Enamels, Glazes, Or Fusion Seals (e.g., Raw, Fritted, Or Calcined Ingredients) Patents (Class 501/14)
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Patent number: 8367573Abstract: A glass composition substantially free from lead and bismuth and containing vanadium oxide and phosphor oxide as main ingredients, wherein the sintered glass of the glass composition exhibits 109 ?cm or more at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Hiroki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shinji Yamada, Katsumi Mabuchi
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Publication number: 20130015761Abstract: A glass composition including, in oxide-based mol %: (a) at least 30% and at most 50% P2O5, (b) at least 10% and at most 50% ZnO, (c) at least 0.1% and at most 10% Al2O3, (d) at least 0% and at most 50% Li2O, (e) at least 0% and at most 50% Na2O, (f) at least 0% and at most 50% K2O, (g) at least 0% and at most 20% MgO, (h) at least 0% and at most 20% CaO, (i) at least 0% and at most 20% SrO, (j) at least 0% and at most 20% BaO, (k) at least 0% and at most 20% SnO, and (1) at least 0% and at most 5% B2O3, substantially not comprising ZrO2 and Ag2O, and (a)/(b), the ratio of (a) and (b), being at least 0.2 and at most 2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Motoya, Yasuharu Ueno, Kazuyuki Okano
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Publication number: 20130008346Abstract: Complex inorganic titanate pigments with low dopant levels (i.e., less than about 5%) exhibit coloristic and enhanced infrared (IR) reflectance characteristics that make them useful in formulating colors exhibiting high IR reflectivity. This characteristic is becoming increasingly useful as a way to keep exterior surfaces and articles cooler during exposure to direct sunlight. Achieving this can decrease energy (e.g., cooling/air conditioning) consumption and costs. Low-loaded titanates can boost IR reflectivity by 1 to 10% in selected visual color spaces. Paint compositions containing those low loaded titanate pigments and a method for providing a surface with high infrared reflectance utilizing those pigments are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: The Shepherd Color CompanyInventors: James White, Doris Montgomery
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Patent number: 8349750Abstract: The glass of the glass-metal bond contains the following ingredients in the following amounts: SiO2, 72-80 wt %; B2O3, 4-<6 wt %; Al2O3, 2-5 wt %; Na2O, 4-7 wt %; K2O, 0-3 wt %; CaO, 2.5-8 wt %; MgO, 0-2 wt %; BaO, 0-4 wt %; TiO2, 0-5 wt %; CeO2, 0-2 wt %; Fe2O3, 0-0.1 wt %; F, 0-2 wt %; and the ratio of the sum total amount of Al2O3 and B2O3 (in mol %) to the sum total amount of MgO, CaO and BaO (in mol %) in the glass is less than 5. The glass-metal bond advantageously includes a KOVAR® alloy and the glass of the aforesaid composition and connects the glass envelope tube with an inner metal absorber tube in a tube collector.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Joerg Hinrich Fechner, Christof Kass
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Publication number: 20130005560Abstract: Novel glass compositions and method for producing a glass/metal join, in which the novel glass comprises: Oxide (%) B2O3 ??8-13.5 Al2O3 5-9 Na2O 3-9 K2O 0-5 CaO 2-4 MgO 0-4 ZnO 0-4 SiO2 Up to 100 depending on the necessary requirements, owing to the significance thereof the thermal expansion coefficient, such that this thermal expansion coefficient is adjusted to match that of the metal part or alloy with which the glass/metal weld is to be achieved, which makes it possible to satisfactorily produce said weld which results in a strong glass/metal join, that is free from tensile stresses and that is durable over time and may be used, inter alia, to obtain parts that form part of solar collectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.Inventors: Noelia Martínez Sanz, José Luis Oteo Mazo, Juan Rubio Alonso, Fausto Rubio Alonso, Alejandra Mazo Fernández
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Publication number: 20120325297Abstract: Disclosed is a constitution formed from an oxide of an element having a smaller work function than aluminum. This oxide is comprises an oxide of vanadium (V), an oxide of an alkaline earth metal and an oxide of an alkali metal. The elements for the alkaline earth metal are comprise one or more elements out of the elements calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) and at least contain barium. The elements for the alkali metal include at least one or more of sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb) and cesium (Cs). When the element vanadium is included as vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), the vanadium pentoxide content is 40-70 wt %. Thus, a glass composition for aluminum electrode wiring with an apparent work function for electrode wiring that is smaller than the work function for aluminum (Al) can be provided without the inclusion of lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicants: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD., HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Naito, Takuya Aoyagi, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba
