Patents Issued in April 2, 2015
  • Micromagnet Based Extreme Ultra-Violet Radiation Source
    Publication number: 20150090905
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a magnetic wiggler comprising: first and second magnets adjacent each other in a line of at least 50 magnets; a pathway, adjacent to the line, along which an electron beam may travel that is to couple to a particle accelerator; and a plurality of vias on multiple sides of each of the first and second magnets to provide multiple currents, having opposite directions, respectively to the first and second magnets to orient the first and second magnets with opposing non-volatile orientations. Other embodiments are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian Young
  • TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150090906
    Abstract: Provided herein is terahertz continuous wave emitting device having: a plurality of laser light sources generating a plurality of laser lights; and an absorption area formed between the plurality of laser light sources in order to adjust interaction of the plurality of laser lights, wherein the absorption area is configured to have a photo diode, an antenna integrated into the photo diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Nam Je KIM, Kyung Hyun PARK, Sang Pil HAN, Ki Won MOON, Jeong Woo PARK
  • Radiation Source for Generating Short-Wavelength Radiation from Plasma
    Publication number: 20150090907
    Abstract: A radiation source is provided for generating short-wavelength radiation from plasma in which a molten liquid metal is used as a source material. In the radiation source having a revolving element for providing the source material, unused source material exiting from the plasma zone has to be reliably collected to prevent impairments of the radiation source through unused source material. This aim is met in that a receptacle for the unused source material is constructed as a catch trough having a trough opening below the plasma zone and the molten bath in direction of gravity force as well as an inclined side wall to catch the source material and concentrate it in a deepest catch trough area. A heating element and at least one temperature sensor are fastened to the catch trough for heating the source material and controlling its temperature above its melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Zbigniew PAWLOWSKI, Jozef Antonius Willem Maria CORVER, Roy MOHEDE, Zenon ZAJACZKOWSKI, Marcel KENNIS
  • Light microscope and microscopy method for examining a microscopic specimen
    Publication number: 20150090908
    Abstract: Examination of a microscopic specimen is described. Height information for a respective plurality of lateral regions of the specimen is obtained from each of multiple specimen recordings, in which the height information of each specimen recording is limited to a respective height measurement range and the height measurement ranges of different specimen recordings are different. An overall image is calculated from the specimen recordings, in which overall image height information of the different specimen recordings is combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Helmut Lippert, Nils Langholz
  • SELECTABLE VIEW ANGLE OPTICAL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150090909
    Abstract: A selectable view angle optical sensor is disclosed. The selectable view angle optical sensor comprises a substrate, a photodiode array disposed on the substrate, a first optical shielding modulation layer disposed on a first plane and a second optical shielding modulation layer disposed on a second plane. The first plane is on the photodiode array, the second plane is on the first plane, and the first and second planes and a top surface of the photodiode array are substantially in parallel. The dimensions and configurations of the first and second optical shielding modulation layers limit a field of view of the photodiode array so that the photodiode array has selectable view angle function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung SHIH, Koon-Wing TSANG, Yuh-Min LIN
  • RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE READING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE READING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150090910
    Abstract: A radiographic image reading device includes a reading unit configured to photoelectrically read photostimulated luminescence light produced from a storage phosphor sheet illuminated with excitation light, the storage phosphor sheet, at which a radiographic image is stored, being scanned by a scanning unit using the excitation light; and a control unit configured to control the reading unit so as to cause the reading unit, in a case of reading at a first resolution, to read with excitation light at a first scanning speed and a first intensity and, in a case of reading at a second resolution that is a higher resolution than the first resolution, to read with excitation light at a second scanning speed that is slower than the first scanning speed and a second intensity that is smaller than the first intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi ISHIKAWA, Yasunori OHTA, Tomoki INOUE, Nobuhiko OGURA
  • LATCH VALVE AND FLOW CONTROL DEVICE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090911
