Patents Examined by Humera Sheikh
  • Beverage concentrates
    Patent number: 9113654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cartridge for a beverage preparation system, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge, an outlet downstream of the inlet for the discharge of a beverage from the cartridge and a flow path connecting the inlet to the outlet, wherein the flow path includes within it a non-gelled beverage liquid concentrate containing about 0.01 to about 5 weight % in total of one or more thickeners. The cartridge may comprise an aperture having a cross-sectional area of 2 mm2 or less downstream of a chamber in which the beverage liquid concentrate is loaded. The beverage concentrate may comprise methyl cellulose and at least one alginate in a weight ratio of 1:5 to 5:1 to provide improved the organoleptic properties such as mouthfeel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Harold Massey, Ayse Tulay Massey, Clemence Michaut, Helen Blangy
  • Electronic component element housing package
    Patent number: 9119297
    Abstract: An electronic component element housing package is produced by firing a ceramic substrate for housing an electronic component element and a metal layer for bonding to the ceramic substrate to form an electrical path, simultaneously in a reducing atmosphere. The ceramic substrate comprises alumina (Al2O3), a partially stabilized zirconia by forming solid solution with yttria (Y2O3) and a sintering agent. The sintering agent comprises magnesia (MgO), and at least 1 type selected from silica (SiO2), calcia (CaO), or manganese oxides (MnO, MnO2, Mn2O3, Mn3O4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Electronics Devices Inc.
    Inventor: Masanori Nagahiro
  • Decoratively applied article
    Patent number: 9107528
    Abstract: An ornamental article representing at least one blank in the form of a hollow three-dimensional component made out of molded paper pulp, different in that the product includes an insert of the same shape as the inner surface of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventor: Igor A. Zolotov
  • Antibacterial coating for an implant and method for producing said coating
    Patent number: 9107981
    Abstract: An antibacterial coating for an implant is provided that contains copper. A method of producing an antibacterial coating for an implant is also provided that includes the coating being applied by a PVD process and the layer generated by the PVD process includes a copper content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DOT GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Neumann, Cornelia Prinz, Ulrich Lembke
  • Welded component, a welded gas turbine component, and a process of welding a component
    Patent number: 9108266
    Abstract: A welded component, a welded gas turbine component, and a process of welding a component are disclosed. The welded component includes a first alloy, a second alloy, and a weld positioned between the first alloy and the second alloy. The weld is formed by a first shim and a second shim being beam welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yan Cui, Ganjiang Feng, Srikanth Kottilingam, Dechao Lin
  • Carbon material covered with diamond thin film and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 9102541
    Abstract: A carbon material and a method of manufacturing the carbon material are provided. By affixing diamond particles onto a carbonaceous substrate in a condition in which etching caused by hydrogen radicals is unlikely to occur, the substrate etching rate can be suppressed, and the carbon material is allowed to have a diamond thin film having excellent adhesion capability. The carbon material has a carbonaceous substrate showing a weight decrease under a diamond synthesis condition, diamond particles disposed on a surface of the carbonaceous substrate, and a diamond layer having the diamond particles as seeds. The weight of the diamond particles per unit area is set to from 1.0×10?4 g/cm2 to less than 3.0×10?3 g/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Kawano, Rie Tao
  • Carbon film laminate
    Patent number: 9074278
    Abstract: Small crystal size is the issue of a conventional method for formation of a film of graphene by a thermal CVD technique using a copper foil as a substrate. A carbon film laminate is described in which graphene having a larger crystal size is formed. The carbon film laminate is configured to include a sapphire single crystal having a surface composed of terrace surfaces which are flat at the atomic level, and atomic-layer steps, a copper single crystal thin film formed by epitaxial growth on the substrate, and graphene deposited on the copper single crystal thin film, and thus enabling formation of graphene having a large crystal size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masataka Hasegawa, Masatou Ishihara, Yoshinori Koga, Jaeho Kim, Kazuo Tsugawa, Sumio Iijima
  • Anti-friction coating
    Patent number: 9074627
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-friction coating (4) for a multi-layered friction bearing (1) made from a tin-based alloy which, in addition to tin, contains at least one element from the group comprising antimony and copper as the main alloying element, optionally lead and/or bismuth, and unavoidable impurities originating from the elements during the manufacturing process, and the proportion of antimony is at most 20% by weight, the proportion of copper is at most 10% by weight and the total proportion of lead and bismuth is at most 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Miba Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventor: Jakob Zidar
  • Ceramic to ceramic joint and associated methods
    Patent number: 9073787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ceramic to ceramic joint and methods for making such a joint. Generally, the joint includes a first ceramic part and a second ceramic part, wherein the first and second ceramic parts each include a ceramic-carbide or a ceramic-nitride material. In some cases, an aluminum-initiated joint region joins the first and second ceramic parts. This joint region typically includes chemical species from the first and second ceramic parts that have diffused into the joint region. Additionally, the first and second ceramic parts each typically include a joint diffusion zone that is disposed adjacent to the joint region and which includes aluminum species from the joint region that have diffused into the joint diffusion zone. Other implementations are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: CERAMATEC, INC.