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Publication number: 20120321902Abstract: A lead-free glass material for sealing organic EL elements is provided with which satisfactory sealing quality is obtained through laser sealing without requiring the addition of a metallic powder. The lead-free glass material for sealing organic EL elements has a glass composition which comprises, in terms of mol %, 30-60% V2O5, 5-20% ZnO, 5-20% BaO, 15-40% TeO2, 0-7% Nb2O5, 0-7% Al2O3, 0-5% SiO2, 0-5% MgO, 0-5% Sb2O3, 0-4% CuO, and 0-4% SnO and in which Nb2O5+Al2O3 is 0.5-10%, SiO2+MgO+Sb2O3 is 0-5%, and CuO+SnO is 0-4%. The glass material has low-temperature softening properties, melt stability, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion and is inhibited from thermally adversely affecting organic EL elements The glass material can attain high sealing properties and high sealing strength in high yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiro Kohara, Akihiro Ota, Seungwoo Lee
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Publication number: 20120318022Abstract: A glass composition, characterized in that it is selected from the group consisting of: a glass composition (A) with the following molar percentages: 70 to 76% of SiO2, 7 to 8% of B2O3, 5 to 6% of Al2O3, and 10 to 17% of Na2O; and a glass composition (B) with the following molar percentages: 63 to 76% of SiO2, 5 to 12% of ZrO2, 0 to 12% of B2O3, 0 to 2% of La2O3, 11 to 14% of Na2O, and 3 to 5% of K2O. The glass composition can be used in a method for assembling parts, in particular for a method of manufacturing high-temperature electrolyzers (HTEs) or high-temperature fuel cells (SOFCs).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Hélène Nonnet, Agnès Grandjean, Charlène Vallat, Daniel Coillot, Lionel Montagne
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Publication number: 20120316052Abstract: Provided is a glass composition that has a low reactivity with the constituent materials forming a solid oxide fuel cell while having a thermal expansion coefficient suitable for sealing a solid oxide fuel cell, and a glass composition and sealing material that are suitable for sealing a solid oxide fuel cell. The present invention, which relates to a sealing glass composition, is a sealing glass composition used for sealing a solid oxide fuel cell, characterized by having a composition ratio of, expressed in terms of oxide, 40 to 55% by mass of SiO2, 0 to 5.0% by mass of Al2O3, 0 to 8.0% by mass of B2O3, 20 to 30% by mass of MgO, and 10 to 24% by mass of CaO, wherein a total of the MgO and the CaO is 40 to 54% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: NIHON YAMAMURA GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Akamatsu, Yoshitaka Mayumi
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Patent number: 8278229Abstract: Provided is a cover coating composition for a glass lining comprising a frit constituting the composition which mainly includes 65 to 75 mol % of SiO2, 2 to 8 mol % of ZrO2, 10 to 22 mol % of R2O where R represents Li, K, or Cs, and 2 to 12 mol % of R?O where R? represents Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba, and the frit is free of Na2O, and said cover coating composition for a glass lining may further contain a metal fiber.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Ikebukuro Horo Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Iizawa, Masahiro Shirasaki, Takashi Kawashima, Osamu Mori
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Patent number: 8178453Abstract: To provide a glass containing little B2O3, whereby when its powder is fired, its thermal expansion curve does not have an inflection point, a non-lead glass is provided containing, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 35 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 8 to 25% of MgO, more than 27 to 35% of CaO, from 0 to 2% of SrO, from 0 to 4% of BaO, from 5 to 15% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 10% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%, and when SrO and BaO are contained, the total content of SrO and BaO is at most 2%; as well as a non-lead glass containing, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 39.5 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 10 to less than 13% of MgO, from 18 to 22% of CaO, more than 12 to 15% of SrO, from 0 to 1% of BaO, from 6 to 11% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 7% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Masamichi Tanida, Yuki Yokoyama, Shinji Honda
