Patents Issued in March 12, 2013
  • Patent number: 8394178
    Abstract: An apparatus for separation of gases from ambient air that has at least one separation column with an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a buffer column having a single inlet at a first end, a vacuum pump, and a valve system that connects the vacuum pump to the outlet at the first end of the separation column, and that connects the outlet at the second end of separation column to the single inlet at the first end of the buffer column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: VBox, Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Van Brunt, Theodore W. Jagger, Perry B. Lonnes, John A. Kivisto
  • Patent number: 8394179
    Abstract: A method is described for treating a gas stream containing a flammable gas, such as hydrogen or a hydrocarbon gas. The gas stream is conveyed to a liquid ring pump (18), to which a gaseous oxidant and water are supplied. The water and the gas stream are discharged from the pump (18), with the discharged gas stream being subsequently separated from the liquid, and conveyed to a pyrolysis device (42) for pyrolysing the flammable gas and the oxidant. Any particulates and acidic species within the gas stream are retained by the water within the liquid ring pump to inhibit corrosion or blockage of the pyrolysis device (42). A filter or other device (40) may be provided to remove water from the gas stream before it enters the pyrolysis device (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: James Robert Smith, Gary Peter Knight
  • Patent number: 8394180
    Abstract: A method of absorbing gases into a liquid comprising providing a stream of at least one desirable gas and at least one undesirable gas, exposing the gas stream to a liquid, so that the liquid absorbs more of the desirable gas than the undesirable gas, and releasing the liquid and gas mixture into an underground formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Zaida Diaz, Raymond Nicholas French, Dean Chien Wang, Geoffrey Matthew Warren
  • Patent number: 8394181
    Abstract: A permselective material has a polymer having an organosiloxane skeleton and containing a dispersed solid additive. When oxygen and nitrogen are passed through a membrane having the permselective material, the relation between the permeability coefficients [cm3·cm·sec?1·cm?2·cmHg?1] of oxygen and nitrogen at a temperature of 23±2° C. under a pressure difference of 1.05 atm to 1.20 atm through the membrane is expressed by Formula (1): 0.94 ? P ? ( O 2 ) P ? ( N 2 ) < 1 ( 1 ) where P(O2) denotes the permeability coefficient of oxygen, while P(N2) denotes the permeability coefficient of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., DENSO CORPORATION, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Ishida, Katsunori Iwase, Akira Yamamoto, Masahiko Minemura
  • Patent number: 8394182
    Abstract: A composition of and a method of making high performance crosslinked membranes are described. The membranes have a high resistance to plasticization by use of crosslinking. The preferred polymer material for the membrane is a polyimide polymer comprising covalently bonded ester crosslinks. The resultant membrane exhibits a high permeability of CO2 in combination with a high CO2/CH4selectivity. Another embodiment provides a method of making the membrane from a monesterified polymer followed by final crosslinking after the membrane is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: The University of Texas System, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Koros, David Wallace, John Wind, Claudia Staudt-Bickel, Stephen J. Miller
  • Patent number: 8394183
    Abstract: An asymmetric membrane contains a porous layer and a dense layer adjacent thereto. The porous layer and the dense layer are formed of a polymeric material. The porous layer and/or dense layer contains a filler. The amount of the filler is 11 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the polymeric material contained in the asymmetric membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Ishida, Mitsuaki Negishi, Yuzo Morioka, Mika Kawakita, Katsunori Iwase, Manabu Maeda, Masahiko Minemura, Mamoru Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8394184
    Abstract: Provided are a low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material including a porous material having an average pore size of 10 to 200 nm impregnated with one or more organic compounds having 10 or more carbon atoms in a proportion of 10 wt % or more based on the porous material, and a fuel vapor treatment apparatus for an internal combustion engine using this low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material. This low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material sufficiently absorbs and removes low-molecular-weight organic gases even for a porous material having large pores which cannot adsorb low-molecular-weight organic gases such as butane and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Cataler Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 8394185
