Patents Issued in July 15, 2014
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Patent number: 8778540Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional electrochemical energy storage system is provided on an aerogel or nanotube scaffold. An anode, separator, cathode, and cathodic current collector are deposited on the aerogel or nanotube scaffold.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Joseph Collin Farmer, Michael Stadermann
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Patent number: 8778541Abstract: A negative electrode used for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery having nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing lithium ion includes a metal carbon composite material. The metal carbon composite material has a porous carbon material having cavities, and a metal material made of metal to reversibly store or emit lithium ion. The metal material is arranged on a surface of the porous carbon material including inner surfaces of the cavities. The porous carbon material has a mass of 1-65 mass % when the metal carbon composite material is defined to have a mass of 100 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Denso Corporation, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes of Natural SciencesInventors: Kouhei Yamamoto, Norikazu Adachi, Hisashi Umemoto, Manabu Yamada, Yasuyuki Ooba, Nobuyuki Nishi, Shigenori Numao
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Patent number: 8778542Abstract: A conventional, multilayer, all-solid-state, lithium ion secondary battery where an electrode layer and an electrolyte layer are stacked has a problem that it has a high interface resistance between the electrode layer and the electrolyte layer and has a difficulty in increasing the capacity of the battery. A battery has been manufactured by applying pastes of a mixture of an active material and a solid electrolyte to form electrode layers and baking a laminate of electrode layers and electrolyte layers at a time. As a result, a matrix structure including the active material and the solid electrolyte has been formed in the electrode layers, so that a battery with a large capacity and a reduced interface resistance between the electrode layer and the electrolyte layer has been successfully achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Namics CorporationInventors: Shoichi Iwaya, Hiroshi Sato, Takayuki Fujita, Gou Toida
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Patent number: 8778543Abstract: A sulfide-based lithium-ion-conducting solid electrolyte glass is formed from sulfide-based lithium-ion-conducting solid electrolyte, and ?-alumina.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuji Shinohara, Takeo Kawase, Shigeo Kondo
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Patent number: 8778544Abstract: Disclosed is a battery with terminal, including a power generating element and a housing can accommodating the power generating element. The power generating element includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a material mixture including a negative electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode active material contains an amorphous Si phase, and the binder includes a polyacrylic acid. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, and the non-aqueous solvent contains vinylethylene carbonate. The housing can has at least one lead terminal welded thereto. The molar ratio of the vinylethylene carbonate to the amorphous Si phase in the negative electrode active material is 0.09 to 0.17.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshie Wata, Tadayoshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8778545Abstract: A system and method are provided for boosting overall performance of a fuel cell while simultaneously separating a nearly pure stream of CO2 for sequestration or for use in generating electrical power to further increase overall efficiency of the process. The system and method employ a heat exchanger system configured to generate a stream of fuel that is returned to the inlet of the fuel cell anode with a higher molar concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) fuel than was initially present in the fuel cell anode outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Matthew Alexander Lehar, Andrew Philip Shapiro, Bruce Philip Biederman, Vitali Victor Lissianski, Andrew Maxwell Peter, Matthew Joseph Alinger, Laura Michele Hudy, Roger Allen Shisler
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Patent number: 8778546Abstract: A cell suitable for use in a battery according to one embodiment includes a catalytic oxygen cathode; a stabilized zirconia electrolyte for selective oxygen anion transport; a molten salt electrolyte; and a lithium-based anode. A cell suitable for use in a battery according to another embodiment includes a catalytic oxygen cathode; an electrolyte; a membrane selective to molecular oxygen; and a lithium-based anode.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.Inventor: Joseph C. Farmer
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Patent number: 8778547Abstract: A power generating system of the present invention includes: a package (70); a power generator (1); a combustible gas passage (23); a first device configured to operate by a first voltage using a DC power generated by the power generator (1); a second power supply circuit (13) configured to generate the DC power of the first voltage; a first connecting unit (8) arranged between the first device and the second power supply circuit (13); a control circuit (7) configured to control the first device using the DC power of the first voltage; and a first power supply circuit (11) configured to generate a power of a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and the package (70) is divided by a dividing wall (71) into a first space (72) in which the power generator (1), the combustible gas passage (23), the first device, the first connecting unit (8), and the control circuit (7) are arranged and a second space (73) in which the first power supply circuit (11) and the second power supply circuit (13) are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hidetoshi Takubo, Motomichi Katou
