Inorganic Impregnant Patents (Class 428/307.7)
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Patent number: 11603481Abstract: The present application provides a composite material and a method for preparing the same. The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam and a polymer component and if necessary, further comprises a thermally conductive filler, and has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: So Jin Kim, Jong Min Shin
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Patent number: 11560504Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure relates to phase change material (PCM) composites composed of an PCM mixed with a nucleating agent contained within the pores of a graphite matrix and/or a hydrogel. The process to create these PCM composites includes coating the surface of graphite with a surfactant, compressing the graphite to form a matrix, then filling the graphite matrix with the PCM.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Adewale Odukomaiya, Erin Lynn Blackley, Jason David Woods, Judith Cecilia Vidal, Shuang Cui
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Patent number: 11352681Abstract: Methods for producing components for use in high temperature systems that include reacting a fluid reactant and a porous preform that has a pore volume and contains a solid oxide reactant that defines a solid volume of the porous preform. The method includes infiltrating the fluid reactant into the porous preform to react with the solid oxide reactant to produce a oxide/metal composite component, during which a displacing metal replaces a displaceable species of the solid oxide reactant to produce at least one solid oxide reaction product that has a reaction product volume that at least partially fills the pore volume. The oxide/metal composite component includes at least one oxide phase and at least one metal phase. The component is exposed to temperatures greater than 500° C. and the at least one oxide phase and the at least one metal phase exhibit thermal expansion values within 50% of one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Kenneth H. Sandhage, Mario Raul Caccia
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Patent number: 10371011Abstract: A method of forming an integral fastener for a ceramic matrix composite component comprises the steps of forming a fiber preform, applying a polymer material to the fiber preform to form a rigid preform structure, machining an opening in the rigid preform structure, forming a fiber fastener, inserting the fiber fastener into the opening, removing the polymer material, and infiltrating a matrix material into the rigid preform structure and fiber fastener to form a ceramic matrix composite component with an integral fastener. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: David C. Jarmon
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Patent number: 10029430Abstract: A tray (20) for holding contact lens mold assemblies (70) during thermal curing of a contact lens precursor material in an oven (210) to form contact lenses. The tray (20) comprises a plurality of plates (60) and a frame (25) supporting the plates (60). The frame (25) is configured to be stacked vertically with a plurality of identical frames to form a tray stack (10). Each plate (60) is a carbon-fiber reinforced polymer plate and comprises a plurality of support structures (110) each arranged to support one contact lens mold assembly (70) during curing and a plurality of channels (90, 100) connecting the support structures (110), to allow gases to flow between them in the tray stack (10) during curing.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LPInventors: John Robert Gibson, Geoffrey Douglas Sydney Payne
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Patent number: 9233850Abstract: Disclosed is a nano-scaled graphene article comprising a non-woven aggregate of nano-scaled graphene platelets wherein each of the platelets comprises a graphene sheet or multiple graphene sheets and the platelets have a thickness no greater than 100 nm (preferably smaller than 10 nm) and platelets contact other platelets to define a plurality of conductive pathways along the article. The article has an exceptional thermal conductivity (typically greater than 500 Wm?1K?1) and excellent electrical conductivity (typically greater than 1,000 S/cm). Thin-film articles of the present invention can be used for thermal management in micro-electronic devices and for current-dissipating on an aircraft skin against lightning strikes.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Bor Z. Jang, Aruna Zhamu, Jiusheng Guo
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Publication number: 20150144481Abstract: The invention comprises a process comprising infiltrating or infiltrating and coating a substrate with a boron-comprising precursor, and contacting the boron-comprising precursor with a nitrogen-comprising reactant to convert the boron-comprising precursor to BN or other a boron-nitrogen reaction product in the surface porosity or in the surface porosity and on the surface of the substrate. Composite materials comprising as one phase a substrate and BN or other a boron-nitrogen reaction product as a further phase, in surface porosity or in surface porosity and on a surface of the substrate, are claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Auckland Uniservices LimitedInventors: Ron Etzion, Grant Jason McIntosh, James Bernard Metson, Mark Ian Jones
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Patent number: 9006121Abstract: A pipe choke for use in drilling and mining operations comprising a body including a first end and a second end configured to couple to a pipe, an opening extending through the body from the first end to the second end, and wherein the body includes a first phase comprising recrystallized silicon carbide and a second phase comprising silicon.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Reilly, Edmund A. Cortellini, Robin M. Harrington
