Patents Issued in January 6, 2015
  • Patent number: 8926745
    Abstract: A method for preparing a low dielectric constant (low k) material and a film thereof is provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate is first put into a plasma generating reaction system, and a carrier gas carrying a carbon and fluorine containing silicon dioxide precursor is then introduced into the plasma generating reaction system, so that the carbon and fluorine containing silicon dioxide precursor is formed on the substrate. After that, the carbon and fluorine containing silicon dioxide precursor is converted to a low k material film through heating; meanwhile, a stress of the low k material film is eliminated such that the film has a more compact structure. By means of these steps the carbon and fluorine containing silicon dioxide precursor is still capable of forming a low k material film of silicon dioxide containing a large amount of fluorocarbon, even under various different atmospheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nanmat Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jye Chu, Chih-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8926746
    Abstract: Flaky particles of the present invention have a particle size distribution in which a value of D90/D10 is at least 2.0 but not more than 3.0, a value of D10 is at least 4.7 ?m but not more than 25 ?m, and a maximum particle diameter is 90 ?m or less, where D10 is defined as a particle diameter at which a cumulative volume of particles reaches 10% when counted from the smaller side, and D90 is defined as a particle diameter at which a cumulative volume of particles reaches 90% when counted from the smaller side. A luster pigment of the present invention contains flaky particles and at least one selected from a metallic layer and a metallic oxide layer that are formed on at least a part of the surface of each of the flaky particles. The luster pigment has a particle size distribution in which a value of D90/D10 is at least 2.0 but not more than 3.0, a value of D10 is at least 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Wakamiya
  • Patent number: 8926747
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of coating dispersions for use in the paper industry by co-grinding natural calcium carbonate (GCC) and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), characterized in that powdery GCC is co-ground with a slurry containing from 5 to 70% by weight of PCC to obtain a particle size distribution of the calcium carbonate with at least 90% by weight of smaller than 5 ?m, at least 70% by weight of smaller than 2 ?m, and at least 20% by weight of smaller than 1 ?m, with a weight average particle size within a range of from 0.7 to 3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha Calcit Fullstoff Gesellschaft MGH
    Inventor: Dieter Münchow
  • Patent number: 8926748
    Abstract: A matting agent useful for the preparation of matted coatings comprising, inorganic oxide particulates; and wax coated on the inorganic oxide particulates, wherein the wax possesses a crystallinity of about 50% or more and said wax is present in an amount ranging from 15 wt % to 30 wt % based on a total weight of said matting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Grace GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Lehnert, Markus Kretzschmar
  • Patent number: 8926749
    Abstract: A method for recharging a crucible with polycrystalline silicon comprises adding flowable chips to a crucible used in a Czochralski-type process. Flowable chips are polycrystalline silicon particles made from polycrystalline silicon prepared by a chemical vapor deposition process, and flowable chips have a controlled particle size distribution, generally nonspherical morphology, low levels of bulk impurities, and low levels of surface impurities. Flowable chips can be added to the crucible using conventional feeder equipment, such as vibration feeder systems and canister feeder systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hemlock Semi Conductor
    Inventors: Arvid Neil Arvidson, Terence Lee Horstman, Michael John Molnar, Chris Tim Schmidt, Roger Dale Spencer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8926750
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing ZnO, comprising continuously circulating a growth solution that is saturated with ZnO between a warmer deposition zone, which contains a substrate or seed, and a cooler dissolution zone, which is contains ZnO source material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jacob J. Richardson, Frederick F. Lange
  • Patent number: 8926751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas flow guiding device for use in a crystal-growing furnace. The gas flow guiding device has an insulation layer enclosing a crucible, a gas inlet mounted in the upper insulation layer, and a gas exit formed in the lateral insulation layer. A plurality of guide plates are radially arranged around the opening of the gas inlet, so that the free surface of the melt is blown by the guided gas flow in such a manner that the gas flow takes the impurity away from the free surface efficiently. As a result, the crystal ingot obtained by solidifying the melt will exhibit a reduced concentration of impurities and an improved crystal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Central University
    Inventors: Jyh-Chen Chen, Ying-Yang Teng, Chung-Wei Lu, Hsueh-I Chen
  • Patent number: 8926752