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Patent number: 8778548Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid delivery head for an electrochemical cell, for example a fuel cell. The delivery head combines the inlets and outlets of the lines for delivering the fluids, notably hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen delivery line feeds an active part of the fuel cell and includes a cavity in communication with a discharge pipe via a solenoid valve. The invention performs several functions with a minimum of elements and with reduced bulk.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SAInventors: Sadok Garnit, Francis Roy, Guillaume Joncquet, Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier
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Patent number: 8778549Abstract: An IR resistance of each of unit cells is measured, and a highest unit cell voltage as a threshold voltage is set based on the IR resistance and load current. The setting of the highest unit cell voltage uses map data that approximates current-voltage characteristics of a unit cell when the fuel gas is insufficiently supplied. In that case, the highest unit cell voltage is determined based on the voltage with respect to the load current obtained from the map data, and the IR loss calculated from the IR resistance and the load current. This highest unit cell voltage is compared with the measured unit cell voltage. If the unit cell voltage is below the highest unit cell voltage, the power generation of the fuel cell is stopped or restrained.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyuki Kumei, Manabu Kato
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Patent number: 8778550Abstract: Battery of fuel cells comprises at least one stack of interconnected flat two-sided fuel cells arranged inside the thermally insulated chamber. Each two-sided cell is made in a form of a ceramic plate with individual connections for the supply and drainage of fluids and electric power output, and is equipped with the central ceramic anode structure with high electrical conductivity which, on both sides, has channels formed for distribution of fuel and operating channels covered with operating anode layers, which are then covered with solid electrolyte layers, cathode layers and cathode conductive layers. Each two-sided cell (DFC) makes mechanical contact with the neighboring two-sided cells (DFC) with flexible separators which enable transfer of the fuel and catalytic combustion products. Furthermore, inside the thermally insulated chamber, temperature-controlling elements are located, such as heaters, heat absorbers and devices forcing air circulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza Im. Stanislawa StaszicaInventors: Zbigniew Magonski, Barbara Dziurdzia
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Patent number: 8778551Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a flow control device that controls a supply of a first phase fluid flowing through the fuel cell stack. A controller monitors at least one parameter of the fuel cell stack and controls the supply to generate pulses of reactant when the at least one parameter crosses a threshold to flush a second phase fluid from said fuel cell stack.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ivan Daryl Chapman, Charles Mackintosh, Pinkhas A. Rapaport
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Patent number: 8778552Abstract: An automotive or other power system including a flow cell, in which the stack that provides power is readily isolated from the storage vessels holding the cathode slurry and anode slurry (alternatively called “fuel”) is described. A method of use is also provided, in which the “fuel” tanks are removable and are separately charged in a charging station, and the charged fuel, plus tanks, are placed back in the vehicle or other power system, allowing fast refueling. The technology also provides a charging system in which discharged fuel is charged. The charged fuel can be placed into storage tanks at the power source or returned to the vehicle. In some embodiments, the charged fuel in the storage tanks can be used at a later date. The charged fuel can be transported or stored for use in a different place or time.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, Ricardo Bazzarella
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Patent number: 8778553Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and an anode side metal separator and a cathode side metal separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen-containing gas flows in an oxygen-containing gas flow field in a horizontal direction. A coolant flows in a coolant flow field in a vertical direction. The coolant flow field is connected to coolant supply passages and coolant discharge passages. The opening of one of the coolant supply passages and the opening of one of the coolant discharge passages are smaller than those of the other coolant supply passages and the other coolant discharge passages in cross section, respectively. Thus, the flow rate of the coolant supplied to an area near outlets of the oxygen-containing gas flow field and the fuel gas flow field become smaller than the flow rate of the coolant supplied to the other area.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Mohri, Kentaro Nagoshi, Masaru Oda