    Abstract: A non-aqueous inkjet ink comprising a coloring material and a water-insoluble solvent, wherein the coloring material is water-soluble or water-dispersible, and the amount of water within the ink is less than the amount of water required to dissolve or disperse the coloring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Ezaki, Hiroshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8394186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porphyrazine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein, the rings A to D are each independently a benzene ring or a 6-membered ring nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring, the number of said heteroaromatic rings is more than 0 and less than 1, E is alkylene, X is an anilino group or the like having at least one sulfo group or the like as a substituent, Y is a substituted monoalkylamino group or the like, b is 0 to 3, c is 0.1 to 3, and the sum of b and c is more than 3 and less than 4). By the present invention, a copper porphyrazine coloring matter suitable for inkjet recording which has a good hue as an cyan ink, is excellent in light fastness, ozone fastness and moisture fastness and does not cause bronze phenomenon can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yoneda, Yasuo Kuroda, Akira Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8394187
    Abstract: A composition for the production of an antireflection coating, comprising a condensate obtainable by the condensation of silicon compounds of the general formula RnSiX4-n (I) in which the X groups are the same or different and represent hydrolyzable groups or hydroxyl groups, the R groups are the same or different and represent non-hydrolyzable groups, and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, wherein the composition comprises at least one polymeric agent controlling the rheology and at least one solvent with a boiling point of at least 150° C. The present invention also describes methods for the preparation and use of the present composition. In particular, the composition can be applied by screen printing methods on substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ferro GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Fritsche, Gerhard Tünker
  • Patent number: 8394188
    Abstract: Self-compressing asphalt mixtures, in particular according to the mastic asphalt principle, and in particular mastic asphalt mixtures for roadway topcoats, asphalt intermediate layers, asphalt binder layers and/or asphalt sealing layers used in road construction. Roadway topcoats, asphalt intermediate layers, asphalt binder layers, and/or asphalt sealing layers containing such asphalt mixtures, methods for forming the same, and methods for transporting the asphalt mixtures, such as to an installation site, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Bernd Jannicke
  • Patent number: 8394189
    Abstract: The use of fine agglomerate mixtures and coarse agglomerate mixtures as an agglomerates filler materials in asphalt compositions. The fine agglomerate mixtures and coarse agglomerate mixtures are prepared from pyrolyzed polymeric and/or carbonaceous materials that have been refined into mixtures having consistent particle size and binding affinity with asphalt binders. An asphalt cement composition in accordance with one aspect of the present invention has an asphalt binder combined with an agglomerates filler formed from pyrolized carbonaceous material. The agglomerates filler material is generally about 1% to about 20% of the weight of the mixture of the agglomerates filler and the asphalt binder. The asphalt composition also includes an aggregate material that is mixed with the asphalt binder and the agglomerates filler. The end result is a lower cost asphalt composition that exhibits greater long range durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: John H. Fader
  • Patent number: 8394190
    Abstract: The invention relates to carbon black granulates having an APC value, measured at a conveying speed of 8 m/s and a solid load of 27 g/kg, less than or equal to 20 and a 25 [mu]m pressure filter value of less than 5 bar cm2/g. The carbon black granulate is produced by carbon black powder being pre-granulated in a first mixing granulator with addition of a granulation liquid with or without binders and being granulated to a finished state in a second mixing granulator without further addition of granulation liquid. The carbon black granulate can be used as a filler, reinforcing filler, UV stabilizer, conductive carbon black, pigment, or reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Carbon Black GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Bertzick, Werner Heister, Wilfried Ostendorf, Matthias Katzer
  • Patent number: 8394191
    Abstract: A cementitious composition including cement, water, and a rheology modifying additive (RMA) is provided. The inclusion of the RMA improves the cementitiuous composition's response to vibration, and dampens out differences due to minor fluctuations in initial slump of the composition. The RMA may include a dispersant for cementitiuous compositions. The cementitious composition may optionally include other admixtures or additives known in the industry. A method for making the cementitious composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Bury
  • Patent number: 8394192
