Patents Issued in June 24, 2008
  • Patent number: 7390404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing apparatus and method for the delivery of remediation agents into waste systems wherein the apparatus is capable of generating and maintaining a controlled release of a concentrated remediation composition throughout the delivery cycle. The invention also provides a dispensing apparatus and methods wherein the remediation agent is a remediation agent that includes living organisms. Finally, the invention provides a waste water remediation dispensing apparatus and method useful in preventing dry trap in drain systems containing U-traps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: ABCUSA Environmental Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Heppenstall, Richard James Heppenstall
  • Patent number: 7390405
    Abstract: A magnetic device adapted for various engine oil filtering apparatuses is proposed in the present invention. It includes an elastic metal plate; multiple holding bases, each of which has at least a containing portion, the holding bases being disposed on the elastic metal plate; and multiple magnets disposed in the containing portions of the holding bases respectively. The magnetic device has a sectional design and has various flexible combinations. Hence, it is more applicable and reduces the costs of production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: Chun-Hui Liu
  • Patent number: 7390406
    Abstract: A radiation source module comprising a support member, a radiation source assembly connected to the support member and a seal disposed on a first surface of the module, the seal operable to provide a substantially fluid tight seal between the first surface and a second surface which is adjacent to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Trojan Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Traubenberg, Jason J. Cerny, Mike Marcu, Michael P. Sarchese, David E. Sproule
  • Patent number: 7390407
    Abstract: A liquid filter, in particular for the lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine, having a housing with an inlet and an outlet formed from a housing pot having a substantially downwardly open filter element installation opening and a screw-on cover that closes the installation opening, and a filter element arranged in the housing, sealingly separating the inlet from the outlet. The screw-on cover has a drain for residual liquid present in the housing with a round drain opening arranged in the central axis of the housing. A device for opening and closing the drain opening is arranged in the area of the drain and connected to an end disk of the filter element so that it moves relative to the drain opening and opens the drain when the cover is unscrewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Weindorf, Markus Kolczyk, Ralf Blum
  • Patent number: 7390408
    Abstract: A column apparatus containing a shallow bed of material between fluid transporting fractals of large active surface area results in highly efficient processing with small equipment size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Amalgamated Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Kearney, Kenneth R. Peterson, Lawrence Valesquez
  • Patent number: 7390409
    Abstract: Membrane holder for membrane adsorber chromatography comprising a housing body (12) with a reception space for at least one layer of adsorber membranes (22) and at least one first housing cap (34) for closing a first reception space opening, which can be fixed to the housing body (12), a liquid stream being introducible via first liquid guide means (36) through the first housing cap (34) and the first reception opening into the reception opening, so that it passes through the adsorber membranes (22) and flows away through a second reception space opening. The first housing cap (34) can be screwed as a first union nut onto the housing body (12) and a first brace element (24), which can be clamped between the first cap (34) and the housing body (12) via a flange (32) extending beyond the first reception space opening, can be fixed leaktightly in a basket-like insert (14) with a liquid-tight wall and a perforated bottom (18), which is used to receive the adsorber membranes (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Demmer, Rene Faber
  • Patent number: 7390410
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the anaerobic treatment of waste water is described which includes a plug flow bioreactor containing a single bed of inert microbial attachment media and anaerobic microorganisms, and having at least one baffle member which forms a first zone and at least one second zone above the bed of inert microbial attachment media within the plug flow bioreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Ecovation, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert James Cummings
  • Patent number: 7390411