    Inventors: Fellows Joseph, Merrill Wilson
  • Multi-layer slide member
    Patent number: 9074629
    Abstract: A multi-layer slide member has a back metal layer mainly composed of a steel plate and a porous layer having a metallic porous member and a resin composition filled in the metallic porous member. The metallic porous member has granular portions and narrow portions and includes a structure, in which the granular portions are connected with each other through the narrow portion. Parts or the entirety of the narrow portions have a Bi phase and a Sn—Ni—Cu intermetallic compound phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Yamauchi, Kentaro Tsujimoto
  • Bodies coated by SiC and method for creating SiC-coated bodies
    Patent number: 9062370
    Abstract: Bodies coated with a SiC layer or with a multilayer coating system that include at least a SiC hard material layer, wherein the SiC layer consists of halogen-containing nanocrystalline 3C—SiC or a mixed layer which consists of halogen-containing nanocrystalline 3C—SiC and amorphous SiC or halogen-containing nanocrystalline 3C—SiC and amorphous carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Spawnt Private S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ingolf Endler, Mandy Höhn, Thoralf Gebel, Christian Bauch, Rumen Deltschew, Sven Holl, Gerd Lippold, Javad Mohsseni, Norbert Auner
  • Titanium material for solid polymer fuel cell separator use and method of production of same
    Patent number: 9065081
    Abstract: The present invention provides titanium material for a separator for solid polymer fuel cell use comprised of titanium which has a surface layer part where conductive compound particles are affixed, which is excellent in contact resistance between the separator surface and carbon paper and in durability, and which is low in cost and superior in recyclability and a method of production of the same. This titanium material for separator use has on the surface of the titanium base material a film comprised of the titanium compound particles made of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, or titanium carbonitride and titanium oxide. The film has a thickness of 0.1 to 1 ?m, the coverage rate is an area percentage of 20% or more, and the contents of carbon and nitrogen in the film total 5 to 40 at %. The titanium material for a separator is produced by annealing or shot blasting and pickling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Kihira, Kiyonori Tokuno
  • Method and systems for washing ethanol production byproducts to improve oil recovery
    Patent number: 9044702
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a method and related system efficiently and effectively recover a significant amount of valuable, useable oil from byproducts formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method may include forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct using a multi-stage evaporator, as well as recovering the oil before the final stage of the evaporator. Further, the step of recovering oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: David J. Winsness
  • Laminated structure and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 9023487
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a laminated structure with good use efficiency, in which diffusion of tin from an indium-tin solder material to an indium target is favorably suppressed, and a method for producing the same. The laminated structure has a backing plate, an indium-tin solder material, and an indium target laminated in this order, and the concentration of tin in the 2.5 to 3.0 mm thickness range of the indium target from the indium-tin solder material side surface is 5 wtppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Endo, Masaru Sakamoto
  • Substrate for wear-proof orthopaedic joints, of non ferrous metal with a nitride-based coating
    Patent number: 9005769
    Abstract: Substrates for joints for orthopaedic implants are described, wherein at least one of the sliding surfaces of non-ferrous metal alloys, in particular of cobalt, chromium, molybdenum alloys, has a coating consisting of niobium nitride nanolayers alternating with chromium nitride nanolayers, the lot being protected by a chromium nitride microlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Medacta International S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Lambert, Alessandro Farinotti
  • Low-lactose and lactose-free milk product and process for production thereof
    Patent number: 8986768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low-lactose and a lactose-free milk product and to a process for the production thereof. The lactose in the milk raw material is hydrolyzed, proteins, minerals and sugars are separated into different fractions by the membrane technique, and a low-lactose or a lactose-free milk product is composed from the fractions. The invention provides a milk product, the water therein originating from the original milk raw material. In addition, useful by-products are produced in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Valio Ltd.
    Inventors: Reetta Tikanmäki, Harri Kallioinen
  • Food product with filling
    Patent number: 8980355
    Abstract: The bulk density of food products with a center fill mat can be reduced by expanding the food strands making up the center fill mat. A method for producing food products with fillings having low bulk density includes preparing the food strands by passing dough through small holes, and enclosing the food strands by a first layer and a second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Robert Chatel
  • Methods of making snack food products and products made thereby
    Patent number: 8980353
    Abstract: Methods of making low-fat or fat free snack food products, and products made according to the methods, in which food pieces are subjected to enzyme and/or cation treatment and/or specific cooking and/or drying techniques, to provide for snack food products having the texture, flavor, and other characteristics of conventional full-fat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: JimmyAsh LLC
    Inventors: Jamshid Ashourian, Laurie J. Keeler, Durward A. Smith
  • Fried food products having reduced fat content
    Patent number: 8980350
    Abstract: Methods of making reduced-fat or fat-free fried food products, and products made according to the methods, in which food pieces are coated with an aqueous adhesion mixture including a protein, and an oil absorption minimizing agent including an edible lipophilic material, where the coating is adhered to the food pieces, in order to provide for food products having the texture, flavor, and other characteristics of conventional full-fat fried food products. According to a preferred embodiment, the aqueous adhesion mixture includes from about 65 to about 95% by weight water, from about 4 to about 25% by weight protein, from 0 to about 2% by weight hydrocolloid, and from 0 to about 10% by weight protein stabilizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: JimmyAsh LLC
    Inventors: Jamshid Ashourian, Laurie J. Keeler, Durward A. Smith
  • Control of flavor characteristics of and indicator of freshness in fruit juice
    Patent number: 8980352
    Abstract: Control of flavor characteristics of and fresh taste in fruit juice, particularly citrus fruit juice, and especially orange juice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Tropicana Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Havekotte, Thomas Hofmann, Anneke Glabasnia, Cheryl Nagle, Michael J. Morello, Todd A. Rakofsky, Rachel L. Jordan