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Patent number: 8163077Abstract: The invention relates to an ink-jet ink composition for printing on a ceramic substrate comprising: (a) a liquid vehicle; (b) sub-micron particles of binding composition having a melting point below 6000 C; and (c) sub-micron particles causing an etch-like effect, said sub-micron particles are selected from metal oxide particles, high melting point frit particles, and a combination thereof, said sub-micron particles causing an etch-like effect have a melting point of at least 500 C above the melting point of said sub-micron particles of binding composition. The invention further relates to a printing process using such ink and to a ceramic substrate printed with a pattern or image having an etch-like effect, by means of the printing process.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignees: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, DIP Tech. Ltd.Inventors: Gera Eron, Avi Feinschmidt, Shlomo Magdassi, Yelena Vinetsky, Eliane Liraz
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Publication number: 20120065049Abstract: A crystallizing glass solder for high-temperature applications, containing, in % by weight on an oxide basis: 45% to 60% of BaO, 25% to 40% of SiO2, 5% to 15% of B2O3, 0 to <2% of Al2O3, and at least one alkaline earth metal oxide from the group consisting of MgO, CaO and SrO, wherein CaO is 0% to 5% and the sum of the alkaline earth metal oxides MgO, CaO and SrO is 0% to 20%, preferably 2% to 15%. The glass solder is preferably free from TeO2 and PbO. Preferred embodiments of the glass solder contain from 3 to 15 wt. % of Y2O3 and have low porosity and high stability with respect to a moist fuel gas environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Dieter GOEDEKE, Peter BRIX, Olaf CLAUSSEN, Joern BESINGER, Bastian SCHOEN
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Patent number: 8110035Abstract: An integrated dental porcelain system for making dental prostheses and restorations is provided. The system includes three universal major components: a) opaque porcelain composition; b) pressable dentin ingot; and c) veneering porcelain composition that can be used interchangeably for making restorations. Techniques for making the prostheses and restorations include porcelain fused-to-metal (PFM), press-to-metal (PTM), and either pressed and/or machined all-ceramic methods. The system uses both a hand-layering of veneering porcelain (PFM technique) and a hot-pressing process (PTM and all-ceramic technique) to fabricate the prostheses and restorations.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Christopher Chu, Slawomir Banasiak, Victoriya Shtessel-Nemzer
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Patent number: 8097837Abstract: In the method of manufacturing a cooking stove its stove top can be equipped with different glass ceramic tops, which each have at least one cooking area, which is heated by a radiant heating body cooperating with a temperature-limiting adjusting device, which limits a surface temperature of the glass ceramic top. To economically and individually adjust the IR transmission of a glass ceramic top with a higher IR transmittance to that of a lower IR transmittance corresponding to that of another glass ceramic top so that they are interchangeable, the glass ceramic top with the higher IR transmittance is provided with an absorbing and/or reflecting coating. When the glass ceramic tops are interchangeable, either can be used in a given cooking stove without changing the expensive temperature-limiting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Martin Taplan, Ioannis Kosmas, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Torsten Gabelmann, Sascha Backes
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Patent number: 8084380Abstract: Transition metal doped Sn phosphate glass compositions and methods of making transition metal doped Sn phosphate glass compositions are described which can be used for example, in sealing applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Bruce Gardiner Aitken
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Patent number: 8075961Abstract: A glass bonding material contains vanadium and phosphor as main glass components, and comprises in amounts converted as oxides of the elements in the components, 45 to 60% by weight of V2O5, 15 to 30% by weight of P2O5, 5 to 25% by weight of BaO, or contains a glass comprising at least vanadium, phosphor, barium and antimony, wherein the glass comprises in amounts converted as oxides, 15 to 35% by weight of BaO and Sb2O3 in total, and a weight ratio of BaO/Sb2O3 or Sb2O3/BaO is 0.3 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Osamu Shiono, Takashi Namekawa, Takashi Naitou, Mitsuo Hayashibara, Yuichi Kijima, Shigemi Hirasawa, Shunichi Asakura, Hiroki Yamamoto, Akira Hatori
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Patent number: 8071183Abstract: A sealing glass of a low melting point phosphate glass composition contains 15 to 35% of BaO and Sb2O3 (in total) and the ratio by weight of BaO to Sb2O3 or Sb2O3 to BaO is 0.3 or less. Particularly the transition metal is vanadium and the glass contains V2O5 of 45 to 60 wt % as vanadium oxide and P2O5 of 15 to 30 wt % as phosphorus oxide. The bonding material is a mixture of a filler and a vanadate-phosphate glass that contains V2O5 of 45 to 60%, P2O5 of 20 to 30%, BaO of 5 to 15%, TeO2 of 0 to 10%, Sb2O3 of 5 to 10%, and WO3 of 0 to 5%. The particle size of the filler is in the range of 1 to 150 ?m and the ratio of filler is 80% by volume or less of the adhesive glass.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Osamu Shiono, Takashi Namekawa, Takashi Naitou, Mitsuo Hayashibara, Yuichi Kijima, Shigemi Hirasawa, Shunichi Asakura, Hiroki Yamamoto, Akira Hatori
