Elemental Carbon Containing Patents (Class 252/502)
  • Patent number: 10338537
    Abstract: Electrochemical indicators are configured to indicate a variable such as time and/or a temperature excursion. In some embodiments, the electrochemical indicators comprise an anode layer and a cathode layer which contact an electrolyte to activate each indicator. In some embodiments, the electrochemical indicator comprises an electrically isolated RFID chip and an RFID antenna which are placed in electrical communication in response to the external variable. The completed RFID tag may then be read by an RFID reader. A completed RFID tag may also be incorporated within the electrochemical indicators comprising an anode layer and a cathode layer and where the RFID tag is unshielded and becomes readable as the indicator expires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Vision Works IP Corporation
    Inventor: Fritz Braunberger
  • Patent number: 10322935
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to large scale synthesis of thinned graphite and in particular, few layers of graphene sheets and graphene-graphite composites. In some embodiments, a method for producing thinned crystalline graphite from precursor crystalline graphite using wet ball milling processes is disclosed herein. The method includes transferring crystalline graphite into a ball milling vessel that includes a grinding media. A first and a second solvent are transferred into the ball milling vessel and the ball milling vessel is rotated to cause the shearing of layers of the crystalline graphite to produce thinned crystalline graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NanoXplore Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Bozalina, Philippe Perret, Soroush Nazarpour
  • Patent number: 10288997
    Abstract: Camera heads and associated rotating contact assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment a slip-ring assembly includes a rotating contact assembly including slip rings having a cylindrical ring assembly and a flexible or bendable brush assembly. Brush elements may flexed to remain in contact with corresponding ring assembly electrical contacts. Bush contacts may be coated or have attached contact assemblies to increase hardness and oxide resistance with materials such as palladium nickel, rhodium, or hard gold, though a variety of other materials may be used as a suitable coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
    Inventors: Eric M. Chapman, Mark S. Olsson, Nicholas A. Smith, Alexander L. Warren
  • Patent number: 10252331
    Abstract: A silver powder, including: an organic substance on a surface of the silver powder, the organic substance containing at least one carboxyl group and at least one hydroxyl group in one molecule of the organic substance, wherein a ratio of (Casson yield value/BET specific surface area) is 500 or less, where the Casson yield value is a Casson yield value of a conductive paste and the BET specific surface area is a BET specific surface area of the silver powder, where the conductive paste has a composition in which the silver powder is 86% by mass, a glass fit is 1% by mass, ethyl cellulose is 0.6% by mass, texanol is 10.5% by mass, and zinc oxide is 1.9% by mass, and the conductive paste is prepared by kneading the composition with a planetary centrifugal stirrer and bubble remover and dispersing with a triple roll mill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Nakanoya, Hiroshi Kamiga
  • Patent number: 10229769
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a conductive polymer composite. The method includes forming a mixture. The mixture includes a first thermoplastic polymer, a second thermoplastic polymer and a plurality of metal particles. The first thermoplastic polymer and the second thermoplastic polymer are immiscible with each other. The plurality of metal particles include at least one metal that is immiscible with both the first thermoplastic polymer and the second thermoplastic polymer. The method includes heating the mixture to a temperature greater than or equal to a melting point of the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Prestayko, Sarah J. Vella, Carolyn Moorlag, Barkev Keoshkerian, Jordan H. Wosnick
  • Patent number: 10226065
    Abstract: A tobacco smoking mixture and/or a cigarette wrapper with high-temperature ammonia-release agents therein are provided, wherein the high-temperature ammonia-release agents are present in an amount effective to reduce the cytotoxicity of gas phase or particulate matter formed during smoking of the cigarette. The high-temperature ammonia-release agents can be formed by heating an aqueous mixture of an iron precursor compound, an ammonia source compound and an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jay A Fournier, John B. Paine, Douglas A. Fernandez
  • Patent number: 10199789
    Abstract: A carbonaceous material is fabricated by a mixture of carbon powder and a binder. 10% by weight or more and 60% by weight or less of metal powder to the fabricated carbonaceous material is mixed. The mixed carbonaceous material and metal powder are pressurized and formed. A brush base material is fabricated by burning of the pressurized and formed carbonaceous material and metal powder. The fabricated brush base material is impregnated with oil. An impregnation rate of the oil to the mixed carbonaceous material and metal powder may be 0.5% by weight or more, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAN KAKO CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Fumihiro Hozumi