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Publication number: 20150079374Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite heat-dissipation substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite heat-dissipation substrate includes a first ceramic layer having insulating properties, a second porous ceramic layer and a metal layer, wherein the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer are continuously connected to each other so as not to form an interface therebetween, and the metal layer is infiltrated into plural pores of the second ceramic layer to be coupled to the ceramic layers, whereby interfacial coupling force between the ceramic layers and the metal layer is very high, thereby providing significantly improved heat dissipation characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Sang-Kwan LEE, Sang-Bok LEE, Jung-Yeul YUN
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Patent number: 8962147Abstract: A powder metal component is made of compacted and sintered powder metal particles such as chromium-containing ferrous-based metal and is porous. Following sintering, the pores are impregnated with relatively smaller particles of ceria and/or yttria. The component is then heat treated and the presence of the impregnated ceria and/or yttria serve as nucleation sites for the formation of desirable oxides, such as chromium oxide, on the surface. The impregnated particles that lie below the protective oxide layer remain available throughout the life of the component in the event the original oxide layer becomes worn or damaged, wherein a renewed protective oxide is formed in such regions due to the presence of the impregnated particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul CorporationInventors: Denis Christopherson, Jr., Jeremy Koth
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Publication number: 20150001156Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an inorganic substrate having at least one surface having a plurality of pores; zero valent nanoparticles deposited on the at least one surface and within at least some of the pores; and a stabilizer engaging the zero valent nanoparticles and operating to inhibit oxidation of the zero valent nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: Benedict Yorke Johnson
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Publication number: 20140352848Abstract: Disclosed are a method for adjusting the pore size of a porous metal material and the pore structure of a porous metal material. The method comprises: permeating at least one element into the surface of the pores of the material to generate a permeated layer on the surface of the pores, so that the average pore size of the porous material is reduced to within a certain range, thus obtaining a pore structure of the porous metal material having the pores distributed on the surface of the material and the permeated layer provided on the surface of the pores.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2011Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: INTERMET TECHNOLOGIES CHENGDU CO., LTD.Inventors: Lin Gao, Yuehui He, Tao Wang, Bo Li
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Patent number: 8865607Abstract: A composite article including a body made of recrystallized silicon carbide and an infiltrant, wherein the body comprises a static impact resistance of at least about 1800 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Reilly, Edmund A. Cortellini, Robin M. Harrington
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Publication number: 20140302305Abstract: A composite includes a porous matrix that includes a molybdenum-silicon-boron (Mo—Si—B) alloy that has a plurality of pores with a lubricant in contact with the Mo—Si—B alloy, a hydrophobic compound in contact with the Mo—Si—B alloy, or a combination thereof. A method for preparing a porous composite includes disposing a porous matrix comprising a Mo—Si—B alloy on a substrate, the Mo—Si—B alloy comprising a plurality of pores; disposing a lubricant on a surface of the porous matrix; and disposing a hydrophobic compound on a surface of the porous matrix to form the porous composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Somesh Kumar Mukherjee, Vivekanand Sista, John H. Stevens
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Publication number: 20140242374Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses and devices relate to porous metal layers on a substrate which are three-dimensionally coated. In one embodiment, a porous metal layer is deposited over a substrate. The porous metal layer can be three-dimensionally coated with a coating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Johann Strasser, Thomas Kunstmann, Manfred Frank, Werner Robl, Maximilian Krug, Simon Faiss, Matthias Mueller
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Patent number: 8778488Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles of silicon carbide and a carbonaceous matrix or silicon matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition having silicon and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining silicon and the organic compound and heating to form silicon carbide or silicon nitride nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Teddy M Keller, Andrew Saab, Matthew Laskoski, Syed B Qadri
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Patent number: 8709960Abstract: Provided here is a method of producing a monolithic body from a porous matrix, comprising: (i) providing a porous matrix having interstitial spaces and comprising at least a first reactant; (ii) contacting the porous matrix with an infiltrating medium that carries at least a second reactant; (iii) allowing the infiltrating medium to infiltrate at least a portion of the interstitial spaces of the porous matrix under conditions that promote a reaction between the at least first reactant and the at least second reactant to provide at least a first product; and (iv) allowing the at least first product to form and fill at least a portion of the interstitial spaces of the porous matrix, thereby producing a monolithic body, wherein the monolithic body does not comprise barium titanate.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Richard E. Riman, Vahit Atakan
