Patents Examined by Ling Xu
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Patent number: 8029890Abstract: The prevent invention discloses a structure of thermal resistive layer and the method of forming the same. The thermal resistive structures, formed on a plastic substrate, comprises a porous layer, formed on said plastic substrate, including a plurality of oxides of hollow structure, and a buffer layer, formed on said porous layer, wherein said porous layer can protect said plastic substrate from damage caused by the heat generated during manufacturing process. With the structure and method disclosed above, making a thin film transistor and forming electronic devices on the plastic substrate in the technology of Low Temperature PolySilicon, i.e. LTPS, without changing any parameters is easy to carry out.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Jung-Fang Chang, Te-Chi Wong, Chien-Te Hsieh, Chin-Jen Huang, Yu-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 8025941Abstract: An insulating glass (IG) window unit, and/or a method of making the same is/are provided. The IG window unit includes two spaced apart substrates that are separated from one another by at least one seal and/or spacer. One of the substrates supports both a solar management coating for blocking significant amounts of infrared (IR) radiation and a coating for blocking amounts of ultraviolet (UV) radiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Thomas J. Taylor, Yei-Ping (Mimi) H. Wang, Desaraju V. Varaprasad
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Patent number: 8025963Abstract: A nanoporous filter comprises a porous support having an essentially flat surface on which is deposited a nanoporous layer having a substantially regular pore structure and uniform pore size within the range from 1 to 50 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Nanotecture LtdInventors: Mamdouh Abdelsalam, Elizabeth Tull, Philip Nigel Bartlett, Phillip Andrew Nelson
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Patent number: 8025962Abstract: An aluminum-silicon carbide composite suitable for a base plate for power module, having an aluminum-silicon carbide composite, with a front and a rear surface plane, that is a flat plate-shaped silicon carbide porous body impregnated with a metal mainly containing aluminum, and an aluminum layer made of a metal mainly containing aluminum formed only on the front surface plane, wherein the rear surface plane of the composite is exposed to the outside, and the shape of the exposed aluminum-silicon carbide composite is rectangular, optionally having peripheral portions encompassing holes removed. Plating is imparted to the composite by providing an aluminum layer on the rear surface plane. Flatness of the composite is improved by grinding its rear surface so that the composite is exposed to the outside. Warpage after grinding the rear surface, is controlled by controlling the thickness of the aluminum layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Hirotsuru, Goh Iwamoto, Hideo Tsukamoto, Akira Miyai, Yoshio Sasaki
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Patent number: 8025957Abstract: A transparency includes a first ply having a first visible light transmission and a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission. A solar control coating is located between the first ply and the second ply. The solar control coating has a first infrared reflective metallic layer, a second infrared reflective metallic layer and a third infrared reflective metallic layer. The first infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the second infrared reflective metallic layer and the second infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the third infrared reflective metallic layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventor: James P. Thiel
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Patent number: 8017244Abstract: A transparent soda-lime glass substrate coated with a stack of layers including at least two infrared reflecting layers, each being directly adjacent to two light absorbent layers is provided. The coated substrate has a light absorption value between 35 and 67% and colorimetric indices of reflected color of a* between 0 and ?10 and b* between 0 and ?20. Glazing units containing the coated transparent soda-lime glass substrate are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: AGC Flat Glass Europe SAInventor: Kadosa Hevesi
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Patent number: 8017243Abstract: An absorbing layer of a low-E coating is designed to cause the coating to have a more neutral and/or green color at normal and/or certain off-axis viewing angles. In certain example embodiments, the metallic or substantially metallic absorbing layer (e.g., NiCr) is from about 20-30 angstroms (?) thick; this thickness has been found to unexpectedly provide less red and more neutral coloration for the coated article at certain off-axis viewing angles (e.g., at a 45 degree off-axis viewing angle). In certain example embodiments, the absorbing layer is provided between first and second nitride layers in order to reduce or prevent oxidation thereof during heat treatment thereby permitting predictable coloration to be achieved following the heat treatment. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, other types of windows, or in any other suitable application.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignees: Guardian Industries Corp., Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)Inventors: Richard Blacker, Philip J. Lingle, Jochen Butz, Anton Dietrich, Donald V. Jacobson
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Patent number: 8012610Abstract: An article includes a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface. A coating is deposited directly on at least a portion of the substrate outer surface. The coating consists essentially of titania and at least one additional photoabsorption band modifying material selected from vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), magnesium (Mg), scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), ruthenium (Ru), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), rhenium (Re), and mixtures thereof. The coating is a substantially non-porous CVD or MSVD coating and an outer surface of the coating is exposed to the environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Charles B. Greenberg, Janos Szanyi
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Patent number: 8007903Abstract: A ceramic member in which the metal layers with high void ratio are sufficiently sintered to lower a residue of resin is produced. The method for manufacturing a ceramic member which comprises a step of forming a stacked compact from a plurality of metallic paste layers containing a metal component M1 that are stacked one on another via ceramic green sheets, and a step of firing the stacked compact, wherein at least one of plural metallic paste layers is formed as a second metallic paste layer that has the mass percentage X higher than that of the metallic paste layer that adjoin therewith in the stacking direction and a ceramic powder is contained in the second metallic paste layer in the step of forming the stacked compact, the mass percentage X being the proportion of the metal component M1 to the total metal content in the metallic paste layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Takeshi Okamura, Shigenobu Nakamura, Tomohiro Kawamoto, Nobuyuki Ito, Takafumi Tsurumaru, Tsuyoshi Setoguchi
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Patent number: 8003233Abstract: An appliance transparency, such as an oven transparency, includes at least one substrate and a coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal layer, such as a metallic silver layer. The metal layer can have a thickness in the range of 80 ? to 100 ? and optionally or the coating can have a protective coating deposited thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: James P. Thiel, Charles S. Voeltzel, James J. Finley