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing compounds for interaction of an active substance hardly soluble in an aqueous medium with a porous support. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (a) mixing the active substance generated by supercritical fluid and the specific amount of porous support; (b) carrying out a molecular diffusion step by contacting in static mode a supercritical fluid with the mixture obtained at step (a) for the time required to improve the dissolution in the aqueous medium of the mixture obtained at step (a); (c) washing the interactive compound obtained at step (b) with a supercritical fluid flow; (d) recuperating the particles of the interactive compound thus formed. The invention also concerns a compound obtainable by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Jacques Fages, Bernard Freiss, Christophe Joussot-Dubien, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Hubert Lochard, Florence Marciacq, Martial Sauceau
  • Patent number: 7390412
    Abstract: A method of managing the valves of a simulated moving bed separation system comprising at least one column of adsorbent beds split into several zones delimited by injection and draw-off points, allowing finer monitoring of a determined concentration profile. The method comprises, during each period between the shift times of the injection and draw-off points, in opening and closing a first valve located at one end of a zone according to a determined law, while opening and closing the valve downstream from the first valve in relation to the direction of flow of the recirculation flow, according to the same law with a lag, referred to as overlap time, in relation to the first valve, which is less than or equal to the period, the law imposing a constant total flow rate for the flow passing through the two consecutive valves throughout the overlap time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventor: Didier Pavone
  • Patent number: 7390413
    Abstract: a water softening system includes a water softening resin tank, an anion resin tank in flow communication with the water softening resin tank, an in-line water heater in flow communication with the water softening resin tank and a heat exchanger in flow communication with the in-line heater. A water heater is in flow communication with the heat exchanger and the in-line heater. A plurality of flow control valves are operatively connected to the water heater heat exchanger, in-line water heater, anion resin tank, and water softening resin tank. The flow control valves are configured to control the flow of water through the water softening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin M. Zentner, Scott Tarr, Jessica Schroeder, James Cosgrove
  • Patent number: 7390414
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the removal and disposal of arsenic from an aqueous medium. The systems and methods include the removal of arsenic from a source by contact with either a chemically treated natural or synthetic zeolite, for example a ferric-loaded zeolite. The spent zeolite is disposed of at an appropriate arsenic disposal site. A system for monitoring and maintaining an arsenic removal/disposal system by an off-site provider is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: WRT International LLC
    Inventor: Charles S. Williams
  • Patent number: 7390415
    Abstract: Materials and a method are provided whereby polymers with least 0.5 mole % of the pendant group or end group containing —Si(OR?)3 (where R? is H, an alkyl group, Na, K, or NH4) are used to control aluminosilicate scaling in an industrial process having an alkaline process stream such as a pulping mill process stream. When materials of the present invention are added to the alkaline process stream, they reduce and even completely prevent formation of aluminosilicate scale on equipment surfaces such as evaporator walls and heating surfaces. The present materials are effective at treatment concentrations that make them economically practical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Donald P. Spitzer, Alan S. Rothenberg, Howard I. Heitner, Frank Kula
  • Patent number: 7390416
    Abstract: An improved method to remove metals, including molybdenum, from industrial wastewater, by chemical precipitation of the metals, followed by settling and dewatering of the precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: American Airlines, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Ede, Kerry C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 7390417
    Abstract: A portable water-purification system includes a container for holding a liquid and an ultraviolet light source configured for immersion in the liquid. The ultraviolet light source is a straight low-cost tube controlled by electronic circuitry for providing hot-cathode striking at a relatively low voltage using a fly-back inductor. The operation of the water purification system is controlled by a micro-controller within the electronic circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Meridian Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Kuhlmann, John E. Andrews
  • Patent number: 7390418
    Abstract: A method of cleaning water systems and an oxidizer (e.g., a potassium monopersulfate composition) that is used for the method are presented. When potassium monopersulfate is used as the oxidizer, it preferably has a low concentration (<0.5 wt. %) of potassium oxodisulfate byproduct that causes irritation. The low potassium oxodisulfate concentration allows the composition to be used more liberally than conventional potassium monopersulfate. To control the release rate of the oxidizer, the oxidizer is formed into a tablet and placed in an enclosure. The enclosure has pores such that water enters the enclosure at a controlled rate and dissolves the oxidizer. The oxidizer solution that is generated in the enclosure enters the water system through the pores. Optionally, the composition may also include a layer of coating material either under or over the enclosure that further controls the rate of oxidizer dissolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Truox, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry L. Martin, Roy W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7390419
