defects, and the functional groups thereon can react with the surface of the glass to anchor the particles in the defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: C-Bond Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Erik K. Koep, Vince Pugliese, Bruce E. Rich, Andrew R. Barron
  • Patent number: 11213996
    Abstract: An in-line method to make a polymeric film with soft-feel haptic property includes the continuous, sequential steps of: (a) forming a polymer core layer of one or more polyesters; (b) optionally adding an adhesive layer and/or a skin layer over the polymer core layer to make a base layer; (c) stretching the base layer uniaxially in the machine direction; (d) coating the base layer with a liquid solution of a carbodiimide or polycarbodiimide crosslinker and a coating that includes aliphatic water-borne polyurethanes and one or more additives to enhance haptic properties, including urea-formaldehyde beads, aqueous wax dispersions and hollow sphere polymeric pigment dispersion; (e) heating the coated base layer to dry and crosslink the coating solution to form a coating layer on the base layer to create a coated film; (f) stretching the composite coated film in the transverse direction during or immediately following the drying and crosslinking step, and (g) optionally heat-treating the composite coated film to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Toray (Plastics) America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie Adams, Tracy Paolilli
  • Patent number: 11193200
    Abstract: Disclosed is a PVD processing method including a first process, a second process, a third process, and a fourth process. In the first process, an opening of a shield, which is provided between a first target containing a metal oxide and a second target containing a metal constituting the metal oxide, and a stage on which a substrate as a film formation object is placed, is made to coincide with the first target so as to expose the first target to the stage and the opening is brought close to the first target. In the second process, sputtering is performed using the first target. In the third process, the opening is made to coincide with the second target so as to expose the first target to the stage, and the opening is brought close to the second target. In the fourth process, sputtering is performed using the second target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Maeda, Hiroyuki Yokohara, Hiroshi Sone, Tetsuya Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11193243
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of asphalt construction or pavement applications, compositions and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of asphalt treatment, such as a step of applying onto an asphalt surface, under treatment conditions, a composition containing a biobased ester, at least one monoterpene, propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, a liquid intermediate made from polystyrene foam, sulfuric acid, D-limonene and soy methyl ester; carbon black pigment and styrene-butadiene complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BIOSPAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Sheldon R Chesky
  • Patent number: 11173737
    Abstract: A method for applying a patterned structure on a surface, comprising providing a donor substrate (1) comprising donor material (1a) between a light source (3) and a receiving surface (5), providing by means of the light source (3) a light pulse (3a) directed to the donor substrate (1), the light pulse (3a) being configured to cause the donor material (1a) to be transferred from the donor substrate (1) onto the receiving surface (5), wherein the donor substrate (1) comprises a pattern (2) of donor material (1a) on discrete portions (2a) of the donor substrate (1). The pattern (2) on the donor substrate (1) is transferred so as to form a pattern (4) of donor material (1a) on the receiving surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventor: Gari Arutinov
  • Patent number: 11177540
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a negative tab of a pouch cell includes following step of cleaning and surface roughening a copper foil substrate, plating a nickel film, cleaning and surface roughening the nickel film, plating a passivated metal film and cleaning and surface roughening the passivated metal film. A method for manufacturing a positive tab of a pouch cell includes following step of cleaning and surface roughening an aluminum foil substrate, plating a passivated metal film and cleaning and surface roughening the passivated metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Chung-Chieh Chang, Kuo-Wei Yeh
  • Patent number: 11161792
    Abstract: A method for infiltrating a porous preform for a gas turbine engine is provided, which comprises providing a chamber for infiltrating a porous preform. The porous preform is positioned within a slurry confinement fixture within the chamber. A vacuum is created in the chamber. A solvent is added to the slurry confinement fixture until a pressure in the chamber is substantially equal to an equilibrium partial pressure of the solvent. A slurry is added to the slurry confinement fixture. The slurry includes the solvent and a particulate. The pressure in the chamber is increased, and the slurry is urged into the porous preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Krause, Robert Shinavski, Kevin Mark Lukhard