    Abstract: A lightweight structural concrete includes a hydraulic binder; effective water; a superplasticizer; and aggregates; the concrete having a density in the fresh state varying from 1.40 to a Dmax value calculated according to formula (I) Dmax=1.58+(a×AM) in which “a” represents a coefficient for which the value is equal to 1; “AM” represents the mass percentage of the amorphous materials contained in 1 m3 of fresh concrete; the concrete having a maximum fresh state density Dmax less than or equal to 1.85; the concrete having a Weffective/L ratio varying from 0.19 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Lafarge
    Inventors: Sylvain Meille, Gilles Chanvillard, Arnaud Schwartzentruber, Emmanuel Bonnet
  • Patent number: 8394193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic binder, comprising K, Ca, aluminosilicates, as well as optionally Li, Na, and Mg, wherein the binder comprises the following components: a) a latently hydraulic aluminosilicate glass with a ratio of (CaO+MgO+Al2O3)/SiO2>1 and b) an alkali activator of the empirical formula (I) a(M2O)*x(SiO2)*y(H2O)??(I) wherein M=Li, Na, K, a=0-4, and x=0-5 and y=3-20, wherein the molar ratio of Ca/Si is <1, the molar ratio of Al/Si is <1, and the molar ratio of M/Si is >0.1. Furthermore, it relates to binder matrices, mortars, concrete adhesives, and metal anodes made of such binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Wolfgang Schwarz
  • Patent number: 8394194
    Abstract: A method of forming a layer of amorphous silicon oxide positioned between a layer of rare earth oxide and a silicon substrate. The method includes providing a crystalline silicon substrate and depositing a layer of rare earth metal on the silicon substrate in an oxygen deficient ambient at a temperature above approximately 500° C. The rare earth metal forms a layer of rare earth silicide on the substrate. A first layer of rare earth oxide is deposited on the layer of rare earth silicide with a structure and lattice constant substantially similar to the substrate. The structure is annealed in an oxygen ambience to transform the layer of rare earth silicide to a layer of amorphous silicon and an intermediate layer of rare earth oxide between the substrate and the first layer of rare earth oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventors: Rytis Dargis, Andrew Clark, Robin Smith, Michael Lebby
  • Patent number: 8394195
    Abstract: A method of making LSO scintillators with high light yield and short decay times is disclosed. In one arrangement, the method includes codoping LSO with cerium and another dopant from the IIA or IIB group of the periodic table of elements. The doping levels are chosen to tune the decay time of scintillation pulse within a broader range (between about ˜30 ns up to about ˜50 ns) than reported in the literature, with improved light yield and uniformity. In another arrangement, relative concentrations of dopants are chosen to achieve the desired light yield and decay time while ensuring crystal growth stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Andreaco, Piotr Szupryczynski, A. Andrew Carey
  • Patent number: 8394196
    Abstract: Methods for formation epitaxial layers containing silicon and carbon doped with phosphorus are disclosed. The pressure is maintained equal to or above 100 torr during deposition. The methods result in the formation of a film including substitutional carbon. Specific embodiments pertain to the formation and treatment of epitaxial layers in semiconductor devices, for example, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Yihwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8394197
    Abstract: Enhanced corrosion resistance is achieved in a coating by using a germanium-containing precursor and hollow cathode techniques to form a first layer directly on the surface of a workpiece, prior to forming an outer layer, such as a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC). The use of a germanium or germanium-carbide precursor reduces film stress and enables an increase in the thickness of the subsequently formed DLC. Germanium incorporation also reduces the porosity of the layer. In one embodiment, a cap layer containing germanium is added after the DLC in order to further reduce the susceptibility of the coating to chemical penetration from the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sub-One Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Tudhope, Thomas B. Casserly, Karthik Boinapally, Deepak Upadhyaya, William J. Boardman
  • Patent number: 8394198
    Abstract: A silica glass crucible for pulling up a silicon single crystal including a wall part, a corner part and a bottom part is provided with an outer layer formed from an opaque silica glass layer which includes many bubbles, and an inner layer formed from a transparent silica glass layer which substantially does not include bubbles, wherein at least one part of an inner surface of the wall part and the corner part being an uneven surface formed with multiple damaged parts having a depth of 50 ?m or more and 450 ?m or less, and wherein a region among the inner surface of the bottom part within a certain range from the center of the bottom part being a smooth surface which does is substantially not formed with damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Super Quartz Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Morikawa, Jun Furukawa, Satoshi Kudo
