Patents Examined by Noah S Wiese
  • Composite tile and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11136270
    Abstract: A composite tile is comprised of coal dust and a pre-ceramic polymer that are mixed together and pyrolyzed to form a ceramic composite. For example, a chemical reaction during pyrolysis chemically converts at least a portion of the coal dust and pre-ceramic polymer to a fire proof ceramic composite suitable for use as a roofing tile either as pyrolyzed or as post-treated to seal cracks and pores formed during pyrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Dynamic Material Systems LLC
    Inventors: Walter Sherwood, Arnold Hill, Gordon Nameni, William Easter
  • Feedstock gel and method of making glass-ceramic articles from the feedstock gel
    Patent number: 11130700
    Abstract: A method of making a glass-ceramic article includes synthesizing a feedstock gel that includes a base oxide network comprising Na2O, CaO, and SiO2, in which a molar ratio of Na2O:CaO:SiO2 in the gel is 1:2:3, and then converting the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic article such as a container or a partially-formed container. The conversion of the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic container may be performed at a temperature that does not exceed 900° C. and may include the steps of pressing the feedstock gel into a compressed solid green-body, sintering the green-body into a solid monolithic body of a glass-ceramic material, deforming the solid monolithic glass-ceramic body into a glass-ceramic preform, and cooling the preform. A glass-ceramic article having a glass-ceramic material that has a molar ratio of Na2O:CaO:SiO2 that is 1:2:3 is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Scott P. Cooper
  • Methods of identifying and preparing a ceramic material exhibiting an electric field induced strain
    Patent number: 11124456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a solid solution ceramic material of a plurality of perovskite compounds which exhibits an electric field induced strain derived from a reversible phase transition, as well as a method for making such ceramic materials and ceramic materials obtainable therefrom. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method of identifying a solid solution ceramic material of at least three perovskite compounds which exhibits an electric field induced strain derived from a reversible phase transition; said method comprising the steps of: i) determining a molar ratio of at least one tetragonal perovskite compound to at least one non-tetragonal perovskite compound which, when combined to form a solid solution, provides a ceramic material comprising a major portion of a tetragonal phase having an axial ratio c/a of greater than 1.005 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Cann, Brady Gibbons, Peter Mardilovich
  • Method for the generation of power
    Patent number: 11117810
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising heating a strontium-containing compound using radiation in a first reactor; decomposing the strontium-containing compound into an oxide and carbon dioxide as a result of heat generated by the exposure to the radiation; reacting the oxide and the carbon dioxide in a second reactor; where the oxide and carbon dioxide react to produce heat; heating a working fluid using the heat produced in the second reactor; and driving a turbine with the heated working fluid to generate energy. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising strontium carbonate; and strontium zirconate; where the mass ratio of strontium carbonate to strontium zirconate 2:8 to 8:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James Klausner, Kelvin Fnu Randhir, Nicholas AuYueng, Like Li, Nathan Rhodes, Amey Anand Barde, Renwei Mei, David Worthington Hahn
  • Lithium silicate glass ceramic
    Patent number: 11117829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium silicate glass ceramic, which contains at least lithium disilicate as a crystal phase, and lithium aluminum silicate as further crystal phase. The lithium silicate glass ceramic in its initial composition contains Al2O3 at 1.5 to 3.5 percent by weight, and K2O at 0.6 to 1.8 percent by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Vollmann, Irmgard Wissel, Marcel Meegdes, Carsten Wiesner
  • Ceramic dielectric and method of manufacturing the same and ceramic electronic component and electronic device
    Patent number: 11114245
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic dielectric, including: heat-treating a barium precursor or a strontium precursor, a titanium precursor, and a donor element precursor to obtain a conducting or semiconducting oxide, preparing a mixture including the conducting or semiconducting oxide and a liquid-phase acceptor element precursor, and sintering the mixture to form a ceramic dielectric, wherein the ceramic dielectric includes a plurality of grains and a grain boundary between adjacent grains, and wherein the plurality of grains including an insulating oxide comprising an acceptor element derived from the acceptor element precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA INSTITUTE OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chan Kwak, Myoung Pyo Chun, Hyeon Cheol Park, Daejin Yang