    Abstract: There is provided a method capable of obtaining an aluminum-based group III nitride crystal layer having a smooth surface and high crystallinity by employing only HVPE in which inexpensive raw materials can be used to reduce production costs and high-speed film formation is possible without employing MOVPE. To produce a group III nitride crystal by HVPE comprising the step of growing a group III nitride crystal layer by vapor-phase growth on a single crystal substrate by contacting the heated single crystal substrate with a raw material gas containing a group III halide and a compound having a nitrogen atom, the group III nitride crystal is grown by vapor-phase growth on the single crystal substrate heated at a temperature of 1,000° C. or more and less than 1,200° C. to form an intermediate layer and then, a group III nitride crystal is further grown by vapor-phase growth on the intermediate layer on the substrate heated at a temperature of 1,200° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Tokuyama Corporation, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Akinori Koukitu, Yoshinao Kumagai, Toru Nagashima, Kazuya Takada, Hiroyuki Yanagi
  • Patent number: 8926753
    Abstract: Material gas hits the outer peripheral surface of a dam member and rides on the upper surface side, and then is allowed to flow along the main surface of a silicon single-crystal substrate placed on a susceptor. An upper lining member is disposed above the dam member so as to face the dam member. A gas introducing clearance is formed between the dam member and the upper lining member. In a vapor growth device, the upper lining member is regulated in size so that the length, formed in a direction along the horizontal reference line, of the gas introducing clearance gradually decreases as it is away from the horizontal reference line or is kept constant at any position. A vapor growth device capable of making more uniform the flowing route of a material gas flowing on the silicon single-crystal substrate, and a production method for an epitaxial wafer are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 8926754
    Abstract: A susceptor for use in an epitaxial growth apparatus and method where a plurality of circular through-holes are formed in the bottom wall of a pocket in an outer peripheral region a distance of up to about ½ the radius toward the center of the circular bottom wall. The total opening surface area of these through-holes is 0.05 to 55% of the surface area of the bottom wall. The opening surface area of each of the through-holes provided at this outer peripheral region is 0.2 to 3.2 mm2 and the density of the through-holes is 0.25 to 25 per cm2. After a semiconductor wafer is mounted in the pocket, epitaxial growth is carried out while source gas and carrier gas (i.e., reactive gas) is made to flow on the upper surface side of the susceptor and carrier gas is made to flow on the lower surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishibashi, John F. Krueger, Takayuki Dohi, Daizo Horie, Takashi Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 8926755
    Abstract: A vapor deposition device using a lift-off process includes an evaporation source, a support frame mounted for rotation about a first axis that passes through the evaporation source, a central dome-shaped wafer holder mounted to the support frame wherein a centerpoint of the central dome-shaped wafer holder is aligned with the first axis, an orbital dome-shaped wafer holder mounted to the support frame in a position offset from the first axis and rotatable about a second axis that passes through a centerpoint of the orbital dome-shaped wafer holder and the evaporation source, and a plurality of wafer positions on the central dome-shaped wafer holder and the orbital dome-shaped wafer holder where each of the wafer positions are offset from the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ferrotec (USA) Corporation
    Inventors: Ping Chang, Gregg Wallace
  • Patent number: 8926756
    Abstract: A passing apparatus includes: upper and lower sealing rolls dealing with variations in a thickness of a proceeding strip, the upper and lower sealing rolls allowing the strip to pass; and a strip sealing unit dealing with variations in a width of the proceeding strip, the strip sealing unit cooperating with the upper and lower sealing rolls to seal the proceeding strip passing through a chamber in a state in which the strip sealing unit surrounds the proceeding strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Posco
    Inventors: Dong-Yoeul Lee, Mun-Jong Eom, Kyoung-Bo Kim, Yong-Hwa Jung, Woo-Sung Jung, Young-Jin Kwak, Tae-Yeob Kim, Kyung-Hoon Nam, Sang-Cheol Lee, Sang-Hoon Park, Yang-Woo Nam
  • Patent number: 8926757
    Abstract: The plasma reactor defines a reaction chamber provided with a support for the metallic pieces and an anode-cathode system, and a heating means is mounted externally to said plasma reactor. The plasma process, for a cleaning operation, includes the steps of connecting the support to the grounded anode and the cathode to a negative potential of a power source; feeding an ionizable gaseous charge into the reaction chamber and heating the latter at vaporization temperatures of piece contaminants; applying an electrical discharge to the cathode; and providing the exhaustion of the gaseous charge and contaminants. A subsequent heat treatment includes the steps of: inverting the energization polarity of the anode-cathode system; feeding a new gaseous charge to the reaction chamber and maintaining it heated; applying an electrical discharge to the cathode; and exhausting the gaseous charge from the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool S. A.
    Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder, Gisele Hammes
  • Patent number: 8926758
    Abstract: A composition for removing photoresist and bottom anti-reflective coating from a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The composition may comprise a nontoxic solvent, the nontoxic solvent having a flash point above 80 degrees Celsius and being capable of dissolving acrylic polymer and phenolic polymer. The composition may further comprise Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) mixed with the nontoxic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Indranil De, Anh Duong
  • Patent number: 8926759
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to remove effectively metallic contaminants adhering to the glass substrate surfaces without increasing roughness of the glass substrate surfaces in the glass substrate for a magnetic disk. In a manufacturing method of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, a cleaning step comprising a treatment of contacting the glass substrate with a cleaning liquid containing peroxodisulfate and having a pH of not less than 2 and not more than 4 is appended. In addition, an example of the cleaning liquid can be prepared by adding sodium peroxodisulfate to an acidic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Takuhiro Hirakawa, Yasunari Hirano, Kouichi Tamoto, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8926760
    Abstract: A method of removing at least a portion of an interaction layer on an electrode region of a solar substrate is provided. The method includes a step of providing a solar substrate including an absorbing region and an electrode region. The absorbing region including an absorbing layer configured to convert light energy into electrical energy. The electrode region is substantially free of the absorbing layer, and the electrode region includes an interaction layer. The method also includes a step of brushing the electrode region to remove at least a portion of the interaction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Orthodyne Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Benno Luechinger, Erich Christoph Mueller, Orlando Luis Valentin, Tao Xu
  • Patent number: 8926761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for cleaning semiconductors used in photovoltaic cells and modules, and methods for manufacturing p-n junctions for photovoltaic cells and modules. More particularly, the method comprises providing at least one semiconductor layer of a photovoltaic module and scrubbing the surface of the least one semiconductor layer in the presence of a chemical solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Cheng, Jigish Trivedi
  • Patent number: 8926762
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a movable megasonic wafer probe. A method is disclosed including positioning a movable probe on a wafer surface, the movable probe having an open bottom portion that exposes a portion of the wafer surface; applying a liquid onto the wafer surface through a bottom portion of the movable probe; and moving the movable probe at a predetermined scan speed to traverse the wafer surface, applying the liquid to the wafer surface while moving over the wafer surface. In additional embodiments the method includes providing a transducer for applying megasonic energy to the wafer surface. Apparatus embodiments are disclosed including the movable megasonic wafer probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsueh Chang Chien, Shao-Yen Ku, Ming-Hsi Yeh, Chi-Ming Yang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 8926763
    Abstract: Interior parts of gasoline engines are readily cleaned by a method comprising the steps of connecting an a cleaning liquid supply pipe having a gas supply port thereon airtightly to a port of an intake pipe of the engine below a throttle valve-attached position of the engine; operating the engine to draw cleaning liquid in the form of liquid drop and simultaneously drawing continuously a gas having an oxygen concentration of less than 20 vol. % into the intake pipe; and exhausting the cleaning liquid having been brought into contact with the internal parts of the engine with an exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Toshio Anami, Yuuki Katoh
  • Patent number: 8926764
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a hose handling system having a hose guide plumbed via a wash line to a fluid delivery device. The hose guide includes a pulley installed on a frame member, and a spray nozzle adapted to dispense a wash mixture. The hose guide is adapted to guide a hose as the hose is inserted into or withdrawn from a manhole, with the hose traversing the pulley. The wash mixture can be delivered through a wash line to the hose guide, which sprays the wash mixture on the hose in order to reduce or eliminate gross contamination or microbial contamination on the hose. The wash mixture typically, but not necessarily, has a freezing point below 32 F and includes: a quaternary ammonium compound, an alcohol or glycol, an alcohol ethoxylate, and a fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas P. Suiter
  • Patent number: 8926765
