Patents Examined by Michael Wieczorek
  • Manufacturing method of heat dissipation structure applied to mobile device
    Patent number: 9381717
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of heat dissipation structure applied to mobile device. The heat dissipation structure applied to mobile device includes a heat conduction main body. The heat conduction main body has a heat dissipation side and a heat absorption side. A radiation heat dissipation layer is formed on the heat dissipation side. The heat dissipation structure is disposed in the mobile device to provide a very good heat dissipation effect for the closed space of the mobile device by way of natural convection and radiation. Therefore, the heat dissipation performance of the entire mobile device is greatly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chih-Yen Lin, Chih-Ming Chen
  • Method for the microdeformation of the front face of a thin part by modifying the rear face or the periphery of the part
    Patent number: 9375805
    Abstract: Method for the microdeformation of the front face of a thin part, by modifying the rear face or the periphery of the part. According to the invention, which can notably be used to correct the wave surface of a mirror, a local treatment is applied to the rear face or to the periphery which causes a static microdeformation, which is frozen once and for all, of the front face, without applying any mechanical force to the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Herve Piombini, David Damiani
  • Silicone-self-adhesives, method of production, complexes using them and their uses
    Patent number: 9371428
    Abstract: Method for preparing a substrate comprising an anti-adhesive silicone coating obtained from an anti-adhesive silicone composition based on crosslinked silicone oil(s) with adhesion properties that are modified compared with the initial properties thereof, in which provision is made for a substrate at least partly coated with an anti-adhesive silicone coating and the anti-adhesive silicone coating is cold-plasma-treated, approximately at atmospheric pressure, in an optionally doped nitrogen atmosphere or in an optionally doped carbon dioxide atmosphere, substrate at least partially coated with an anti-adhesive silicone composition, silicone-self-adhesive complex and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BLUESTAR SILICONES FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Frances, Sean Duffy
  • Coated article with IR reflecting layer(s) and method of making same
    Patent number: 9371684
    Abstract: A coated article is provided with at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. In certain example embodiments, a titanium oxide layer is provided over the IR reflecting layer, and it has been found that this surprisingly results in an IR reflecting layer with a lower specific resistivity (SR) thereby permitting thermal properties of the coated article to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches Pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.), Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Jochen Butz, Uwe Kriltz, Artur Siwek, Anton Dietrich, Jens-Peter Muller, Jean-Marc Lemmer, Richard Blacker
  • Method for depositing film
    Patent number: 9365920
    Abstract: The method for depositing a film of the present invention comprises the first irradiation step of irradiating particles having energy on a surface of a substrate 101, the first film deposition step of depositing a first film 103 on the surface of the substrate 101 subjected to the first irradiation step by using a dry process, and the second film deposition step of depositing a second film 105 having oil repellency on a surface of the first film 103. According to the present invention, a method for depositing a film enabling production of an oil-repellent substrate comprising an oil-repellent film having abrasion resistance of a practically sufficient level can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SHINCRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Shiono, Ekishu Nagae, Yousong Jiang, Takuya Sugawara
  • Process for the coating of metallic components with an aqueous organic composition
    Patent number: 9365727
    Abstract: A process for the coating of surfaces of a metallic component to be formed by contacting the surfaces of the metallic component prior to forming operation with an aqueous composition containing 80% by weight of at least one organic film-forming ionomeric polymer or copolymer, whereby the total organic polymeric material has an average acid number in the range from 20 to 300, optionally at least one further organic film-forming polymer different from the organic film-forming ionomeric polymer or copolymer; optionally a neutralizing agent; a low temperature corrosion inhibiting cross-linking agent and water. The pH of the aqueous composition at the beginning of the coating process is in the range from 6 to 10.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: CHEMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Noel Smith, Heribert Domes
  • Method of treating the surface of a cavity of a die used for casting
    Patent number: 9364894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing the surface of a cavity a casting die wherein the fluidity is good even if the shape of the surface of the cavity (castings) has a complex shape, mold releasability are excellent, reprocessing is possible, and the life of the die can be prolonged. A step (A) for forming hemispherical first dimples (12) by the particles to be sprayed on the surface of the cavity (11), and a step (B) for forming second dimples (13) by the particles to be sprayed, which second dimples are smaller than the first dimples (12), are provided. A treating method (a) and a treating method (b) where either step (A) or step (B) is carried out depending on the requirements, and a method (c), where only the first dimples (12) are formed by carrying out only step (A) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: J. SINTOKIOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Hirano, Yoshitaka Horibe