    Abstract: Provided is a simpler, more efficient, and more reliable latch valve. The latch valve includes an inflow path and an outflow path formed in a housing; a solenoid having a coil wound thereon; a permanent magnet positioned at an upper portion of a plunger and latching the plunger when the plunger is lifted; a spring positioned between the permanent magnet and the plunger; a support body having an inlet connected to the inflow path and an outlet connected to the outflow path; a diaphragm having the support body inserted therein; and the plunger lifted or lowered by a magnetic force induced by the coil to open and close the outlet, wherein an additional outflow path constantly communicating with a space part between the support body and the plunger is provided to allow a flow to be generated in the additional outflow path even when the plunger is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Young-Sang YUN, Man-Uk PARK, Sun-Dug KWON, Sung-Worl JIN, Ji-Hye JEONG
  • PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE
    Publication number: 20150090912
    Abstract: A pressure control valve includes a housing with a lower part and an upper part. The housing includes a coil wound on a coil carrier, an armature configured to be axially displaceable within a bearing, a core, a flux guiding device, a connection bore, and a connector comprising a valve seat for the armature. The connector and the connection bore are disposed in the lower part of the housing. The upper part of the housing is arranged in a force-locked or a form-fitting manner. A bearing bushing for the armature is provided in a portion of the connector directed towards the core. A stop bushing for the armature is provided in an opposite portion of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: WERNER BUSE, FRANZ-JOSEF SCHNELKER, ROLF DOHRMANN
  • Valve for metering fluid
    Publication number: 20150090913
    Abstract: A valve for metering fluid is reported which has a valve housing having a valve opening and a valve seat, a valve needle, which is provided for the alternating closing and opening of the valve using a closing member cooperating with the valve seat, a resetting element that acts on the valve needle for closing the valve and an electromagnet that is able to have current applied to it, having a magnet armature that is drivable to a lift motion, which sits axially displaceably on the valve needle and carries along the valve needle in the lift direction for opening the valve via a driving flange situated on it. To simplify production and the assembly of the valve while achieving the advantages characteristic in valves having a prestroke spring and an armature free path, the magnet armature is supported on the valve housing using a diaphragm spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Buehner, Michael Mayer, Michael Knorpp
  • Solenoid Valve with Shaped Spring
    Publication number: 20150090914
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for controlling fluids includes a pole core, an armature which is connected to a closing element, and a spring element which is arranged in a working gap between the pole core and the armature. The spring element includes a shaped spring of substantially disk-shaped design. The shaped spring has a curvature with at least one flank region and one dome region, a tangent to the dome region being parallel to an end surface of the pole core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Massimiliano Ambrosi
  • Low-Spill Coupling Assembly
    Publication number: 20150090915
    Abstract: A coupling system includes a female coupling device, the female coupling device including a first main body with a first front face, the first front face defining a first opening leading into a first fluid passageway; a stem having a stem head positioned within a sleeve; a first spring positioned about the stem that biases the sleeve into a closed position; a first seal that seals between the main body and the sleeve; a second seal that seals between the sleeve and the stem head; and a third seal that is positioned at the opening of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: David J. Vranish
  • Ball Valve Having Conically Shaped Stem Seal
    Publication number: 20150090916
    Abstract: A ball valve including a valve body that includes a first body member and a second body member. The valve body defines a valve axis and a fluid flow path. A ball element has a port and a ball stem, and is rotatable about a ball stem axis between an open position providing fluid flow through the fluid flow path and a closed position inhibiting flow through the fluid flow path. A body seal is located between the first body member and the second body member and defines a thickness that decreases as the body seal extends away from the valve axis. A stem seal defines a substantially frusto-conical shape and is arranged in the valve body. The ball stem extends through the stem seal to form a seal between the ball stem and the stem seal and between the stem seal and the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Zollinger
  • Valve With Stop Mechanism
    Publication number: 20150090917
