Patents Examined by Louis M. Troilo
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Patent number: 5656250Abstract: A three-dimensional network structure comprising three-dimensionally interconnected spherical silica particles, having specific physical characteristics including diameter, pores on the surfaces of the particles, cross-sectional areas of the bonds interconnecting the spherical silica particles, elasticity modulus, voids content, and silica content, the surfaces of the spherical silica particles being wholly or partly covered with a water-soluble polymer, the network structure being able to remain substantially intact when heat-treated and being able to undergo machining. There is also provided a method of making a three-dimensional network structure comprising spherical silica particles, comprising hydrolyzing and polymerizing a low polymer of an alkoxysilane in a mixed solution containing the alkoxysilane low polymer and a water-soluble polymer in a mixed solvent composed of water and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Jiro Hiraishi, Director-General, Agency of Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Yuko Tanaka, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Ogawa, Katsutoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 5653794Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrophobic inorganic oxide products which comprises reacting the inorganic oxide particles with organohalosilanes, preferably organochlorosilanes, to produce hydrophobic organosilane coated inorganic oxides. It is preferred that the organohalosilane compounds be reacted with the inorganic oxide particles in an aqueous slurry. The inorganic oxide pigments prepared by the processes of this invention have essentially quantitative retention of the organosilanes and contain no adsorbed aldehydes on their surface. The by-products produced in the preferred embodiments of the invention are innocuous salts, which are environmentally safe and readily disposable.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1995Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: SCM Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Leon Weber, Robert J. Kostelnik, Charles Wheddon
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Patent number: 5651804Abstract: A novel copper activated thermoluminescence dosimeter comprising a glass composition having: about 94-97 weight percent SiO.sub.2 ; about 0.4 to 2 weight percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; about 0.02 to 1 weight percent M.sub.2 O, where M comprises Na.sup.+ or K.sup.+ ; about 2 to 6 weight percent B.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; and Cu(I), where Cu(I) is present at a level between about 10.sup.18 to 10.sup.19 ions/cm.sup.3 ; method of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial ResearchInventor: Radhaballabh Debnath
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Patent number: 5650367Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition containing, per 100 parts by weight of BaTiO.sub.3, at least either one of Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 or Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 in an amount of from 0.8 to 3.5 parts by weight, MgO in an amount of from 0.06 to 0.7 parts by weight, oxides of rare earth elements in an amount of from 0.005 to 0.520 parts by weight, and MnO in an amount of from 0.01 to 0.30 parts by weight in the form of MnCO.sub.3, the molar ratio of MgO to either Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 or Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 being from 0.5 to 2.2. The dielectric ceramic composition has a dielectric constant of not smaller than 2500, is fired at a temperature of not higher than 1300.degree. C., exhibits a change of capacitance depending upon the temperature satisfying X7R of the IEA Standards, a dielectric loss of not larger than 2.5%, a small voltage dependence, and an insulation resistance of not smaller than 10.sup.4 M.OMEGA., and is suited as a material for producing ceramic capacitors and resonators.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1995Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Nobuyoshi Fujikawa, Yoshihiro Fujioka, Yasushi Yamakuchi, Shin-ichi Osawa, Hiroshi Ojima
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Patent number: 5648301Abstract: Novel non-crystalline, porous bioactive glass and ceramic materials that permit the in vitro formation of bone tissue when exposed to a tissue culture medium and inoculated with cells are disclosed. The present invention also discloses methods of treating bioactive glass materials to control pH so that when the glass is exposed to a tissue culture medium and then inoculated with cells, bone tissue growth occurs in vitro. The glass material disclosed is preferably formed from SiO.sub.2, CaO, Na.sub.2 O and P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and the porous, non-crystalline structure is most preferably created by melting the constituents, cooling and pulverizing the resulting glass, and then forming and hot pressing the powder. The glass of the present invention may be formed to produce templates that are useful for various indications, as well as granules that may be formed into a paste.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Paul Ducheyne, Ahmed El-Ghannam, Irving Shapiro
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Patent number: 5646078Abstract: An aluminum nitride powder comprising polycrystalline particles which have clearly observed grain boundaries, an agglomerated particle size of 0.1 to 100 .mu.m when measured by a particle size distribution analyzer, a tapped bulk density of 0.55 to 2.0 g/cm.sup.3, and a ratio of a number average particle size calculated from a SEM photograph image to a particle size calculated from a BET specific surface area of 1.1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1995Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Masahide Mohri, Shinichiro Tanaka, Takeshi Miyai