  • Patent number: 10177380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anode active material including natural graphite and mosaic coke-based artificial graphite, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an anode active material including natural graphite and mosaic coke-based artificial graphite is used, when applied to a lithium secondary battery, intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions is more facilitated and conductivity of an electrode is improved even if no or little conductive material is used. Furthermore, the increase in conductivity can lead to not only a further improvement in rate performance of a lithium secondary battery but also a reduction in interfacial resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Min Lee, Dong Sub Jung, Eun Kyung Kim, Sang Wook Woo, Sun Young Shin
  • Patent number: 10157711
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing a graphene-polyaniline hybrid composite, including oxidatively exfoliating natural graphite flakes to yield a graphene body, functionalizing the surface of a graphene substrate with aniline groups wherein the surface of the graphene body is functionalized with aniline groups via a diazonium reaction, and polymerizing the aniline groups, wherein covalently-grafted polyaniline-graphene nanocomposites are formed by in-situ polymerization of aniline in the presence of aniline-functionalized graphene oxide, an oxidant, and an acid dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Xie, Zhe-Fei Li
  • Patent number: 10121567
    Abstract: An insulating composition comprises: about 70-100 parts by volume of a polymeric material, about 5-30 parts by volume of a ceramic filler (2) which is surface-treated by a bifunctional coupling agent in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 4 wt % of the ceramic filler; about 0.1-5 parts by volume of a crosslinking agent; about 0-6 parts by volume of conductive powder (3); and about 0-6 parts by volume of ZnO whisker (4). A preparation method for making the insulating composition, an insulating article such as an electrical cable accessory, and a use thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ying Shi, Qi Su, Ming Zhang, Meng Zhuang, Yaming Wang, Jingqiang Hou, Xiaolin Jin, Hongsheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10096428
    Abstract: At least one of an aqueous solution A containing lithium, an aqueous solution B containing iron, manganese, cobalt, or nickel, and an aqueous solution C containing a phosphoric acid includes graphene oxide. The aqueous solution A is dripped into the aqueous solution C, so that a mixed solution E including a precipitate D is prepared. The mixed solution E is dripped into the aqueous solution B, so that a mixed solution G including a precipitate F is prepared. The mixed solution G is subjected to heat treatment in a pressurized atmosphere, so that a mixed solution H is prepared, and the mixed solution H is then filtered. Thus, particles of a compound containing lithium and oxygen which have a small size are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Miwa, Kuniharu Nomoto, Nobuhiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10090078
    Abstract: Nanocomposite films comprising carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout a polymer matrix and further comprising at least two surfaces with differing amounts of carbon nanotubes and differing electrical resistivity values are provided. Nanocomposite films comprising a polymer layer, a conductive nanofiller layer, and a polysaccharide layer having antistatic properties are provided. In particular, nanocomposites comprising polyvinyl alcohol as the polymer, graphene as the conductive nanofiller and starch as the polysaccharide are provided. In addition, processes for forming the nanocomposites, methods for characterizing the nanocomposites as well as applications in or on electrical and/or electronic devices are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mamdouh Ahmed Al-Harthi, Osamah Awadh Bin-Dahman
  • Patent number: 10081548
    Abstract: A precursor composition is provided, including a templating component having a block copolymer, a phenolic compound, a cross-linkable aldehyde component, and a graphitizing agent including a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). The precursor composition is polymerized to form a polymerized carbonization precursor. The polymerized carbonization precursor is carbonized to form a mesoporous carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventors: Seyyed Mohammad Ali Sharif Sheikhaleslami, Ali Beitollahi
  • Patent number: 10062504