    Abstract: A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water to a wash system including a fluid recovery line, a fluid supply line and a fluid backwash line comprising a filter assembly including a water filtering section to receive waste water from the wash system and to recirculate filtered water to the wash system and a filter backwash section to selectively clean the water filtering section when a system condition exists, and a fluid control including a plurality of valve assemblies operatively coupled between the wash system, the water filtering section and the filter backwash section to selectively control the circulation of water through the water filtering section to recirculate the recovery water to the wash system and to periodically clean the water filtering section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Con-Serv Manufacturing
    Inventor: James C. Keller
  • Patent number: 7390420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and compressing a dispersion formed in the mixing stage of liquid-liquid extraction. The compression of the dispersion is achieved by reducing the cross-section of the separation section in the direction of flow and by equipping the separation section with a dispersion-damming member. The equipment according to the invention thus comprises a settler, which is essentially trapezoid in shape so that its cross-section is wider at the feed end of the settler and gets smaller towards the rear end of the settler, from whence the separated solutions are discharged from the settler, and the settler is equipped with at least one device to dam up the dispersion. In particular the method and equipment relate to the extraction process used in the recovery of metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: Bror Nyman, Stig-Erik Hultholm, Eero Ekman, Launo Lilja, Juhani Lyyra, Pertti Pekkala, Raimo Kuusisto
  • Patent number: 7390421
    Abstract: A nozzle of an ink jet printer is formed by initially providing a silicon wafer having a circuitry wafer layer including electrical circuitry necessary for the operation of the thermal actuators on demand. The actuator is formed by forming a first inert material layer defining an actuator path in the shape of a planar coil starting at the thermal actuator anchor. Then, a first conductive material layer is formed adjacent the actuator path and attached to the first inert material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7390422
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printing plate is realizes a precise and fine pattern by minimizing a variation of etching critical dimension. The method includes forming a hard mask having an opening on an insulating substrate; forming a first trench having a first depth in the insulating substrate using the hard mask; coating, patterning and developing a first photoresist over an entire surface of the insulating substrate including the hard mask; and forming at least a second trench having a second depth in the insulating substrate using the hard mask, wherein the second depth is deeper than the first depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Sung Yoo, Oh Nam Kwon, Heung Lyul Cho, Jung Jae Lee, Seung Hee Nam
  • Patent number: 7390423
    Abstract: A self-cleaning colloidal slurry and process for finishing a surface of a glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, metal or alloy substrate for use in a data storage device, for example. The slurry comprises a carrying fluid, colloidal particles, etchant, and a surfactant adsorbed and/or precipitated onto a surface of the colloidal particles and/or substrate. The surfactant has a hydrophobic section that forms a steric hindrance barrier and substantially prevents contaminates, including colloidal particles, from bonding to the substrate surface. The slurry is applied to the surface of the substrate while a pad mechanically rubs the surface. Subsequent cleaning with standard soap solutions removes substantially all remaining contamination from the substrate surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the slurry is used to superfinish a glass disk substrate to a surface roughness of less than 2 ?, with substantially no surface contamination as seen by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after standard soap cleaning steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Paul Benning, James A. Hagan, Steven L. Maynard, David C. Paurus, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud, Jon Edward Podolske
  • Patent number: 7390424
    Abstract: A ferrite magnetic powder for bonded magnets bonded using a rubber-base resin as binder, which powder is a ferrite magnetic powder containing an alkaline earth metal and having a chlorine content of 0.05 wt % or less and a powder pH of less than 6. The magnetic powder is produced by pulverizing a calcinated product of ferrite composition containing an alkali earth metal, annealing the pulverized ferrite composition to relieve crystal strain, dispersing the annealed powder in water and adding to it a mineral acid, adding a dispersant thereto, and subjecting the dispersion to solid-liquid separation followed by vacuum drying to obtain a ferrite magnetic powder having a chlorine content of 0.05 wt % or less and a powder pH of less than 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd., Nippon Bengara Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Senda, Shinichi Suenaga, Hideki Katayama
