Patents Examined by Brian K. Talbot
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Patent number: 12291781Abstract: A counter-rotating roller system for coating electrode materials includes a roll-to-roll apparatus including a dispensing roller that selectively dispenses a conductive substrate from a substrate roll along a first direction towards a receiving roller. A counter-rotating roller module including a counter-rotating roller is stationarily positioned at a predetermined height over the conductive substrate. The direction of the tangential velocity of the counter-rotating roller at an interface between the counter-rotating roller and the conductive substrate is 180 degrees opposite the first direction of travel of the conductive substrate. The system further includes a continuous powder application module positioned on a feed side of the counter-rotating roller to continuously deposit a volume of a dry powder mixture on the conductive substrate prior to contact with the counter-rotating roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PIXION BATTERIES, INC.Inventors: Vikram Devaraj, Varun Devaraj
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Patent number: 12286718Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nitride semiconductor photoelectrode capable of improving the light energy conversion efficiency. The method for producing a nitride semiconductor photoelectrode includes a first step of forming an n-type gallium nitride layer on an insulating or conductive substrate, a second step of forming an indium gallium nitride layer on the n-type gallium nitride layer, a third step of forming a nickel layer n the indium gallium nitride layer, and a fourth step of heat-treating the nickel layer in an oxygen atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yuya Uzumaki, Sayumi Sato, Yoko Ono, Takeshi Komatsu
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Patent number: 12280395Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a substrate including atomizing a formulation and applying the formulation to a substrate to form a coating on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Miguel Galvez, Bong June Zhang
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Patent number: 12265049Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electrochemical sensor includes an electrode forming step of forming an electrode, made of a porous material with electroconductivity, on an insulating substrate, and a resist forming step of coating a coating region on the electrode by a resist with non-electroconductivity in a solution state, and permeating communicating pores of the porous material with the resist, thereby adjusting a resistance value of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventor: Yoshiharu Sato
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Patent number: 12251727Abstract: A mask device includes a mesh mask and a metal mask disposed under the mesh mask. The mesh mask includes a mesh pattern and a plurality of first blocking portions disposed in the mesh pattern to block portions of the mesh pattern, the metal mask includes a plurality of second blocking portions overlapping the first blocking portions in a plan view, and the metal mask is provided with an accommodation opening defined through in the metal mask, and not overlapping the first blocking portions in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junyoung Lee, Jeongweon Seo, Hyuk-Hwan Kim, Junwoo You, Jeongho Hwang
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Patent number: 12234361Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a combined treatment method for surface modification of fumed silica, which comprises the following steps: (1) two sets of modification devices are used to jointly treat fumed silica; the fumed silica is modified with a modifier in the reaction furnace of each set of modification devices to obtain two groups of modified fumed silica and exhaust gas respectively; (2) the exhaust gas obtained in step (1) is separated respectively to obtain unreacted modifier and by-products, and the obtained by-products are input into the reaction furnace of the other set of modification devices as reaction assistants to participate in the modification reaction; and the obtained unreacted modifiers are returned to the reaction furnace of the original modification device for repeated use.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: GUANGZHOU HUIFU RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD., HUBEI HUIFU NANOMATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Xianjian Duan, Chunlei Wu, Yuelin Wang, Shiyu Xu, Chenggang Wang
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Patent number: 12227849Abstract: Described herein is a stator water cooling (SWC) system in an electrical power generator with improved resistance to copper fouling, more specifically, to a component of the SWC system, such as a strainer, having an anti-fouling metallic material on the surface of the component. Also described herein is a method of reducing copper fouling in a SWC system that comprises applying an anti-fouling metallic material to the surface of a SWC system component.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Constellation Energy Generation, LLCInventor: Andrew Delano Odell
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Patent number: 12202984Abstract: Compositions including a filler, an emissivity agent, a crosslinking facilitator, and a metal silicate binder are disclosed. The compositions can be curable at ambient conditions. Methods of coating overhead conductor and power transmission line accessories with such coating compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, Novota IndustriesInventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vitthal Abaso Sawant, Vijay Mhetar, Satish Narayan Patil, Rajendra Yashwant Chaudhari
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Patent number: 12171148Abstract: Various fabrication methods are disclosed. In one such method, at least one structure is formed on a substrate which protrudes outwardly from a plane of the substrate. A beam is used to form a layer of material, at least part of which is in direct contact with a semiconductor structure on the substrate, the semiconductor structure comprising at least one nanowire. The beam has a non-zero angle of incidence relative to the normal of the plane of the substrate such that the beam is incident on one side of the protruding structure, thereby preventing a portion of the nanowire in a shadow region adjacent the other side of the protruding structure in the plane of the substrate from being covered with the material.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kevin Van Hoogdalem, Leonardus Kouwenhoven, Pavel Aseev, Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen
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Patent number: 12170199Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a dielectric material formed in semiconductor devices. The present disclosure provides methods for forming a dielectric material layer by a cyclic spin-on coating process. In an embodiment, a method of forming a dielectric material on a substrate includes spin-coating a first portion of a dielectric material on a substrate, curing the first portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, spin-coating a second portion of the dielectric material on the substrate, and thermal annealing the dielectric material to form an annealed dielectric material on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Je-Ming Kuo, Yen-Chun Huang, Chih-Tang Peng, Tien-I Bao