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet includes: manufacturing a first sealing body by filling a graphite container with a magnetic powder to be a rare-earth magnet material and by sealing the graphite container; manufacturing a sintered body by sintering the first sealing body to manufacture a second sealing body in which the sintered body is accommodated; and manufacturing a rare-earth magnet by performing hot plastic working on the second sealing body to give magnetic anisotropy to the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Noriyuki Ueno, Akira Kano, Tomonori Inuzuka, Noritsugu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 10049783
    Abstract: Novel dispersions of nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, boron nanotubes, clay nanotubes, other nanotube species, buckminster fullerenes, graphene, graphene nanoplatelets, elements, oxides, nanoparticles, nanoclusters, nanopowders, nanocrystals, nanoscale molecules, other nanoscale materials, as well as products produced therefrom are described. These dispersions can then be further processed into a wide variety of products including but not limited to composite materials, polymers, resins, epoxies, emulsions, cements, coatings, clays, films, membranes, paper, fibers, inks, paints, pastes, electronics, spintronics, optics, biotechnology materials, electrodes, field emission or other displays, plating, capacitance, ceramics, catalysts, clays, ballistic materials, drug delivery, doping, magnetics, dielectrics, barrier layers, selective ion flow membranes, batteries, fuel cells, solar and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Mike Foley
  • Patent number: 10038177
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio Yukawa
  • Patent number: 10035957
    Abstract: A method of treating lignin-based material is provided, comprising the steps of subjecting lignin separated from lingo-cellulosic raw material to hydrothermal carbonization process at an elevated temperature, where carbonized lignin having increased carbon content is obtained, and stabilizing the obtained carbonized lignin under inert atmosphere at a stabilization temperature higher than the temperature of the hydrothermal carbonization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Tuomo Hilli, Pekka Tynjaelae, Henrik Romar
  • Patent number: 10014516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a SiO2/carbon nanofiber composite on the basis of a nickel/copper catalyst using electrophoretic deposition, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery using the same as an anode material. The method for manufacturing a SiO2/carbon nanofiber composite on the basis of a nickel/copper catalyst using electrophoretic deposition including: depositing a nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) catalyst on a carbon fiber textile by electrophoretic deposition using a carbon electrode as an anode and the carbon fiber textile as a cathode; reducing the carbon fiber textile on which the nickel and copper catalyst is deposited; growing carbon nanofiber on the reduced carbon fiber textile to by chemical vapor deposition using an ethylene gas; and coating the grown carbon nanofiber with SiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION KEIMYUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ki Mok Nam, Heai Ku Park, Chang Seop Lee
  • Patent number: 10000419
    Abstract: Compositions and methods associated with intercalating and exfoliating a sample are described herein. For example, of a method may include mixing the sample with intercalation materials. The intercalation materials are then intercalated into the sample to obtain a sample intercalated with the intercalation materials. The intercalated sample can then be exfoliated to produce an exfoliated sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Ching-Cheh Hung, Janet B. Hurst, Maricela Lizcano, Diana Santiago
  • Patent number: 9993871
    Abstract: A silver powder, including: an organic substance on a surface of the silver powder, the organic substance containing at least one carboxyl group and at least one hydroxyl group in one molecule of the organic substance, wherein a BET specific surface area of the silver powder is 0.1 m2/g or more but 2.0 m2/g or less, and wherein a cumulative 50% point of particle diameter (D50) of the silver powder in a volume-based particle size distribution of the silver powder as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analysis is 0.1 ?m or more but 6.0 ?m or less, and a ratio of [(D90?D10)/D50] is 3.0 or less, where D50 is the cumulative 50% point of particle diameter, D90 is a cumulative 90% point of particle diameter of the silver powder, and D10 is a cumulative 10% point of particle diameter of the silver powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Nakanoya, Hiroshi Kamiga
  • Patent number: 9991516
    Abstract: A battery production method is provided for producing the battery using the rubber material such as a tire containing sulfur as the raw material. In the method, the raw material is thermally decomposed, so that the raw material is separated into the solid portion and the dry distilled gas. In the next step, the dry distilled gas is cooled, so that the dry distilled gas is separated into the oil portion and the gaseous portion. In the next step, the oil portion is distilled, so that the oil portion is separated into the heavy oil, the light oil, and sulfur. In the next step, the heavy oil and sulfur are kneaded and thermally processed to produce the positive active substance or the positive electrode active material of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Yamasaki, Kazuaki Nasu
