Patents Examined by Shrive Beck
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Patent number: 6268014Abstract: Materials in bulk and film forms are prepared from fine particulate precursors such as single-phase, mixed-metal oxides; multi-phase, mixed-metal particles comprising a metal oxide; multinary metal particles; mixtures of such particles with other particles; and particulate materials intercalated with other materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1997Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Inventors: Chris Eberspacher, Karen Lea Pauls
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Patent number: 6268018Abstract: A method of applying a castable refractory composition using a form. The refractory composition consists essentially of from about 50.0 weight percent to about 99.9 weight percent of a high purity silicon dioxide and from about 0.1 weight percent to about 30.0 weight percent of a potassium silicate binder. About 0.1 weight percent to about 30 weight percent water based upon 100 weight percent of the refractory composition may be added to achieve a pumpable consistency of the refractory composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Harbison-Walker Refractories CompanyInventor: Mark C. Langenohl
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Patent number: 6268059Abstract: The haze in a conductive tin oxide coating deposited on a substrate, particularly glass, can be reduced by applying, to a desired thickness, a solid-state coating, where the solid-state layer is applied as a precursor liquid to the tin oxide layer, is then dried and/or converted to a solid-state film overlying the conductive tin oxide film on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: John P. Cronin, Michael Trosky, Anoop Agrawal
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Patent number: 6268017Abstract: A method for providing a partial plating to a lead pin, comprising the steps of plating an entire surface of the lead pin; covering a first part of a plated surface of the lead pin by a gel member; and subjecting a second part of the plated surface of the lead pin, which extends out of the gel member, to a metal-coating removing agent, to remove a metal coating of the second part of the plated surface. The plating step may include providing a composite plating on the entire surface of the lead pin, and the subjecting step may include removing an uppermost metal layer of the composite plating by the metal-coating removing agent. The composite plating may include a nickel base layer and a gold uppermost layer deposited on the nickel base layer. The gel member may be formed from a non-oily clay or paper-mache for handcraft use.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Fujitsu Takamisawa Component LimitedInventors: Masayuki Takeuchi, Katsumasa Yoshinari, Kazuyiki Futaki, Kouji Nishimura, Yoshinobu Miyanoo, Ryoji Arai, Nobuyuki Takei
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Patent number: 6265017Abstract: A first embodiment includes a control system which operates a spray gun to apply an even coating of flux to a circuit board or a plurality of different length circuit boards irrespective of the speed that the circuit board(s) move through a coating chamber. In a second embodiment, the control system pulses the spray gun on and off with a pulsing pattern that coats a plurality of zones of a circuit board with spray patterns of different length and thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Patrick T. Hogan, Kenneth Zalewski, John P. Byers, James Powell, Drew Roberts, Richard G. Christyson
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Patent number: 6265018Abstract: Fabricating graded index plastic optical fiber by diffusing a high molecular weight dopant within a step index plastic optical fiber after the step index plastic optical fiber has been drawn from a preform using a conventional draw tower in a first embodiment. Also, the step index plastic optical fiber may be fabricated by extruding one material circumferentially around another material, e.g., by use of a concentric nozzle. The dopant is diffused after the drawing or extruding of the step index plastic optical fiber by heating the plastic optical fiber to a temperature that causes a high rate of diffusion state while measuring the transmission bandwidth of the plastic optical fiber. When the predetermined specified transmission bandwidth is measured, the plastic optical fiber is immediately returned to an ambient temperature. In addition, the plastic optical fiber may be gradually heated to an equilibrium temperature that is just below the temperature required to produce the high rate of diffusion state.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Lee L. Blyler, Jr., Gary J. Grimes, Charles J. Sherman
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Patent number: 6265030Abstract: A method of impregnating paper with waterglass, such as soda waterglass or potassium silicate, the impregnated paper being usable as a dehumidifying element, wherein the method includes the steps of a) providing a sheet of paper such as facing paper and/or corrugated paper; b) immersing the paper into a highly concentrated waterglass solution at a temperature within the range of 45-95° C., with the highly concentrated waterglass solution having a viscosity of at least 350 mPa.s at a temperature of 45° C.; and c) cooling the immersed paper with air at a temperature no greater than 35° C. and preferably no greater than 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Proflute ABInventor: Per-Johan Aronson