    Abstract: In the specification and drawings, a valve is described and shown having a first and second valve seat carrier, a valve seat associated with each valve seat carrier, and a valve ball between the valve seats. The valve further includes a stop mechanism operatively connected to at least a first valve seat, the stop mechanism limiting travel of the first valve seat towards the valve ball such that the valve ball may be push away from a sealing engagement with the first valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: David A. Buck
  • Control Valve for Vacuum Systems
    Publication number: 20150090918
    Abstract: A valve assembly including a housing having first and second ports; a cylinder assembly mounted on such housing having a piston rod displaceable along an axis of such first port, provided with a valve plug including a first component having a passageway therethrough intercommunicable with the interior of such housing and such first port, and a second component supported on and displaceable axially relative to such first component, wherein upon extension of such plug into closing engagement with such first port, such passageway will be obstructed and upon retraction of such plug out of closing engagement with such first port, such passageway will be unobstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Thermwood Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Scott SMIDDY, Jonathan Fuquay
  • FROTHERS FOR MINERAL FLOTATION
    Publication number: 20150090919
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for improving a froth flotation type separation. The method uses a microemulsion to improve the effectiveness of a frother. The improvement allows for low dosages of frother to work as well as much greater amounts of non-microemulsified frother.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: James Adrian Counter, John D. Kildea
  • HIGH CARBON NANOTUBE CONTENT FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150090920
    Abstract: New homogeneous fluids with a viscosity less than about three Poise comprising discrete carbon nanotubes with volume fractions above the percolation threshold concentration calculated for randomly oriented rods in a liquid are disclosed. A method is also disclosed for production of the new fluids. The fluids are particularly useful for making battery pastes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Everill, Clive P. Bosnyak, Michael Gauthier
  • MIXED ESTER
    Publication number: 20150090921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mixed ester of pentaerythritol or a mixed polyhydric alcohol and carboxylic acids; the mixed polyhydric alcohol consisting of pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol represented by formula (I), and the carboxylic acids comprising 2-ethylhexanoic acid and 2-propylheptanoic acid. The mixed ester exhibits excellent properties (e.g., miscibility with a refrigerant that comprises fluoropropene, low-temperature fluidity, and lubricity) in a well-balanced manner while having the viscosity within the range required for a refrigerant oil, and may be used in an industrial lubricant (e.g., refrigerant oil) and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Junya Kishi, Yuichiro Nakai, Shinji Tanaka, Toshihiro Inayama
  • THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET
    Publication number: 20150090922
    Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet is a thermally conductive sheet 1 formed from a thermally conductive composition containing boron nitride particles 2 in a plate shape and a rubber component. The content ratio of the boron nitride particles 2 is 35 vol % or more and the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to a plane direction PD of the thermally conductive sheet 1 is 4 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hatakeyama, Kenichi Fujikawa, Miho Yamaguchi, Saori Yamamoto, Seiji Izutani
  • Phosphorus Treatment Agent Methods of Manufacture and Use
    Publication number: 20150090923
    Abstract: The invention includes a tablet made from a coagulant that will improve the settling of suspended solids in an aqueous media such as wastewater, recycled water, potable water, storm water, swimming pool water, spa water, boiler water, cooling tower water and industrial process water. The agent is a tablet containing at least one salt from the aluminum sulfate family in a mixture of organic and inorganic binders. The mixed material is especially adapted to lend itself to high speed molding operations. Such agent, when in molded form, provides controlled dissolution in an aqueous media, exhibits strength and non-chipping characteristics which is a benefit in shipping and handling and is free from dusting, flaking or other deteriorative factors. In its tablet form, this agent can be used in combination with a holding apparatus having slotted opening zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Gregory D. Graves
  • CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090924