  • Patent number: 9991507
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode for a secondary battery having improved energy density and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, an electrode for a secondary battery, in which an electrode mix including an electrode active material, and a material having a shape easily rolled during electrode rolling as a conductive material is coated on an electrode current collector, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sung Uhm, Je Young Kim, Ji Yoon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9972831
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an anode (3), a cathode (2) and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The anode includes composite particles having a carbon material included in a metallic material. As the metallic material, a metal capable of electrochemically reacting with lithium in a nonaqueous electrolyte is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsuo Omaru, Hiroaki Tanizaki
  • Patent number: 9957379
    Abstract: Composite materials are provided that include nanostructures bound together by a binder material in a manner that provides the composite material with high strain capability and toughness. The nanostructures and binder material form a matrix material in which long fiber reinforcements may be embedded to form a structural composite material. The nanostructures may have relatively low aspect ratios, preventing entanglement during processing. The nanostructures can be arranged in an interconnected network to form a high free-volume skeletal structure within the matrix material that allows the nanostructures to flex and return to their original shapes. As applied to ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials, this tough, flexible matrix material allows for full bonding of the matrix material with the fiber reinforcements so that CMC materials can realize the full potential of the reinforcing fibers and possess superior inter-laminar strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel H. Hecht, William R. Garver
  • Patent number: 9921590
    Abstract: A heating control unit for a building with a heating system, which includes heat exchangers supplied by a boiler, a loop for circulating the heating fluid including a mixing valve, radiators, a return loop, and a control circuit which receives information on the indoor and outdoor conditions in order to control the mixing valve. The control unit includes elements for predicting and optimizing the heating needs of the users of the building and for providing the control circuit with modified information on the outdoor temperature likely to adjust the parameters of the heating system to the needs of the users and minimize power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: NEUROBAT AG
    Inventors: David Lindelof, Antoine Guillemin, Sohail Malik
  • Patent number: 9903616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to complexed nanoparticle materials including metal sub-nanoparticles and chalcopyrite nano cores. The metal sub-nanoparticles are distributed on the surfaces of chalcopyrite nano cores. The complexed nanoparticle materials have improved light absorption property because the surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticle to effectively convert light into thermal energy. The complexed nanoparticle materials further include dispersants which are attached on the surface of the complexed nanoparticle materials. A solvent mixture with similar polarity can be separated by adding the complexed nanoparticle materials with dispersants, and then irradiating sunlight through a focusing component to the solvent mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Yulun Chueh, Yuting Yen
  • Patent number: 9893199
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of the reduced and N-doped graphene oxide comprising the steps of preparing the mixed solution containing graphene oxide (GO) and tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) (step 1) and heating the mixed solution prepared in step 1 (step 2). The preparation method of the reduced and N-doped graphene oxide of the present invention can provide the fully reduced and N-doped graphene oxide even at a low temperature by using tetramethylammonium hydroxide, the tetra ammonium salt, as a nitrogen dopant. According to this method, N-doping level can be regulated by controlling the mixing ratio of graphene oxide and tetramethylammonium hydroxide. Further, this method does not need any additional additive to prepare the reduced and N-doped graphene oxide, so that it is a pro-environmental method that facilitates the mass-production simply with solution process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Firoz Khan, Seong-Ho Baek, Jae Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9862645
