Patents Examined by Alexander Weddle
  • Patent number: 8628825
    Abstract: A composition for treating hard surface includes (a) a liquid silica sol, wherein the solid content of Si02 is 51%˜99.9% by total solid weight of the composition, (b) a solid inorganic gel having nano-scale layered, chained, layered and chained, or framework structure, wherein the weight of which is 0.1%-49% by total weight of the composition, (c) a dispersing medium, wherein the weight of which is 1%-50% by total solid weight. A method for treating hard surface includes the steps of preparing the above-mentioned, coating the composition on the hard surface, and polishing the coated hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventor: Dingzhong Huang
  • Patent number: 8617656
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus processes an object to be processed W including a body part Wi and a plurality of projecting-shape parts Wm disposed on the body part Wi, with an inorganic film and a different film being laminated to each other. The liquid processing apparatus comprises: a support part 50 configured to support the body part Wi; a hydrophobic-liquid supply mechanism 30 configured to supply a hydrophobic liquid to the object to be processed W; and a rinse-liquid supply part 22 configured to supply a rinse liquid to the object to be processed W to which the hydrophobic liquid has been supplied. The hydrophobic-liquid supply mechanism 30 includes: a first hydrophobic-liquid supply part 32 configured to supply a first hydrophobic liquid for making hydrophobic the inorganic film; and a second hydrophobic-liquid supply part 37 configured to supply a second hydrophobic liquid for making hydrophobic the different film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Mitsunori Nakamori, Akira Fujita, Takayuki Toshima
  • Patent number: 8617657
    Abstract: A method of making a block polyimide copolymer containing a first small block copolymer segment and a second larger block segment includes the steps of (a) reacting a first aromatic acid dianhydride with an aromatic diamine in a molar ratio from about 10:100 to about 50:100, respectively, to obtain the small block copolymer, (b) reacting the small block copolymer and excess amount of diamine with a second acid dianhydride in such a quantity that a total aromatic acid dianhydride and a total aromatic diamine are equimolar to obtain a precursor solution containing the first small block copolymer segment and the second larger block segment, (c) forming a film, laminate, or coating on a substrate, and (d) cyclodehydrating the film, laminate, or coating by chemical or thermal imidization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Chulalongkorn University
    Inventors: Piyasan Praserthdam, M. L. Supakanok Thongyai, Sonti Khamsa-Nga
  • Patent number: 8617665
    Abstract: A methods, apparatus and compositions for producing colored, self-cleaning substrates by roll coating are provided. The roll coated, colored, self-cleaning substrates retain the predetermined color and a predetermined gloss of the colored coating, thereby facilitating their use in architectural applications. The roll coated, colored, self-cleaning substrates may be iridescent-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Alcoa, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay A. Kahn, Grant Nintzel, Yves Biehlmann, Craig Belnap, Clinton Zediak, John Keener, James Bell, Albert L. Askin, Paula L. Kolek, Jean Ann Skiles
  • Patent number: 8617660
    Abstract: A wiping element made of a rubber-elastic or ductile-elastic material for the protection of components mobile against one another, wherein at least one wiping lip (2) is provided on a wiping ring (1). The wiping element has a protective lip (4), which is or can be fixed in a detachable fashion to the wiping ring (1). In a wiper arrangement (10), the wiping ring (1) is arranged position-stable on a first component and lies with the wiping lip (2) and the protective lip (4) adjacent to a second component. With the use of such a wiper arrangement (10) for the painting of components mobile against one another, at least one component is painted in the fixed state of the protective lip (4) and the protective lip (4) is then detached from the wiping ring (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Reiner
  • Patent number: 8616149
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a tampon having an absorbent body that absorbs liquid includes obtaining the absorbent body by compressing and shaping an absorbent-body material, and applying a melted agent to an outer surface of the absorbent body, the outer surface having a temperature lower than or equal to a freezing point of a main ingredient of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Hosokawa, Mitsuhiro Wada, Satoshi Nozaki
  • Patent number: 8617655
    Abstract: A coating device includes a coating mechanism which includes nozzles for ejecting a liquid material onto front and rear surfaces of a substrate while rotating the substrate; and an adjusting mechanism which adjusts the coating state of the liquid material at the outer periphery of the substrate; wherein the adjusting mechanism includes a dip portion which dips the outer periphery of the substrate in a solution while rotating the substrate and dissolves; and a suction portion which suctions the vicinity of the outer periphery of the substrate after dipping in the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sahoda, Futoshi Shimai, Akihiko Sato