  • Patent number: 8394199
    Abstract: A processing device is provided, including a base which holds a processing target. A gas providing passage having a circular cross section is formed in the base, and provides gas to an outer circumference of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumitsu Tomita, Yutaka Unno
  • Patent number: 8394200
    Abstract: A vertical plasma processing apparatus for a semiconductor process includes an airtight auxiliary chamber defined by a casing having an insulative inner surface and integrated with a process container. The auxiliary chamber includes a plasma generation area extending over a length corresponding to a plurality of target substrates in a vertical direction. A partition plate having an insulative surface is located between a process field and the plasma generation. The partition plate includes a gas passage disposed over a length corresponding to the plurality of target substrates in a vertical direction. A process gas is exited while passing through the plasma generation area, and is then supplied through the gas passage to the process field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuura, Toshiki Takahashi, Jun Sato, Katsuyoshi Aikawa, Katsutoshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 8394201
    Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus and an atomic layer deposition method increase productivity. The atomic layer deposition apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a heater for supporting a plurality of semiconductor substrates with a given interval within the reaction chamber and to heat the plurality of semiconductor substrates and a plurality of injectors respectively positioned within the reaction chamber and corresponding to the plurality of semiconductor substrates supported by the heater. The plurality of injectors are individually swept above the plurality of semiconductor substrates to spray reaction gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Kim, Ki-Vin Im, Hoon-Sang Choi, Moon-Hyeong Han
  • Patent number: 8394202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing sugar from sugarcane. The method consists of steps of dosing biocides on sugarcane during cane preparation and milling to kill about 90% of microbes; heating juice, obtained from a mill to 70° C.; subsequently, neutralizing the juice; subsequent to the neutralizing step, heating the neutralized juice to about 105° C.; subsequent to the neutralizing step, passing the heated neutralized juice through clarifiers or settling tanks; concentrating the neutralized juice by evaporating to boil-off water from the neutralized juice to obtain syrup of the neutralized juice having about 60% solids; crystallizing the syrup, obtained in the concentrating step, to obtain a liquor; separating the sugar from the liquor obtained in the crystallizing step; and washing and drying the sugar obtained in the separating step. The sugar thus produced is about neutral and contains substantially zero amount of sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Vishnukumar Mahadeo Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8394203
    Abstract: Imprint lithography system may provide for an energy source for solidification of material positioned between a template and a substrate. Additionally, the energy source and/or an additional energy source may be used to clean contaminants from the template and/or the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard M. Schmid, Ian Matthew McMackin, Byung-Jin Choi, Douglas J. Resnick
  • Patent number: 8394204
    Abstract: A commercial dishwasher comprising spray nozzles for spraying liquid into a treatment region in the form of a treatment chamber or a treatment zone for treating items to be washed; at least two centrifugal pumps, which are arranged in series hydraulically one behind the other, for conveying liquid from the wash tank to the spray nozzles; a control device for alternatively operating only one centrifugal pump or at least two of the centrifugal pumps which are connected hydraulically one behind the other in series, in order to thus generate different liquid pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Udo Buerkle, Martin Schrempp
  • Patent number: 8394205
    Abstract: The invention disclosed and claimed herein relates to a subterranean pipe tractor for moving and controlling a pipe scarifier. The subterranean pipe tractor comprises a scarifier connector that reversibly connects a scarifier to the pipe tractor; a drive mechanism for propelling the scarifier through the pipe when the scarifier is connected to the pipe tractor; and a power source that powers the drive mechanism. The power source of the pipe tractor may be an on-board power source or an external power source. The pipe tractor may include a hydraulic pump and an on-board electric generator powered by the power source. The subterranean pipe tractor may include local controls for controlling local functions and remote controls used to control remote components, such as a high-pressure fluid source. The subterranean pipe tractor may optionally include a scarifier lift mechanism for lifting one end of the scarifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mac & Mac Hydrodemolition Inc.