  • Method of manufacturing retarder
    Patent number: 9348077
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a patterned retarder includes forming a retarder material layer by applying a retarder material to a substrate; drying the retarder material layer at a first temperature; exposing the retarder material layer to linearly-polarized UV, wherein the retarder material layer has an optical anisotropic property; and heat treating the retarder material layer at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to increase the optical anisotropic property of the retarder material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Bin Lee, Su-Hyun Park, Sang-Wook Lee, Jung-Min Lee, Byoung-Har Hwang
  • TPIR apparatus for monitoring tungsten hexafluoride processing to detect gas phase nucleation, and method and system utilizing same
    Patent number: 9340878
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for monitoring a vapor deposition installation in which a gas mixture can undergo gas phase nucleation (GPN) and/or chemically attack the product device, under process conditions supportive of such behavior. The apparatus includes a radiation source arranged to transmit source radiation through a sample of the gas mixture, and a thermopile detector assembly arranged to receive output radiation resulting from interaction of the source radiation with the gas mixture sample, and to responsively generate an output indicative of onset of the gas phase nucleation and/or chemical attack when such onset occurs. Such monitoring apparatus and methodology is useful in tungsten CVD processing to achieve high rate tungsten film growth without GPN or chemical attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Jose I. Arno, Joseph R. Despres, Shkelqim Letaj, Steven M. Lurcott, Thomas H. Baum, Peng Zou
  • Method for increasing density of aligned carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 9340428
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method of increasing density of aligned carbon nanotubes. Firstly, aligned carbon nanotubes grown on a substrate is transferred to a stretched retractable film. The retractable film is then shrunk along a direction which is perpendicular to the alignment direction of the carbon nanotubes to obtain high density carbon nanotubes. The array of aligned carbon nanotubes is finally transferred from the retractable film to a target substrate. The disclosed method can efficiently obtain high-density high-quality aligned carbon nanotubes at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Jia Si, Zhiyong Zhang, Lianmao Peng
  • Crystallization and bleaching of diamond-like carbon and silicon oxynitride thin films
    Patent number: 9328422
    Abstract: Optically transparent diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films are formed using relatively low-temperature deposition conditions followed by a post-deposition bleaching step. The bleaching can include exposure of an as-deposited thin film to UV laser radiation, which reduces the concentration of defects in the film. The method is compatible with temperature-sensitive substrates, and can be used to form water clear DLC layers on glass substrates, for example, which can be used in display applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Charles Andrew Paulson
  • Film forming method, non-transitory computer storage medium and film forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9329483
    Abstract: To appropriately form a metal-containing film containing metal on a substrate, a method first forms an organic film on the substrate, and causes a treatment agent to enter the organic film and causes metal to infiltrate the organic film via the treatment agent, thereby forming the metal-containing film. The metal-containing film contains metal and thus has a high etching selection ratio that is originally required performance. This makes it possible to appropriately form the metal-containing film having a high etching selection ratio on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Fumiko Iwao, Satoru Shimura
  • Method and apparatus for acquiring nanostructured coating by effect of laser-induced continuous explosion shock wave
    Patent number: 9327313
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring a nanostructured coating on a metal surface by using an intense shock wave generated by continuous explosion of a laser-induced plasma is provided. The method comprises: irradiating a laser beam on a black paint surface of an upper opening of a high pressure resistant glass pipe having a black paint strip arranged therein; the black paint absorbing the light energy and producing a plasma; generating an initial plasma explosion shock wave; transmitting the initial plasma explosion shock wave in the high pressure resistant glass pipe; generating a plasma cloud reaching a lower opening of a glass catheter; and, the shock wave pressure outputted embedding nanoparticles into a surface of a workpiece. The apparatus comprises the high pressure-resistant glass pipe with a zigzagging switchback shape or a spiral and inverted cone shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xudong Ren, Shouqi Yuan, Cheng Wang, Yongzhuo Huangfu, Liang Ruan, Yongkang Zhang, Naifei Ren, Yinghong Li, Weifang He, Fengze Dai, Tian Zhang
  • Method for manufacturing an abrasive coating on a gas turbine component
    Patent number: 9322100