  • Patent number: 7390425
    Abstract: The ferrite sintered body of hexagonal Z-type ferrite contains 17 mol % to 21 mol % of BaO, 6 mol % to 13 mol % of CoO, the remainder being Fe2O3 as its main components and also contains 0.05% to 1.0% by mass of Li, based on the main components, in terms of Li2CO3 and 0.05% to 0.5% by mass of Si, based on the main components, in terms of SiO2. Further, the rate of a spinel-type ferrite phase to entire phases including a Z-type ferrite phase and the spinel-type ferrite phase is 5% or less in terms of an area ratio in the cross section of the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomotsugu Kato
  • Patent number: 7390426
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide piezoelectric ceramics containing no lead, having a high Curie point, and further, having excellent piezoelectric properties, particularly large Qmax. The piezoelectric ceramics contain, as a main component, a bismuth layer-structured compound having (MII1-xLnx)Bi4Ti4O15 crystals (MII is an element selected from Sr, Ba, and Ca, Ln is an element selected from lanthanoids, and x is within a range of 0<x?0.5) and further contain, as secondary components, at least one of Mn oxide and Co oxide, and lanthanoid, wherein the lanthanoid being the secondary component is contained within a range of 0.02 to 0.12 wt % in terms of oxide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Tsukada, Tomohisa Azuma, Masakazu Hirose
  • Patent number: 7390427
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a device and a mechanism for heat transfer comprising a hydrofluoroether heat-transfer fluid wherein the heat transfer fluid is represented by the following structure: Rf—O—Rh—O—Rf? wherein O is oxygen; Rf and Rf? are, independently, a fluoroaliphatic group, wherein each Rf and Rf? contain 1 hydrogen atom; Rh is independently a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group having from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms and at least 4 hydrogen atoms, and wherein the hydrofluoroether compound is free of —O—CH2—O—. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Costello, Richard M. Flynn, Frederick E. Behr
  • Patent number: 7390428
    Abstract: A heat transfer composition and methods for using same to transfer heat in a transformer. In one embodiment, a heat transfer composition has soy-based oil, an additive comprising a nano-particle size diamond powder characterized by a first mass, and a chemical agent characterized by a second mass, wherein the ratio of the second mass to the first mass is greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Vandervilt University, Tenneessee Valley Authority
    Inventors: Jimmy L. Davidson, Dale T. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 7390429
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate having a conductive material layer disposed thereon is provided which includes positioning the substrate in a process apparatus and supplying a first polishing composition between to the substrate. The polishing composition comprises a first chelating agent, a second chelating agent, a first corrosion inhibitor, a second corrosion inhibitor, a suppressor, a solvent, and an inorganic acid based electrolyte to provide a pH between about 3 and about 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Q. Liu, Tianbao Du, Alain Duboust, Wei-Yung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7390430
    Abstract: Difunctional oxazoline resins, which may be produced in a convenient one-step reaction from an arylalkylene dinitrile by reaction with an amino alcohol, are used in compositions with an additional curable compound or resin containing one or more carbon to carbon double bonds. The composition can be cured to a thermoset material, the curing mechanism occurring by the zwitterion polymerization of the bisoxazoline resin with the resin containing the one or more carbon to carbon double bonds. The reaction occurs without the need for curing initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Ruzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 7390431
    Abstract: Organic peroxide compositions are stabilized against decomposition by the use of antioxidants, resulting in increased shelf life of products made using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: JR Chem, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Faryniarz, Jose E. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7390432
    Abstract: An enhanced formulation and method of making that neutralizes the adverse health effects of both chemical and biological compounds, especially chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) agents, and toxic industrial chemicals. The enhanced formulation according to the present invention is non-toxic and non-corrosive and can be delivered by a variety of means and in different phases. The formulation provides solubilizing compounds that serve to effectively render the chemical and biological compounds, particularly CW and BW compounds, susceptible to attack, and at least one reactive compound that serves to attack (and detoxify or kill) the compound. The formulation includes at least one solubilizing agent, a reactive compound, a bleaching activator and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D. Tucker