    Inventor: Gerard MacNeil
  • Patent number: 8394206
    Abstract: A welding flux for stainless steel includes 30-55 wt % of silicon dioxide, 20-40 wt % of titanium dioxide, 10-20 wt % of chromium oxide, 5-20 wt % of molybdenum oxide, 5-10 wt % of molybdenum sulfide, and 5-10 wt % of halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Kuang-Hung Tseng
  • Patent number: 8394207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cylinder jacket, comprising the following steps: producing a cylindrical starting product from a steel material having a carbon content of not more than 0.8% by weight and a ferritic or ferritic/pearlitic structure; enriching, by carburization, the surface layer of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical starting product with carbon in the form of carbides that are deposited on the grain boundaries; slowly cooling the cylindrical starting product in such a manner that a pearlitic structure having a carbide network is formed in the surface layer; finishing the cylindrical starting product to give a cylinder jacket. The invention also relates to a cylinder jacket produced by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Spangenberg
  • Patent number: 8394208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating surfaces, comprising a copolymer as component A, synthesized from (meth)acrylic acid or salts thereof, a carboxylate-containing monomer and/or monomers containing groups containing phosphoric and/or phosphoric acid or salts thereof, and further comonomers if desired, to a passivating layer on a metal surface, which comprises component A, to a process for forming said passivating layer, and to the use of the composition of the invention to passivate a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Dietsche, Helmut Witteler, Matthias Kluglein, Frank Klippel
  • Patent number: 8394209
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention not only is suitably adjusted in its chemical elements composition, but also has a DE value defined by the following Equation (1) of 0.0340% or more, and a carbon equivalent Ceq defined by the following Equation (2) of 0.45% or less: DE value=[Ti]+[Nb]+0.3[V]+0.0075[Cr]??(1) where, [Ti], [Nb], [V], and [Cr] represent contents (mass %) of Ti, Nb, V, and Cr, respectively; Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6+([Cr]+[Mo]+[V])/5+([Cu]+[Ni])/15 ??(2) where, [C], [Mn], [Cr], [Mo], [V], [Cu], and [Ni] represent contents (mass %) of C, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Cu, and Ni, respectively. A high-strength steel sheet resistant to strength reduction and good in low-temperature toughness of HAZ even when subjected for a long time to a stress-relief annealing process after being processed by welding, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Izumi, Makoto Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 8394210
    Abstract: A nickel-base alloy having favorable toughness and thermal fatigue resistance comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 9 to 12 chromium; 25 to 35 iron; 1 to 3 molybdenum; 3.0 to 5.5 niobium; 0.2 to 2.0 aluminum; 0.3 to 3.0 titanium; less than 0.10 carbon; no more than 0.01 boron; nickel; and incidental impurities. Also disclosed are die casting dies, other tooling, and other articles of manufacture made from or comprising the nickel-base alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Di Cao, Richard L. Kennedy, Michael M. Antony, John W. Smythe
  • Patent number: 8394211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnesium alloy material excellent in high mechanical characteristics without using special manufacturing facilities or processes and a method for manufacturing the magnesium alloy material. The magnesium alloy material is an Mg—Zn—RE alloy containing Zn as an essential component, at least one of Gd, Tb, and Tm as RE, and the rest including Mg and unavoidable impurities and contains a needle-like precipitate or a board-like precipitate (lengthy precipitate: X-phase=?-phase, ??-phase, and ?1-phase).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Kumamoto University
    Inventors: Mamoru Nakata, Yuuichi Yamada, Koji Itakura, Takahiro Mibe, Yoshio Okada, Yoshihito Kawamura, Michiaki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8394212
    Abstract: To provide a heat treatment providing a product with quality as desired, high frequency induction heating treatment equipment capable of temperature control to provide such heat treatment includes temperature controlling means for adjusting in temperature an object to be treated, and quenching means for determining when the object heated should be cooled. The temperature controlling means includes heating means, temperature measuring means involved in temperature control, and temperature adjusting means. The quenching means includes temperature measuring means involved in quenching, and heat treatment adjusting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Fujita, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8394213
    Abstract: A method for coating hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel strip containing 6-30 wt %. Mn with a metallic protective layer, includes annealing the steel strip at a temperature of 800-1100° C. under an annealing atmosphere containing nitrogen, water and hydrogen and then subjecting the steel strip to hot dip coating. The method provide an economical way of hot dip coating a high manganiferous sheet steel in that, in order to produce a metallic protective layer substantially free from oxidic sub-layers on the steel strip, the % H2O/% H2 ratio of the water content % H2O to the hydrogen content % H2 in the annealing atmosphere is adjusted as a function of the respective annealing temperature TG as follows: % H2O/% H2?8·10?15·TG3.529.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
