Patents Examined by Robert Vetere
  • Patent number: 11958784
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbomachine blade made of ceramic matrix composite component includes at least a structural part and a functional part secured to the structural part, the method including obtaining an assembly including a first preform of the functional part that is mounted on a second preform of the structural part or on the structural part, the first preform including a fibrous reinforcement of short fibres, and the second preform or the structural part comprising a woven fibrous reinforcement, and densification of the first preform of the assembly by infiltration with a molten composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Arnaud Delehouze, Eric Bouillon, Gildas Garnier, Clément Marie Benoît Roussille
  • Patent number: 11946146
    Abstract: A coating system configured to be applied to a thermal barrier coating of an article includes an infiltration coating configured to be applied to the thermal barrier coating. The infiltration coating infiltrates at least some pores of the thermal barrier coating. The infiltration coating decomposes within the at least some pores of the thermal barrier coating to coat a portion of the at least some pores of the thermal barrier coating. The infiltration coating reduces a porosity of the thermal barrier coating. The coating system also includes a reactive phase spray formulation coat configured to be applied to the thermal barrier coating. The reactive phase spray formulation coating reacts with dust deposits on the thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Keshavan, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Jose Sanchez, Margeaux Wallace, Byron Pritchard, Ambarish Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11930339
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nano membrane. The nano membrane includes an insulating layer having a thickness corresponding to a diameter of each of metal nanowires and configured to contain the metal nanowires therein, and the metal nanowires arranged to cross and having portions of side surfaces which protrude from one surface of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Hyunhyub Ko, Saewon Kang, Seungse Cho
  • Patent number: 11912611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, and to an associated apparatus, for treating a container (1) comprising a glass wall (2) defining a receiving cavity (3) for receiving a product, said glass wall (2) having an inner face (4) and an opposite outer face (5), said glass wall (2) being provided with a first coating that includes a solid residual compound resulting from a step of dealkalization of the glass in the vicinity of the surface of said inner face (4) of said glass wall (2) to which said container (1) had previously been subjected, said method comprising a step of spraying the surface of said glass wall (2) with droplets of a liquid, in order to form on said glass wall (2), starting from said first coating, a second coating which includes said residual compound and which is more transparent and/or more uniform than said first coating.—Treatment of glass-walled containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SGD S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Depoilly, Pierre-Luc Etchepare, Jingwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11906010
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Linck, Thomas Perea
  • Patent number: 11894350
    Abstract: A microLED mass transfer stamping system includes a stamp substrate with an array of trap sites, each configured with a columnar-shaped recess to temporarily secure a keel extended from a bottom surface of a microLED. In the case of surface mount microLEDs, the keel is electrically nonconductive. In the case of vertical microLEDs, the keel is an electrically conductive second electrode. The stamping system also includes a fluidic assembly carrier substrate with an array of wells having a pitch separating adjacent wells that matches the pitch separating the stamp substrate trap sites. A display substrate includes an array of microLED pads with the same pitch as the trap sites. The stamp substrate top surface is pressed against the display substrate, with each trap site interfacing a corresponding microLED site, and the microLEDs are transferred. Fluidic assembly stamp substrates are also presented for use with microLEDs having keels or axial leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: e Lux, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Schuele, Kenji Sasaki, Kurt Ulmer, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Patent number: 11881391
    Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating a film, such as, for example, a photocathode, having a tailored band structure and thin-film components that can be tailored for specific applications, such as, for example photocathode having a high quantum efficiency, and simple components fabricated by those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., University of Chicago, Brookhaven Science Associates, LLP
    Inventors: Harish B. Bhandari, Vivek V. Nagarkar, Olena E. Ovechkina, Henry J. Frisch, Klaus Attenkofer, John M. Smedley
  • Patent number: 11873604
    Abstract: A high-temperature-steam-oxidation-resistive coated reinforcement fiber applicable to a fiber reinforced composite, is provided with: a reinforcement fiber; a coating layer covering the reinforcement fiber and including a rare-earth silicate; an exfoliative layer intervening in an interface between the coating layer and the reinforcement fiber; and a supplemental coating layer covering the reinforcement fiber, the exfoliative layer and the coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Masahiro Kotani, Ken Goto, Akihiko Ito, Satoshi Kitaoka, Daisaku Yokoe, Tetsushi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11858863
    Abstract: A method of preparing a substrate having a wetting surface, including confirming the presence of an open, interconnected pore network in a ceramic substrate to be wetted with a first metal, filling the open, interconnected pore network with a second metal, exuding the second metal to coat the surface of the substrate, and wetting the substrate with the first metal. The ceramic substrate is not decomposed by the first metal and the ceramic substrate is not decomposed by the second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: William Carty, Hyojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11858861
    Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite includes applying a tackifier of ethanol and 3% to 12% polyvinyl butyral to a ceramic material, removing the ethanol from the ceramic material, and removing the polyvinyl butyral. The step of applying the tackifier includes one of a spraying, pipetting, painting, and immersing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn S. Read, John D. Riehl
  • Patent number: 11864412
    Abstract: This application relates to a method for manufacturing a hybrid moisture barrier layer. In one aspect, the method includes preparing a base film and applying a photo-curable or heat-curable solution material to the base film, followed by photocuring or thermal curing to deposit at least one first moisture barrier layer. The method also includes depositing at least one second moisture barrier layer on the base film through atomic layer deposition (ALD), the second moisture layer being ? to ½ the total thickness of the first moisture barrier. According to various embodiments, a combination of a moisture barrier layer formed by applying the photo-curable or heat-curable solution and a moisture barrier layer formed by atomic layer deposition at an effective thickness ratio brings about an effective reduction in production lead time as well as an improvement in the reliability of moisture barrier effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Soon Hyung Kwon