  • Patent number: 7390433
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in a method for transporting charge using the molecular orientation in a liquid-crystalline state, a novel benzene derivative having a long, linear conjugated structure expected to have satisfactory charge-transport properties without photoexcitation, a process for producing the benzene derivative, and a liquid-crystal material including the benzene derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichiro Haramoto
  • Patent number: 7390434
    Abstract: A dope containing cellulose acylate as a main content of polymer is cast on a front surface of a moving belt in a method of producing a film from a solution. A drying apparatus is confronted to a back surface of said belt to evaporate a solvent in the gel-like film. Further, a condensers are confronted to a cast surface of said gel-like film to condense a solvent vapor for recovery. A wind speed above and near the gel-like film is from 0.01 m/s to 0.5 m/s, and the belt is transported downwards at the casting position PS. When d (mm) is a distance between the casting surface and each condenser, Tw (° C.) is a temperature of each condenser, and Ts (° C.) is a temperature of the casting dope, conditions are satisfied: Q=(Ts?Tw)/d and 5<Q<100. The obtained film is excellent in thickness uniformity and optical properties, and therefore adequate for the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadahiro Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 7390436
    Abstract: Oxo-acid salts, double oxides or complex oxides contain 0.001-10 atom % of Zr or Hf. They emit near-ultraviolet radiation when excited with vacuum-ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Masami Kaneyoshi
  • Patent number: 7390437
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed in general to novel aluminate-blue phosphors. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention are directed to use of the novel aluminate-based blue phosphors in white light illumination systems, and in display applications such as back lighting in liquid crystal displays (LCD's) and plasma display panels (PDPs). Embodiments of the present invention are further directed toward aluminate-based phosphors having the general formula (M1?xEux)2?zMgzAlyO[2+(3/2)y], where M is a divalent alkaline earth metal other than magnesium (Mg) from group IIA of the periodic table, where 0.05<x<0.5; 3?y?12; and 0.8?z?1.2. In another embodiment, 0.2<x<0.5. The composition may contain a halogen, such as fluorine or chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Dong, Ning Wang, Shifan Cheng, Yi-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 7390438
    Abstract: Compositions are provided comprising aqueous dispersions of polythiophenes having homopolymers or co-polymers of Formula I(a) or Formula I(b) and at least one colloid-forming polymeric acid. Methods of making such compositions and using them in organic electronic devices are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Che-Hsiung Hsu, Yong Cao, Sunghan Kim, Daniel David Lecloux, Huawen Li, Charles Douglas MacPherson, Chi Zhang, Hjalti Skulason
  • Patent number: 7390439
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of sulphonic, phosphonic and phosphoric acids functionalized with plasticizing groups as dopants for conductive polyaniline films and for conductive polyaniline-based composite materials. These acids correspond to the following formula (I): in which: R1 represents —SO2(OH) or —PO(OH)2 or —OPO(OH)2; the R2 groups, which are identical or different, represent a hydrocarbonaceous group, such as a 2-ethylhexyl, butoxyethyl or isopropylbenzyl group; R3 and R4 independently represent a direct bond or a hydrocarbonaceous group, such as a methylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Adam Pron, Bruno Dufour, Patrice Rannou, Jean-Pierre Travers
  • Patent number: 7390440
    Abstract: To provide metal-containing fine particles having good dispersion stability, which have their surface coated with dispersants vaporizable even during firing at low temperatures, a fine particle dispersion having the above metal-containing fine particles dispersed therein, and an electroconductive metal-containing material having an excellent volume resistivity formed by using the fine particle dispersion. Metal-containing fine particles with their surface coated with at least two dispersants having different vaporization temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hirakoso, Keisuke Abe, Yasuhiro Sanada
  • Patent number: 7390441
    Abstract: A composition comprising particulate carbonaceous material and a sulfonated conducting polymer containing hetero atoms. The composition can further comprise a metal. Devices comprising the composition can be constructed including supported electrocatalysts, membrane electrode assemblies, and fuel cells. A method for preparing the composition comprises oxidatively polymerizing with ozone a monomer of a conducting polymer containing hetero atoms in the presence of a carbonaceous material and sulfonating the polymer or the monomer. The method grafts the sulfonated conducting polymer to the carbonaceous material. The method can further comprise metallizing the polymer-grafted carbonaceous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Columbian Chemicals Company