  • Crystallized glass
    Patent number: 11104607
    Abstract: A crystallized glass includes a crystallized glass mother material, and, in a surface, a compressive stress layer, wherein the crystallized glass has, for a thickness of 10 mm, a light transmittance of, including reflection loss, 80% at a wavelength in 400 to 669 nm, and has a Vickers hardness [Hv] of 835 to 1300. In the crystallized glass, the crystallized glass mother material contains, in % by weight on an oxide basis, 40.0% to 70.0% of a SiO2 component, 11.0% to 25.0% of an Al2O3 component, 5.0% to 19.0% of a Na2O component, 0% to 9.0% of a K2O component, 1.0% to 18.0% of a MgO component, 0% to 3.0% of a CaO component, and 0.5% to 12.0% of a TiO2 component, and a total content of the SiO2 component, the Al2O3 component, the Na2O component, the K2O component, the MgO component, and the TiO2 component is 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: OHARA INC.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Yagi, Yutaka Yamashita, Naoyuki Goto
  • Dental bulk block for grinding processing and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11104600
    Abstract: Provided is a dental bulk block for grinding processing. The dental bulk block includes a crystalloid, which includes lithium disilicate as a main crystal phase and silicate as a sub-crystal phase, and hyaline as a remainder. The dental bulk block is a functionally gradient material having a crystalline size gradient with respect to a depth thereof and having no interface at a change point of a crystalline size gradient value. The dental bulk block is useful for manufacturing an artificial dental prosthesis that is similar to natural teeth. Accordingly, the time and process for manufacturing the artificial dental prosthesis are shortened, and structural stability is increased in terms of dispersion of force due to gradient functionalization of mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bong Lim, Yong Su Kim, Kyung Sik Oh, Young Pyo Hong, Sung Min Kim, Joon Hyung Kim, Si Won Son, Yena Kim
  • Preceramic ionic systems
    Patent number: 11097986
    Abstract: A process of forming a Si-containing ceramic comprises forming a Si-based polymeric composition. The process includes neutralizing a charge of said Si-based polymeric composition. The process includes adding thermal energy under a controlled atmosphere to the Si-based polymeric composition. A turbine engine component comprises an airfoil and the airfoil comprises a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Wayde R. Schmidt
  • Methods of forming ceramic matrix composites using sacrificial fibers and related products
    Patent number: 11097983
    Abstract: Methods for preparing ceramic matrix composites using melt infiltration and chemical vapor infiltration are provided as well as the resulting ceramic matrix composites. The methods and products include the incorporation of sacrificial fibers to provide improved infiltration of the fluid infiltrant. The sacrificial fibers are removed, such as decomposed during pyrolysis, resulting in the formation of regular and elongate channels throughout the ceramic matrix composite. Infiltration of the fluid infiltrant can then take place using the elongate channels resulting in improved density and an improved ceramic matrix composite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Bruce Hall, James Joseph Murray, Jason Robert Parolini, Michael Alan Vallance, Juan Borja, Daniel George Norton, Jared Hogg Weaver, Daniel Gene Dunn
  • Batch for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product, method for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product, and an unshaped refractory ceramic product produced thereby
    Patent number: 11097982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a batch for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product, to a method for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product, and to an unshaped refractory ceramic product produced by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ronald Lanzenberger
  • Production method of calcium carbonate porous sintered body
    Patent number: 11097987
    Abstract: Provided is a production method that can easily produce a calcium carbonate porous sintered body. The production method includes the steps of: preparing a dispersion liquid containing calcium carbonate and a gelling agent; adding a foaming agent to the dispersion liquid, followed by stirring until foamy to make a foam; turning the foam into a gel; and sintering the gelled foam to produce a calcium carbonate porous sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SHIRAISHI CENTRAL LABORATORIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Tajika, Shota Umemoto, Shunzo Shimai
