Trivalent Metal Compound (e.g., Iron Oxide, Chromium Oxide, Trivalent Rare Earth Oxide, Etc.) Containing Patents (Class 501/126)
  • Patent number: 11905198
    Abstract: A glass furnace including an additive-containing product including an additive selected from: phosphorus compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, tungsten compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, molybdenum compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, iron in the form of metal, aluminum in the form of metal, silicon in the form of metal, and their mixtures, silicon carbide, boron carbide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, glasses including elemental phosphorus and/or iron and/or tungsten and/or molybdenum, vitroceramics including elemental phosphorus and/or iron and/or tungsten and/or molybdenum, and their mixtures, and having the following chemical analysis, exclusively of the additive, as a percentage by weight on the basis of the oxides: Cr2O3?2%, and Cr2O3+Al2O3+CaO+ZrO2+MgO+Fe2O3+SiO2+TiO2?90%, and Cr2O3+Al2O3+MgO?60%, the content by weight of additive being in the range 0.01% to 6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Thibault Champion, Pierrick Vespa, Lionel Moitrier, Olivier Citti, Julien Pierre César Fourcade, Nabil Nahas
  • Patent number: 11783975
    Abstract: Described herein is a nanocrystalline ferrite having the formula Ni1?x?yMyCoxFe2+zO4, wherein M is at least one of Zn, Mg, Cu, or Mn, x is 0.01 to 0.8, y is 0.01 to 0.8, and z is ?0.5 to 0.5, and wherein the nanocrystalline ferrite has an average grain size of 5 to 100 nm. A method of forming the nanocrystalline ferrite can comprise high energy ball milling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Yajie Chen
  • Patent number: 10145101
    Abstract: A microporous insulation material mixture is blended and the blended mixture is spread across a lower conveyor belt which is trained over rollers. To aid the spreading of the mixture a spreading device is used. The mixture is delivered by the conveyor to a pressing system which in this case comprises an upper conveyor belt. The pressing system also comprises a nipping means provided in this case by a plurality of upper and lower nipping rollers. The gaps between the individual rollers are adjustable. An upper fleece liner is led from a delivery roller to lie between the upper conveyor belt and the insulation mixture and a lower fleece liner is fed from a delivery roller to lie between the insulation mixture and the lower conveyor belt. The fleece liners may be used to encase the core prior to enclosing in an envelope and applying a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kingspan Holdings (IRL) Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Rochefort, Adrian Pargeter
  • Patent number: 9497289
    Abstract: A method for prioritizing processing of interactions at a contact center, the method including: identifying an interaction to be prioritized for processing; identifying a person associated with the interaction; identifying an influence level of the person associated with the interaction; and prioritizing the interaction for processing based on the influence level of the person associated with the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Khodorenko, Vladimir Pimtchenkov, Sergey B. Belov, Yevgeniy Petrovykh, Patrick Mackey
  • Patent number: 9175380
    Abstract: Provided is an oxide sintered body suitably used for producing an oxide semiconductor film for a display device, the oxide sintered body capable of forming an oxide semiconductor film exerting excellent conductivity, having high relative density and excellent in-plane uniformity, and exhibiting high carrier mobility. This oxide sintered body is obtained by combining and sintering a zinc oxide powder, a tin oxide powder, and an indium oxide powder. The oxide sintered body satisfies the following equation (1) when the oxide sintered body is subjected to X-ray diffraction, Equation (1): [A/(A+B+C+D)]×100?70. In equation (1), A represents the XRD peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=34°, B represents the XRD peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=31°, C represents the XRD peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=35°, and D represents the XRD peak intensity in the vicinity of 2?=26.5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Moriyoshi Kanamaru, Yuki Iwasaki, Minoru Matsui, Hiroshi Goto, Akira Nambu
  • Patent number: 9114983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nanoparticulate hardening accelerators, to preparations prepared therefrom, in particular masterbatches comprising nanoparticles, and to the use thereof in polymer matrices, in particular surface coatings and printing inks of all types, which make extremely high demands of color neutrality and/or transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Adalbert Huber, Marc Entenmann, Alfred Hennemann, Matthias Koch