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Publication number: 20110269845Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments, comprising a plate-like substrate of perlite which does not contain 3D twin structure particles contained in milled expanded perlite in an amount of greater than 5% by weight, and (a) a dielectric material, especially a metal oxide, having a high index of refraction; and/or (a) a metal layer, especially a thin semi-transparent metal layer; a process for their production and their use in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings (paints), printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Patrice Bujard, Marc Baysang, Philippe Bugnon
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Publication number: 20110269053Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell stack having a plurality of cassettes and a glass composite seal disposed between the sealing surfaces of adjacent cassettes, thereby joining the cassettes and providing a hermetic seal therebetween. The glass composite seal includes an alkaline earth aluminosilicate (AEAS) glass disposed about a viscous glass such that the AEAS glass retains the viscous glass in a predetermined position between the first and second sealing surfaces. The AEAS glass provides geometric stability to the glass composite seal to maintain the proper distance between the adjacent cassettes while the viscous glass provides for a compliant and self-healing seal. The glass composite seal may include fibers, powders, and/or beads of zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), or mixtures thereof, to enhance the desirable properties of the glass composite seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: ANTHONY J. DE ROSE, SUBHASISH MUKERJEE, KARL JACOB HALTINER, JR.
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Publication number: 20110262758Abstract: A composition that upon firing, forms a non-stick enamel layer is disclosed. The composition can be applied to a metal substrate to provide a non-stick, durable coating for cooking surfaces. Also disclosed are methods of forming enamel layers and corresponding coated substrates. Various ground coats and related methods are also described. Furthermore, various multilayer coatings and structures are disclosed that include an enamel layer and a ground coat layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FERRO CORPORATIONInventors: Albert L. Benford, JR., Andrew Gorecki, Louis J. Gazo, Charles A. Baldwin
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Patent number: 8034457Abstract: A seal structure is provided for an energy storage device. The seal structure includes a sealing glass joining an ion-conducting first ceramic to an electrically insulating second ceramic. The sealing glass has a composition that includes about 48 weight percent silica, about 20 weight percent to about 25 weight percent boria, about 20 weight percent to about 24 weight percent alumina, and about 8 weight percent to about 12 weight percent sodium oxide based on the total weight of the sealing glass composition. A method for making the seal structure is provided. An article comprising the seal structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventors: Jian Wu, Dong-Sil Park, Craig Stringer, Sundeep Kumar
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Publication number: 20110226017Abstract: A glass foaming material and method are disclosed for filling void spaces in electrochemical devices. The glass material includes a reagent that foams at a temperature above the softening point of the glass. Expansion of the glass fills void spaces including by-pass and tolerance channels of electrochemical devices. In addition, cassette to cassette seals can also be formed while channels and other void spaces are filled, reducing the number of processing steps needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Kerry D. Meinhardt, Brent W. Kirby
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Patent number: 8022000Abstract: A bonding glass containing V2O5: 25 to 50 wt %, TeO2: 20 to 40 wt % and BaO: 5 to 30 wt %, and not containing lead.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Displays Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Osamu Shiono, Takashi Namekawa, Hiroyuki Akata, Takashi Naito, Keiichi Kanazawa, Yuuichi Kijima, Shigemi Hirasawa, Shunichi Asakura, Mitsuo Hayashibara