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Patent number: 8778554Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and a first separator and a second separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly has a resin frame member, and an inlet buffer is provided on the resin frame member adjacent to the fuel gas supply passage. The inlet buffer includes a first buffer area adjacent to the fuel gas supply passage and a second buffer area adjacent to a fuel gas flow field. The opening dimension of the first buffer area in a stacking direction is larger than the opening dimension of the second buffer area in the stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei Goto, Narutoshi Sugita, Kentaro Ishida, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 8778555Abstract: A fuel cell element including an assembly of a membrane, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and a mechanism holding the assembly together, which forms a peripheral support thereof and that includes an electrical connection and a mechanism for circulation of fluid and for supply of the fluid into the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternativesInventor: Pascal Tiquet
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Patent number: 8778556Abstract: A method of fuelling an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell comprises providing a fuel rich in carbon monoxide to an anode region, after the fuel has contacted a water gas shift reaction catalyst in the region of the anode, so that the water gas shift reaction occurs due to the presence of residual water in the fuel, and/or steam produced at the anode. A fuel cell assembly comprises a gas impermeable electrolyte between an anode and a cathode, first means for the supply of oxidant to the cathode, and second means for the supply of fuel to the anode that comprises a water gas shift reaction catalyst to catalyse the water gas shift reaction between carbon monoxide in the fuel and water/steam occurring as a residual in the fuel or from the reaction at the anode. A method also applies a catalyst to a metal substrate by ink-jet printing.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ceres Intellectual Property Company LimitedInventors: Robert Leah, Karim El Koury, Martin Schmidt
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Patent number: 8778557Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween. The anode includes an anode catalyst layer laminated on one principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode diffusion layer laminated on the anode catalyst layer. The cathode includes a cathode catalyst layer laminated on the other principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode diffusion layer laminated on the cathode catalyst layer. At least one of the anode and cathode diffusion layers includes a conductive porous substrate, a porous composite layer laminated on the conductive porous substrate at the catalyst layer side, and a modified layer disposed on the porous composite layer at the catalyst layer side. The porous composite layer includes a conductive carbon material, and a first water-repellent resin material. The modified layer includes a second water-repellent resin material having a needle-like shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Hideyuki Ueda
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Patent number: 8778558Abstract: Methods of making an integrated subgasket assembly, a unitized electrode assembly, an integrated fuel cell assembly, and products thereof. The methods include forming the subgasket by providing a base sheet having an initial thickness, stretching a first region of the base sheet a first distance, and forming an active area window in the base sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Rock, Steven G. Goebel, Glenn W. Skala
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Patent number: 8778559Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell preventing formation of a diffusion layer containing Ca and other elements, and having an excellent power generation performance at low temperature by preventing breakdown of a crystal structure of an electrolyte by firing. Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell which includes a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode, each being sequentially laminated on the surface of a porous support. The porous support contains forsterite, and further has a calcium element (Ca) content of more than 0.2 mass % but not more than 2 mass % in terms of CaO.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Toto Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Ando, Seiki Furuya, Yutaka Momiyama, Kiyoshi Hayama, Osamu Okamoto, Naoki Watanabe, Nobuo Isaka, Masaki Sato
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Patent number: 8778560Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a method for fabricating a symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell is described. The method includes synthesizing a composition comprising perovskite and applying the composition on an electrolyte support to form both an anode and a cathode.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: University of South CarolinaInventors: Fanglin Chen, Qiang Liu
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Patent number: 8778561Abstract: An electrocatalytic polymer-based powder has particles of at least one electronically conductive polymer species in which particles are dispersed of at least one catalytic redox species, in which the particles of the polymer species and of the catalytic species are of nanometric dimension.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.Inventors: Raffaele Vecchione, Giuseppe Mensitieri, Anna Borriello