  • Patent number: 9040441
    Abstract: Provided are an oxide sintered body and a sputtering target that are ideal for the production of an oxide semiconductor film for a display device. The oxide sintered body and sputtering target that are provided have both high conductivity and high relative density, are capable of forming an oxide semiconductor film having a high carrier mobility, and in particular, have excellent direct-current discharge stability in that long-term, stable discharge is possible, even when used by the direct-current sputtering method. The oxide sintered body of the invention is an oxide sintered body obtained by mixing and sintering zinc oxide, tin oxide, and an oxide of at least one metal (M metal) selected from the group consisting of Al, Hf, Ni, Si, Ga, In, and Ta. When the in-plane specific resistance and the specific resistance in the direction of depth are approximated by Gaussian distribution, the distribution coefficient ? of the specific resistance is 0.02 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Yuki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20150133285
    Abstract: A solid sintered ceramic article may include a solid solution comprising Y2O3 at a concentration of approximately 30 molar % to approximately 60 molar %, Er2O3 at a concentration of approximately 20 molar % to approximately 60 molar %, and at least one of ZrO2, Gd2O3 or SiO2 at a concentration of approximately 0 molar % to approximately 30 molar %. Alternatively, the solid sintered ceramic article a solid solution comprising 40-100 mol % of Y2O3, 0-50 mol % of ZrO2, and 0-40 mol % of Al2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo
  • Patent number: 9023746
    Abstract: Provided is an oxide sintered body suitably used for the production of an oxide semiconductor film for a display device, wherein the oxide sintered body has both high conductivity and relative density, and is capable of depositing an oxide semiconductor film having high carrier mobility. This oxide sintered body is obtained by mixing and sintering powders of zinc oxide, tin oxide and indium oxide, and when an EPMA in-plane compositional mapping is performed on the oxide sintered body the percentage of the area in which Sn concentration is 10 to 50 mass % in the measurement area is 70 area percent or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Iwasaki, Hiroshi Goto, Moriyoshi Kanamaru
  • Patent number: 8945793
    Abstract: A ceramic anode structure obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a slurry by dispersing a powder of an electronically conductive phase and by adding a binder to the dispersion, in which said powder is selected from the group consisting of niobium-doped strontium titanate, vanadium-doped strontium titanate, tantalum-doped strontium titanate, and mixtures thereof, (b) sintering the slurry of step (a), (c) providing a precursor solution of ceria, said solution containing a solvent and a surfactant, (d) impregnating the resulting sintered structure of step (b) with the precursor solution of step (c), (e) subjecting the resulting structure of step (d) to calcination, and (f) conducting steps (d)-(e) at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
    Inventors: Peter Blennow, Mogens Mogensen, Kent Kammer Hansen
  • Patent number: 8822360
    Abstract: An article which includes a structure of a ceramic material that has a composition SiOxMzCy, where Si is silicon, O is oxygen, M is at least one metal and C is carbon and wherein x<2, y>0 and z<1 and x and z are non-zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy, Tania Bhatia Kashyap, Daniel G. Goberman, Xia Tang
  • Publication number: 20140234634
    Abstract: A thermal spray powder of the present invention contains a rare earth element and a diluent element that is not a rare earth element or oxygen, which is at least one element selected, for example, from zinc, silicon, boron, phosphorus, titanium, calcium, strontium, and magnesium. A sintered body of a single oxide of the diluent element has an erosion rate under specific etching conditions that is no less than 5 times the erosion rate of an yttrium oxide sintered body under the same etching conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: FUJIMI INCORPORATED, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mizuno, Junya Kitamura, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8696925
