Patents Examined by Laura Auer
  • Method for manufacturing a single-crystal 4H—SiC substrate
    Patent number: 9752254
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single-crystal 4H—SiC substrate includes preparing a 4H—SiC bulk single-crystal substrate having a flat surface, and growing an epitaxial first single-crystal 4H—SiC layer having recesses on the 4H—SiC bulk single-crystal substrate to a thickness X, measured in micrometers (?m). The recesses have a diameter Y, measured in micrometers, no smaller than 0.2*X and no larger than 2*X. In addition, the recesses have a depth Z, when measured in micrometers, no smaller than (0.95*X+0.5*10?3), and no larger than 10*X*10?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Ohno, Zempei Kawazu, Nobuyuki Tomita, Takanori Tanaka, Yoichiro Mitani, Kenichi Hamano
  • Projection and communication board and method for manufacturing it
    Patent number: 9744797
    Abstract: Disclosed is a projection and communication board, having a double-sided enamelled steel plate with an enamel undercoat, on which a second white enamel coat is laid on the writing side, which after annealing presents a roughness defined by Ra =0.6-1.2 ?m, Rz =3.0-8.0 ?m, and R3z =3.0-8.0 ?m. On this a third thin finishing coat is applied consisting of enamel powder, more than 90% of which consists of grains of less than 15 ?m, and which after annealing presents a roughness defined by Ra =0.4-1.4 ?m, Rz =2.0-6.0 ?m, and R3z =2.0-6.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: POLYVISION, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Wout Van De Broek
  • Microwave plasma reactors and substrates for synthetic diamond manufacture
    Patent number: 9738970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates for use in microwave plasma reactors. Certain substrates include a cylindrical disc of a carbide forming refractory metal having a flat growth surface on which CVD diamond is to be grown and a flat supporting surface opposed to said growth surface. The cylindrical disc may have a diameter of 80 mm or more. The growth surface may have a flatness variation no more than 100 mm The supporting surface may have a flatness variation no more than 100 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Element Six Limited
    Inventors: Carlton Nigel Dodge, Paul Nicolas Inglis, Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook, Timothy Peter Mollart, Charles Simon James Pickles, Steven Edward Coe, Joseph Michael Dodson, Alexander Lamb Cullen, John Robert Brandon, Christopher John Howard Wort
  • Diamond coated tool
    Patent number: 9731355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diamond coated tool which is resistant to exfoliation at an interface between a base material and a diamond layer. The diamond coated tool of the present invention is a diamond coated tool including a base material and a diamond layer coating a surface of the base material, and characterized in that the surface of the base material has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not less than 0.1 ?m and not more than 10 ?m and an average length of roughness profile elements RSm of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 100 ?m, and that the diamond layer has a plurality of cavities extending from a portion bordering on the base material in a crystal growth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Yoshida, Shigeru Yoshida, Yuichiro Seki, Kiichi Meguro, Shinji Matsukawa
  • Body made of ceramic material
    Patent number: 9724274
    Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a magnesium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Simon Berner
  • Glass substrates with strategically imprinted B-side features and methods for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9676649
    Abstract: Glass substrates and methods for forming glass substrates are disclosed. The glass substrates include a planar A-side surface having a surface roughness Ra1 of less than 0.5 nm and a planar B-side having a surface roughness Ra2 wherein the ratio Ra2:Ra1 is greater than or equal to about 1.5. A plurality of texturing features are formed in the B-side surface. The plurality of texturing features have a peak-to-valley height H such that 0.05 ?m?H?3.75 ?m. The texturing features are distributed in the B-side surface such that a center-to-center pitch P between adjacent texturing features is at least 1.5 mm in at least one direction. The plurality of texturing features are formed in the B-side surface while the glass substrate is at a temperature T1, wherein 600° C.?T1?1200° C. and a viscosity of the glass substrate is from greater than 150,000 Poise and less than 1013 Poise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Sean Dobbins, James Robert Lim, Hung Cheng (Henry) Lu, Wanda Janina Walczak, Liming Wang, Ruchirej Yongsunthon