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Patent number: 8021739Abstract: A unitary structure (10) is comprised of two or more planar substrates (30, 40) fused together by a glass or glass-ceramic sintered frit structure (20) disposed therebetween. The pattern of the sintered patterned frit material defines passages (70) therein, and the sintered frit structure (20) has a characteristic minimum feature size (60) in a direction parallel to the substrates. Particles of the frit material have a poly-dispersed size distribution up to a maximum frit particle size, in a maximum length dimension, and the minimum feature size or dimension (60) of the sintered patterned frit material is greater than 2 times the maximum frit particle size, desirably about 3 times or more, and less than 6.25 times the maximum frit particle size, desirably about 5 times or less, most desirably about 4 times or less. A method for making the structure (10) is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventor: Yann P M Nedelec
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Publication number: 20110223371Abstract: The bonding strength to a glass substrate comprising soda lime glass is increased with good reproducibility at a time of laser sealing, to improve the sealing ability and the reliability of an electronic device. A glass substrate 3 has a sealing region. On the sealing region, a sealing material layer 5 is provided, which is a fired layer of a glass material for sealing containing a sealing glass, a low-expansion filler and a laser absorbent. The sealing glass contains, as represented by mass percentage, from 70 to 90% of Bi2O3, from 1 to 20% of ZnO, from 2 to 12% of B2O3 and from 10 to 380 ppm of Na2O. Such a glass substrate 3 and a glass substrate 2 having an element-formed region provided with an electronic element, are laminated, the sealing material layer 5 is irradiated with a laser light 6 to be melted to bond the glass substrates 2 and 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Sohei KAWANAMI
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Publication number: 20110209618Abstract: The ceramic product provided by the present invention is provided with at least two ceramic members bonded to each other, and the bond parts between these ceramic members bonded to each other are formed from glass having leucite crystals precipitated within the glass matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: NORITAKE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Sumihito Sago, Seiji Yamada, Masayoshi Hirano
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Publication number: 20110198029Abstract: The amorphous and/or partially crystalline glass solders are particularly suitable for high-temperature applications, e.g. in fuel cells or sensors in the exhaust gas stream of internal combustion engines. The glass solder is characterized by a linear coefficient of thermal expansion in the temperature range from 20° C. to 300° C. of 8.0×10?6 K?1 to 11.0×10?6 K?1 and a hemisphere temperature of 820° C. to 1100° C. and is suitable for laser bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventor: Bastian Schoen
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Patent number: 7989374Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell device includes layers of solid electrolyte, cathode plates, anode plates, a frame and a non-contaminating, electrochemically stable sealing material. The sealing material may have a CTE of about 95×10?7/° C. to about 115×10?7/° C. The sealing material may include from about 65 wt % to about 100 wt % of glass frit and from about 0 wt % to about 35 wt % of a filler material. The glass frit may include from about 0 mol % to about 43 mol % of a metal oxide expressed as RO wherein R comprises magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc and/or combinations thereof. The glass frit may also include from about 0 mol % to about 5 mol % Al2O3; from about 0 mol % to about 7 mol % TiO2; and from about 41 mol % to about 60 mol % SiO2.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 7964294Abstract: An easy to clean and stain resistant coating for a cooking product includes an oxycarbofluoride coating. The oxycarbofluoride coating has a composition comprising at least one metal oxide, carbon and fluorine and can be applied to a substrate using a sol-gel process.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Salil Mohan Joshi, Nagaveni Karkada, Sundeep Kumar
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Publication number: 20110126976Abstract: A sealing glass of the present invention is a sealing glass for vacuum sealing an exhaust opening provided in a metal-made vacuum double container, wherein the sealing glass is used in a metal-made vacuum double container having a structure that the sealing glass is placed in a position excepting a position right over the exhaust opening in a vacuum sealing process, the sealing glass is substantially free of a Pb component, and the sealing glass produces a total amount of gases of 900 to 7000 ?L/cm3 when a temperature is raised from 30° C. to 700° C. at 15° C./minute in a vacuum state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicants: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD., Thermos K.K.Inventors: Takemi Kikutani, Ikuo Miura