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Patent number: 6265031Abstract: A method for achieving a highly uniform plasma density on a substrate by shaping an induced electric field including the steps of positioning the substrate in a processing chamber. supplying a high frequency power to a spiral antenna generating an induced electric field in the processing chamber, generating a plasma in the processing chamber, and shaping the electric field with respect to the substrate to achieve a uniform distribution of plasma on the substrate being processed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Nobuo Ishii, Jiro Hata
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Patent number: 6264743Abstract: A vacuum overspray controller reduces or eliminates the overspray incident to the non-contact spray application of a coating material onto a moving, porous substrate. The vacuum assisted overspray controller exposes a first surface of the porous substrate to a vacuum pressure via one or more orifices in its peripheral surface. As a result, particles of coating material that would otherwise contribute to the overspray instead are preferentially received and retained by the second surface of the porous substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventor: Carl C. Cucuzza
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Patent number: 6261635Abstract: A method for forming a generally uniform liquid layer on a surface of an upper surface microelectronic substrate. The apparatus can include a support that engages less than the entire lower surface of the microelectronic substrate and rotates the microelectronic substrate at a selected rate. A barrier can extend over the upper surface of the microelectronic substrate and can rotate at about the same rate as the substrate to separate a rotating air mass adjacent to the upper surface and within the barrier from a stationary air mass external to the barrier. The rotating air mass can reduce the likelihood for liquid/air interface disturbances that create non-uniformities in the liquid layer. Accordingly, the method can increase the range of thicknesses to which the liquid layer can be formed and can reduce the topographical non-uniformities of the liquid layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Paul D. Shirley
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Patent number: 6261641Abstract: Polymeric coating materials used to protect electrochromic devices from environmental and mechanical damage arc provided. The protective polymeric coating materials are physically, chemically and optically compatible with the electrochromic cell layers of electrochromic devices. The polymeric coating materials are polymers having generic polymer back-bones selected from the group of polyimides, polybenzimidazoles, polybenzothiazoles, polybenzoxazoles, poly(phenylene ethers), polyquinolines, polycarbonates, and polysulfones.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Zieba, Curtis Ross Hruska, Steven P. Sapers, Michael J. Cumbo, Nada O. O'Brien
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Patent number: 6263219Abstract: A SQUID made of an oxide superconducting thin film is formed on a sapphire substrate. CeO2 film, RBa2Cu3O7−x film (“R” indicates a rare earth element chosen among a group formed of Yb, Er, Ho, Y, Dy, Gd, Eu, Sm and Nd) and SrTiO3 film are deposited on the substrate top of the sapphire substrate successively. Furthermore, an oxide superconducting thin film to form a SQUID is deposited on the SrTiO3 film.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Inc.Inventor: Tatsuoki Nagaishi
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Patent number: 6261419Abstract: The invention relates to an improved evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid such as water. The evaporator and condenser unit includes a plurality of stacked, spaced-apart plates disposed within a housing. The plates are horizontally arranged around a common, vertical axis for rotation. Adjacent plates define spaces between their oppositely facing surfaces, which are alternating configured as evaporating and condensing chambers. An outlet tube transfers vapor generated within the housing to a compressor and an inlet tube delivers compressed vapor to the condensing chambers. A sump containing the liquid to be distilled is located at a lower portion of the housing. A rotating element extends into the sump and forces liquid to be distilled up a stationary feed pipe where it is discharged into the evaporating chambers which are open at both their inner and outer ends.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Ovation Products CorporationInventor: William H. Zebuhr