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include methods of modifying synthetic garnets used in RF applications to reduce or eliminate Yttrium or other rare earth metals in the garnets without adversely affecting the magnetic properties of the material. Some embodiments include substituting Bismuth for some of the Yttrium on the dodecahedral sites and introducing one or more high valency ions to the octahedral and tetrahedral sites. Calcium may also be added to the dodecahedral sites for valency compensation induced by the high valency ions, which could effectively displace all or most of the Yttrium (Y) in microwave device garnets. The modified synthetic garnets with substituted Yttrium (Y) can be used in various microwave magnetic devices such as circulators, isolators and resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bowie Cruickshank, Michael D. Hill
  • Patent number: 8679998
    Abstract: Initially, an Yb2O3 raw material was subjected to uniaxial pressure forming at a pressure of 200 kgf/cm2, so that a disc-shaped compact having a diameter of about 35 mm and a thickness of about 10 mm was produced, and was stored into a graphite mold for firing. Subsequently, firing was performed by using a hot-press method at a predetermined firing temperature (1,500° C.), so as to obtain a corrosion-resistant member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The press pressure during firing was specified to be 200 kgf/cm2 and an Ar atmosphere was kept until the firing was finished. The retention time at the firing temperature (maximum temperature) was specified to be 4 hours. In this manner, the corrosion-resistant member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus made from an Yb2O3 sintered body having an open porosity of 0.2% was obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Morimichi Watanabe, Yuji Katsuda, Toru Hayase, Asumi Jindo
  • Patent number: 8664136
    Abstract: A sintered body includes an indium oxide crystal, and an oxide solid-dissolved in the indium oxide crystal, the oxide being oxide of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of aluminum and scandium, the sintered body having an atomic ratio “(total of the one or more metals)/(total of the one or more metals and indium)×100)” of 0.001% or more and less than 45%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Utsuno, Hirokazu Kawashima, Koki Yano, Shigekazu Tomai, Masashi Kasami, Kota Terai
  • Patent number: 8658552
    Abstract: A high-chromia refractory, comprised of: about 60% to about 99% by weight of refractory grain, wherein the refractory grain is comprised of grains having about 20% to 100% by weight chromia; 0% to about 35% by weight of a fine particulate, the fine particulate selected from chromic oxide, alumina, ceria, yttria, lanthanum oxide, or combinations thereof; and about 1% to about 8% of a liquid resin or pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
    Inventors: H. David Prior, Glenn H. McIntyre, III
  • Patent number: 8658054
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object of providing a mixture by means of which, in particular, sintered moldings can be obtained that are virtually free of surface stains produced by soot particles, a mixture is proposed which comprises at least one pressing aid and at least one additive, wherein the additive is selected from a group of substances which have releasable carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Lindenau, Lars Wimbert
  • Patent number: 8597536
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-lead perovskite oxide having a low Curie temperature and high ferroelectricity represented by General Formula (P) given below. (Bix1,Bax2,Xx3)(Fey1,Tiy2,Mny3)O3??(P) (where, Bi and Ba are A-site elements, X is one kind or a plurality of kinds of A-site elements, other than Pb and Ba, with an average ion valence of 2. Fe, Ti, and Mn are B-site elements. O is oxygen. 0<x1+X2<1.0, 0<x3<1.0, 0<y1+y2<1.0, 0?y3<1.0, 0<x1, 0<x2, 0<y1, 0<y2. The standard molar ratios among A-site elements, B-site elements, and oxygen are 1:1:3, but the molar ratios among them may deviate from the standard ratios within a range in which a perovskite structure may be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sasaki, Yukio Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8597537
    Abstract: A perovskite oxide, which includes a first component represented by General Formula (P1) given below and a second component represented by General Formula (P2) given below. (Bix1, Xx2) (Fez1, Mnz2)O3 ??(P1) (Ay1, Yy2)BO3 ??(P2) (where, Bi is an A-site element and X is an A-site element with an average ion valence of not less than four. A is one kind or a plurality of kinds of A site elements other than Pb with an average ion valence of two, Y is a one kind or a plurality of kinds of A-site elements with an average valence of not less than three. Fe and Mn are B-site elements, and B is one kind or plurality of kinds of B-site elements with an average ion valence of four.) 0.6?x1<1.0, 0?x2?0.4, 0.65?y1<1.0, 0?y2?0.4, x2+y2>0, 0.6?z1<1.0, 0?z2?0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sasaki, Yukio Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8569192