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Publication number: 20140030948Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is a method for producing a composition, comprising: heating a first material comprising an amorphous alloy to a first temperature; and contacting the first material with a second material comprising at least one fiber to form a composition comprising the first material and the second material; wherein the first temperature is higher than or equal to a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the amorphous alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: LIQUIDMETAL COATINGS LLCInventors: Choongnyun P. KIM, John KANG
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Publication number: 20130295461Abstract: Since pseudo-capacitance transition metal oxides (for example, MnO2) have high theoretical capacitance and are eco-friendly, inexpensive, and abundant in the natural world, pseudo-capacitance transition metal oxides are gaining attention as promising capacitor electrode materials. However, pseudo-capacitance transition metal oxides have relatively low electronic conductivity and limited charging and discharging rates, and a it is therefore difficult to use pseudo capacitance transition metal oxides for high output power applications. If a plating process accompanying a liquid-phase precipitation reaction is performed on a nanoporous metal such as nanoporous gold (NPG) to deposit a ceramic material (for example, MnO2 or SnO2) on the surface of a core metal (for example, NPG), a nanoporous metal-ceramic composite having particular structural characteristics and comprising a metal core part and a ceramic deposition part can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Tohoku UniversityInventors: Mingwei Chen, Xingyou Lang, Takeshi Fujita
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Patent number: 8557384Abstract: A coating composition comprising an alkali metal silicate, a wetting agent, and a hydrophilic antifog agent forms an antifog coating on a substrate. The coating may be applied to the surface of a film from an aqueous dispersion of the ingredients, followed by drying to form a composite film.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Chen Zhao, Cornell Chappell, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130130014Abstract: A method and chemical composition and material structure for improving fretting wear in substrates, particularly carbon-carbon composite (CCC). The invention relates to trilayer coatings, comprising a base of hard ZrO2, a middle layer of Al2O3, and atop layer of lubricious ZnO. The coatings of the present invention exhibit conformality and pore-filling down to approximately 100 microns into a carbon-carbon composite to which they are applied. The methods for preparing the coatings include a chemical vapor infiltration route, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, to uniformly and conformally coat the porous and open structure of CCC with a solid lubricant trilayer of ZnO/Al2O3/ZrO2 that results in significant improvement (65%) in fretting wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: The University of North TexasInventors: Thomas W. Scharf, Hamidreza Mohseni, Jaimie S. Tiley
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Publication number: 20130115475Abstract: The method for the production of an element subject to wear, comprising a metal matrix and at least a core of hard material. The method provides a first step in which a temporary aggregation structure is prepared with at least partly open pores, which volatilize or in any case eliminate at least partly when subjected to heating. A second step in which, on the whole internal and external surface of said temporary aggregation structure, a liquid mixture of a binder with metal powders which contain hard elements or their precursors is uniformly distributed. A third step in which the temporary aggregation structure is deteriorated by means of a thermal action of controlled heating, so as to take at least part of the temporary aggregation structure to evaporation, rendering free a volume inside the core, and to consolidate the mixture according to the conformation of the temporary aggregation structure. A fourth step in which the core is disposed in a mold so as to only partly occupy the free volume of the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: F.A.R. - FONDERIE ACCIAIERIE ROIALE - SPAInventors: Alberto Andreussi, Primo Andreussi, Enrico Veneroso, Eddy Pontelli
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Publication number: 20130017387Abstract: Disclosed are a phase separable glass compositions used to produce chemically durable porous glass, e.g., porous glass powder, and the application of a sol gel coating to the glass to enhance chemical durability of the glass in alkaline solutions, and to the use of the glass, e.g., glass powder, as substrates for separation technology where harsh alkaline environments (pH?12 e.g., pH 12-14) are routinely prevalent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: William H. JAMES, III, Sally Pucilowski, Eric H. Urruti, Matthias Bockmeyer
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Publication number: 20120282454Abstract: A technique for joining porous foam material, such as graphite, metal or ceramic foam, to a substrate is described. The substrate can be metal, a thermoset plastic or a composite material. The substrate has a melting point below that of the foam material. The two are joined together by using the foam to apply heat locally at the surface of the substrate. Some or all of the foam is heated to the appropriate temperature at or above the melting point of the substrate material. The foam and the substrate are then brought together, with the heat from the foam melting or softening the substrate material so that the substrate material infuses into the pores of the foam. As the foam cools below the melting point temperature, the substrate material solidifies to create a mechanical bond between the foam and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Eugene JANSEN, Scott M. MAURER
