Patents Examined by Brian K. Talbot
  • Patent number: 11929482
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions for the solution-phase deposition of thin films comprising one or more artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers. The thin films can be coated onto the surface of porous components of electrochemical devices, such as solid-state electrolytes employed in rechargeable batteries. The methods and systems provided herein involve exposing the component to be coated to different liquid reagents in sequential processing steps, with optional intervening rinsing and drying steps. Processing may occur in a single reaction chamber or multiple reaction chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORESHELL TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sourav Roger Basu, Jonathan Tan
  • Patent number: 11921259
    Abstract: An electronic device includes electrical components in a housing. The components may include optical components such as a display. Protective structures may be used to protect the optical components. The protective structures may include one or more protective transparent layers such as layers of glass or crystalline material such as sapphire. The protective transparent layers may be coated with an oleophobic coating. To enhance coating durability, catalyst may be used to help bond the oleophobic coating. An adhesion promotion layer such as a silicon oxide layer may be deposited on the transparent protective layer. A catalyst layer such as a layer of sodium fluoride may be deposited on the adhesion promotion layer. The oleophobic material may be evaporated or otherwise deposited on the catalyst layer. Heat and moisture may help the oleophobic material form chemical bonds with the adhesion promotion layer, thereby forming a durable oleophobic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Mittal, Feng Liu, Kenji Ishizeki, Matthew S. Rogers, Naoto Matsuyuki, Wolf Oetting
  • Patent number: 11911786
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydrate energy-storage temperature-control material and a preparation method therefor. The material includes a refrigerant hydrate and a cross-linked polymer. The preparation method comprises the following steps: first, preparing a refrigerant hydrate by using a high-pressure reactor, and conducting grinding, crushing and sieving to obtain hydrate particles; then, uniformly spraying polytetrafluoroethylene suspended ultrafine powder onto the surface of the hydrate particles by using an electrostatic spraying device, and putting the hydrate particles into a plasma instrument to modify polytetrafluoroethylene so as to allow free radicals to be formed on the polytetrafluoroethylene powder surface; finally, subjecting monomers to graft polymerization with the free radicals on the polytetrafluoroethylene surface under the irradiation of a high-pressure mercury lamp of UV lighting system to stabilize the structure of the material, preparing a final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiafei Zhao, Yongchen Song, Mingzhao Yang, Hongsheng Dong, Lunxiang Zhang, Quan Shi, Lei Yang, Zheng Ling, Xiang Sun, Yanghui Li, Weiguo Liu
  • Patent number: 11896996
    Abstract: A method of depositing an extrudable substance onto a surface. The method comprises the step of delivering the extrudable substance from a cartridge to a flow-bypass assembly. The method further comprises the step of selectively controlling the flow-bypass assembly to purge air from the extrudable substance before the extrudable substance enters a delivery tube. The method further comprises the step of selectively controlling the flow-bypass assembly to deliver the extrudable substance from the flow-bypass assembly to a valve assembly via the delivery tube. The method further comprises the step of controlling flow of the extrudable substance from the valve assembly to a nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: John W. Pringle-Iv
  • Patent number: 11903144
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic component in which a copper electrode and an inorganic substrate exhibit strong adhesion to each other. A method for producing an electronic component according to the present invention comprises: an application step wherein a paste is applied onto an inorganic substrate, which paste contains copper particles, copper oxide particles and/or nickel oxide particles, and inorganic oxide particles having a softening point; a sintering step wherein a sintered body which contains at least copper is formed by means of heating in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles but not less than the sintering temperature of the copper particles; and a softening step wherein heating is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is not less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MATERIAL CONCEPT, INC.