    Abstract: A sintered complex oxide comprising metal oxide particles (a) having a hexagonal lamellar structure and containing zinc oxide and indium, and metal oxide particles (b) having a spinel structure and containing a metal element M (where M is aluminum and/or gallium), wherein the mean value of the long diameter of the metal oxide particles (a) is no greater than 10 ?m, and at least 20% of the metal oxide particles (a) have an aspect ratio (long diameter/short diameter) of 2 or greater, based on the number of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Kuramochi, Kenji Omi, Masanori Ichida, Hitoshi Iigusa
  • Patent number: 8541330
    Abstract: The method of making a transparent ceramic includes making a molded body from a powder mixture of starting materials, which include one or more sintering aids. The sintering aids can include SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, Al2O3 and/or fluorides. The transparent ceramic is made by pre-sintering the molded body at temperatures between 500° C. to 900° C., subsequently sintering in vacuum at temperatures between 1400° C. and 1900° C. and then pressurizing the sintered molded body at a pressure of from 10 to 198 MPa followed by annealing. The optoceramic material contains crystals with a stoichiometry of A2+XBYBYDZE7, wherein ?1.15?x?+1.1, 0?y?3, 0?z?1.6 and 3x+4y+5z=8; and wherein A is a trivalent rare earth cation, B is a tetravalent cation, D is a pentavalent cation and E is a divalent anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yvonne Menke, Akio Ikesue
  • Patent number: 8541329
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions based on ZrO2, and single- and multi-coloured blanks made from oxide ceramics, and a process for their preparation, in which a) oxide ceramic powder is coated with a colouring substance, b) the coated powders are preferably graded and at least one coloured powder is filled into a compression mould, c) the coloured powder or powders are compressed to produce a shaped body, and d) the compressed shaped body is sintered to produce a blank, and to the use of these blanks for the preparation of dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Frank Rothbrust, Harald Kerschbaumer, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 8524109
    Abstract: A preferred piezoelectric ceramic material is a BiFeO3—PbZrO3—PbTiO3 ternary solid solution wherein proportions of the constituent perovskite metal oxides are selected so that the material exhibits relatively high Curie temperatures above 380° C. and useful piezoelectric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Tan, Wei Hu
  • Publication number: 20130224465
    Abstract: A ceramic block consisting essentially of substantially homogeneous (Y2O3)? P2O5, where 0.95?x?1.05, having length LL, a width WW and a height HH, and a volume W of at least 8×10?3 m3 essentially free of cracks throughout the volume, a density of at least 85% of the theoretical maximal density of Y203.P2O5 under standard conditions, and a creep rate CR at 1250° C. and 6.89 MPa; where CR?8.0×10?6 hour?1 and method for making the same. The method utilizes a dry process where the starting YP04-based ceramic material is synthesized by reacting anhydrous P2O5 with dry Y2O3 powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Ralph Alfred Langensiepen, Joseph James McIntosh, Tracey Lynn Timmons
  • Patent number: 8426330
    Abstract: The invention provides a boron suboxide composite material comprising boron suboxide and a secondary phase, wherein the secondary phase contains a rare earth metal oxide. The rare earth metal oxide may be selected from the oxides of scandium, yttrium, which is preferred, and elements of the lanthanide series, and may be a mixture of rare earth metal oxides. The secondary phase may also include, in addition to the rare earth metal oxide(s), a further oxide or mixture of oxides of an element of the Groups IA, MA, MIA, and IVA of the periodic table. Moreover, the secondary phase may also contain a boride, and particularly a boride selected from the borides of transition metals of the fourth to eighth groups of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventors: Anthony Andrews, Iakovos Sigalas, Mathias Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8362869