    Abstract: A molded, fireproof product, which contains graphite, in particular natural graphite, and is based on fireproof granular materials. The granular-material grains of the product are consolidated to form a molded body by means of a binder known per se and/or ceramic bonding. The product has a homogeneous mixture of at least two graphite types, which each have a different coefficient of thermal expansion. One graphite type is predominant by amount and the other graphite type acts as an auxiliary graphite type. The invention further relates to a method for producing a product and to the use of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Refratechnik Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Jansen, Christos Aneziris, Petra Stein
  • Patent number: 9853285
    Abstract: Provided are a method of fabricating an anode for lithium-sulfur batteries and a lithium-sulfur battery. The method includes: mixing a carbon raw material and a binder; obtaining a carbon layer by preparing the mixture of the carbon raw material and the binder in the form of a layer; drying the carbon layer; forming a carbon thin layer by compressing the dried carbon layer; and stacking the carbon thin layer on an anode for lithium-sulfur batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong-Tae Kim, Tae-Gyung Jeong, Hyung-Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9840414
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. For example, one aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising: (a) providing boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon; (b) heating the boron oxide to melt the boron oxide and heating the aerogel; (c) mixing a nitrogen-containing gas with boron oxide vapor from molten boron oxide; and (d) converting at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride. Another aspect relates to a method for making an aerogel comprising boron nitride, comprising heating boron oxide and an aerogel comprising carbon under flow of a nitrogen-containing gas, wherein boron oxide vapor and the nitrogen-containing gas convert at least a portion of the carbon to boron nitride to obtain the aerogel comprising boron nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alexander K. Zettl, Michael Rousseas, Anna P. Goldstein, William Mickelson, Marcus A. Worsley, Leta Woo
  • Patent number: 9805897
    Abstract: A fuse includes a body, a first conductive terminal coupled with a first end of the body, and a second conductive terminal coupled with a second end of the body. The body, the first conductive terminal, and the second conductive terminal define an exterior of the fuse. The fuse also includes an interruption assembly including a fusible element. The fusible element includes carbon fiber, is disposed on a conductive path between the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal, and is configured to break when a current through the fusible element exceeds a predetermined current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Jeffrey Benke, Robert Neville Parry, Nicholas Paul Brusky
  • Patent number: 9793548
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of manufacturing a nanoscale coated network, which includes providing nanofibers, capable of forming a network in the presence of a liquid vehicle and providing a nanoscale solid substance in the presence of the liquid vehicle. The method may also include forming a network of the nanofibers and the nanoscale solid substance and redistributing at least a portion of the nanoscale solid substance within the network to produce a network of nanofibers coated with the nanoscale solid substance. Also provided herein is a nanoscale coated network with an active material coating that is redistributed to cover and electrochemically isolate the network from materials outside the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: WELLSTAT BIOCATALYSIS, LLC
    Inventor: Evgeniya Freydina
  • Patent number: 9775239
    Abstract: A resin composition for printed circuit board contains a resin component containing a thermosetting resin, and an inorganic filler. The inorganic filler contains crushed silica having a specific surface area in a range from 0.1 m2/g to 15 m2/g, inclusive, and molybdenum compound particles each having a molybdenum compound in at least a surface layer portion. A content of the crushed silica is in a range from 10 parts by mass to 150 parts by mass inclusive with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Arisawa, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Tomoyuki Abe, Kiyotaka Komori, Syouji Hasimoto, Mitsuyoshi Nishino
  • Patent number: 9748016
    Abstract: A method of the present invention for producing a carbon nanotube includes: a dispersing step of dispersing a carbon nanotube in a solvent by carrying out a dispersion treatment that brings about a cavitation effect, the carbon nanotube having an average diameter (Av) and a diameter distribution (3?) that satisfy 0.60>3?/Av>0.20; and a mixing step of mixing carbon nanotube slurry obtained in the dispersing step with latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Shigeta, Tsutomu Nagamune, The Ban Hoang, Mitsugu Uejima
  • Patent number: 9731973
    Abstract: A method for obtaining graphene oxide is provided comprising the steps of a) adding an acid and a salt to graphite for obtaining a graphite oxide, and b) exfoliating the graphite oxide by mixing it, wherein the steps a) and b) are carried out simultaneously in a high shear mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GRAPHENEA S.A.