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Patent number: 7943060Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for making screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) pre-hydrated desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The desiccant material is pre-hydrated to reach its saturation level of moisture absorption. The process of pre-hydration can be done by exposing the desiccant in a normal temperature/humidity environment of for example, 25° C. and 50-60% RH. For 24 to 48 hours or up to the time when weight gain (due to moisture absorption) stops increasing. An accelerated hydration process in a chamber with higher than normal humidity level (i.e. 50% Relative Humidity) is also applicable to shorten the time of exposure to fully hydrate the desiccant material.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Carl B. Wang, Christopher John Roach, Fong-Pei Chang
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Patent number: 7943059Abstract: The invention is directed to a screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; dispersed in (b) organic medium. The invention is further directed to a screen-printable thick film getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The present invention further relates to a getter composition utilizing low-softening temperature glasses comprising, based on weight %, 1-50% SiO2, 0-80% B2O3, 0-90% Bi2O3, 0-90% PbO, 0-90% P2O5, 0-60% Li2O, 0-30% Al2O3, 0-10% K2O, 0-10% Na2O, and 0-30% MO where M is selected from Ba, Sr, Ca, Zn, Cu, Mg and mixtures thereof. The glasses described herein may contain several other oxide constituents that can substitute glass network-forming elements or modify glass structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yong Cho, Terri Cardellino, James Daniel Tremel
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Patent number: 7905932Abstract: A mixed quartz powder contains quartz powder and two or more types of doping element in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 mass %. The aforementioned doped elements include a first dope element selected from the group consisting of N, C and F, and a second dope element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, the lanthanides and the actinides. The “quartz powder” is a powder of crystalline quartz or it is a powder of glassy SiO2 particles. It is made form natural occurring quartz or it is fabricated synthetically. The “quartz powder” may be doped. The compounding ratio of the total amount (M1) of the aforementioned first elements and the total amount (M2) of the aforementioned second elements as the ratio of the number of atoms (M1)/(M2) is preferably from 0.1 to 20. Al as well as the aforementioned doped elements is preferably included in a mixed quartz powder of this invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignees: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co. Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuhiro Sato
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Publication number: 20110053753Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition which is adapted to use in providing a hermetic seal between a metal and a ceramic, a metal and a metal, and a ceramic and a ceramic, to form crystallized glass having high strength and high thermal expansion which allow it to be used at high temperatures of 950° C. and over. The glass composition is substantially free of alkali metals, and contains, as calculated as oxide, 15-30 mass % of SiO2, 0-5 mass % of Al2O3, 20-35 mass % of B2O3, 10-25 mass % of CaO, 25-40 mass % of MgO, 3-8 mass % (3.0% excluded) of ZrO2, and 0-3 mass % of CeO2, wherein the crystallized glass which is formed by firing a glass powder made of the glass composition at a temperature of 850-1050° C. has a thermal expansion coefficient of 90-110×10?7/° C. at 50-550° C. and flexural strength of not less than 80 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: NIHON YAMAMURA GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Mayumi, Hideyuki Kuribayasi
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Patent number: 7892997Abstract: This invention relates to boron-containing compositions for use in glaze compositions. There is provided a boron-containing composition for use in glaze production, which composition is obtainable by a process which comprises heating to a temperature sufficiently high that calcination occurs but insufficient for the formation of a homogeneous melt a mixture comprising components capable, under the conditions of heating, of forming the oxides B2O3, SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O and optionally CaO in proportions such that the relative percentages by weight of the said oxides, based on the total weight of the said oxides, are as follows: 10 to 18% B2O3, 40 to 65% SiO2, 17 to 32% Al2O3, 4 to 9% Na2O, and 0 to 10% CaO. The boron-containing compositions according to the present invention may be used in glaze compositions, suitably frit-free or boron-free frit-containing glaze compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: U.S. Borax Inc.Inventors: Simon Gregson Cook, Miguel Joaquin Galindo Cercos