    Inventor: Srinivas Bollepalli
  • Patent number: 7390442
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film, and its production method, especially suitable for mounting a semiconductor package and sufficiently satisfying the requirements of higher density mounting because short circuit does not occur in the plane direction of the film even if the pitch of electrodes is small, or suitable for mounting a contact probe because conductive connection not fused with a high current can be ensured with a lower pressure and even a high frequency signal can be dealt with. The anisotropic conductive film contains metal powder having such a shape that many fine metal particles are linked as a conductive component, wherein the length of the chain of metal powder is set not longer than the distance between adjacent electrodes being bonded conductively when a semiconductor package is mounted, and the diameter of the chain is set in the range of 1 ?m-20 ?m when a contact probe is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kashihara, Masamichi Yamamoto, Jun Yorita, Hideaki Toshioka, Misako Osoegawa, Keiji Koyama, Masatoshi Majima, Yoshie Tani
  • Patent number: 7390443
    Abstract: A filter media product and method of making the same wherein at least two independent filter media thicknesses of differing coarse and fine pore sizes are held in face-to-face relationship with the pore sizes being so calculated that the overall average pore size of successive thicknesses is smaller than the pore size of the finest fiber thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: AAF-McQuay Inc.
    Inventor: Kyung-Ju Choi
  • Patent number: 7390444
    Abstract: A process for sequestering carbon dioxide from the flue gas emitted from a combustion chamber is disclosed. In the process, a foam including a foaming agent and the flue gas is formed, and the foam is added to a mixture including a cementitious material (e.g., fly ash) and water to form a foamed mixture. Thereafter, the foamed mixture is allowed to set, preferably to a controlled low-strength material having a compressive strength of 1200 psi or less. The carbon dioxide in the flue gas and waste heat reacts with hydration products in the controlled low-strength material to increase strength. In this process, the carbon dioxide is sequestered. The CLSM can be crushed or pelletized to form a lightweight aggregate with properties similar to the naturally occurring mineral, pumice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Wisconsin Electric Power Company
    Inventors: Bruce W. Ramme, Bryna D. Goeckner, Joshua J. Russart
  • Patent number: 7390445
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite sheet having a foam layer of a first polyolefin-based resin and a surface layer of a second polyolefin-based resin provided on at least one side of the foam layer and containing a polymeric antistatic agent. The method includes coextruding through die a first melt containing the first polyolefin-based resin and a physical blowing agent and a second melt containing the second polyolefin-based resin, the polymeric antistatic agent and a volatile plasticizer to obtain the composite sheet. The amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is 4 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the second polyolefin-based resin and the amount of the volatile plasticizer is 5 to 50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the second polyolefin-based resin and the polymeric antistatic agent. The second polyolefin-based resin has a crystallization temperature of Ta [° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: JSP Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Morita, Satoshi Iwasaki, Shinpei Arita
  • Patent number: 7390446
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of foamed supramolecular polymers characterized in that the foaming of the supramolecular polymer is carried out in the presence of blowing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventor: Bruno Dejolier
  • Patent number: 7390447
    Abstract: Thin-layer lignocellulosic composites made using hybrid poplar and methods for the manufacture of such thin-layer composites are disclosed. Also described is a process for making thin-layer lignocellulosic composite door skins using hybrid poplar wood fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Jon Clark, Kenneth Dale Kiest, Michael Jay Henry
  • Patent number: 7390448
    Abstract: A process for dispersion spinning non-melt-processible fluoropolymer fiber in which a mixture of an aqueous dispersion of non-melt-processible polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene fluoropolymer particles and an aqueous solution of matrix polymer is formed. The non melt-processible particles have an SSG of less than about 2.40. The aqueous dispersion contains an aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant having a 20% residuals temperature determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of less than about 290° C. and is essentially free of surfactants containing aromatic groups. The dispersion has a fluorinated surfactant content of less than about 300 ppm. The mixture is extruded into a coagulation bath containing a concentration of ions which coagulate the matrix polymer to form an intermediate fiber structure. The intermediate fiber structure is sintered to decompose the matrix polymer and coalesce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Devin Flowers, Clay Woodward Jones, Robert John Cavanaugh