  • Patent number: 11155922
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: loading a substrate into a substrate process chamber having a plasma generation space in which a processing gas is plasma-excited and a substrate process space communicating with the plasma generation space; mounting the substrate on a substrate mounting table installed inside the substrate process space; adjusting a height of the substrate mounting table so that the substrate is located at a height lower than a lower end of a coil, the coil configured to wind around an outer periphery of the plasma generation space so as to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the substrate; supplying the processing gas to the plasma generation space; plasma-exciting the processing gas supplied to the plasma generation space by supplying a high-frequency power to the coil to resonate the coil; and processing the substrate mounted on the substrate mounting table by the plasma-excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruo Yoshino, Takeshi Yasui, Masaki Murobayashi, Koichiro Harada, Tadashi Terasaki, Masanori Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11152601
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium electrode, more particularly, a method for manufacturing a lithium electrode having a thin and uniform thickness by, when manufacturing the lithium electrode, first forming a protective layer capable of protecting lithium metal on the surface treated substrate with a plasma and corona process, and depositing lithium metal on the protective layer and then transferring the deposited lithium metal layer to a current collector. The energy density of the lithium secondary battery manufactured using the lithium electrode thus manufactured can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Il Youn, Byoungkuk Son, Junghun Choi, Minchul Jang
  • Patent number: 11130877
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating material for a coating layer of an injection mold, the coating material including 100 parts by weight of a resin composition and about 30 to 40 parts by weight of a curing agent. The resin composition includes an amount of about 40 to 50 wt % of a first acrylic resin, an amount of about 5 to 15 wt % of a second acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight less than a weight average molecular weight of the first acrylic resin, an amount of about 10 to 15 wt % of a carbon component, an amount of about 0.5 to 2 wt % of a matting agent, an amount of about 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of a catalyst and an amount of about 20 to 35 wt % of a solvent, all the wt % are based on the total weight of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Noroo Bee Chemical Co., Ltd., Moltex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Hoon Jang, In Soo Han, Dae Sik Kim, Jae Hyun An, Seul Yi, Ik Jin Jung, Ju Seong Park, Soon Joon Jung, Seung Sik Han, Jae Beom Ahn, Yong Chul Lee, Kie Moon Sung, Soon Gi Kim, Hak Soon Choi
  • Patent number: 11118260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zirconium alloy cladding with improved oxidation resistance at a high temperature and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the zirconium alloy cladding includes a zirconium alloy cladding; and a Cr—Al thin film coated on the cladding, wherein the thin film is deposited through arc ion plating and the content of Al in the thin film is 5% by weight to 20% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Park, Hyun Gil Kim, Yang Il Jung, Dong Jun Park, Byoung Kwon Choi, Young Ho Lee, Jae Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 11118263
    Abstract: A method of forming a protective coating film for halide plasma resistance includes depositing a seed layer on a surface of an article via an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, depositing a rare-earth containing oxide layer on the seed layer via an ALD process, and exposing the rare-earth containing oxide layer to fluorine-containing plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yogita Pareek, Kevin A. Papke, Emily Sierra Thomson, Mahmut Sami Kavrik, Andrew C. Kummel
  • Patent number: 11104994
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a nuclear component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) the protective layer composed of a protective material including partially metastable chromium; the process includes a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Schuster, Fernando Lomello, Francis Maury, Alexandre Michau, Raphaël Boichot, Michel Pons
  • Patent number: 11065903
    Abstract: A gravure printing plate includes a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical gravure roller with a peripheral surface. Plural cells corresponding to a pattern to be printed are disposed on the peripheral surface of the gravure roller. First and second regions are provided on the peripheral surface of the gravure roller. The pattern to be printed includes at least two patterns. Plural cells corresponding to one of the two patterns are disposed in the first region. Plural cells corresponding to the other one of the two patterns are disposed in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sawada, Kenichi Togo