  • Patent number: 11859294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a W18O49/CoO/NF self-supporting electrocatalytic material and a preparation method thereof, the W18O49/CoO/NF self-supporting electrocatalytic material comprises: a foamed nickel substrate, and a W18O49/CoO composite nano material generated on the foamed nickel substrate in situ; preferably, wherein the W18O49/CoO composite nano material comprises CoO nanosheets attached directly to the foamed nickel substrate, and W18O49 nanowires attached to the nanosheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jianfeng Huang, Guojuan Hai, Liyun Cao, Liangliang Feng
  • Patent number: 11858862
    Abstract: A method to produce a ceramic matrix composite part, wherein the method comprises providing a ceramic fiber preform. Wherein the ceramic fiber preform includes a three-dimensional framework of a plurality of ceramic fibers. The method comprising, prior to melt infiltration, adding a layer of machinable stock to a target area of the ceramic fiber preform, melt infiltrating the ceramic fiber preform, forming the ceramic matrix composite part by cooling the melt infiltrated ceramic fiber preform, and machining the part in the target area where the machinable stock is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Crutchfield, Pathikumar Sellappan, Chris Downie, Christopher Mara, Sungbo Shim
  • Patent number: 11855051
    Abstract: A method is provided for the selective harvest of microLED devices from a carrier substrate. Defect regions are predetermined that include a plurality of adjacent defective microLED devices on a carrier substrate. A solvent-resistant binding material is formed overlying the predetermined defect regions and exposed adhesive is dissolved with an adhesive dissolving solvent. Non-defective microLED devices located outside the predetermined defect regions are separated from the carrier substrate while adhesive attachment is maintained between the microLED devices inside the predetermined defect regions and the carrier substrate. Methods are also provided for the dispersal of microLED devices on an emissive display panel by initially optically measuring a suspension of microLEDs to determine suspension homogeneity and calculate the number of microLEDs per unit volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: eLux, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Kurt Ulmer, Paul J. Schuele, Jong-Jan Lee
  • Patent number: 11845699
    Abstract: Composite materials and methods of manufacturing composite materials, such as for use in aerospace parts, are described herein. A representative method for manufacturing a coated composite material structure includes applying a plurality of material layers to a preform structure. The plurality of material layers can include at least one first material layer (including a first matrix precursor), and at least one second material layer (including a second matrix precursor and a coating precursor). The method can also include infusing the preform structure with the first and second matrix precursors and the coating precursor from the plurality of material layers. The method can further include heating the infused preform structure to concurrently form a composite material structure and a coating on at least a portion of the composite material structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Origin, LLC
    Inventors: Arash Ghabchi, Brendan Boyer
  • Patent number: 11842883
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a susceptor supporting a substrate, a backing plate to which power is applied, a diffuser providing a deposition gas, and a first insulator. The first insulator may include a first portion covering a top surface of the backing plate, and a second portion assembled with the first portion and covering a sidewall of the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hoon Park, Sukwon Jung, Hyunwoo Joo, Jaihyuk Choi, Kyungjoo Min, Wonwoong Park
  • Patent number: 11820717
    Abstract: A tackified ceramic fabric sheet includes a pre-preg layer having a fabric of woven ceramic tows and a tackifier compound surrounding the tows and comprising 15% to 60% polyvinyl butyral with ethanol. The sheet further includes a removable first backing film layer on a first side of the pre-preg layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Riehl, Kathryn S. Read
  • Patent number: 11814731
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor fabrication tool is provided. The semiconductor fabrication tool includes a first processing zone having a first ambient environment and a second processing zone having a second ambient environment disposed at different location inside a processing chamber. A first exhaust port and a second exhaust port are disposed in the first and second processing zones, respectively. A first exhaust pipe couples the first exhaust port to a first individual exhaust output. A second exhaust pipe couples the second exhaust port to a second individual exhaust output, where the second exhaust pipe is separate from the first exhaust pipe. A first adjustable fluid control element controls the first ambient environment. A second adjustable fluid control element controls the second ambient environment, where the first adjustable fluid control element and the second adjustable fluid control element are independently adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiao-Chun Hsu, Chih-Ming Chen, Chung-Yi Yu, Sheng-Hsun Lu
  • Patent number: 11806142
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a method for the manufacture of a medical electrode, including: (i) providing a substrate; (ii) applying a composition onto the substrate, wherein the composition comprises (a) a non-aqueous solvent and (b) an organic precious metal complex compound that is dissolved in the solvent; (iii) heating the composition and thereby forming a precious metal layer on the substrate, wherein the solubility of the organic precious metal complex compound in propylene glycol mono-propyl ether at 25° C. and 1013 hPa is at least 1 mass percent, or at least 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 mass percent, in relation to the total mass of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Schibli, Robert Sievi, David Meder, Andreas Reisinger, Jens Trötzschel, Anna Fuchs, Heiko Specht
  • Patent number: 11802089
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite part, includes infiltrating a fibrous structure including a powder composition with a melt infiltration composition including at least silicon in order to form a ceramic matrix in the porosity of the fibrous structure, the powder composition including at least silicon carbide particles, wherein the silicon carbide particles have a bimodal size distribution with a first set of silicon carbide particles having a first average size and a second set of silicon carbide particles having a second average size smaller than the first average size, the number of particles in the first set being greater than the number of particles in the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN CERAMICS
    Inventors: Aurélia Clerambourg, Emilie Mendez, Eric Philippe, Denis Vicien