    Inventor: Junichi Koike
  • Patent number: 11894543
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions for the solution-phase deposition of thin films comprising one or more artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers. The thin films can be coated onto the surface of porous components of electrochemical devices, such as solid-state electrolytes employed in rechargeable batteries. The methods and systems provided herein involve exposing the component to be coated to different liquid reagents in sequential processing steps, with optional intervening rinsing and drying steps. Processing may occur in a single reaction chamber or multiple reaction chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CORESHELL TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sourav Roger Basu, Jonathan Tan
  • Patent number: 11894542
    Abstract: To lower electrical resistance by increasing the interfacial surface area and the adhesion between a current collector and an active material or an electrolyte, or between the active material and the electrolyte in an all-solid-state battery. In addition, to improve battery performance by eliminating or minimizing residual carbon originating from a binder. A slurry, composed of an electrode active material and a solvent, and a slurry, composed of electrolyte particles and a solvent, can be impacted against a target and thereby attached thereto to form a high-density layer and improve adhesion. Moreover, residual carbon is eliminated or minimized by eliminating or minimizing the content of binders, thereby improving battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MTEK-SMART CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11866616
    Abstract: Provided a wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid, including: two-component epoxy resin, a solvent, a polyether siloxane, and a carbon powder; wherein a mass ratio of the two-component epoxy resin to the solvent is 1:3˜1:5, a mass ratio of the two-component epoxy resin to the carbon powder is 3:1˜6:1, and a mass fraction of the polyether siloxane in the wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid is 0.05%˜0.2%. A wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid, a wave-absorbing honeycomb and their preparation methods are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: LUOYANG INSTITUTE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, LUOYANG CUTTING EDGE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Zhiya Zhao, Lu Zhang, Yunxiang Zhang, Yan Hou
  • Patent number: 11835331
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a speckle for high temperature deformation measurement of a shaped refractory material. A technical solution includes mixing a hercynite micropowder and a liquid mixing agent in a mass ratio of (3-6):1, and ultrasonically treating to obtain a speckle mixture; polishing a surface of a shaped refractory material to be measured, removing impurities, and spraying the speckle mixture on the surface of the shaped refractory material to be measured with a pneumatic airbrush in a time hood to obtain an uncured speckle; heating the uncured speckle to 60-80° C., keeping for 1-3 h, then heating to 100-120° C., and keeping for 1-3 h to obtain a speckle for high temperature deformation measurement of a shaped refractory material. The fabricated product is suitable for high temperature deformation measurement of a shaped refractory material at 1,600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ao Huang, Shenghao Li, Huazhi Gu, Lvping Fu, Yajie Dai
  • Patent number: 11833541
    Abstract: In a powder coating process, a primer step is implemented prior to electrostatically applying the powder coating, either in advance of preheating the object to be coated or subsequent thereto, depending upon the selection of materials used in the object to be coated, the primer material being diluted fabric softener applied in a fine mist spray or fog to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Steve L. Chupp
  • Patent number: 11819806
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid state ionic conductive membrane includes forming a solid state ionic conductive membrane on a support scaffold and treating the support scaffold to be macro porous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ampcera Inc.
    Inventors: James Emery Brown, Hui Du, Chen Chen, Sumin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11821091
    Abstract: A dry process for coating Ni-rich cathode powder with cubic LLZO powder prepared by flame spray pyrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica L Durham, Joseph A. Libera, Albert L Lipson, Yujia Liang
  • Patent number: 11814730
    Abstract: Described herein is a technology for the creation of “smooth” metal oxide films or coatings using organic cross-linking agents to enable low-temperature sintering. These metal oxide films can be used in conjunction with low-melting temperature substrates, such as plastics, metal, metal oxide, and glass, providing exquisite control over surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Warner, Emily Stoler, Dwight Tshudy, David Wolf
  • Patent number: 11813882
    Abstract: An aqueous composition can be used for pre-treating a substrate prior to inkjet printing to provide a white opaque background for inkjet-printed images. This aqueous composition includes: (a) one or more water-soluble salts of a multivalent metal cation at 5-30 weight %; (b) a nonionic or cationic water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric binder material at 5-30 weight %; and (c) surface-treated visible light-scattering particles having a D50 (median) particle size of at least 0.04 ?m and up to and including 2 ?m in an amount of 5-60 weight % based on the total aqueous composition weight. The pre-treated substrate is useful as an inkjet receiving medium that can be readily inkjet-printed particularly with anionically-stabilized aqueous pigment-based inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Edward Irving, Douglas Eugene Bugner, David D. Putnam