    Abstract: A system for descaling heat exchanger surfaces using a varying concentration of either an acidic or alkaline solution, selecting an optimum pH value for descaling a heat exchanger according to the level of cleaning the heat exchanger requires, monitoring pH value of descaling solution during circulation through a heat exchanger, and adding chemical solution to achieve coincidence of optimum and monitored pH values during descaling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Goodway Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph J Franzino, George M Cruz
  • Patent number: 8926766
    Abstract: Provided is a low yield ratio, high strength and high uniform elongation steel plate having excellent strain ageing resistance equivalent to API 5L X70 Grade or lower and a method for manufacturing the same. In particular, the steel plate contains 0.06% to 0.12% C, 0.01% to 1.0% Si, 1.2% to 3.0% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.08% or less Al, 0.005% to 0.07% Nb, 0.005% to 0.025% Ti, 0.010% or less N, and 0.005% or less O on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The low yield ratio, high strength and high uniform elongation steel plate has a metallographic microstructure that is a two-phase microstructure consisting of bainite and M-A constituent, the area fraction of the M-A constituent being 3% to 20%, the equivalent circle diameter of the M-A constituent being 3.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Nobuo Shikanai
  • Patent number: 8926767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.25 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 ?m or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Teramoto, Hiromasa Takada, Manabu Kubota
  • Patent number: 8926768
    Abstract: A steel for spring includes C: 0.5 to 0.6%, Si: 1.0 to 1.8%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.1 to 1.0%, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.035% or less, by mass %, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, as the overall composition, wherein an area ratio of an internal structure on an optional cross section comprises bainite: 65% or more, retained austenite: 6 to 13%, and a balance of martensite, and average C content in the retained austenite is 0.65 to 1.7%. The steel for spring can have high strength in which tensile strength is 1800 MPa or more and have high ductility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Yoshiki Ono
  • Patent number: 8926769
    Abstract: The present application relates to an alloy for use at high temperature. The invention is characterized in that the alloy consists principally of Ni, Cr and Fe and in that the alloy has a principal composition such that the levels of the elements Fe, Si, C, Nb and Mo lie within the following intervals, given in percentage by weight: Fe 5-13 Si 1-3 C <0.1 Nb <0.2 Mo <1.0 and in that Ni comprises the balance, while its level does not exceed 69% and in that the level of Cr is greater than Cr=15% and in that it is less than the lower of the two values Cr=5*Si?2.5*Fe+42.5 and Cr=25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Rikard Norling
  • Patent number: 8926770
    Abstract: In a cooling a galvanized steel sheet (W), change in emissivity of a surface of the galvanized steel sheet (W) is measured in a temperature range lower than the boiling point of zinc but not lower than the ferrite transformation temperature, using an emissivity sensor (4) with an observation wavelength of 1.4 ?m or longer, and pressing and quenching in a pressing and quenching apparatus (2) is started after completion of an alloying reaction has been detected based on the change in emissivity. The emissivity sensor (4) preferably has an InGaAs element or a thermopile as a measuring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kobayashi, Yasunori Ito, Kazuyuki Kawano, Takashi Yaekura
  • Patent number: 8926771
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing seamless precision steel tubes with improved isotropic toughness at low temperature for hydraulic cylinders comprising the following steps; —(i) providing a steel having a composition comprising 0.06-0.15% by weight of carbon, 0.30-2.5% by weight of Mn, and 0.10-0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tenaris Connections Limited
    Inventors: Gianmario Agazzi, Emanuele Paravicini Bagliani, Andrea Poli
  • Patent number: 8926772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot rolled sheet which is made from austenitic iron/carbon/manganese steel and which has a resistance of greater than 900 MPa, whereby: resistance (MPa) x elongation at rupture (%) is greater than 45000. The chemical composition of the inventive sheet comprises the following concentrations expressed as weight: 0.5%=C=0.7%, 17%=Mn=24%, Si=3%, Al=0.05%, S=0.03%, P=0.08%, N=0.1% and, optionally, one or more elements such as Cr=1%, Mo=0.4%, Ni=1%, Ti=0.5%, Nb=0.5%, V=0.5%, Cu=5%, Cu=5%, the rest of the composition comprising iron and impurities resulting from production. According to the invention, the recrystallised fraction of the steel is greater than 75% and the surface fraction of precipitated carbides of the steel is less than 1.5%, the average grain size of the steel being less than 18 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Usinor