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Patent number: 8003218Abstract: With respect to a reflection-type display device, an Al-based alloy material for a reflective film, which has excellent reflective characteristics and can be directly bonded to a transparent electrode layer such as ITO and IZO is provided. The present invention is Al—Ni—B alloy material for a reflective film, comprising aluminum containing nickel and boron, wherein a nickel content is 1.5-4 at %, a boron content is 0.1-0.5 at %, and the balance is aluminum. It is more preferable if the nickel content is 1.5-3 at %, and the boron content is 0.1-0.4 at %.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., LtdInventors: Yoshinori Matsuura, Ryoma Tsukuda, Hironari Urabe, Takashi Kubota
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Patent number: 7998569Abstract: A refractory metal composite article includes a refractory metal ceramic section and a refractory metal ceramic coating disposed directly adjacent to the refractory metal ceramic section. The refractory metal ceramic section and the refractory metal ceramic coating form a composite porous matrix. Each of the refractory metal ceramic section and the refractory metal ceramic coating includes at least one of a refractory metal carbide, a refractory metal silicide, or a refractory metal boride. A solid filler is disposed within pores of the composite porous matrix, and the solid filler is selected from a polymer material, a ceramic material, a metallic material, a glass material, and a glass ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Wayde R. Schmidt
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Patent number: 7998602Abstract: An appliance transparency includes a first substrate defining a No. 1 and a No. 2 surface and a second substrate spaced from the first substrate and defining a No. 3 and a No. 4 surface. A first coating is deposited over at least a portion of the No. 2 surface and is free of metallic layers. A second coating is deposited over at least a portion of the No. 4 surface and has at least one metallic layer. A protective coating is deposited over at least a portion of the second coating.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, Andrew V. Wagner, James P. Thiel
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Patent number: 7998568Abstract: The invention relates to a bioceramic coated apparatus and method of forming the same. The apparatus may be a medical implant such as, for example, an orthopedic implant or a dental implant. The bioceramic coating is designed to increase tissue and/or bone growth upon implantation of the apparatus. The apparatus has a valve metal substrate having a nanoporous valve metal oxide surface layer. The nanoporous surface layer contains a plurality of nanopores. The nanopores have adsorbed phosphate ions on at least their interior surfaces. A bioceramic coating is formed on the nanoporous surface and anchored into the nanopores. Optionally, the nanopores are formed into a tapered shape in order to increase adhesion to the bioceramic coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, RenoInventors: Krishnan Selva Raja, Manoranjan Misra, Archana Kar
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Patent number: 7998601Abstract: A method produces thermal barrier coatings that adhere to components even at high temperatures and temperatures that change frequently. A gas-tight glass-metal composite coating is applied to the component and annealed. The corroded part of the gas-tight coating is then removed, and a second, porous coating is applied. The second coating can comprise a ceramic, in particular yttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide. A thermal barrier coating is provided that is a composite made of a gas-tight glass-metal composite coating and another porous coating disposed thereover. Because the boundary volume of the composite coating is partly crystallized to the other coating, superior adhesion within the composite is achieved. Thus, it is in particular possible to produce a composite made of silicate glass-metal composite coatings and yttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide that are temperature-stable for extended periods of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbHInventors: Daniel Emil Mack, Sonja-Michaela Gross, Robert Vassen, Detlev Stoever
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Patent number: 7993738Abstract: Modified porous materials are disclosed having interconnected, complexly shaped three-dimensional surfaces. The modification is accomplished by crosslinking the three-dimensional surfaces or by incorporating, in situ, an inorganic material onto or into three-dimensional surfaces. The porous materials are macro structures including at least one of nano-features, micro-features, and combinations thereof. The modifying accomplishes changing surface properties of the porous materials, changing the three-dimensional surfaces, and/or rendering the porous materials substantially stable in a predetermined environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Peter X. Ma, Xiaohua Liu
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Patent number: 7993744Abstract: A sub-stoichiometric oxide, nitride or oxynitride layer in an optical stack, alone or in direct contact with one or two stabilizing layers, stabilizes the optical properties of the stack. The stabilizing layer(s) can stabilize the chemistry and optical properties of the sub-stoichiometric layer during heating. The change in optical characteristics of the sub-stoichiometric layer upon heating can counter the change in optical characteristics of the rest of the optical stack.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.Inventor: Peter Maschwitz
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Patent number: 7993740Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies and an adhesive layer. The plurality of honeycomb fired body has a longitudinal direction and a plurality of cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of cells. The adhesive layer is provided between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies to connect the honeycomb fired bodies. Pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are about 300 ?m or less. A ratio of a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m and an aspect ratio of at least about 1 and at most about 1.5 in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m is about 90% or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Ohno, Masatoshi Okuda
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Patent number: 7989079Abstract: An exemplary insert-molded cover (10) for electronic devices includes a metallic body (11), a plastic antenna lid (12) integrally formed with the metallic body and an oxide film (12) formed on a surface (111) of the metallic body for attaching the plastic antenna lid. The present invention also relates a method for manufacturing the insert-molded cover for electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han-Ming Lee, Chih-Chien Hung, Hsiang-Sheng Chou, Ching-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 7981516Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent substrate provided with a thin-film multilayer comprising at least one functional metal layer, especially a silver-based layer, having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in the solar radiation range, at least one metal barrier layer in contact with the functional layer and at least one upper dielectric layer, characterized in that at least one barrier layer is based on zirconium and in that the upper dielectric layer comprises at least one ZnO-based layer in contact with the functional layer or with the barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Laurent Labrousse, Nicolas Nadaud, Eric Petit Jean