    Abstract: A thermistor based on a composition having the general formula (I): Re2-x-yCraMnbMcEyOz wherein Re is a rare earth metal or a mixture of two or more rare earth metals, M is a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, magnesium and mixtures thereof, E is a metal selected from the group consisting of calcium, strontium, barium and mixtures thereof, x is the sum of a+b+c and is a number between 0.1 and 1, and the relative ratio of the molar fractions a, b and c is in an area bounded by points A, B, C and D in a ternary diagram, wherein point A is, if y<0.006, at (Cr=0.00, Mn=0.93+10?y, M=0.07?10?y), and, if y?0.006, at (Cr=0?00, Mn=0.99, M=0.01), point B is, if y<0.006, at (Cr=0.83, Mn=0.10+10?y, M=0.07?10?y), and, if y?0.006, at (Cr=0.83, Mn=0.16, M=0.01), point C is at (Cr=0.50, Mn=0.10, M=0.40) and point D is at (Cr=0.00, Mn=0.51, M=0.49), y is a number between 0 and 0.5?x, and z is a number between 2.5 and 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Vishay Resistors Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Véronique Poulain, Sophie Schuurman, André Lannoo, Frans F. Westendorp
  • Patent number: 8343884
    Abstract: The optoceramics are transparent to visible light and/or infrared radiation. The optoceramics each consist of a crystal matrix, i.e. of polycrystalline material, wherein at least 95% by weight, preferably at least 98% by weight, of the single crystallites have a cubic pyrochlore or a fluorite structure. Refractive, transmissive or diffractive optical elements made with the optoceramics, their uses and an optical imaging system comprising at least one of the optical elements are also disclosed. Methods of manufacturing the optoceramics are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Yvonne Menke, Ulrich Peuchert, Akio Ikesue
  • Patent number: 8304359
    Abstract: A sputtering target which is composed of a sintered body of an oxide containing indium, tin and zinc as main components; the atomic ratio of In/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.10 to 0.35; the atomic ratio of Sn/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.15 to 0.35; and the atomic ratio of Zn/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.50 to 0.70; and containing a hexagonal layered compound shown by In2O3(ZnO)m, wherein m is an integer of 3 to 9, and a spinel structure compound shown by Zn2SnO4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Yano, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Nobuo Tanaka, Tokie Tanaka, legal representative, Yukio Shimane
  • Patent number: 8242037
    Abstract: Methods of making and compositions of dense sintered ceramic nano- and micro-composite materials that are highly stable in a variety of conditions and exhibit superior toughness and strength. Liquid feed flame spray pyrolysis techniques form a plurality of nanoparticles (e.g., powder), each having a core region including a first metal oxide composition comprising Ce and/or Zr or other metals and a shell region including a second metal oxide composition comprising Al or other metals. In certain aspects, the core region comprises a partially stabilized tetragonal ZrO2 and the shell region comprises an ?-Al2O3 phase. The average actual density of the ceramic after sintering is greater than 50% and up to or exceeding 90% of a theoretical density of the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Richard M. Laine, Min Kim
  • Patent number: 8231961
    Abstract: A low temperature co-fired ceramic material includes a SiO2—BaO—Al2O3-based primary component, and, as secondary components, 0.044 to 0.077 parts by weight of iron in terms of Fe2O3 and 0.30 to 0.55 parts by weight of zirconium in terms of ZrO2 relative to 100 parts by weight of the SiO2—BaO—Al2O3-based primary component. The SiO2—BaO—Al2O3-based primary component preferably includes 47% to 60% by weight of SiO2, 20% to 42% by weight of BaO, and 5% to 30% by weight of Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yokoyama, Yuzo Kawada, Akira Baba, Hiromichi Kawakami, Isao Kato
  • Patent number: 8177995
    Abstract: A process for producing a piezoelectric oxide having a composition (Ba, Bi, A)(Ti, Fe, M)O3, where each of A and M represents one or more metal elements. The composition is determined so as to satisfy the conditions (1) and (2), 0.98?TF(P)?1.02,??(1) TF(BiFeO3)<TF(AMO3)<TF(BaTiO3),??(2) where TF(P) is the tolerance factor of the perovskite oxide, and TF(BaTiO3), TF(BiFeO3), and TF(AMO3) are respectively the tolerance factors of the oxides BaTiO3, BiFeO3, and AMO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yukio Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8173564