    Inventors: Mohamed Bouzekri, Michel Faral, Colin Scott
  • Patent number: 8926773
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a drive device for a rotor of s carousel door, In addition to a main drive motor (10), which has a main-drive-motor shaft (12), the drive device according to the invention comprises a secondary drive motor (12) with a secondary-drive-motor shaft (22). The main-drive-motor shaft (12) is coupled at least indirectly to the secondary-drive-motor shaft (22, 62) in terms of rotation, and therefore the secondary-drive-motor shaft (22, 62) is coupled to the rotor in terms of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Agtatec AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Peter Aeppli, Samuel Hedinger
  • Patent number: 8926774
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire capable of easily and appropriately winding a sheet lamination body formed by a resin film and an unvulcanized rubber sheet around a shaping drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Suzuki, Takashi Nishiyama, Masami Adachi, Daisaku Takabayashi
  • Patent number: 8926775
    Abstract: A device for bonding of two wafers on one joining surface V of the wafers. The device includes a pressure transfer means with a pressure surface D for applying a bond pressure to the two wafers on the pressure surface D, wherein the pressure surface D is smaller than the joining surface V. The invention also relates to a method for bonding of two wafers on one joining surface V of the two wafers, by pressure transfer means with a pressure surface D for action on the wafers (2, 3), wherein a bond pressure is applied in succession to partial sections of the joining surface V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Erich Thallner
  • Patent number: 8926776
    Abstract: The method for making a reinforced balloon for a balloon catheter involves blending a polymer with a nano composite to form a composite matrix, extruding a parison from the composite matrix, blow molding the parison into a balloon and orienting the nano composite generally axially with respect to the balloon. The balloon formed has a high strength for resisting bursting. The nano composite may be carbon nanotubes, nano-ceramic fibers or a nano clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventor: Oscar Jimenez
  • Patent number: 8926777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an optical sheet comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a transfer film having a single roughened side by coating one side of a first substrate with resin component comprising 100 parts by weight of binder resin and 70 to 130 parts by weight of spherical organic polymer beads, followed by drying; (b) laminating the transfer film preparing in step (a) with an ultraviolet-curable (UV-curable) resin-coated layer, which prepared by coating one side of a second substrate with UV-curable resin, such that the roughened side of the transfer film is facing the UV-curable resin-coated side of the second substrate; and (c) forming a roughened diffusive layer on the single-side of the second substrate having refractive index of 1.41 to 1.59 by curing the laminate obtained in step (b), followed by separating and removing the transfer film, wherein the roughened side of the transfer film has a segment angle of 130 to 150°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: SKC Haas Display Films Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Duck Suh, Hyun Doo Lee, Sang Hun Lee, Kyoung-IL Lee, Jong Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 8926778
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a stage mounted with an organic light emitting display panel and a supporting substrate of the organic light emitting display panel, a porous sheet attachable to and detachable from a thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel, and a porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus configured to be separable from the organic light emitting display panel and to attach and detach the porous sheet to and from the thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel. The porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus is configured to remove an attaching/detaching gas from between the porous sheet and the thin film encapsulation layer to attach the porous sheet to the thin film encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Patent number: 8926779
    Abstract: A hard laminate sheet with flexible hinge for binding into a security document is provided. Hard synthetic material layers are overlaid, sandwiching a flexible material layer having a hinge portion configured for separation from the hard synthetic material layers, and an affixing portion configured to become affixed to the hard synthetic material layers, upon lamination of the overlaid layers. The overlaid layers are laminated to form a laminate sheet having an embedded hinge affixed to the hard synthetic material layers. Score cuttings are made along a score line coinciding with an inner hinge edge on a hinge side which is then flexed until the hard synthetic material layers break along the inner hinge edge. Residual laminate layers are separated from the hinge side to expose the hinge portion of the flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