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an abrasive coating on a gas turbine component, especially on a gas turbine rotor blade tip, comprising at least the following steps: a) providing a gas turbine component, especially a gas turbine rotor blade; b) providing a high temperature melting alloy powder; c) providing abrasive particles; d) providing a low temperature melting alloy powder; e) blending at least said high temperature melting alloy powder and said abrasive particles to provide a mixture; f) applying said low temperature melting alloy powder and said mixture to an area of said gas turbine component, especially to a tip of said turbine rotor blade; g) locally heating said area of said gas turbine component to a temperature above the melting point of said low temperature melting alloy powder but below the melting point of said high temperature melting alloy powder is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Liburdi Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Manier, Ilya Chuprakov, Robert Sparling
  • Material deposition using powder and foil
    Patent number: 9315904
    Abstract: The loss of aluminum content during the laser (20) deposition of superalloy powders (16) is accommodated by melting pure aluminum foil (14) with the superalloy powder to increase a concentration of aluminum in the melt pool (24) so that the resulting layer of deposited material (26) has a desired elemental composition Foils, screens or strips of any material may be melted with powders to achieve any desired cladding composition, including a graded composition across a thickness of a clad layer (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald J. Bruck, Ahmed Kamel
  • Method for marking a transportation corridor
    Patent number: 9309637
    Abstract: A method for applying a fast curing epoxy traffic marking composition is provided in which curing agents are coated on a carrier such as glass beads or porous silica. These carriers are dropped onto the epoxy coating and promote rapid curing of the top layer of the epoxy coating while the bottom layer is given additional time to adhere to the roadway surface. This enables the application contractor to open a marked roadway in a quicker manner with less motorist disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: POTTERS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Suruliappa Jeganathan, Chris Davies, Kevin Goforth
  • Film deposition apparatus and film deposition method
    Patent number: 9310524
    Abstract: A film formation device (10) that increases the mechanical resistance of the liquid repellent film formed on the oxide film. The film formation device (10) includes an oxide film formation unit (14, 15, 16), which forms an oxidized film on a substrate by releasing grains towards the substrate that is rotated in a vacuum chamber (11), and forms an oxide film on the substrate by emitting oxygen plasma towards the oxidized film. A vapor deposition unit (17) vapor-deposits a silane coupling agent, which contains a hydrolytic polycondensation group and a liquid repellent group, on the oxide film. A polycondensation unit (20) polycondenses the silane coupling agent by supplying water towards the oxide film on the rotated substrate. The polycondensation unit supplies water to the oxide film before the vapor deposition unit vapor deposits the silane coupling agent on the oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Yamamoto, Kenjiro Kokubu
  • Method of repairing run-in coatings
    Patent number: 9303522
    Abstract: A method for repairing run-in coatings is provided. The method includes the steps of filling a damaged site of the run-in coating with a filling material having a material composition that corresponds to a material composition of the run-in coating or is comparable to the material composition of the run-in coating or having material properties that are comparable to material properties of the run-in coating; drying the filling material that has been filled into the damaged site; depositing a donor diffusion layer over an area of the damaged site and onto the dried filling material; and thermally treating the run-in coating at least in the area of the damaged site to locally diffuse at least one metallic element from the donor diffusion layer into the filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred A. Daeubler, Horst Mueller-Wittek, Renate Mendritzki, André Werner, Heinrich Walter
  • Temporary removable solvent based protective coating
    Patent number: 9290667
    Abstract: This invention is for a composition of clear or pigmented coating that is temporary and removable. It is especially designed to protect the surface of an automobile from the damaging effects of the environment and also from damage caused by normal daily use. The coating is a composition of 40 to 80% of cellulose acetate butyrate ester, 15 to 60% of an acrylic polymer and 2 to 10% of a sucrose acetate isobutyrate. The remover is a combination of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, dibasic ester, diacetone alcohol, ethyl 3 ethoxypropionate; 2,2,4 trimethyl-1,3 pentanoldiol monoisobutyrate, and white mineral oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CSD, LLC
    Inventors: Parvez Akhtar, John Fitzwater, Norman J. Greenberg
  • Methods, systems, and devices for radio-frequency assisted removal of sealant
    Patent number: 9283598
    Abstract: Cured sealant may be removed from a substrate if the cured sealant includes a susceptor within its volume. Removal proceeds by exposing the sealant with the susceptor to radio-frequency radiation sufficient to cause dielectric heating in the susceptor and the consequent heating in the cured sealant reduces the bond strength of the cured sealant. The reduced bond-strength sealant may be removed by physical methods, such as scraping etc., much more easily than the original (unexposed) cured sealant. Also disclosed are sealant compositions with susceptor, susceptor tools to introduce susceptor into cured sealant, and handheld radio-frequency heaters to apply radio-frequency radiation to cured sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Darrin M. Hansen, Carissa Ann Pajel