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Patent number: 5643840Abstract: A low temperature sealing composition comprising PbO--B.sub.2 O.sub.3 --Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 glass powder with a reduced amount of SiO.sub.2 content but with an addition of GeO.sub.2 so as to realize a lowered sealing temperature such as 400.degree.-310.degree. C. The glass powder consists essentially of 25-85 wt. % of PbO, 1-11.2 wt. % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 5.1-70 wt. % of Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.1-20 wt. % of GeO.sub.2, 0-5 wt. % of SiO.sub.2, 0-10 wt. % of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-10 wt. % of CuO, 0-15 wt. % of ZnO, 0-5 wt. % of TiO.sub.2, and 0-9 wt. % of F.sub.2. The glass powder may be used by mixing with 15-55 vol. % of refractory filler powder of at least one element which is selected from the group consisting of lead titanate based ceramic powder, willemite based ceramic powder, cordierite ceramic powder, zircon based ceramic powder, tin oxide solid solution powder, and alumina powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1995Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Hikata, Yoshitaka Jimura, Kumi Tanaka
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Patent number: 5643841Abstract: A resistive paste comprising (a) a solid content comprising (al) a resistive material having a composition of Nb.sub.x La.sub.1-x B.sub.6-4x, wherein x is from 0.1 to 0.9 mol, and (a2) non-reducing glass frit, (b) from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the solid content, of TiO.sub.2 as a first additive, (c) from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the solid content, of at least one second additive selected from the group consisting of Co.sub.3 O.sub.4, CoO, and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and (d) an organic vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sachiko Yamaki, Keisuke Nagata, Hiroji Tani
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Patent number: 5635433Abstract: A novel ceramic ferroelectric material having a high dielectric constant, a ow loss tangent, a low threshold voltage, a high nonlinear voltage exponent and a high tunability. The material is a composite comprising Barium Strontium Titanate (BSTO) and zinc oxide (ZnO). The preferred composite is represented by Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x TiO.sub.3 --ZnO, wherein x is greater than 0.00, but less than or equal to 0.75, and wherein the percent weight ratio between BSTO and ZnO ranges from approximately 99%-50% and 1%-50% respectively. The novel materials possess superior electronic properties, and they may be employed in multilayer capacitors, capacitor-varistors, non-volatile computer memory or phased array antenna systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1995Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventor: Louise Sengupta
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Patent number: 5635250Abstract: A method is provided for preparing ceramic precursors from hydridosiloxane starting materials and then pyrolyzing these precursors to give rise to silicious ceramic materials. Si--H bonds present in the hydridosiloxane starting materials are catalytically activated, and the activated hydrogen atoms may then be replaced with nonhydrogen substituents. These preceramic materials are pyrolyzed in a selected atmosphere to give the desired ceramic product. Ceramic products which may be prepared by this technique include silica, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, metal silicates, and mullite.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1995Date of Patent: June 3, 1997Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Yigal D. Blum, Sylvia M. Johnson, Michael I. Gusman
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Patent number: 5631195Abstract: A glass composition comprising from 45 to 66 wt % of SiO.sub.2, from 0 to 15 wt % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 10 to 24 wt % of Li.sub.2 O+Na.sub.2 O+K.sub.2 O, from 14 to 26 wt % of CaO+MgO+SrO+BaO+ZnO, and from 0 to 1 wt % of SO.sub.3 +Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3, said glass composition containing substantially no zirconia and having a strain point of at least 560.degree. C. and a linear thermal expansion coefficient of at least 80.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. within a temperature range of from 50.degree. to 350.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1995Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yanagisawa, Kenji Oda, Naoki Sugimoto, Yoshio Takegawa, Akira Takada, Hideyo Osada, Haruo Aizawa, Koji Miura
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Patent number: 5629248Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a sulfide glass with improved mechanical and optical properties such as extended transmission in the infrared region of radiation having wavelengths of up to about 15 microns, Tg in the range of 370.degree.-550.degree. C., and thermal stability of 100.degree.-300.degree. C., containing, on mol basis, 36-72% germanium sulfide, 2-38% gallium sulfide and/or indium sulfide, and 26-62% of at least one modifier containing an alkaline earth sulfide. A process for making glass of improved mechanical and optical properties comprises the steps of mixing glass components, including an alkaline earth modifier in elemental or sulfide form; melting the glass components in an inert vessel contained in a sealed ampoule to form a molten mixture; cooling the molten glass mixture to a solid state; annealing the solid glass; and cooling the annealed glass to about room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1995Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Celia I. Merzbacher, Barry B. Harbison, John M. Jewell