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Publication number: 20120244379Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a bonding layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers and a plurality of zinc layers formed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer is a nickel-chromium layer. Each nickel-chromium-nitrogen layer interleaves with one zinc layer. One of the nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers is directly formed on the bonding layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Publication number: 20120244378Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a bonding layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers and a plurality of copper-silver-cerium alloy layers formed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer is a nickel-chromium layer. Each nickel-chromium-nitrogen layer interleaves with one copper-silver-cerium alloy layer. One of the nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers is directly formed on the bonding layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Publication number: 20120244380Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a bonding layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers and a plurality of copper-zinc alloy layers formed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer is a nickel-chromium layer. Each nickel-chromium-nitrogen layer interleaves with one copper-zinc alloy layer. One of the nickel-chromium-nitrogen layers is directly formed on the bonding layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Patent number: 8257825Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, including a porous membrane including ceramic fibers crisscrossed in a network and pores formed by the ceramic fibers coalesced at intersection points, and a proton conductive polymer inside the pores.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee-Tak Kim, Ho-Jin Kweon
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Patent number: 8231967Abstract: Disclosed is a surface-treated ceramic member which has a coating film-formed surface comprising a ceramic sintered body with a porosity of 1% or less and a sol-gel coating film of a silicon alkoxide compound polymer formed on at least a part of a ceramic sintered body, wherein the coating film and the surface of the body are coexistent in the coating film-formed surface. Specifically the area of the sol-gel coating film accounts for 5 to 80% of the total area of the coating film-formed surface. The surface-treated ceramic member has excellent corrosion resistance and is free from scattering of particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignees: ULVAC, Inc., Ferrotec Ceramics CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Nakano, Junichi Itoh, Daisuke Hiramatsu, Tadahisa Arahori, Ken Okamoto
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Publication number: 20120186885Abstract: Polycrystalline compacts include a hard polycrystalline material comprising first and second regions. The first region comprises a first plurality of grains of hard material having a first average grain size, and a second plurality of grains of hard material having a second average grain size smaller than the first average grain size. The first region comprises catalyst material disposed in interstitial spaces between inter-bonded grains of hard material. Such interstitial spaces between grains of the hard material in the second region are at least substantially free of catalyst material. In some embodiments, the first region comprises a plurality of nanograins of the hard material. Cutting elements and earth-boring tools include such polycrystalline compacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Danny E. Scott, Anthony A. DiGiovanni
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Patent number: 8197573Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for depositing agents relatively deep within pores of bio-char. Bio-char is first produced in an airtight oven by heating biomass feedstock. The bio-char is then cooled and steam is diffused into the pores of the bio-char. The steam-laden bio-char is immersed in a liquid bath containing soluble agents that are to be deposited in the pores of the bio-char. The liquid bath cools the char to below the condensation temperature of the steam, whereupon the condensing steam generates a partial vacuum within the pores, drawing the liquid into the pores. The bio-char is then removed from the liquid bath and dried so that the liquid within the pores evaporates, leaving behind the soluble agent. Accordingly, the invention yields bio-char that has soluble agent embedded relatively deep within its pores.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Greenpyro, Inc.Inventor: Gerald C. Scharf
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Patent number: 8182905Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for forming low density ceramic felt material cores which are sandwiched between ceramic matrix composites to form a ceramic matrix laminate possessing a high strength-to-density ratio while maintaining a stiffness required for mechanical applications. The core and face plates are coupled together using a chemical vapor process.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Michael A. Kmetz
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Patent number: 8168113Abstract: A process for the preparation of a ceramic molded part from a suspension/dispersion with a solids content and a fluid content by depositing solids content at the periphery of a porous self-supporting support that is at least partially immersed in the suspension/dispersion and has the same shape as the molded part to be prepared, but with a reduced size, wherein: the solids content contains oxide-ceramic particles; the porous self-supporting support is detachably connected with a discharge in a zone that is not immersed in the suspension/dispersion; the suspension/dispersion is moved towards the porous self-supporting support by means of a positive pressure difference between a pressure prevailing in the suspension/dispersion and a pressure prevailing in the discharge; wherein the fluid content of the suspension/dispersion enters in the porous self-supporting support with depositing solids content at the periphery of the porous self-supporting support.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Stephan, Norbert Thiel, Enno Bojemüller