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Patent number: 8778562Abstract: A method of depositing a thin gold coating on bipolar plate substrates for use in fuel cells includes depositing a gold coating onto at least one surface of the bipolar plate substrate followed by annealing the gold coating at a temperature between about 200° C. to 500° C. The annealed gold coating has a reduced porosity in comparison with a coating which has not been annealed, and provides improved corrosion resistance to the underlying metal comprising the bipolar plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Michael P. Balogh, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Nicholas P. Irish, Misle M. Tessema, Daniel P. Miller, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid
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Patent number: 8778563Abstract: A nanoconverter or nanosensor is disclosed capable of directly generating electricity through physisorption interactions with molecules that are dipole containing organic species in a molecule interaction zone. High surface-to-volume ratio semiconductor nanowires or nanotubes (such as ZnO, silicon, carbon, etc.) are grown either aligned or randomly-aligned on a substrate. Epoxy or other nonconductive polymers are used to seal portions of the nanowires or nanotubes to create molecule noninteraction zones. By correlating certain molecule species to voltages generated, a nanosensor may quickly identify which species is detected. Nanoconverters in a series parallel arrangement may be constructed in planar, stacked, or rolled arrays to supply power to nano- and micro-devices without use of external batteries. In some cases breath, from human or other life forms, contain sufficient molecules to power a nanoconverter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Yinmin Wang, Xianying Wang, Alex V. Hamza
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Patent number: 8778564Abstract: Disclosed is a unit cell of a honeycomb-type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having a plurality of channels. The channels include cathode channels and anode channels. The cathode channels and anode channels are set up alternately in the unit cell. A collector is installed inside each of the cathode channels and the anode channels, and a packing material is packed into the channels having the collector. Disclosed also is a stack including the unit cells and methods for manufacturing the unit cell and the stack.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Korean Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Sung Pil Yoon, Tae Hoon Lim, Seong Ahn Hong, In Hwan Oh, Suk-Woo Nam, Jonghee Han, Jong Pil Jeong, Kwang Soo Lee, Yeong Cheon Kim, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Eun Ae Cho, Soo-Kil Kim, Sang Yeop Lee
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Patent number: 8778565Abstract: An interconnector material having a high degree of densification, a unit cell for a solid oxide fuel cell that has a high degree of gas tightness at the contact interface between the electrolyte and the interconnector, and a solid oxide fuel cell having superior reliability are provided in an inexpensive manner. A material for a solid oxide fuel cell interconnector, comprising (SrxE1-x)TiO3 (wherein x satisfies 0.01?x?0.5, and E represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of La, Pr, Nd, Sm and Gd) and Al2O3, wherein the Al2O3 content relative to the (SrxE1-x)TiO3 is not less than 2 mol % and not more than 10 mol %.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Mineaki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Tsukuda, Shigenori Koga, Norihisa Matake
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Patent number: 8778566Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a metal steel separator for fuel cells that has corrosion resistance and contact resistance not only at an initial stage but also after being exposed to high temperature/high humidity conditions in the fuel cell for a long period of time. The method includes preparing a stainless steel sheet as a matrix of the metal separator, forming a discontinuous coating film on the surface of the stainless steel sheet, the coating film being composed of at least one selected from gold (Au), platinum (Pt), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), ruthenium oxide (RuO2), and iridium oxide (IrO2), and heat treating the stainless steel sheet having the discontinuous coating film to form an oxide film on a portion of the stainless steel sheet on which the coating film is not formed. A metal separator for fuel cells manufactured by the method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hyundai HyscoInventors: Yoo-Taek Jeon, Ki-Jung Kim
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Patent number: 8778567Abstract: A bipolar plate used in a fuel cell and a method of making a bipolar plate. The sheet is made from a ferritic or austenitic stainless steel, and defines an undulated surface pattern such that the patterned sheet may be formed into the bipolar plate. In one configuration, a stamping or related metal forming tool operation will further deform the patterned sheet into the bipolar plate shape such that the wall thickness is substantially uniform throughout the surface. In this way, there is a substantial reduction in stretching/thinning/necking at an intersection between bends and side walls that define the undulations of the pattern. In one form, the pattern defines a repeating serpentine shape. In a particular embodiment, the bends may include surface modifications to reduce the effects of sheet-to-tool misalignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Siguang Xu, Steven J. Spencer, John R. Bradley, Gerald W. Fly, Arianna T. Morales