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Patent number: 12166193Abstract: A method for forming at least one electrode, said method comprising: a) providing an electronically conductive, inert material; b) cutting the substrate material to form at least one current collector; c) placing at least one current collector on a carrier; d) applying one or more protection layers to one or both sides of the current collector to form a coated electrode; and e) removing the electrode from the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: GELION TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventors: Adrien Amigues, Jacob Locke, William Richardson
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Patent number: 12164837Abstract: The present disclosure relates to graded electrodes for an electric battery cell, and to methods of designing and manufacturing such electrodes. Example embodiments include a method of designing an electrode for an electric battery cell, the electrode comprising a compound mixture of an electrochemically active material, an electrically conductive material and a binding material, the method comprising: applying a model for an electrochemical response of the electric battery cell; and optimising parameters of the model to maximise one or more of an energy density, power density, battery health and thermal response of the electric battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Grant, Stephen Duncan, Ross Drummond, Chuan Cheng
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Patent number: 12165784Abstract: A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based strand-block mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method including pre-injection of compressed gas into the conductor strands of the cable at a pressure less than the elastic limit of the cable insulation, and injection of a rejuvenation fluid into the conductor strands of the cable at a pressure less than the elastic limit of the cable insulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: NOVINIUM, LLCInventors: Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Norman E. Keitges, James Steele
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Patent number: 12157283Abstract: A method for depositing at least one colored layer on the surface of a vulcanized tire sidewall includes applying by inkjet a colored layer to the whole of the sidewall or to at least a part of the sidewall of the tire and then, after drying, selectively removing the colored layer in such a manner as to create a first pattern. A tire obtained on completion of that method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Helene Jaquet, Walid Djabour
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Patent number: 12159754Abstract: A method for preparing a large-area continuous flexible free-standing electrode is provided. The method includes: mixing a reduced graphene oxide, porous carbon particles and a solvent, and dispersing the resulting mixture to obtain a mixed slurry; coating the mixed slurry onto a hydrophobic substrate, and drying, to prepare the large-area continuous flexible free-standing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyInventors: Bin Xu, Mingzhi Li
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Patent number: 12150230Abstract: A method for forming a protective antioxidative barrier on the furnace electrodes using a chemically altered cooling liquid containing an antioxidant additive. This method can be applied to electrodes used in electric arc furnaces and ladle metallurgy furnaces. The method can involve spraying the cooling liquid onto the electrode, thereby forming the protective antioxidative barrier and reducing the oxidation of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: CHEMTREAT, INC.Inventors: Joseph S. Strasser, Joseph M. Hamnik, James R. Lawson, Alan J. Feller
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Patent number: 12139785Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a coating layer having plasma resistance, the method comprising steps of: preparing a substrate by placing the substrate in a substrate fixing device inside a process chamber; evaporating a Y2O3 deposition material provided in a solid form in an electron beam source by irradiating an electron beam on the Y2O3 deposition material; generating radical particles having activation energy by injecting a process gas containing oxygen for forming radicals into a RF energy beam source; irradiating an RF energy beam including the radical particles generated in the RF energy beam source, toward the substrate; depositing a thin film in which the evaporated deposition material is deposited on the substrate by being assisted by the RF energy beam, and densifying the thin film in which the deposition material deposited on the substrate forms a densified film by ion bombardment of the RF energy beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Inventor: Soon Young Kwon
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Patent number: 12137692Abstract: The present invention also provides two methods of preparing the antimicrobial preparation comprising the steps of submerging the porous material in vacuum vessel containing a solution comprising 1% to 4% of silver-chitosan dissolved in an organic acid; applying a vacuum to the vacuum vessel to displace air from the porous material; removing the vacuum from the vacuum vessel to return it to atmospheric pressure and then either drying the material and coating the material with a crosslinking solution or heating the material to between 120° C. and 140° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Hydrodyne Systems LtdInventors: Alan Taylor, Eric Taylor
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Patent number: 12131871Abstract: An electronic component that includes an electronic component body including a first internal electrode exposed at a first end surface and a second internal electrode exposed at a second end surface; a first external electrode on the first end surface and a bottom surface of the electronic component body; and a second external electrode on the second end surface and the bottom surface of the electronic component body, wherein the first external electrode comprises a first end surface electrode and a first bottom surface electrode that are integrated, and a thickness of the first end surface electrode is smaller than a thickness of the first bottom surface electrode, and the second external electrode comprises a second end surface electrode and a second bottom surface electrode that are integrated, and a thickness of the second end surface electrode is smaller than a thickness of the second bottom surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamatani, Kazuya Kusuda, Takeshi Furukawa
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Patent number: 12121858Abstract: A production method of an exhaust gas purification device includes the steps of supplying a solution containing a catalyst metal from a shower nozzle to an upper part of a honeycomb substrate, coating the honeycomb substrate with the solution, and firing the honeycomb substrate coated with the solution, wherein the shower nozzle has a plurality of discharge openings for discharging the solution and a guard which surrounds the plurality of discharge openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Kido, Suguru Matsui, Etsuko Ohara, Kazuma Nakada