  • Patent number: 8617659
    Abstract: Methods are provided for applying a layer to a honeycomb body. The methods include the steps of applying a cement mixture to a cylindrical surface of the honeycomb body and rotating the honeycomb body and a blade relative to one another about a longitudinal axis of the honeycomb body. The methods further include the steps of holding the blade at a first interior angle during a relative rotation of the honeycomb body and the blade about the longitudinal axis. The methods then include the step of moving the blade from the first interior angle to a second interior angle greater than the first interior angle. The methods still further include the step of rotating of the honeycomb body and the blade relative to one another about the longitudinal axis after the blade begins to move from the first interior angle toward the second interior angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Domey, John Edmond Graham
  • Patent number: 8617666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for applying two or more layers to a substrate by means of a multilayer curtain coating process. The present invention further relates to a decorative or a functional foil built up of a substrate and at least two coatings present thereon. The present invention further relates to a rigid panel, at least one of the layers of which is a decorative foil, which foil has been applied by means of a curtain coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Trespa International B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Josephus Alex Van De Wall
  • Patent number: 8617658
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for conducting film coating on the surface of spinning circular workpiece under action of gas pressure, and nozzle utilized in the same. Circular workpiece to be coated is held on a rotating mechanism, and a feedstock loading machine having a nozzle, which is capable of guiding redundant feedstock and overflowing in a specific direction, is set to have a 100 ?m gap with the circular workpiece. When the rotating mechanism is rotated, the polymer solution is precoated on the surface of the circular workpiece, and when gas valve is opened, the polymer solution is squeezed to a predetermined thickness by an annular high pressure gas-stream formed on the periphery of a cylinder, produced from the high pressure gas released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Yung-Chun Lee, Chuan-Hsiang Lee, Shou-Chi Cho
  • Patent number: 8617661
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a direct metal deposition (DMD) structure having substantially fully forged structural qualities is provided. In various embodiments, the method includes depositing a layer of metallic material onto an existing metallic structure having a microstructure that provides the existing metallic structure with substantially fully forged structural qualities. The DMD layer has a microstructure that provides the DMD layer with non-forged structural qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Joseph William Newkirk, Fuewen Frank Liou, Romy Francis
  • Patent number: 8617653
    Abstract: It is disclosed an over-coating agent for forming fine patterns which is applied to cover a substrate having photoresist patterns thereon and allowed to shrink under heat so that the spacing between adjacent photoresist patterns is lessened, with the applied film of the over-coating agent being removed to form fine patterns, further characterized by comprising a water-soluble polymer which contains a monomeric component and a dimeric component, wherein the total content of the monomeric component and the dimeric component in the water-soluble polymer is reduced to 10 mass % or less, and a method of forming fine patterns using the same. By the present invention, even in reducing the pattern size on a substrate having thereon patterns having different pitches, the heat shrinkage of the over-coating agent can be controlled, irrespective whether the pitch is dense or isolate, thus achieving the pattern size reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Okgyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Watanabe, Toshiki Takedutsumi, Masanori Yagishita, Kiyofumi Mitome, Takahito Imai, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masaji Uetsuka
  • Patent number: 8617662
    Abstract: A method of producing textile blind slat, includes (a) weaving an elongated textile strip, wherein two longitudinal edge portions are double layered, for respectively forming elongated inner space therein; (b) immerging the elongated textile strip into a hardening agent, wherein the elongated textile strip passes through the hardening agent at a predetermined speed; (c) drying the elongated textile strip after the step (b) at a temperature between 100-180 Celsius degree; and (d) flattening the elongated textile strip after the step (c), so as to serve as a blind slat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Lande Braid Industry (Wenzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianming Yu
  • Patent number: 8613978