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Patent number: 8778568Abstract: An optical data storage medium is provided. The optical data storage medium includes a polymer matrix; a reactant capable of undergoing a change upon triplet excitation, thereby causing a refractive index change; and a non-linear sensitizer capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to said reactant. The refractive index change capacity of the medium is at least about 0.005. The non-linear sensitizer comprises a triarylmethane dye.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arunkumar Natarajan, Patrick Joseph McCloskey, Eugene Pauling Boden, Kwok Pong Chan, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Evgenia Mikhailovna Kim
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Patent number: 8778569Abstract: There is provided a pellicle having a pellicle frame on which an adhesive layer for attaching the pellicle onto a photo mask is made from a room temperature curable two-part adhesive, so that a formation of the adhesive layer is carried out without heating. The room temperature curable two-part adhesive dispensed on the pellicle frame is not heated for curing.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun Horikoshi
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Patent number: 8778570Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photomask includes a substrate, a film portion, a pattern, and a plurality of detection marks. The film portion is provided on a surface of the substrate. The film portion has a light transmittance lower than light transmittance of the substrate. The pattern is provided in a surface of the film portion. The pattern is configured to be transferred to a transfer target. The plurality of detection marks is provided in the film portion, with intensity of light transmitted through the detection marks being suppressed so as to suppress transfer the detection marks to the transfer target.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kentaro Okuda, Yosuke Okamoto, Takaki Hashimoto, Hidenori Sato
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Patent number: 8778571Abstract: Techniques for easily fabricating defect-free EUV masks with good yield are provided. A method of manufacturing an EUV mask according to the present invention includes the steps of: carrying out a defect inspection after depositing a multilayer film on a substrate; if a defect is found in the defect inspection, determining whether the defect is a recessed defect, a protruded defect, or defects in which the recessed defect and the protruded defect are mixed, and if the defects are the mixed defects of the recessed defect and the protruded defect, determining the relation in size between the defects; and depositing an additional multilayer film on the multilayer film while changing a film forming method in accordance with the results of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Toshihiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 8778572Abstract: According to one embodiment, a photomask includes a mask substrate transparent to light, a light shielding pattern formed on the mask substrate, and a thin film portion that is provided at a part of the light shielding pattern and is thinned to have a higher light transmittance than the light shielding pattern, in which the thin film portion is arranged with respect to a light shielding pattern that is sensitive to a focus shift so that a sensitivity becomes stable and is not arranged with respect to a light shielding pattern whose sensitivity to a focus shift is stable.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuya Fukuhara, Shingo Kanamitsu
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Patent number: 8778573Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of transparent electrode and mask thereof. The method includes: forming a film on a glass substrate, and coating photo-resist on film; irradiating photo-resist through mask, wherein the mask at corresponding active area of liquid crystal panel forming, from outer area to inner area, at least a first area and a second area, gap of pattern corresponding to transparent electrode in first area being first gap, gap of pattern in second area being second gap, first gap being greater than corresponding default gap, difference between first gap and corresponding default gap being greater than difference between second gap and corresponding default gap: and performing photolithography and etching processes on substrate after exposure to form transparent electrodes on substrate. As such, the present invention can reduce gap errors of formed transparent electrodes in entire active area to improve display effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng-hung Chen, Zui Wang
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Patent number: 8778574Abstract: A method and apparatus for etching photomasks are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of etching an ARC layer or an absorber layer disposed on a photomask includes transferring a film stack into an etching chamber, the film stack having an ARC layer or an absorber layer partially exposed through a patterned layer, providing a gas mixture including at least one fluorine containing gas in to a processing chamber, applying a source RF power to form a plasma from the gas mixture, applying a first type of RF bias power to the substrate for a first period of time, applying a second type of RF bias power away from the substrate for a second period of time, and etching the ARC layer or the absorber layer through the patterned layer in the presence of the plasma.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Keven Yu, Madhavi Chandrachood, Amitabh Sabharwal, Ajay Kumar