  • High strength shaped aluminas and a method of producing such high strength shaped aluminas
    Patent number: 11091396
    Abstract: A method of producing high strength shaped alumina by feeding alumina power into an agglomerator having a shaft with mixers able to displace the alumina power along the shaft, spraying a liquid binder onto the alumina power as it is displaced along the shaft to form a shaped alumina, and calcining the shaped alumina. The shaped alumina produced having a loose bulk density of greater than or equal to 1.20 g/ml, a surface area less than 10 m2/g, impurities of less than 5 ppm of individual metals and less than 9 ppm of impurities in total, and/or crush strength of greater than 12,000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sasol (USA) Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Barclay, Mark M. Chavez
  • Glass ceramic having SiO2 as main crystal phase
    Patent number: 11091388
    Abstract: Glass ceramics having SiO2 as main crystal phase and precursors thereof are described which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland
  • Open-pore sintered glasses for use in electronic cigarettes
    Patent number: 11078108
    Abstract: A sintered body for use as a liquid reservoir in an electronic cigarette, medication administering devices, in thermally heated evaporators for fragrant substances is provided. The sintered body is made of open-pore sintered glass and has a porosity of greater than 50 vol %. The average pore size is in a range from 1 to 450 ?m. The glass of the sintered body has a transition temperature Tg of at least 450° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Peuchert, Norbert Greulich-Hickmann, Philipp Treis, Yvonne Menke, Michael Kluge
  • Metal oxynitride thin film, process for producing metal oxynitride thin film, and capacitor element
    Patent number: 11078123
    Abstract: A metal oxynitride thin film having a perovskite structure, in which the metal oxynitride thin film has a composition represented by a compositional formula A1+?BOx+?Ny wherein ? is larger than zero and 0.300 or less, x+? is larger than 2.450, and y is 0.300 or more and 0.700 or less, an AO structure having a layered structure parallel to a plane perpendicular to a c-axis of the perovskite structure and having a composition represented by a general formula AO, and the AO structure is bonded with the perovskite structure and incorporated in the perovskite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kumiko Yamazaki, Yuki Nagamine, Takeshi Shibahara, Yuji Umeda, Junichi Yamazaki
  • Method for the preparation of glasses and glass ceramics with SiO2 as main crystal phase
    Patent number: 11072556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a glass ceramic or a glass, which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth. The invention also relates to a glass ceramic and a glass which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Inorganic foam based on calcium sulfoaluminate
    Patent number: 11066337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on calcium sulfoaluminate, to a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on calcium sulfoaluminate, to a cellular material obtainable by hardening and optionally drying the particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on calcium sulfoaluminate, and to a composition for preparing an inorganic foam formulation for providing a particle-stabilized inorganic foam based on calcium sulfoaluminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Construction Research & Technology GmbH, De Cavis AG
    Inventors: Sarunas Turcinskas, Bernhard Feichtenschlager, Gerhard Albrecht, Pauline Petit, Urs Gonzenbach, Philip Sturzenegger
  • Glass ceramic having a quartz solid solution phase
    Patent number: 11051918
    Abstract: Quartz solid solution glass ceramics and precursors thereof are described, which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Rüssel, Sabrina Seidel
  • Multilayer ceramic electronic component
    Patent number: 11056280
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved highly accelerated lifetime and specific permittivity. A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising a multilayer body in which an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer are stacked in alternating manner, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a dielectric ceramic composition having a main component expressed by a general formula ABO3 (A is Ba and the like, and B is Ti and the like) and a rare earth component R, a segregation phase including the rare earth component R exists in the dielectric layer, an area ratio of the segregation phases in a cross section along a stacking direction is 104 ppm to 961 ppm, and 96% or more of a total area of the segregation phases contact with the internal electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Ariizumi, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Yasuhiro Ito