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a body structure for a door or other furniture is provided. A skeletal framework is placed on an uncured artificial stone mix deposited on a release sheet placed on a surface. Liquid structural foam is introduced within the skeletal framework. The skeletal framework is wrapped with the release sheet comprising the uncured artificial stone mix such that the skeletal framework is completely covered with the uncured artificial stone mix. The wrapped skeletal framework is placed in a chamber of a defined volume. The uncured artificial stone mix is compressed by the expanding liquid structural foam and conforms to the internal shape of the chamber. The foaming action generates heat that accelerates curing of the uncured artificial stone mix to create an outer cured artificial stone skin of the body structure. After removal from the chamber, the release sheet is separated and the body structure is polished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Gosakan Aravamudan
  • Patent number: 8613972
    Abstract: A counter roll (26) is positioned to engage a paper or board web (24) in a paper or board making machine along a contact line. A pressure-sensitive EMFi film (28) is disposed on the counter roll to measure the pressure profile of the web along the contact line. A coating apparatus (22) applies a coating to the web passing over the counter roll (26), and a pressure profile of the applied coating is measured by the pressure-sensitive film (28) on the counter roll (26). The pressure-sensitive film (28) may also be disposed to detect details of coating application in a curtain coater (30). Moreover, the film may be driven to provide adjustable vibration for cleaning the coater, or conditioning or controlling the coating flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Petteri Lannes, Tatu Markus Kristian Pitkänen
  • Patent number: 8613981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of composites, composed of at least one outer layer b) and of an isocyanate-based rigid foam a), where the outer layer b) is moved continuously and the starting material for the isocyanate-based rigid foam a) is applied to the outer layer b), which comprises achieving the application of the liquid starting material for the isocyanate-based rigid foam a) by means of at least one fixed tube c) which has openings f) and which has been placed, with respect to the outer layer b), so as to be parallel to the plane of the outer layer and at right angles to the direction of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Lars Schoen, Roland Fabisiak, Rainer Hensiek, Peter Huntemann, Ruediger Viereck, Maria Thomas, Bernd Schaper
  • Patent number: 8557343
    Abstract: A method of activating an organic coating, a coated substrate having an activated coating and an activation treatment for an organic coating. In particular, the activation method improves the adhesion of the organic coating to further coating layers and/or to other entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Stuart Arthur Bateman, Francisco Cardonna, Ranya Simons, Dong Yang Wu, Douglas H. Berry, James F. Kirchner, Seana B. Kobak, Jill E. Seebergh
  • Patent number: 8524324
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a complex oxide film having a high relative dielectric constant formed on a substrate surface by wet-treatment method and a production process of the complex oxide film comprising a step of washing the complex oxide film with an acid solution of pH 5 or less to thereby reduce salts in the film. Further, the invention relates to a dielectric material and a piezoelectric material containing the complex oxide film, a capacitor and a piezoelectric element including the material, and a electronic device comprising the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Akihiko Shirakawa, Hirofumi Fukunaga, Chunfu Yu
  • Patent number: 8486492
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a complex oxide film having a high relative dielectric constant and a high voltage resistance, whose film thickness can be arbitrarily controlled, and a manufacturing method thereof, a composite body comprising the complex oxide film and a manufacturing method thereof, a dielectric or piezoelectric material comprising the complex oxide film or composite body, a capacitor or piezoelectric element comprising the complex oxide film advantageous to improve voltage resistance, and an electronic device equipped with the same, without involving any complicated or large scale equipment. The complex oxide film can be obtained by forming a metal oxide film containing a titanium element on a substrate surface and then allowing a solution containing strontium ion to react with the metal oxide film. A capacitor including the complex oxide film as dielectric material and a piezoelectric element including it as piezoelectric material can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 8486493
    Abstract: A complex oxide film is provided having a high relative dielectric constant and capacitance having low temperature-dependency. The film thickness can be arbitrarily controlled. A manufacturing method thereof, a composite body comprising the complex oxide film and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The complex oxide film containing titanium element and calcium element can be obtained by forming a metal oxide film containing titanium element on a substrate surface and then allowing a solution containing calcium ion to react with the metal oxide layer. A capacitor including the complex oxide film as dielectric material and a piezoelectric element including it as piezoelectric material can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Akihiko Shirakawa