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Publication number: 20120094097Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a combining layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of titanium dioxide layers and a plurality of copper-zinc alloy layers formed on the combining layer. The combining layer is a titanium layer. Each titanium dioxide layer interleaves with one copper-zinc alloy layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD .Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Publication number: 20120094096Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a combining layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of chromium nitride layers and a plurality of copper-titanium alloy layers formed on the combining layer. The combining layer is a chromium layer. Each chromium nitride layer interleaves with one copper-titanium alloy layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD .Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Publication number: 20120094098Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a combining layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of silicon dioxide layers and a plurality of copper-zinc alloy layers formed on the combining layer. The combining layer is a silicon layer. Each silicon dioxide layer interleaves with one copper-zinc alloy layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Publication number: 20120094095Abstract: A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate, a combining layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of chromium nitride layers and a plurality of copper-zinc alloy layers formed on the combining layer. The combining layer is a chromium layer. Each chromium nitride layer interleaves with one copper-zinc alloy layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTDInventors: HSIN-PEI CHANG, WEN-RONG CHEN, HUANN-WU CHIANG, CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
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Patent number: 8158248Abstract: In porous ceramic for slide member including independent pores having a pore size of 5 ?m or more, the independent pore is flattened body having minor axis in a direction perpendicular to a sliding surface, and a cross sectional area (S1) of an independent pore at a cross section perpendicular to the sliding surface is 95% or less of an area (S2) of a complete round having a diameter which is the same length as a major axis of the cross section of the independent pore, and in a cumulative distribution curve of pore sizes of independent pores in a plane parallel to the sliding surface, a ratio (P75/P25) of a pore size of cumulative 75% by volume (P75) to a pore size of cumulative 25% by volume (P25) is 1.9 or less. The porous ceramic can be suitably used as slide member such as seal ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Takeshi Hara, Shinichiro Masuyama
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Publication number: 20120077006Abstract: A metal oxide-carbon composite includes a carbon aerogel with an oxide overcoat. The metal oxide-carbon composite is made by providing a carbon aerogel, immersing the carbon aerogel in a metal oxide sol under a vacuum, raising the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to atmospheric pressure, curing the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol at room temperature, and drying the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to produce the metal oxide-carbon composite. The step of providing a carbon aerogel can provide an activated carbon aerogel or provide a carbon aerogel with carbon nanotubes that make the carbon aerogel mechanically robust. Carbon aerogels can be coated with sol-gel silica and the silica can be converted to silicon carbide, improving the thermal stability of the carbon aerogel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Marcus A. WORSLEY, Joshua D. Kuntz, Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, JR.
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Patent number: 8133578Abstract: A microstructure that comprises an insulating base material having through micropores filled with metal at a high filling ratio and that can be used as an anisotropically conductive member is provided. The microstructure comprises an insulating base material having through micropores with a pore size of from 10 to 500 nm at a density of from 1×106 to 1×1010 pores/mm2, a metal being filled into the through micropores at a filling ratio of at least 80%.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Yusuke Hatanaka
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Patent number: 8129016Abstract: A substrate supporting member includes: a plate-shaped ceramic body having a surface serving as a substrate supporting surface; a plate-shaped composite material body which is joined to a surface of the ceramic body opposite to the substrate supporting surface with a joint material interposed therebetween and the plate-shaped composite material body made of porous ceramic with pores filled with metal, the composite material body having a porosity of more than 0% and not more than 5%; and a metallic plate which is joined to a surface of the composite material body opposite to the surface joined to the ceramic body with a joint material interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawajiri, Yasufumi Aihara, Tomoyuki Fujii
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Patent number: 8105512Abstract: An infiltrated carbon foam composite and method for making the composite is described. The infiltrated carbon foam composite may include a carbonized carbon aerogel in cells of a carbon foam body and a resin is infiltrated into the carbon foam body filling the cells of the carbon foam body and spaces around the carbonized carbon aerogel. The infiltrated carbon foam composites may be useful for mid-density ablative thermal protection systems.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.Inventors: Rick D. Lucas, Harry E. Danford, Janusz W. Plucinski, Douglas J. Merriman, Jesse M. Blacker
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Patent number: 8105683Abstract: A treated refractory material includes a sintered porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anthony Mark Thompson, Roman Shuba, Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra, Vikas Behrani