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Patent number: 8778575Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a resin, a compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the resin is manufactured by polymerizing at least a monomer having a dipole moment of 2.0 or more as a copolymerization component, a color filter using the same and a manufacturing method therefor, and a solid image pickup element.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taeko Nakashima, Yushi Kaneko
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Patent number: 8778576Abstract: In an exposure method, a photomask and a substrate having a resist applied thereto are positioned so as to be opposed to a blinking light source that repeatedly emits light and emits no light. The blinking light source is caused to blink with the substrate being continuously conveyed in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which openings in the photomask are aligned, so that multiple exposures are intermittently performed. In each exposure, a speed at which the substrate is conveyed is controlled such that the openings of the photomask overlap a portion of exposed patterns having been obtained by an immediately preceding exposure, thereby obtaining colored layers which are formed into a striped-shape and extend in the direction in which the substrate is conveyed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Matsui, Kaoru Hatta
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Patent number: 8778577Abstract: A colored composition including at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a tautomer thereof. In formula (I), R2 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, R7 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, Ma represents a metal or a metal compound, X3 and X4 each independently represent NR, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent NRc, a nitrogen atom, or a carbon atom, Rc represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, and R8 and R9 each independently represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or the like. Z represents an atomic group that forms a nitrogen-containing ring having a specific structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Daisuke Sasaki
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Patent number: 8778578Abstract: A toner set for electrophotography, including a black toner; a yellow toner; a magenta toner; a cyan toner; and a bright yellow toner, wherein the magenta toner includes a magenta colorant mainly including C.I. Pigment Red 122, the yellow toner has a hue angle of from 93 to 100° and the bright yellow toner has a hue angle of from 60 to 85° in L*a*b* color system.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita
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Patent number: 8778579Abstract: Provided is a laminate type electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electrically conductive substrate, and an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a charge transport layer sequentially disposed on the electrically conductive substrate, in which a characteristic response time of the photoreceptor is about 10 msec or more and about 85 msec or less and a thickness of the charge transport layer is greater than about 18 ?m and equal to or less than about 45 ?m. Also, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and an electrophotographic cartridge using the electrophotographic photoreceptor are provided. An electrophotographic photoreceptor according to the present general inventive concept has an improved response time and thus, charge stain characteristics are excellent even when a thick charge transport layer is selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ji-uk Kim
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Patent number: 8778580Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a specific conductive layer and promising less variation in light-area potential and residual potential in reproducing images repeatedly, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such an electrophotographic photosensitive member are provided. Where a test in which a voltage of ?1.0 kV having only a DC voltage component is continuously applied to the conductive layer for 1 hour is conducted, the conductive layer has volume resistivity satisfying the following mathematical expressions (1) and (2), as values before and after the test: ?2.00?(log|?2|?log|?1|)?2.00??(1), and 1.0×108??1?2.0×1013??(2), where, in the expressions (1) and (2), ?1 is volume resistivity (?·cm) of the conductive layer as measured before the test and ?2 is volume resistivity (?·cm) of the conductive layer as measured after the test.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruyuki Tsuji, Atsushi Fujii, Hideaki Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8778581Abstract: A toner is provided that exhibits a high long-term image stability even during high-speed printing and that also exhibits an excellent environmental stability. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the nonionic surfactant has an oxyethylene group (EO) and an oxypropylene group (PO) and has a ratio of the number of moles of the oxypropylene group to the number of moles of the oxyethylene group (PO/EO) of at least 0.01 and not more than 5.00; and when A (?g/g) is defined as a nonionic surfactant content on the surface of the toner that can be extracted by methanol from 1 g of the toner and B (m2/g) is defined as a theoretical specific surface area determined from a toner particle diameter distribution obtained by a precision particle diameter distribution analyzer that operates based on an aperture electrical resistance method, a ratio A/B is at least 100 ?g/m2 and not more than 9000 ?g/m2.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuyuki Nonaka, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Naoya Isono, Akira Sugiyama, Yuhei Terui
