Use Of Wave Energy Or Electrical Discharge During Pretreatment Of Substrate Or Post-treatment Of Coating Patents (Class 205/918)
  • Patent number: 6264817
    Abstract: A component is immersed into an electrolyte with a specific speed and an initial polarizing current intensity is applied, which is high enough to generate on the surface of the treated component, which is immersed in the electrolyte, moving microplasma discharges. The component is held until the formation of a coating of a specific thickness. The lowering phase of the voltage, at which a coating forms, is carried out by lowering the voltage to a value which corresponds with the beginning of the extinction of the microplasma discharges and then maintaining it until the complete extinction of the isolated wandering microplasma discharges. Then the component is taken out of the electrolyte and is cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: R-Amtech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Timoshenko, Aleksandr Grigorevich Rakoch
  • Patent number: 6240333
    Abstract: A method and system for fabrication of composite parts with tools determines a layout pattern within an autoclave based upon the heating variance of the autoclave and the thermal performance of each selected tool. The layout pattern can provide for production goals such as minimizing processing time for a given selection of tools in an autoclave. The layout pattern is displayed with an easy to use graphical user interface or through a printout that allows an autoclave operator to quickly and efficiently determine an optimal loading pattern and load an autoclave accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Mark G. McGee
  • Patent number: 6144898
    Abstract: A control device for operation of a system for treating a surface of a solid running substrate by dielectric-barrier electrical discharge in a controlled gaseous atmosphere, comprising (A) a system which includes (i) a treatment device through which a substrate to be treated runs at a speed, (ii) the system is connected to the treatment device for supplying the treatment device with a flow of gas, (iii) the system is connected to the treatment device for supplying the treatment device with electrical power in order to produce the electrical discharge and (iv) the system sucking out the gas, (B) a data processing unit capable of receiving, as input, a datum regarding the speed at which the substrate is running through the treatment device, the data processing unit further comprising an output side connected to the system for controlling the electrical power supply system, in order to regulate the flow of gas delivered by the or each of the gas supply system and/or the electrical power delivered by the electric
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilles Lagrange, Isabelle Hibon
  • Patent number: 6094606
    Abstract: A control device for operation of a system for treating a surface of a solid running substrate by dielectric-barrier electrical discharge in a controlled gaseous atmosphere, comprising (A) a system which includes (i) a treatment device through which a substrate to be treated runs at a speed, (ii) the system is connected to the treatment device for supplying the treatment device with gas, (iii) the system is connected to the device for supplying the treatment device with electrical power in order to produce the electrical discharge and (iv) the system for sucking out the gas (B) a data processing unit designed to receive, as input, a datum regarding the speed at which the substrate is running through the treatment device, the data processing unit being connected, on the output side, to the gas supply system, to the electrical power supply system and to the gas suction system, in order: (a) upon starting the treatment device and when the running speed of the substrate is greater than a predetermined speed, to c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Gilles Lagrange, Isabelle Hibon
  • Patent number: 6090260
    Abstract: A method of electroplating an object to be plated attached to a lower portion of a plating bath constituted by draining used plating solution and supplying new plating solution at every plating procedure. The method has a step of supplying additional current so that the object to be plated always has cathode potential, while the object to be plated is being dipped in the plating bath and electroplating is not carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Toyoaki Tanaka, Yoshiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6027851
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a method for preparing a silver complex diffusion transfer reversal material comprising a grained and anodized aluminum foil as support and a photosensitive silver halide emulsion coating, characterized in that said grained and anodized aluminum foil is corona treated in a corona station comprising a roller and at least one electrode, that has been coated with a dielectric coating before said foil is coated by a photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Coppens, Marcus Jonckheere
  • Patent number: 5525205
    Abstract: A process for forming an electrical circuit component includes forming an initial metal layer on a surface of a synthetic plastics substrate, and irradiating the initial metal layer with laser light along a closed path so as to remove the initial metal layer therealong. The closed path irradiated by the laser light thereby establishes an insulating region covered by a first portion of the initial metal layer which is bounded by the closed path, and a conducting region covered by a second portion of the initial metal layer which surrounds the closed path and the insulating region established thereby. A further metal layer is then formed over the second portion of the initial metal layer of the conducting region. The first portion of the initial metal layer of the insulating region may thus be removed to thereby expose a corresponding surface portion of the synthetic plastics substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Miyashita
  • Patent number: 5328537
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a screen printing plate which can be obtained without using a mother mesh sheet and a resist film including a step of providing a non-plating area on the roll and exposing the roll coated with high-sensitivity photosensitive film by a multiple number of laser beams. The multiple number of laser beams are controlled by preset electric data so that the desired halftone points of negative halftone image are exposed on the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Think Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Shigeta