    Inventors: Amaia Zurutuza Elorza, Beatriz Alonso Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9711791
    Abstract: In a non-aqueous organic electrolyte secondary cell, the counter charge capacity ratio (A/C) between the cathodes and the anodes represented by the following formula is set to within the range from 1.10 to 1.35, A/C=?×(anode charge capacity×?)/(cathode charge capacity×?×?) where ? is the electrode area coefficient defined as (anode area)/(cathode area) and ?>1.0, ? is a design coefficient and 0.85???1.15, ? is the charge-discharge efficiency ratio defined as (charge-discharge ratio at 25° C.)/(charge-discharge ratio at 55° C.), and ? is the temperature characteristic coefficient defined as (charge capacity at 55° C.)/(charge capacity at 25° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Hideaki Tanaka, Hajime Satou
  • Patent number: 9679674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dielectric mineral oil composition for a transformer, formed by at least one dielectric mineral oil and graphene nanoflakes decorated with metal nanoparticles and/or ceramic nanoparticles. The dielectric mineral oil composition has improved thermal conductivity and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: PROLEC-GE INTERNACIONAL, S. DE R. L. DE C. V., INSTITUTO TECHNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY
    Inventors: Edgar David Ramón Raygoza, Carlos Iván Rivera Solorio, Enrique Giménez Torres
  • Patent number: 9672953
    Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods of stabilizing Magneli phase materials are presented where the modified materials have a host phase and a locking phase in which locking compounds prevent rearrangement of a Magneli shear plane to a rutile structure and so prevent or reduce the oxidation of the Magneli phase material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen R. Clarke, Robert Clarke
  • Patent number: 9662748
    Abstract: There is provided a metal nanoparticle dispersion which can be bonded at a lower temperature (for example, 200° C. or less), and enabling to obtain excellent mechanical properties and electric properties of the bonded portion, the metal nanoparticle dispersion, including: metal nanoparticles, with at least a part of a surface of each particle coated with amine A having 8 or more carbon atoms; and a dispersion medium for dispersing the metal nanoparticles, wherein the dispersion medium contains amine B which is primary, secondary, or tertiary amine having 7 or less carbon atoms, and which is linear alkyl amine or alkanol amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Endoh, Hiromasa Miyoshi, Takashi Hinotsu, Satoru Kurita, Yoshiko Kohno
  • Patent number: 9640360
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam microscope which has a small mechanical vibration amplitude of a distal end of an emitter tip, is capable of obtaining an ultra-high resolution sample observation image and removing shaking or the like of the sample observation image. A gas field ion source includes: an emitter tip configured to generate ions; an emitter-base mount configured to support the emitter tip; a mechanism configured to heat the emitter tip; an extraction electrode installed to face the emitter tip; and a mechanism configured to supply a gas to the vicinity of the emitter tip, wherein the emitter tip heating mechanism is a mechanism of heating the emitter tip by electrically conducting a filament connecting at least two terminals, the terminals are connected by a V-shaped filament, an angle of the V shape is an obtuse angle, and the emitter tip is connected to a substantial center of the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Shichi, Shinichi Matsubara, Yoichi Ose, Yoshimi Kawanami, Noriaki Arai
  • Patent number: 9637386
    Abstract: A graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be produced by properly selecting acid dianhydride and diamine which constitute a polyimide film, which polyimide film is a raw material of the graphite film. Specifically, the graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be obtained if (1) the acid dianhydride is PMDA and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 100:0 to 80:20, or (2) the acid dianhydride has a molar ratio of PMDA/BPDA in a range of 80:20 to 50:50, and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 30:70 to 90:10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohta, Takashi Inada, Makoto Mishiro, Yasushi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9613736
    Abstract: A method of making a PTC protection chip device includes: preparing an assembly of a PTC polymer material, a spacer unit, and first and second electrode sheets of a metal-plated copper foil, the PTC polymer material and the spacer unit of the assembly being sandwiched between and cooperating with the first and second electrode sheets to form a stack; subjecting the stack to a hot pressing process, so that the first and second electrode sheets contact and are pressed against the PTC polymer material and the spacer unit and so that the PTC polymer material is bonded to and cooperates with the first and second electrode sheets to form a PTC laminate; and cutting the PTC laminate so as to form the PTC circuit protection chip device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Fuzetec Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jack Jih-Sang Chen, Chang-Hung Jiang
  • Patent number: 9564630