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Patent number: 8778582Abstract: A toner having charge control agents which impart excellent triboelectric charging characteristics. In embodiments, the toner particles are made by a process in which the toner particles are made without a shell which provides homogenous distribution of the charge control agents, providing a toner with higher charge and better environmental stability.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Maura A. Sweeney, Robert D. Bayley, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Brian S. Wang
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Patent number: 8778583Abstract: A toner including a mother particle and an external additive covering a surface of the mother particle is provided. The mother particle includes a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The external additive includes a particulate cellulose having a number average particle diameter within a range of 15 to 105 nm.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Ishii, Toyoshi Sawada
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Patent number: 8778584Abstract: The present disclosure provides toners and methods for their production. In embodiments, the amount of coagulant utilized in producing those toners may be less than amounts currently in use, which may have a beneficial effect by reducing the time for coalescence. Modified waxes may also be utilized which provide excellent gloss and charging characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Mark E. Mang, Grazyna Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Maura A. Sweeney, Timothy L. Lincoln
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Patent number: 8778585Abstract: A toner with good low-temperature fixability even in light-pressure type fixing units, which causes no contamination of fixing films and provides images having stable image densities and excellent image quality after long-term use. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin, a coloring agent, a release agents (a) and (b) The release agent (a) is a monofunctional or bifunctional ester wax; the release agent (b) is a hydrocarbon wax; a solubility of the release agent (a) into the binder resin is higher than that of the release agent (b). When tetrahydrofuran-soluble components of the toner are subjected to GPC, a proportion of components having a molecular weight of 500 or less is 2.5 area % or less. When the tetrahydrofuran-soluble components at 25° C. are subjected to SEC-MALLS, a weight-average molecular weight Mw thereof is 5,000-100,000, and the Mw and the radius of gyration Rw thereof satisfy 5.0×10?4?Rw/Mw?1.0×10?2.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Matsui, Michihisa Magome, Tomohisa Sano, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura
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Patent number: 8778586Abstract: A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shinya Obara, Tatsuya Nagase, Noboru Ueda, Junya Onishi, Tatsuya Fujisaki, Kenshi Miyajima
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Patent number: 8778587Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image, including a particulate core material having a magnetism having developed spontaneous magnetization; and a covering layer comprising an electroconductive material, covering the surface of the particulate core material, wherein the carrier has an electrical resistivity Log R [?cm] of from 8.0 to 12.0 when measured by a method, including filling the carrier in a cell containing a pair of facing electrodes, each having a surface area of 2×4 [cm2] with a gap of 2 [mm] therebetween; and applying a DC voltage of 1,000 [V] therebetween to measure a DC resistivity, and a weight-average particle diameter (Dw) of from 25 to 45 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kimitoshi Yamaguchi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Toyoshi Sawada, Hiroshi Tohmatsu, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Toyoaki Tano
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Patent number: 8778588Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a low molecular weight resin component, where the low molecular weight resin component has a resin softening coefficient (A), represented by the following formula (1), satisfying A>0.165, and has storage elastic modulus (dyne/cm2) G?(Tfb) satisfying G?(Tfb)?1×104 where Tfb is a flow onset temperature (° C.) of the low molecular weight resin component as measured by a capillary rheometer: A=|[(r1)?ln G?(r2)]/(T1?T2)|??Formula (1) (where T1 is temperature (° C.) at which storage elastic modulus G?(r1) is 1×105 (dyne/cm2) and T2 is temperature (° C.) at which storage elastic modulus G?(r2) is 1×103 (dyne/cm2) as measured by means of a viscoelasticity measuring device with measuring frequency of 1 Hz, and measuring distortion of 1 deg; and | | represents an absolute value.).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Teruki Kusahara, Junichi Awamura, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hyo Shu, Tomomi Suzuki, Osamu Uchinokura, Takahiro Honda, Satoshi Kojima, Satoshi Ogawa, Daisuke Inoue, Koshi Sato, Daisuke Ito, Ryuuta Yoshida, Syouko Satoh
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Patent number: 8778589Abstract: The electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques that produces a three-dimensional optical waveguide electrographically. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Donna P. Suchy