    Abstract: A gasifier comprising an interior wall on which a layer is applied or an interior wall protected by an assembly of blocks, said layer or said blocks having at least one region of a sintered material containing: i) at least 25% by weight of chromium oxide Cr2O3; and ii) at least 1% by weight of zirconium oxide, wherein at least 20% by weight of said zirconium oxide ZrO2 is stabilized in the cubic and/or quadratic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Europeen
    Inventors: Thibault Pierre Paul Champion, Christian Claude His, Franceline Marguerite Louise Villermaux
  • Patent number: 8158544
    Abstract: To provide a high purity Yttria sintered bodies having a high strength, a low dielectric loss and high plasma corrosion resistance of halogen gas during wide range surface roughness (Ra). An Yttria sintered body having a dielectric loss tan ? of 1×10?4 or less in the frequency range from 1 to 20 GHz, wherein the Yttria sintered body contains Yttria of 99.9% by mass or more, has a porosity of 1% or less and an average crystal grain size of 3 ?m or less, and the cumulative frequency ratio calculated from the following formula (1) is 3 or less: Cumulative frequency ratio=D90/D50. In the above-described formula (1), the meanings of the individual symbols are as follows: D90: The crystal grain size (?m) at which the cumulative number of grains as calculated from the smaller grain size side is 90% in the grain size distribution of the crystal grains in terms of the number of grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ferrotec Ceramics Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Okamoto, Tadahisa Arahori
  • Patent number: 8114800
    Abstract: There is described a ceramic powder, ceramic layer and layer system having gadolinium/mixed crystal pyrochlore phases and oxides. Besides a good thermal insulation property, thermal insulation layer systems must also have a long lifetime of the thermal insulation layer. The layer system according to the invention has an outer ceramic layer, which comprises a mixed crystal of gadolinium zirconate and gadolinium hafnate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ramesh Subramanian
  • Patent number: 8097554
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing soot from diesel engine exhaust streams at temperatures below 150° C. is provided. Although the use of particulate filters for removing carbonaceous soot from such exhaust streams is known, such systems are either active or operate under high temperatures, i.e. in excess of 300° C. The claimed apparatus includes a flow through support device composed of ceramic, such as cordierite or silicon carbide, or a primarily nonferrous metal or stainless steel and coated with an oxide formation comprising hematite and bixbyite in a ratio from 1:1 to 9:1. The claimed apparatus can also include a diesel particulate filter coated with a coating comprising tin, aluminum and zirconium oxides prepared by a co-precipitation process and thereafter coated with platinum or other precious metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: AirFlow Catalyst Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Roberts, Dennis Roland Fronheiser, Thomas A. Iacubucci
  • Patent number: 8093170
    Abstract: A semiconductor ceramic material which contains no Pb and has a high Curie point, low resistivity, and PTC characteristics is represented by the formula ABO3 wherein A includes Ba, Ca, an alkali metal element, Bi, and a rare-earth element, and B includes Ti. The semiconductor ceramic material contains 5 to 20 molar parts and preferably 12.5 to 17.5 molar parts of Ca per 100 molar parts of Ti. The ratio of the content of the alkali metal element to the sum of the content of the bismuth plus the content of the rare earth element, is preferably from 1.00 to 1.06. The semiconductor ceramic material preferably further contains 0.01 to 0.2 molar parts of Mn per 100 molar parts of Ti.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hayato Katsu
  • Patent number: 8080182
    Abstract: The oxide sintered body mainly consists of gallium, indium, and oxygen, and a content of the gallium is more than 65 at. % and less than 100 at. % with respect to all metallic elements, and the density of the sintered body is 5.0 g/cm3 or more. The oxide film is obtained using the oxide sintered body as a sputtering target, and the shortest wavelength of the light where the light transmittance of the film itself except the substrate becomes 50% is 320 nm or less. The transparent base material is obtained by forming the oxide film on one surface or both surfaces of a glass plate, a quartz plate, a resin plate or resin film where one surface or both surfaces are covered by a gas barrier film, or on one surface or both surfaces of a transparent plate selected from a resin plate or a resin film where the gas barrier film is inserted in the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 8075860