  • Patent number: 7390449
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramic bodies comprising the steps of: preparing a ceramic sheet; forming through holes in the ceramic sheet, each of the through hole forming at least one part of the contour of each ceramic bodies; and cutting the ceramic sheet into pieces of ceramic bodies. The ceramic sheet can be a single ceramic sheet or a laminate of ceramic sheets. The method of manufacturing ceramic bodies further comprises a step of forming a recess in the ceramic sheet, or pressure molding or partially removing of the ceramic body, as required. The manufacturing method provides inexpensive production of small ceramic elements having a complicated shape and extremely smooth surfaces with less uneven filling and nonuniform density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ibata, Michio Oba, Toshihiro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7390450
    Abstract: A process for producing a fire resistant polycarbonate composition comprises preparing an aqueous solution of a flame retardant salt; and compounding the aqueous solution of the flame retardant salt with a polycarbonate composition to form the fire resistant polycarbonate composition. The process reduces the level of haze, color and inclusions compared to fire resistant polycarbonate compositions compounded with the same flame retardant salt in solid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Theodorus Lambertus Hoeks, Adrianus A. M. Kusters
  • Patent number: 7390451
    Abstract: Composite webs having one or more polymeric structures located on a substrate, closure systems comprising composite webs, and methods of attaching articles are disclosed. The polymeric structures are formed using thermoplastic compositions and are attached to a surface of a substrate. The polymeric structures include an area that is attached to the substrate and a detached area that is not attached to a surface of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Byron M. Jackson, Leigh E. Wood, Randall L. Alberg, Dennis L. Becker, Roger D. Pavlis
  • Patent number: 7390452
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus and methods for electrospinning composite fibers including polymeric material and mesoporous molecular sieve material. The methods include in one aspect electrospinning fibers from a conducting solution to which a high voltage electric current is applied. The apparatus includes in one aspect one or more conducting solution introduction devices for providing a quantity of conducting solution, the conducting solution introduction devices being electrically charged thereby establishing an electric field between the conduction solution introduction devices and a target, and means for controlling the flow characteristics of conducting solution from the conducting solution introduction devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr., John P. Ferraris, Sudha Madhugiri
  • Patent number: 7390453
    Abstract: A container and closure package in that includes a container having a body, a finish wall extending from the body with at least one external thread, a circular throat at an axial edge of the finish wall remote from the body and having a lesser inner diameter than the finish wall, and a pour spout extending axially from the throat at greater inner diameter than the throat. The container body, finish wall, throat and pour spout are of integrally blow molded construction as formed, with the inside diameter of the throat being optionally reamed as required for sealing engagement with the closure. The closure has a base wall, a peripheral outer skirt extending from the base wall with an internal thread for receipt over the external thread on the container finish wall, and an internal skirt extending from the base wall and spaced radially inwardly from the outer skirt for sliding plug-sealing receipt within the throat, with the pour spout being disposed between the inner and outer skirts of the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William W. Brecheisen, John W. Safian
  • Patent number: 7390454
    Abstract: A thermoforming methodology for laminated thermoplastic sheets which preserves the class “A” finish and high gloss thereof. A thermoformer has a vacuum box component which includes a mold, and a pressure box component which is selectively sealable in relation to the vacuum box component. A heated laminated thermoplastic sheet is placed in the thermoformer, the class “A” side thereof facing away from the mold, and the thermoformer sealed. Vacuum is applied to the vacuum box component and simultaneously air pressure is applied to the pressure box component, including application of chilled compressed air, resulting in forming of the sheet on the mold and controlled cooling of the sheet which preserves its class “A” finish and high gloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine A. Ostrander, Steven J. Schmidt, Charles Calvin Mentzer, Jr., Michael A. Szymberski, Charles K. Buehler