  • Patent number: 11814796
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing process of intermittent coating release paper, which includes: a) undercoating; b) primary drying in a drying oven; c) printing optical marks; d) coating silicon in a section; e) accurately coating heat-sealing material on front and back sides of the base material; f) secondary drying, rolling up, the action of coating the silicon and coating the heat sealing material is precisely positioned by using the optical marks printed in the previous process. The manufactured release paper can be directly applied to the packaging of women's sanitary napkins, pads, and maternity napkins, there is no need to use spaced release paper, the whole can be degraded or recycled for pulping, and can also reduce the use of various coating materials during production, reduce production costs, thus being beneficial to improve the production level of the existing process and the ecological environment protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan XinFei Hygiene Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fanfei Mu
  • Patent number: 11807770
    Abstract: A method for creating a dielectric thin-film coating for devices having a fusible element is disclosed. The method comprises mixing insoluble and soluble polymers in solid form and exposing the mixture to heat to create a melt mixture. The melt mixture is then dissolved in a solvent to create a slurry which can then be deposited on the device as a thin-film coating to create an interior insulation layer or an external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuriy Borisovich Matus, Martin G. Pineda, Boris Golubovic, Deepak Nayar
  • Patent number: 11806743
    Abstract: A spin dispenser module and methods for using the same is disclosed. The spin dispenser module includes a cup having a basin with sidewalls and an exhaust, a rotatable platform situated inside the cup adapted for holding and rotating a substrate, a liquid dispenser disposed over the rotatable platform for dispensing a liquid coating material on top of the substrate, one or more ejector inlets disposed over the rotatable platform, the one or more ejectors connected to a negative pressure source, and a motor coupled to the rotatable platform to rate the rotatable platform at different rotational speeds. The one or more ejector inlets may be translatable and/or rotatable with optionally adjustable suction pressure. The ejector inlets operate after a liquid coating material is dispensed to avoid deposition of suspended organic compounds after a coating is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ching-Hai Yang, Yao-Hwan Kao, Shang-Sheng Li, Kuo-Pin Chen, Hsiang-Kai Tseng, Chuan-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11802348
    Abstract: An element body has an exposed surface including a selective surface material which is to be coated with the coating material and a non-selected surface material which is not to be coated with the coating material. The selected surface material has different material properties than the non-selected surface material. The element body is coated with the coating material by applying a surface modifier only on the surface of the selected surface material and thereafter coating the surface of the selected surface material to which the surface modifier has been applied with the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasushi Yoshida, Tatsuya Fukutani, Tatsuo Kunishi, Masahiko Minoda, Ryota Mori
  • Patent number: 11795330
    Abstract: A polypyrrole-coated graphene corrosion inhibitor container and its preparation method and a composite coating and its application are provided. The polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container includes graphene oxide and a polyvinylo layer encapsulated on the surface of the graphene oxide. The invention is based on a polymerization reaction by mixing a polypyrrole acid solution, a graphene oxide dispersion, and an initiator to obtain a polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container. The polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container regulates the release rate of the corrosion inhibitor by wrapping the polypyrrole around the graphene oxide so that it is released rapidly in alkaline solutions and at a slower rate in neutral media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Yue Sun, Peili Liu, Rongrong Chen, Jun Wang, Gaohui Sun
  • Patent number: 11794382
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to protective coatings on an aerospace component and methods for depositing the protective coatings. The protective coating can be anti-coking coatings to reduce or suppress coke formation when the aerospace component is heated in the presence of a fuel. In one or more embodiments, a method for depositing the protective coating on an aerospace component includes exposing the aerospace component to a cleaning process to produce a cleaned surface on the aerospace component and sequentially exposing the aerospace component to a precursor and a reactant to form a protective coating on the cleaned surface of the aerospace component by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The aerospace component can be one or more of a fuel nozzle, a combustor liner, a combustor shield, a heat exchanger, a fuel line, a fuel valve, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: David A. Britz