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Publication number: 20110021337Abstract: A glass bonding material contains vanadium and phosphor as main glass components, and comprises in amounts converted as oxides of the elements in the components, 45 to 60% by weight of V2O5, 15 to 30% by weight of P2O5, 5 to 25% by weight of BaO, or contains a glass comprising at least vanadium, phosphor, barium and antimony, wherein the glass comprises in amounts converted as oxides, 15 to 35% by weight of BaO and Sb2O3 in total, and a weight ratio of BaO/Sb2O3 or Sb2O3/BaO is 0.3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Yuichi Sawai, Osamu Shiono, Takashi Namekawa, Takashi Naitou, Mitsuo Hayashibara, Yuichi Kijima, Shigemi Hirasawa, Shunichi Asakura, Hiroki Yamamoto, Akira Hatori
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Publication number: 20110009525Abstract: The invention relates to a translucent or transparent, coloured enamel that contains metal nanoparticles that lost their natural tendency to aggregate with each other, and having a colour essentially provided by the reflection of light. The nanoparticles have lost their natural capability to aggregate with each other due to the application of a coating, or because they have been functionalised electrostatically or using highly sterically hindered entities or using hydrophilic entities located at the surface thereof. The nanoparticles may be gold nanoparticles that impart an intense and deep red to said enamel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: ROLEX S.A.Inventors: Michèle Reigner, Olivier Pujol
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Publication number: 20100330309Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to frits or solder glass compounds that include beads, and/or assemblies such as, for example, vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units or plasma display panels (PDPs) including the same. In certain example embodiments, the beads may be hollow glass beads of any suitable shape (e.g., substantially spherical, substantially eye shaped, substantially oblong, substantially square shaped, etc.) with or without evacuated cavities. The inclusion of such beads in a frit material may improve the thermal properties of the bulk fired frit in certain example instances. Additionally, the inclusion of such beads in a frit material may take the place of other more expensive materials in the frit, thereby reducing the costs associated with the fabrication of the assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: David J. COOPER
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Patent number: 7847483Abstract: Disclosed is a glass composition composed of an oxide glass wherein the percentages of constitutional elements other than oxygen (O) expressed in atomic % are as follows: boron (B) is not less than 56% and not more than 72%; silicon (Si) is not less than 0% and not more than 15%; Zinc (Zn) is not less than 0% and not more than 18%; potassium (K) is not less than 8% and not more than 20%; and the total of K, sodium (Na) and lithium (Li) is not less than 12% and not more than 20%. This glass composition further may contain at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba) in an amount of more than 0% and not more than 5%, and molybdenum (Mo) and/or tungsten (W) in an amount of more than 0% and not more than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Osamu Inoue, Shinya Hasegawa, Miyuki Nakai, Tsutomu Koshizuka
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Patent number: 7811377Abstract: A substantially white powder for use as a filler and/or extender derived from by-products of manufacturing vitreous low alkali, low iron glass fibers, and a method for producing the powder. The filler has very low alkalinity and by virtue of its being essentially free of crystalline silica is non-hazardous to health and therefore safe for consumer-based and industrial-based uses.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Albacem LLCInventors: Raymond T. Hemmings, Robert D. Nelson, Philip L. Graves, Bruce J. Cornelius
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Patent number: 7803221Abstract: The present invention concerns ink for printing on ceramic surfaces such as glass, which contains glass frits for silica nanoparticles and optionally a pigment, and is suitable for ink jet printing.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2004Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignees: DIP Tech LTd.., Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of JerusalemInventors: Shlomo Magdassi, Gera Eron, Yelena Vinetsky
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Patent number: 7800303Abstract: A glass package is disclosed comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, where the substrates are attached in at least two locations, at least one attachment comprising a frit, and at least one attachment comprising a polymeric adhesive and wherein the frit comprises a glass portion comprising: a base component comprising and at least one absorbing component. Also disclosed is a method of sealing a light emitting display device comprising providing a light emitting layer, a first substrate and a second substrate, where a frit is deposited between the substrates and a polymeric adhesive is deposited either between the substrates or around the edge of the device, and where the frit is sealed with a radiation source and the polymeric adhesive is cured.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy, Sujanto Widjaja