    Abstract: A thermal spray powder includes granulated and sintered yttria particles obtained by granulating and sintering a raw material powder in air or oxygen. The primary particles constituting the granulated and sintered yttria particles have an average particle size between 0.5 and 1.5 ?m inclusive, and 1.11 times or more as large as the raw material powder. Alternatively, the primary particles have an average particle size between 3 and 8 ?m inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Fujimi Incorporated
    Inventors: Junya Kitamura, Hiroyuki Ibe, Yoshikazu Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20110294651
    Abstract: Method for producing a mold for use in casting reactive metals comprising preparing a slurry of a yttria-based refractory composition and a binder, and using said slurry as a mold facecoat by applying said slurry onto a surface of a mold pattern, wherein said yttria-based refractory composition is obtainable by (a) mixing particles of a yttria-based ceramic material and a fluorine containing dopant, and (b) heating the resulting mixture to effect fluorine-doping of said yttria-based ceramic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Peter JANZ, Sigrun TAUBER
  • Publication number: 20110236695
    Abstract: A composite article includes a substrate and a protective layer disposed on the substrate. The protective layer has a silicon-aluminum-carbon-nitrogen solid solution composition and microstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Wayde R. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110151227
    Abstract: Methods are provided to form and stabilize high-? dielectric films by vapor deposition processes using metal-source precursors and titanium-based ?-diketonate precursors according to Formula I: Ti(L)x wherein: L is a ?-diketonate; and x is 3 or 4. Further provided are methods of improving high-? gate property of semiconductor devices by using titanium precursors according to Formula I. High-? dielectric film-forming lattices are also provided comprising titanium precursors according to Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SIGMA-ALDRICH CO.
    Inventors: Paul Raymond Chalker, Peter Nicholas Heys
  • Patent number: 7964072
    Abstract: A NOX sensor material includes a composition of Ba(1-X)AXFe(12-Y)BYO19. Constituent A and constituent B are doping elements. Constituent A is selected from the group consisting of Bi, La and Pb and X is a real number where 0?X<1. Constituent B is selected from the group consisting of Al, B, Bi, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Er, Ga, In, Mg, Mn, Ni, Nb, Rh, Pb, Si, Sr, Ti, Ta, Zn and Zr and Y is a real number where 0?Y<12. The NOX sensor material may be used in a sensor element of a NOX sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Da Yu Wang, Sheng Yao, Thomas M. Brunette, Elizabeth Briggs, Raymond L. Bloink, David D. Cabush
  • Patent number: 7955529
    Abstract: This invention discloses the synthesis of a bifunctional La0.6Ca0.4Co1-xIrxO3 (x=0˜1) perovskite compound with a superb bifunctional catalytic ability for the oxygen reduction and generation in alkaline electrolytes. Synthetic routes demonstrated include solid state reaction, amorphous citrate precursor, and mechanical alloying. The interested compound demonstrates notable enhancements over commercially available La0.6Ca0.4CoO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Pu-Wei Wu, Yun-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20110129784
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a silica-based crucible material that includes, before sintering or firing, selected amounts of a thermal expansion stabilizer component (B2O3 and Ca2SiO4) which impart improved thermal shock resistance and enhanced ability to withstand repeated thermal cycling, to a sintered or fired crucible made of the material. An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a crucible material whose chemical composition comprises, in weight %, about 91% to about 98% SiO2, about 1% to about 8% thermal stabilizer component, and up to about 1.0% of additional oxides including MgO, Al2O3 Fe2O3, CaO and ZrO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: James Crawford Bange, Michael E. Collier, David I. Seymour, Ronald Leroy Stewart, Christopher L. Thomas
  • Patent number: 7897535