  • Strengthened glass with deep depth of compression
    Patent number: 9676663
    Abstract: Chemically strengthened glass articles having at least one deep compressive layer extending from a surface of the article to a depth of at least about 45 ?m within the article are provided. In one embodiment, the compressive stress profile includes a single linear segment extending from the surface to the depth of compression DOC. Alternatively, the compressive stress profile includes two linear portions: the first portion extending from the surface to a relatively shallow depth and having a steep slope; and a second portion extending from the shallow depth to the depth of compression. The strengthened glass has a 60% survival rate when dropped from a height of 80 cm in an inverted ball drop test and an equibiaxial flexural strength of at least 10 kgf as determined by abraded ring-on-ring testing. Methods of achieving such stress profiles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi, Jonathan David Pesansky, Kevin Barry Reiman, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Brian Paul Strines
  • Glass sheet
    Patent number: 9670089
    Abstract: A glass sheet has a thickness of 2 mm or less and has a refractive index nd of 1.60 or more. The glass sheet allows light emitted from an organic light-emitting layer to be efficiently extracted to the outside and has high gas-barrier properties. The glass sheet comprises 15-40 mass % of BaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Yanase, Takashi Murata
  • Glass film laminate, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing glass film
    Patent number: 9669597
    Abstract: A glass film laminate includes a carrier glass including a rough surface, a smooth surface surrounding the rough surface, the rough surface having a relatively large surface roughness and the smooth surface having a relatively small surface roughness, and a passage rough surface connected to the rough surface; and a glass film laminated on the rough surface and the smooth surface of the carrier glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Kim, Jong-Seong Kim, Jong-Hwan Lee
  • Cover glass for photoelectric conversion device
    Patent number: 9664822
    Abstract: A cover glass of the present invention for photoelectric conversion devices includes a glass sheet having surface asperities and a reflection-reducing film formed over the surface asperities of the glass sheet. The surface asperities of the glass sheet have an average spacing Sm of 0.3 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.3 ?m to 5 ?m. The reflection-reducing film includes fine silica particles having an average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm and a binder for the fine silica particles, and the fine silica particles are uniformly arranged in a single layer on peak portions of the surface asperities in such a manner that a filling fraction F is 35 to 65%. A transmittance gain is 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kondo, Takeshi Yabuta, Mitsuhiro Kawazu
  • Alkali-free glass and alkali-free glass plate using same
    Patent number: 9663395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass having a strain point of from 680 to 735° C., an average thermal expansion coefficient at from 50 to 350° C. of from 30×10?7 to 43×10?7/° C., and a specific gravity of 2.60 or less, and containing, indicated by mol % on the basis of oxides, SiO2 65 to 69%, Al2O3 11.5 to 14%, B2O3 3 to 6.5%, MgO 1 to 5%, CaO 7.5 to 12%, SrO 0 to 1%, BaO 0.5 to 6%, and ZrO2 0 to 2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tokunaga, Manabu Nishizawa, Akio Koike
  • Beta-quartz glass ceramics with controlled transmission and methods of making same
    Patent number: 9650286
    Abstract: Beta-quartz glass-ceramics containing in their composition neither arsenic oxide nor antimony oxide and having a controlled transmission curve, articles made using the glass-ceramics, including cooktops, and precursor glasses of such glass-ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: EUROKERA
    Inventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Isabelle Marie Melscoët-Chauvel, Michel Jean Gerard Lismonde
  • Grinding wheel for shaping flat glass
    Patent number: 9649747
    Abstract: A grinding wheel is suited for shaping glass, notably glass that is less than or equal to 4 mm thick. This grinding wheel has at least one abrasive portion formed of at least one metal binder and of diamonds distributed in the binder. The binder has a Rockwell B hardness of between 95 and 105 and is tungsten-based. The diamonds have a size of between 75 and 95 ?m and a concentration of between 2.2 ct/cm3 and 2.64 ct/cm3. Glass, in particular for shaping motor-vehicle glazing units, can be shaped with this grinding wheel, making it possible to achieve travel speeds greater than or equal to 30 m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Bureloux, Thierry Dumenil, Sebastien Wery, Adeline Girod, John Tunstall