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Patent number: 5627113Abstract: A novel copper activated thermoluminescence dosimeter comprising a glass composition having: about 94-97 weight percent SiO.sub.2 ; about 0.4 to 2 weight percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; about 0.02 to 1 weight percent M.sub.2 O, where M comprises Na.sup.+ or K.sup.+ ; about 2 to 6 weight percent B.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; and Cu(I), where Cu(I) is present at a level between about 10.sup.18 to 10.sup.19 ions/cm.sup.3 ; method of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial ResearchInventor: Radhaballabh Debnath
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Patent number: 5627114Abstract: This invention is directed to the production of glass articles transparent to visible radiation, but opaque to ultraviolet radiation, rendering them particularly suitable for protecting the wearer of such lenses from exposure to laser radiation in the ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The method involves exposing silver halide-containing glass articles to flowing hydrogen in a heat chamber operating at 375.degree.-500.degree. C. for at least four hours to produce an integral reduced layer in at least one surface of the articles of sufficient depth to prevent the transmission of ultraviolet radiation through the articles.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Thomas G. Havens, David J. Kerko, JoAnn Morrell
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Patent number: 5627115Abstract: The invention relates to brownish, brown to black colored borosilicate glasses which have stepped grades of transmission in the NIR range or are fully non-transmitting. The borosilicate glass, primarily the borosilicate glass 3.3, is melted with defined additives of titanium carbide and/or metallic silicon. The glasses produced in accordance with the invention are to be used as filters, glass vessels and/or decorative colored glass in construction and for decorating because of their absorption/transmission characteristics. On the other hand, the glasses produced in accordance with the invention can also be used as absorbers in solar technology when the light transmissibility in the NIR/IR range is sufficiently low.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: JENAer Glaswerk GmbHInventors: Eckhart Watzke, Andrea Kampfer, Thomas Kloss, Gerhard Kemmler
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Patent number: 5626923Abstract: A method for providing a ceramic coating on a ceramic or metallic substrate and the ceramic coating composition useful therein. The coating composition comprises a putty-like material comprising a colloidal silica, a base for gelling the silica, a filler, and no more than 50 wt. % of a volatile solvent or solvents. The putty-like material is rolled onto the desired substrate and cured to form a protective ceramic coating of any desired thickness. The cured coating may be fired, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: McDonnell Douglas CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Fitzgibbons, James E. French
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Patent number: 5624652Abstract: Amorphous silicas suitable for use as abrasives in transparent toothpastes can be prepared by a precipitation route. These silicas are distinguished by having a BET surface area of 10 to 90 M.sup.2 /g, a weight mean particle size of 5 to 15 micron, and a plastics abrasion value of 16 to 20, a transmission of at least 70% in the RI range from 1,430 to 1,443 and an oil absorbtion in the range from about 70 to about 150 cm.sup.3 /100 g.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: Crosfield LimitedInventors: Derek Aldcroft, Peter W. Stanier
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Patent number: 5622903Abstract: Irregularly shaped glass fibers and insulation therefrom comprise two different glasses having differing coefficients of thermal expansion. These glasses also have physical properties which allow current processes to fabricate them into insulation. The glasses also meet German recommendations regarding a KI value of 40 or above.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1996Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Charles F. Rapp, Russell M. Potter
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Patent number: 5622553Abstract: A substance for increasing friction between two surfaces such as two metallic surfaces has a gel base material determining the viscosity of the substance and contains hard crystals mixed into the gel based material. A plurality of the hard crystals is comprised of a first particles of the first substantially identical particle size and second particles of the second substantially identical particle size. The first and second particle sizes have a fixed ratio relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1996Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Inventors: Bernhard Jakob, Michael Klemm
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Patent number: 5618764Abstract: A colored ceramic composition comprising, as inorganic components, from 5 to 40 wt % of a colored heat resistance pigment powder, from 60 to 95 wt % of a zinc-containing glass powder and from 0 to 10 wt % of a refractory filler powder, wherein said glass powder consists essentially of the following components:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 27 to 40 wt % B.sub.2 O.sub.3 10 to 20 wt % ZnO 35 to 45 wt % Li.sub.2 O 0 to 5 wt % Na.sub.2 O 0 to 10 wt % K.sub.2 O 0 to 5 wt % Li.sub.2 O + Na.sub.2 O + K.sub.2 O 0 to 15 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1995Date of Patent: April 8, 1997Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Usui, Hitoshi Onoda, Tsuneo Manabe