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Patent number: 7795163Abstract: The black-colored glass ceramic panel has a cooking surface provided with a smooth black decoration by burning in a decorative paint, which contains a colorless zinc-containing glass flux and up to 10 wt. % of a partially coated pigment. The partially coated pigment consists of 20 to 40 wt. % of a black pigment with a grain size of at most 5? and a grain size distribution characterized by a D50<2? and 60 to 80% by weight of a zinc-free boro-alumino-silicate glass coating the black pigment. The glass flux consists, in wt. %, of Li2O, 0-5; Na2O, 0-5; K2O, <2; ?Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 1-10; MgO, 0-3; CaO, 0-4; SrO, 0-4; BaO, 0-4; ZnO, >0-4; B2O3, 15-27; Al2O3, 10-20; SiO2, 43-58; TiO2, 0-3; ZrO2, Sb2O3, 0-2; F, 0-3.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Dietmar Wennemann, Harald Striegler
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Patent number: 7763557Abstract: A porcelain enamel composition having a metallic appearance is disclosed. The composition comprises about 45% to about 55% SiO2, about 4 to about 20% R2O, about 9 to about 15% B2O3, about 4 to about 12% MnO2, about 1.5 to about 7% F2, about 0% to about 20% MO2, about 0% to about 10% RO, about 0% to about 6% NO2, about 0% to about 2% P2O5, about 0% to about 3% CoO, about 0% to about 3% NiO, about 0% to about 3% Al2O3, about 0% to about 3% Fe2O3, about 0% to about 3% CuO, about 0% to about 4% ZrO2, about 0% to about 2% Nb2O5, and about 0% to about 5% Sb2O3, wherein R2O represents at least one alkali oxide, wherein RO represents at least one alkaline earth oxide and wherein MO2 represents at least one opacifying pigment selected from the group consisting of ZrO2, TiO2, CeO2, SnO2 and La2O3.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Ferro CorporationInventors: Charles A. Baldwin, David P. Fedak, Bradley E. Devine
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Publication number: 20100180934Abstract: A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Keiichi Kanazawa, Shinji Yamada, Satoru Amou, Hiroki Yamamoto, Takuya Aoyagi
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Publication number: 20100184580Abstract: Glass-ceramic sealant is disclosed for planar solid oxide fuel cells. The glass-ceramic sealant includes 0 to 40 mol % of silicon oxide, 0 to 15 mol % boron oxide, 0 to 10 mol % of aluminum oxide, 0 to 40 mol % of barium oxide, 0 to 15 mol % of calcium oxide, 0 to 15 mol % of lanthanum oxide and 0 to 5 mol % of zirconium dioxide. At 0° C. to 600° C., the thermal expansion coefficient of the sealant is 8 to 10 ppm/° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Chien-Kuo Liu, Tung-Yuan Yung, Kin-Fu Lin, Ruey-Yi Lee, Tzang-Sheng Lee
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Patent number: 7749321Abstract: The present invention is directed to pigment compositions, thick film black pigment compositions, conductive single layer thick film compositions, black electrodes made from such black conductive compositions and methods of forming such electrodes, and to the uses of such compositions, electrodes, and methods in flat panel display applications, including alternating-current plasma display panel devices (AC PDP).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Jerome D. Smith, Pedro A. Jimenez, Tony Jackson
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Publication number: 20100133242Abstract: A coating containing metal phosphate-based compounds and mixtures, mixed compounds, mixed salts or adducts which contain such compounds as pigments for the production of single-coloured or multi-coloured markings, inscriptions and/or decorations by means of laser light in and/or on ceramic, stoneware, pottery, earthenware, porcelain, ceramic glazes, engobe, glass or glass paste (enamel).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KGInventors: Joerg Lind, Ruediger Wissemborski, Melanie Murmann, Christian Kohlpaintner
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Publication number: 20100129726Abstract: To provide a glass containing little B2O3, whereby when its powder is fired, its thermal expansion curve does not have an inflection point. Non-lead glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 35 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 8 to 25% of MgO, more than 27 to 35% of CaO, from 0 to 2% of SrO, from 0 to 4% of BaO, from 5 to 15% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 10% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%, and when SrO and BaO are contained, the total content of SrO and BaO is at most 2%. Non-lead glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 39.5 to 41.5% of SiO2, from 10 to less than 13% of MgO, from 18 to 22% of CaO, more than 12 to 15% of SrO, from 0 to 1% of BaO, from 6 to 11% of ZnO and from 4.5 to 7% of Al2O3, wherein the total content of these components is at least 97%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masamichi TANIDA, Yuki YOKOYAMA, Shinji HONDA