  • Body made of a ceramic material
    Patent number: 9649407
    Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a calcium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Simon Berner, Joachim Bibus, Heiner Bieli, Alain Kounga
  • Coatings, coating compositions, and methods of delaying ice formation
    Patent number: 9637658
    Abstract: A coating includes at least one coating layer containing first particles, second particles, and third particles distributed throughout a cross-linked, continuous polymer matrix. An outer surface of the coating layer includes surfaces of at least first particles extending outward from a top periphery of the polymer matrix. The outer surface exhibits a property of delaying ice formation compared to the coating layer without the first particles. A method includes applying a coating composition in one application step. The one-step coating composition contains first particles, second particles, and third particles in a base containing a polymer. A coating composition includes first particles, second particles, and third particles distributed in a matrix precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew P Nowak, Adam F Gross, Elena Sherman, Jill E Seebergh, Glenn R Dalby, Douglas H Berry
  • Glass-ceramic
    Patent number: 9637410
    Abstract: A subject matter of the invention is a glass-ceramic sheet provided, on at least a portion of at least one of its faces, with a coating of thin layers comprising at least one thin functional layer composed of a metal based on niobium metal Nb, or of an oxide based on a niobium oxide NbOx in which x is at most 0.5, the or each thin functional layer being framed by at least two thin layers made of dielectric materials, the physical thickness of the thin functional layer or, if appropriate, the combined physical thickness of all the thin functional layers being within a range extending from 8 to 15 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Marco De Grazia, Claire Mallet
  • Slide part and surface processing methods of the same
    Patent number: 9636737
    Abstract: A slide part has a surface structure in which there are at least two periodic structures among a first periodic structure with a period of 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive and a depth of 5 nm to 50 nm inclusive, a second periodic structure with a period of 100 nm to 1000 nm inclusive and a depth of 20 nm to 500 nm inclusive, and a third periodic structure with a period of 1000 nm to 10000 nm inclusive and a depth of 100 nm to 3000 nm inclusive, in which one of the at least two periodic structures is formed on the other periodic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Akinobu Sato, Akiko Suzuki, Takeshi Kawano
  • Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces having improved stability
    Patent number: 9630224
    Abstract: Methods and articles disclosed herein relate to liquid repellant surfaces having selective wetting and transport properties. An article having a repellant surface includes a substrate comprising surface features with re-entrant curvature and an immobilized layer of lubricating liquid wetting over the surface features. The surface features with re-entrant curvature can be designed to provide high repellency even after failure or removal of the immobilized layer of lubricating liquid under certain operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Nicolas Vogel
  • Nano-structure and method of making the same
    Patent number: 9611559
    Abstract: A nano-structure includes an oxidized layer, and at least two sets of super nano-pillars positioned on the oxidized layer. Each of the at least two sets of super nano-pillars includes a plurality of super nano-pillars, where each set is separated a spaced distance from each other set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Mardilovich, Qingqiao Wei, Irina Nikolaevna Milonova, Anthony M. Fuller
  • Transparent conductor, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the transparent conductor
    Patent number: 9615454
    Abstract: A transparent conductor includes a metallic glass, and a method of manufacturing a transparent conductor includes: preparing a metallic glass or a mixture comprising the metallic glass; and firing the metallic glass or the mixture comprising the metallic glass at a predetermined temperature higher than a glass transition temperature of the metallic glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Yun Kim, Eun Sung Lee, Keum Hwan Park, Weon Ho Shin, Suk Jun Kim, Jin Man Park, Sang Soo Jee