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a graphene-enhanced anode active material for use in a lithium battery. The process comprises (a) providing a continuous film of a graphene material into a deposition zone; (b) introducing vapor or atoms of a precursor anode active material into the deposition zone, allowing the vapor or atoms to deposit onto a surface of the graphene material film to form a sheet of an anode active material-coated graphene material; and (c) mechanically breaking this sheet into multiple pieces of anode active material-coated graphene; wherein the graphene material is in an amount of from 0.1% to 99.5% by weight and the anode active material is in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight, all based on the total weight of the graphene material and the anode active material combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nantek Instuments, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanbo Wang, Bor Z Jang, Hui He, Aruna Zhamu
  • Patent number: 9540498
    Abstract: A method of coating a substrate wherein a composition comprising graphene sheets and at least one polymer having a melting point or glass transition temperature of no greater than about 100° C. is applied to the substrate and the composition is cured at a temperature no greater than about 135° C. to form a coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Scheffer, Christy V. Martin
  • Patent number: 9487446
    Abstract: Provided are a diamond polycrystalline body having a longer life than conventional diamond polycrystalline bodies when it is slid, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tool. In a diamond polycrystalline body, at least one element whose sulfide or chloride has a melting point of less than or equal to 1000° C. is added thereto, and crystal grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm. Thereby, wear of diamond can be suppressed, and the diamond polycrystalline body can have a longer life when it is slid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Katsuko Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Hitoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 9487447
    Abstract: Provided are a diamond polycrystalline body having a longer life than conventional diamond polycrystalline bodies when it is slid, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tool. In a diamond polycrystalline body, at least one element whose oxide has a melting point of less than or equal to 1000° C. is added thereto, and crystal grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm. Thereby, wear of diamond can be suppressed, and the diamond polycrystalline body can have a longer life when it is slid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Katsuko Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Hitoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 9488908
    Abstract: Functional nanocomposites containing nanoparticles of different chemical compositions may exhibit new properties to meet demands for advanced technology. It is imperative to simultaneously achieve hierarchical structural control and to develop rapid, scalable fabrication to minimize degradation of nanoparticle properties and for compatibility with nanomanufacturing. The assembly kinetics of supramolecular nanocomposite in thin films is governed by the energetic cost arising from defects, the chain mobility, and the activation energy for inter-domain diffusion. By optimizing only one parameter, the solvent fraction in the film, the assembly kinetics can be precisely tailored to produce hierarchically structured thin films of supramolecular nanocomposites in approximately one minute. Moreover, the strong wavelength dependent optical anisotropy in the nanocomposite highlights their potential applications for light manipulation and information transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ting Xu, Joseph Kao
  • Patent number: 9441113
    Abstract: A method of recovering carbon black includes the step of providing a carbonaceous source material containing carbon black. The carbonaceous source material is contacted with a sulfonation bath to produce a sulfonated material. The sulfonated material is pyrolyzed to produce a carbon black containing product comprising a glassy carbon matrix phase having carbon black dispersed therein. A method of making a battery electrode is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Amit K. Naskar, Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Zhonghe Bi
  • Patent number: 9413000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a negative-electrode active material for rechargeable lithium battery, wherein the negative-electrode active material comprises a core comprising material capable of doping and dedoping lithium; and, a carbon layer formed on the surface of the core, wherein the carbon layer has a three dimensional porous structure comprising nanopores regularly ordered on the carbon layer with a pore wall of specific thickness placed therebetween. In some embodiments, the method comprises modifying a material capable of doping and dedoping lithium with an organic functional group, mixing the modified material with an inorganic oxide, heating the mixture, and removing the inorganic oxide to form the negative-electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Jaephil Cho, Jae-Bum Choo, Byung-Hee Han, Hyun-Jung Kim, Ki-Tae Kim, Je-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9410228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of a metal matrix composite. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) pulverizing a solid carbon material to a micrometer size; 2) plastic deforming a metal matrix powder and dispersing the pulverized nanometer-sized carbon material into the metal matrix powder during the plastic deformation; 3) integrating the metal/carbon nano-material composite powder obtained in step 2) by using a hot forming process; and 4) heat treating the integrated bulk material at a predetermined temperature to form a composite having a metal-carbon nanophase, a metal-carbon nanoband formed by growth of the metal-carbon nanophase, or a metal-carbon nano-network structure formed by self-coupling of the metal-carbon nanoband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Yonsei University
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Bae, Hyun Joo Choi