    Inventors: Barry David Gurberg, Mark William Forest, Ianthe E. M. Patterson, Dennis Curt Buter
  • Patent number: 8926780
    Abstract: A method for reinforcing, baffling or sealing a vehicle structure by providing a die-cut expandable material that enters and seals a cavity or multiple cavities and corners, cracks, or seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffery A. Bradley
  • Patent number: 8926781
    Abstract: The system and method for manufacturing the composite candle wick includes a mechanism for feeding the cotton wick and wood wick at substantially the same speeds. The wood wick is heated in order to cause a melting of a wax coating around the cotton wick and pressure is applied to the wick materials through a compression wheel and drive belt which carries the wick materials. Once the pressure is applied to form the composite wick the wicks are then sent through a cutting tube where a cutting blade will cut the wick to its desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Cagle, Robert W. Brown
  • Patent number: 8926782
    Abstract: A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Rheonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Lincoln C. Young
  • Patent number: 8926783
    Abstract: A composition for a removable top coating for protecting the exposed face of a temporary removable graphic is provided. A remover for the transferred graphic image is provided that completely dissolves the temporary removable graphic, but does not affect the commonly encountered substrates such as concrete, brick, wooden floors, asphalt surfaces, terrazzo and motor vehicle body surfaces, marine and aeronautical craft surfaces. A method for making, applying and removing the temporary removable graphic is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: CSD LLC
    Inventors: Parvez Akhtar, John Fitzwater, Norman J. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 8926784
    Abstract: A resin laminate manufacturing method includes providing a pair of split mold blocks one of which has a cavity provided with a plurality of protrusions extending toward the other mold block, preparing two molten thermoplastic resin sheets each having an adjusted thickness, feeding the two molten thermoplastic resin sheets between the pair of split mold blocks with a predetermined gap left therebetween, forming a hermetic space between one of the sheets and the cavity of the one mold block opposed to an outer surface of the one sheet, sucking air in the hermetic space from the side of the one mold block, pressing the outer surface of the one sheet against the cavity of the one mold block to shape the one sheet, forming cup-shaped portions, and clamping the pair of mold blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Sumi, Yoshitaka Matsubara
  • Patent number: 8926785
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-piece board having a frame section and a multiple piece sections connected to the frame section includes forming a frame section from a manufacturing panel for the frame section, sorting out multiple acceptable piece sections by inspecting quality of piece sections, forming notch portions in the frame section and the acceptable piece sections such that the notch portions allow the acceptable piece sections to be arranged with respect to the frame section, provisionally fixing the piece sections and the frame section in respective positions, injecting an adhesive agent into cavities formed by the notch portions when the frame section and the piece sections are provisionally fixed to each other, and joining the acceptable piece sections with the frame section by curing the adhesive agent injected into the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Yada
  • Patent number: 8926786
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite panel is described. The method includes pre-stabilizing a honeycomb core with at least one layer of a pre-stabilizing material, surrounding the honeycomb core with at least one composite laminate skin layer, and curing the at least one composite laminate skin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Rapp, James F. Ackermann, Gregory R. Gleason, Ken M. Tanino
  • Patent number: 8926787
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a surface-modified film which has adhesive properties improved by surface modification and a process for producing the same. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a laminated film in which at least the surface-modified film has been laminated and a process for producing the laminated film. The surface-modified film according to the present invention is characterized by being obtained by bringing a halide complex of an element in Group 13 of the periodic table into contact with at least a part of a region in the surfaces of a resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Stella Chemifa Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Hashiguchi, Kazutaka Hirano, Tomotsugu Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8926788