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Patent number: 6261639Abstract: A hot-rolling process prevents surface deterioration of the stainless steel sheet which forms during hot rolling of a stainless steel slab after heating in a heating furnace, and does not cause damage to the heating furnace nor a decrease in yield of the steel sheet. The hot-rolling process for a stainless steel slab includes heating a stainless slab containing 10 weight percent or more of chromium in a heating furnace and hot-rolling the slab. A surface treatment, which is used prior to the heating, composition is composed of a mixture containing at least one of a Ca compound and a Ba compound and a binder for binding the mixture to a slab surface and for forming a coating film on a slab surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Kawasaki Steel CorporationInventors: Hiromitsu Shibata, Seiji Itoyama, Kenichi Sorimachi
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Patent number: 6258402Abstract: A machine tool or die that is fabricated from thermally spray-formed steel is easily repaired by cleaning, roughing and covering the surface to be repaired by a cold-spray layer of metal and then forming a weldment by conventional electric welding processes. The repaired surface is then finished by conventional machining, grinding and polishing and then the tool is put back into service.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Inventors: Nakhleh Hussary, Paul Earl Pergande, Robert Corbly McCune
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Patent number: 6258400Abstract: A process and apparatus for holding a plurality of medicaments to be coated is disclosed. A support member is provided having a receiving surface with a plurality of channels to communicate a vacuum across the receiving surface and an aperture operable to couple the plurality of channels to a vacuum source. A flexible mat having a perimeter shaped to engage the support member in a sealed relation is provided on the support member. The flexible mat includes a plurality of medicament receptacles mounted to a first surface and adapted to receive the medicaments. The medicament receptacles initially are in a first position when no vacuum is applied. In the first position, the medicament receptacles are positioned to receive a medicament. When a vacuum is applied, the medicament receptacles change to a second position in which the medicament receptacles are positioned to hold the medicament and permit coating thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventors: Jeffrey D. Brehant, Linn C. Hoover, Thomas Kucharski, Thomas C. Reiter, David J. Revelle, Daniel A. Slater, Luis R. Torres, Patrick Vo
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Patent number: 6258407Abstract: Fluorinated chemical precursors, methods of manufacture, polymer thin filmswith low dielectric constants, and integrated circuits comprising primarily of sp2C—F and some hyperconjugated sp3C—F bonds are disclosed in this invention. Precursors are disclosed for creating fluorinated silanes and siloxanes, and fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers. Thermal transport polymerization (TP), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD), high density PECVD (HDPCVD), photon assisted CVD (PACVD), and plasma-photon assisted (PPE) CVD and PPETP of these chemicals provides thin films with low dielectric constants and high thermal stabilities for use in the manufacture of integrated circuits.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Quester Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chung J. Lee, Hui Wang, Giovanni Antonio Foggiato
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Patent number: 6258404Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for depositing at least one thin film of a liquid agent on a wireframe element such as an optical fiber designed to form a very fine coating on said wireframe element consisting in spraying the liquid agent on the wireframe element with spraying means, the wireframe element and the spraying means being in relative movement with respect to each other. Preferably, the liquid agent used is obtained from novel acrylphosphorus or metacrylphosphorus compounds. The method is most particularly adapted for coating optical fibers and enables to substantially improve the stress corrosion factor “n” of the fibers and to maintain said factor “n” after aging.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: France TelecomInventors: Annie Morgand, Jean-Louis Desaunay, Yves Ruello
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Patent number: 6258405Abstract: In a color filter manufacturing method according to the present invention, a color filter is manufactured by coloring the respective pixels with a plurality of discharged inks arranged in the scanning direction while an ink-jet head having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles in a direction substantially perpendicular to the scanning direction is scanned over a substrate. A coloring operation is performed while the ink discharging pattern is changed for each of the arrayed pixels or each pixel group.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Hideto Yokoi, Satoshi Wada, Hiroshi Fujiike
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Patent number: 6258414Abstract: Industrial woven fabrics made from synthetic fibers are coated with silicone, in particular for use in airbags, by coating the fabric with an aqueous emulsion containing organosiloxanes. The fabrics obtained from the weaving process are coated in the raw state with the aqueous emulsion containing organosiloxanes.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Akzo Nobel NVInventors: Britta Sternberg, Frank Leymann, Werner Bernlohr, Volker Siejak, Hans Albert Graefe, Hans Ulrich Eichert