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Patent number: 8092903Abstract: A shaped body, particularly a sorbent shaped body, made of microporous and mesoporous adsorbents and of composite adsorbents is provided for, which shaped body employs a reduced proportion of binding agents. The binding agent added to the shaped body solidifies under the application of force, under which force non-uniformly distributed cavities are formed. The proportion of binding agent on the support forming the wall of the shaped body is higher than the proportion of binding agent inside the shaped body. By using modified alumosilicates and/or aluminum silicates with fluidic action during materials exchange and heat exchange, the shaped body provides for high space-time yields while storing heat and cold.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: PBB GbRInventors: Helmut Stach, Peter Muenn, Jan Mugele
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Patent number: 8092914Abstract: A heat sink substrate has a composite structure including a three-dimensional network structure of SiC ceramic having pores infiltrated with Si, and has a thermal conductivity of not less than 150 W/m·K and an oxygen content of not greater than 7 ppm. The heat sink substrate is easily allowed to have an increased surface area. Further, the heat sink substrate has a higher thermal conductivity and a coefficient thermal expansion close to that of the SiC. Therefore, the heat sink substrate is superior in the efficiency of heat conduction from a semiconductor device. The heat sink substrate is produced by infiltrating a thermally melted Si into the pores of the three-dimensional network structure in a non-oxidative atmosphere in the presence of an oxygen absorber.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: A.L.M.T. Corp.Inventors: Masahiro Omachi, Akira Fukui, Toshiya Ikeda
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Patent number: 8053072Abstract: This invention relates to an article having a reduced porosity and a method for sealing porosity of at least a portion of an outer porous surface of an article, said method comprising (i) applying a sealant solution on the outer porous surface of said article, (ii) infiltrating at least a portion of the outer porous surface with said sealant solution, and (iii) allowing the infiltrated sealant solution to react, thereby forming an infiltrated solid precipitate, said infiltrated solid precipitate sealing the porosity of at least a portion of the outer porous surface of said article. The method is useful, for example, in the protection of integrated circuit manufacturing equipment, internal chamber components, and electrostatic chuck manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventor: Brian James Gill
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Patent number: 8048494Abstract: A hollow diamond shell with a size of a few micrometer to hundreds of micrometer and having a geometrical shape and its fabrication method are disclosed. A diamond film is deposited by a CVD method and porous grits are used as a victim substrate to be etched later, so that the substrate can be easily removed by a capillary phenomenon that an etching solution can be intensively absorbed in a substrate etching process. Thus, a perfect diamond shell with only a plurality of fine pores with a nano size without any conspicuous opening can be obtained. Also, a diamond shell with a small opening of below 10 percent of the surface area of grits can be fabricated by controlling a nuclear generation of diamond particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jae-Kap Lee, Phillip John
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Patent number: 8043694Abstract: Porous ceramic part comprising a porous ceramic foam having a total porosity of between 50 and 92% and an intergranular porosity of at least 5%, walls of at least some of the cells of the ceramic foam being at least partly covered with an impregnation material. The invention relates in particular to a recrystallized silicon carbide foam impregnated with silicon.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Saint Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Christian Claude His, Franceline Villermaux, Nicolas Raffin, Michel Dussaulx
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Patent number: 8025962Abstract: An aluminum-silicon carbide composite suitable for a base plate for power module, having an aluminum-silicon carbide composite, with a front and a rear surface plane, that is a flat plate-shaped silicon carbide porous body impregnated with a metal mainly containing aluminum, and an aluminum layer made of a metal mainly containing aluminum formed only on the front surface plane, wherein the rear surface plane of the composite is exposed to the outside, and the shape of the exposed aluminum-silicon carbide composite is rectangular, optionally having peripheral portions encompassing holes removed. Plating is imparted to the composite by providing an aluminum layer on the rear surface plane. Flatness of the composite is improved by grinding its rear surface so that the composite is exposed to the outside. Warpage after grinding the rear surface, is controlled by controlling the thickness of the aluminum layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Hirotsuru, Goh Iwamoto, Hideo Tsukamoto, Akira Miyai, Yoshio Sasaki
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Patent number: 8012550Abstract: An ink receptive article including a substrate having on at least a portion of a major surface thereof an antistatic layer, and wherein the antistatic layer has on at least a portion of a major surface thereof an ink receptive layer, wherein the ink receptive layer includes a crosslinked polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyethers, polyesters, polyacrlylics, polyureas, copolymers thereof, and blends thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Caroline M. Ylitalo, Scott A. Boyd, Joseph C. Carls, Eugene H. Carlson, Christopher K. Haas, James M. Jonza, Mark J. Pellerite, Robert F. Watkins