    Inventors: Manfred Meurer, Ronny Leuschner, Harald Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8394214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for processing a metal body which can turn a metal structure of the metal body into a finer grain structure thus obtaining the high strength and the high ductility. In a method or an apparatus for processing a metal body which turns the metal structure of the metal body into the finer grain structure by forming a low deformation resistance region where the deformation resistance is locally lowered in the metal body and by deforming the low deformation resistance region by shearing, using a non-low deformation resistance region forming means which forms a non-low deformation resistance region by increasing the deformation resistance which is lowered in the low deformation resistance region, the non-low deformation resistance region is formed along the low deformation resistance region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Rinascimetalli Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Nakamura, Zenji Horita, Koji Neishi, Michihiko Nakagaki, Kenji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8394215
    Abstract: A process for repairing cracks in a workpiece, such as a turbine engine component, comprises the steps of: providing a workpiece having a crack to be repaired; applying a nickel or cobalt base alloy material to a root of the crack in an amount sufficient to fill a portion of the crack; subjecting the workpiece with the nickel or cobalt base alloy material to a first heat treatment at a temperature in the range of from about 1950 to 2300° F. for a time period in the range of from about 5.0 to 30 minutes; applying a weld material to the crack; and subjecting the workpiece with the weld material to a second heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Beth K. Abriles, James J. Moor, John H. Hyde
  • Patent number: 8394216
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for detecting features on billets of laminated veneer lumber (LVL). In some embodiments, an LVL billet is provided and passed through a scanning assembly. The scanning assembly includes an x-ray generator and an x-ray detector. The x-ray generator generates a beam of x-ray radiation and the x-ray detector measures intensity of the beam of x-ray radiation after is passes through the LVL billet. The measured intensity is then processed to create an image. Images taken according to the disclosure may then be analyzed to detect features on the LVL billet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR Company
    Inventors: David C. Irving, Thomas J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8394217
    Abstract: A floor plank having a wear layer, a pattern film, and a magnetic base layer. The floor plank may have a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein the length and the width are substantially larger than the thickness. The magnetic base layer may have a magnetic field which is in a direction substantially parallel to a plane defined by the length and the width of the floor plank, and wherein the direction of the magnetic field is substantially perpendicular to the thickness of the floor plank. The floor plank and an identical floor plank may be placed on the subfloor so that the two floor planks are adjacent one another and so that a magnetic pole of a magnetic base layer of one floor plank is attracted to an opposite magnetic pole of a magnetic base layer of the other floor plank to thereby connect the two floor planks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Advance Vinyl Floor Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Chao Kang Pien
  • Patent number: 8394218
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacturing a catheter wherein a dual lumen catheter body and at least one distal tip member are separately formed and the at least one distal tip member is subsequently assembled to the dual lumen catheter body. The components may be assembled using a heating process or, alternatively, using adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Michael R. Sansoucy
  • Patent number: 8394219
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow core door is disclosed, as well as a corresponding hollow core door. The method includes the steps of providing a solid flat door skin, moisturizing the flat skin, applying a conditioning resin thereto, pre-heating the flat door skin, and thereafter pressing the flat door skin between a pair of heated platens in a press in order to reform the flat skin into a molded skin including a plurality of panels defined therein. The press continuously closes in order to reform the flat skin into the molded skin, with the rate of press closure being a function of the determined hardness of the flat skin to be reformed. The resulting door skins have an improved bond strength, and are efficiently manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventor: Hartley Moyes
  • Patent number: 8394220
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes the steps of: producing triangular segments as cut quadrangular prism honeycomb fired bodies in double by cutting half, forming a pseudo quadrangular segment by fitting a hollow auxiliary member whose outer peripheral shape is triangular on a cut triangular segment, disposing the honeycomb fired bodies and the pseudo quadrangular segments to form an assembly, bonding the assembly by applying a bonding material, and then applying pressure to thus bonded assembly to obtain a honeycomb block body with the hallow auxiliary members, drying the applied bonding material and then detaching the hollow auxiliary members to obtain a honeycomb block body, and grinding an outer peripheral portion of a resultant honeycomb block body to obtain a honeycomb structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kamei