    Abstract: An improved design for a closed chamber process module for single wafer wet processing utilizes a combination lid and gas showerhead for sealing the chamber from above. One or more media arms dispense liquid onto a wafer in the chamber. The media arms are mounted inside the chamber but are connected by a linkage that passes through the chamber wall to a drive unit mounted outside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Lam Research AG
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Hohenwarter
  • Patent number: 8926789
    Abstract: An apparatus generating a plasma for removing fluorinated polymer from a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a powered electrode assembly, which includes a powered electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a first wire mesh disposed between the powered electrode and the first dielectric layer. The apparatus also includes a grounded electrode assembly disposed opposite the powered electrode assembly so as to form a cavity wherein the plasma is generated. The first wire mesh is shielded from the plasma by the first dielectric layer when the plasma is present in the cavity, which has an outlet at one end for providing the plasma to remove the fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Hyungsuk Alexander Yoon, John Boyd, Andras Kuthi, Andrew D. Bailey, III
  • Patent number: 8926790
    Abstract: The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus aimed at suppressing the corrosion caused by reactive gas and heavy-metal contamination caused by plasma damage of components constituting the high-frequency electrode and gas supply unit. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber 1 for subjecting a processing substrate 4 to plasma processing, gas supply means 17, 16 and 11 for feeding gas to the processing chamber 1, and an antenna electrode 10 for supplying high-frequency radiation for discharging the gas to generate plasma, wherein the gas supply means includes a gas shower plate 11 having gas discharge holes on the surface exposed to plasma, and a portion of or a whole surface of the conductor 10 exposed to gas constituting the antenna-electrode side of the gas supply means is subjected to ceramic spraying containing no heavy metal to form a protecting film 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tetsuka, Toshio Masuda, Naoshi Itabashi, Masanori Kadotani, Takashi Fujii
  • Patent number: 8926791
    Abstract: A tank or bed has a plurality of sidewalls that create a bed cavity and a Fresnel panel frame that includes at least one Fresnel panel. The Fresnel panel frame may be adjacent to the bed cavity and may cover at least a portion of the bed cavity. An amount of sludge may be contained within the bed cavity. When placed in sunlight, the heat enhanced by the Fresnel panels may heat the sludge sufficiently for the sludge to be used as fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Gary Hammond
  • Patent number: 8926792
    Abstract: A method for on-site dissemination and disposal of all wastewaters or leachate, that is generated by a landfill or other wastewater generating site includes collecting the wastewater or leachate which comprises an aqueous solution, having solids, elements and compounds of concern therein. The wastewater or leachate is directed to an “Integrated Mobile Aerosolization System (IMAS)” having a turbine and being integrated and mobile. The turbine is driven so as to generate a fully integrated and mobile system of highly accelerated air that moves through the IMAS. An integrated pump is utilized to move the leachate or wastewater to a series of nozzles that aerosolizes the leachate or wastewater into the path of the system of air to form an air-wastewater mixture or an air-leachate mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Kelly K. Houston
  • Patent number: 8926793
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide technology for regenerating pulp having high quality with compact pulp regenerating equipment and less energy. In the pulp regenerating method of the present invention, pulp slurry containing 1.5 wt % or more of a solid component including waste paper pulp is separated into a long fiber fraction and a short fiber fraction by using an outward type slit screen including an opening portion having a slit width in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm. The solid component ratio of the long fiber fraction and the short fiber fraction is in the range from 10:90 to 60:40, and the difference in Canadian Standard Freeness of the long fiber fraction and the short fiber fraction is in the range of 100 ml to 300 ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., Aikawa Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shisei Goto, Takaharu Noda, Hiroki Ohtake, Tatsumi Hosaka
  • Patent number: 8926794
    Abstract: A process of separating one or more components of corn fiber that comprises contacting the corn fiber with an extraction fluid that comprises at least one weak acid, increasing the temperature of the resulting mixture of fiber and fluid to solubilize hemicellulose of the corn fiber into the fluid, cooling the mixture, and separating the cooled extraction mixture into a soluble fraction comprising dissolved hemicellulose and an insoluble fraction comprising cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Han, Rohit A. Medhekar, Andrew J. Hoffman