    Abstract: To provide a sputtering target for preparing a recordable optical recording medium characterized by comprising Bi and B and a manufacturing method thereof, a recordable high density optical recording medium using the sputtering target, and a sputtering target which is capable of improving a speed of the film formation for the improvement of productivity, which has a high intensity at the time of the film formation and which has a heightened packing density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Hayashi, Noboru Sasa, Toshishige Fujii, Masayuki Fujiwara, Hiroshi Miura, Masaki Kato, Takeshi Kibe, Shinya Narumi
  • Patent number: 7883637
    Abstract: A composite sintered body of dielectric substance and magnetic substance comprises a hexagonal Ba ferrite crystal, a perovskite type crystal containing at least one element selected from Ca, Sr, and Ba, and Ti, and Li element, and the relative magnetic permeability is 1.4 or more at 1 GHz. LC composite electronic component comprises the composite sintered body, a condenser circuit formed in the inside or the surface of the composite sintered body, and an inductor circuit formed in the inside or the surface of the composite sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Terazono, Takeshi Matsui
  • Publication number: 20110018675
    Abstract: A sintered ferrite material, which is obtained by adding Bi2O3 in a range from 0.5% by mass to 3% by mass against 100% by mass of a material having a composition formula of (1-x-y-z)(Li0.5Fe0.5)O.xZnO.yFe2O3.zCuO wherein x, y and z satisfy 0.14?x?0.19, 0.48?y<0.5 and 0?z?0.03 and satisfies resistivity equal to or higher than 106 ?m, initial permeability equal to or higher than 200 and saturation magnetic flux density equal to or higher than 430 mT at 23° C. and equal to or higher than 380 mT at 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tada, Yasuharu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 7867472
    Abstract: An insulating target material for obtaining a conductive complex oxide film represented by a general formula ABO3. The insulating target material includes: an oxide of an element A; an oxide of an element B; an oxide of an element X; and at least one of an Si compound and a Ge compound, the element A being at least one element selected from La, Ca, Sr, Mn, Ba, and Re, the element B being at least one element selected from Ti, V, Sr, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ru, Ir, Pb, and Nd, and the element X being at least one element selected from Nb, Ta, and V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Takeshi Kijima, Setsuya Iwashita
  • Patent number: 7866486
    Abstract: Composites comprising at least one hollow fiber of oxygen-transporting ceramic material, which is a ceramic material which conducts oxygen anions and electrons or a combination of ceramic material which conducts oxygen anions and a ceramic or nonceramic material which conducts electrons, with the outer surface of the hollow fiber being in contact with the outer surface of the same hollow fiber or another hollow fiber and the contact points being joined by sintering, are described. Further composites comprise at least one hollow fiber of oxygen-transporting ceramic material which is a ceramic material which conducts oxygen anions and electrons or a combination of ceramic material which conducts oxygen anions and ceramic or nonceramic material which conducts electrons and a connection element for the introduction or discharge of fluids at at least one end face, with hollow fibers and connection element being joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignees: Uhde GmbH, BORSIG Process Heat Exchanger GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Werth, Nicole Dinges, Mirjam Kilgus, Thomas Schiestel
  • Patent number: RE42184
    Abstract: Two, three dimensional color displays having uniform dispersion of red, green and blue visible light emitting micron particles. Pumping at approximately 976 nm can generate green and red colors having an approximately 4% limit efficiency. One source can generate three colors with approximately limit efficiency. Modulators, scanners and lens can move and focus laser beams to different pixels forming two dimensional color images. Displays can be formed from near infrared source beams that are simultaneously split and modulated with micro electro mechanical systems, spatial light modulators, liquid crystal displays, digital micromirrors, digital light projectors, grating light valves, liquid crystal silicon devices, polysilicon LCDs, electron beam written SLMs, and electrically switchable bragg gratings. Pixels containing: Yb,Tm:YLF can emit blue light, Yb,Er(NYF) can emit green light, and Yb,Er:KYF and Yb,Ef:YF3 can emit red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the University of Central Florida, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bass, Jason Eichenholz, Alexandra Rapaport