  • Patent number: 8394221
    Abstract: A fluid-filled may include including an outer barrier, a tensile member, and a fluid. The tensile member may be located within barrier and formed from a textile element that includes a pair of spaced layers joined by a plurality of connecting members. A method of manufacturing the chamber may include locating a textile tensile member between two polymer elements. Pressure and heat are applied to the tensile member and the polymer elements in a first area and in a second area. The pressure is greater in the first area than in the second area. In addition, the polymer elements are bonded together around a periphery of the tensile member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Rapaport, Darren C. Davison
  • Patent number: 8394222
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing an FC component with at least one distributing device for placing at least band-shaped material onto a surface of a tool mold or semi-finished product for manufacturing the FC component, wherein the device has at least one bogie truck that carries the distributing device and a guide way that runs around the surface at least partially in its circumferential direction, on which the bogie truck for traversing the distributing device can be moved relative to the surface, as well as a method for manufacturing a fiber composite component and a component fabricated according to such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Rettig
  • Patent number: 8394223
    Abstract: A pressing apparatus is provided for depositing a sliver on a surface with a first segment and at least one second segment that can respectively roll along the surface. The pressing apparatus furthermore features an assembly frame for holding the segments. The first segment features a first rolling element and a suspension apparatus and the second segment features a second rolling element. The suspension apparatus is designed for attaching the first segment to the assembly frame and for rotatably mounting the first rolling element on the assembly frame. The suspension apparatus is designed for allowing a relative movement between the first rolling element and the second rolling element in a radial direction of the first rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Marcel Genssen
  • Patent number: 8394224
    Abstract: Layered nanostructures are constructed by imprinting material with a mold, while selectively modifying and removing a portion of the mold. The mold, which includes a pattern of features, is modified so that the portion of the mold that includes the features is made chemically and/or physically distinct from the rest of the mold. That portion of the mold that includes the features is retained while the rest of the mold is removed. The retained portion of the mold provides mechanical support for any adjoining layer or layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Fahhad H. Alharbi, John D. Bass, Ho-Cheol Kim, Robert D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8394225
    Abstract: Two stacked bodies, each having a metal layer provided on a first metallic foil with carrier via a first insulating layer, are prepared. The first metallic foil with carrier has a metallic foil provided on a carrier plate via a peeling layer. A joined body is formed by jointing the stacked bodies such that the carrier plates are joined via a joining layer. First conductor patterns are formed by patterning the metal layers on both sides of the joined body. Second metallic foils with carrier are provided to the first conductor patterns of the joined body such that the first conductor patterns are opposed to the metallic foils via second insulating layers. Two substrates are formed by peeling the carrier plates with carrier from the peeling layers. Second conductor patterns which are connected electrically to the first conductor patterns are formed from the metallic foils of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Tomoko Yamada
  • Patent number: 8394226
    Abstract: A composite friction unit of a three dimensional composite body is formed of a substantially uniform array of predominately glass strands of primary reinforcing fibers in matrix of phenolic resin material, the reinforcing fibers in the form of fabric distributed throughout the body forming a friction unit having a predetermined size and configuration and uniform distribution and alignment of fibers throughout. An alternate friction unit includes a substantially rigid or rigid backing co-pultruded in forming the unit. The units are produced in a pultrusion process wherein the reinforcing fibers and matrix are pulled through a forming die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Benjamin V. Booher
  • Patent number: 8394227
    Abstract: A surface-coating material includes a double-bond-containing, OH-functional component A and a double-bond-containing, NCO-functional component B, having the following properties: Component A: solids fraction between 30% and 100% by weight, double-bond density between 2 eq/kg and 5 eq/kg (at a solids fraction of 100%), and OH content between 4% and 7% by weight, and Component B: solids fraction between 30% and 100% by weight, double-bond density between 1 eq/kg and 4 eq/kg (at a solids fraction of 100%), and NCO content of between 4% and 7% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Karl Wörwag Lack-und Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Terry Djunaidi, Helge Warta