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery including the same and, more particularly, the present invention relates to a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries that includes a mixture of an overlithiated transition metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below and a lithium composite transition metal oxide represented by Formula 2 below: Li1+aNibMncCo1-(a+b+c+d)MdO2-sAs??(1) LiNixMnyCo1-(x+y+z)M?zO2-tA?t??(2) wherein 0.1?a?0.2, 0.1?b?0.4, 0.3?c?0.7, 0?d?0.1, 0.5?x?0.8, 0.1?y?0.4, 0?z?0.1, 0?s?0.2, and 0?t?0.2; M and M? are each independently at least one divalent or trivalent metal; and A and A? are each independently at least one monovalent or divalent anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeokmoo Lee, Song Taek Oh, Su Rim Lee, JungSeok Choi, Ji Hye Park
  • CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR HIGH VOLTAGE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090925
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material for high voltage lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery including the same and, more particularly, the present invention relates to a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries that includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a lithium molar fraction of greater than 1, containing a relative excess of nickel, and having a composition represented by Formula 1 below, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a Li2MnO3-like structure phase: Li1+aNibCocMn1?(a+b+c+d)MdO2-tAt ??(1) wherein 0.05?a?0.2, 0.4?b?0.7, 0.1?c?0.4, 0?d?0.1, and 0?t<0.2; M is at least one divalent or trivalent metal; and A is at least one monovalent or divalent anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeokmoo Lee, Jae Hyun Lee, Su Rim Lee, Song Taek Oh, JungSeok Choi, Ji Hye Park
  • PRECURSOR FOR PREPARING LITHIUM COMPOSITE TRANSITION METAL OXIDE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE PRECURSOR, AND LITHIUM COMPOSITE TRANSITION METAL OXIDE
    Publication number: 20150090926
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transition metal precursor for preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide, a method for preparing the precursor, and a lithium composite transition metal oxide. The transition metal precursor includes a composite transition metal compound having a composition represented by Formula (1) and a Mn content of 60 to 85 mol %: NiaMbMn1-(a+b)(OH1-x)2??(1) where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and period II transition metals, 0.15?a?0.3, 0?b?0.1 and 0<x<0.5. The lithium composite transition metal oxide has a composition represented by Formula (2) and a Mn content of 60 to 85 mol %: Li1+z[NiaMbMn1-(a+b)]2O4-yAy??(2) where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr and period II transition metals, A is a monoanion or dianion, 0.15?a?0.3, 0.005?b?0.1, ?0.1?z?0.1 and 0?y?0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Seong Hoon Kang, Minsuk Kang, Wang Mo Jung, Ho Suk Shin, Sang Min Park, Geungi Min
  • CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090927
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material including a lithium transition metal oxide based on at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mn and Co, wherein at least one hetero element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Bi, Zn and Zr is located at a surface portion of or inside the lithium transition metal oxide, and a secondary battery including the same. The cathode active material according to the present invention includes predetermined hetero elements at a surface thereof and therein, and, as such, a secondary battery based on the cathode active material may exhibit excellent high-speed charge characteristics and lifespan characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Seong Hoon Kang, Minsuk Kang, Wang Mo Jung, Ho Suk Shin, Sang Min Park, Geungi Min
  • CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM BATTERY HAVING HIGHER PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20150090928
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing the heat-treated mixture of an oxide powder (a) represented by Formula I and an oxide powder (b) represented by Formula II, LiCoO2 ??(I) LizMO2 ??(II) wherein 0.95<z<1.1; M=Ni1-x-yMnxCoy, 0<y<0.5, and a ratio of Mn to Ni (x/(1-x-y)) is in the range of 0.4 to 1.1, comprising mixing (i) a Co-containing precursor, (ii) an Mn—Ni-containing precursor, and (iii) optionally, an Li-containing precursor, and heat-treating the mixture at a temperature of more than 400° C. under an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jens M. Paulsen, Hong-Kyu Park, Sun Sik Shin, Sinyoung Park, Hyeyun Cha
  • LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20150090929
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery 100 includes a positive electrode current collector 221 and a porous positive electrode active material layer 223 retained by the positive electrode current collector 221. The positive electrode active material layer 223 contains, for example, positive electrode active material particles 610, an electrically conductive material 620, and a binder 630. In this lithium-ion secondary battery 100, the positive electrode active material particles 610 have a shell portion 612 constituted by a lithium transition metal oxide, a hollow portion 614 formed inside the shell portion 612, and a through hole 616 penetrating the shell portion 612. In the lithium-ion secondary battery 100, in the positive electrode active material layer 223 on average, the hollow portion 614 accounts for 23% or higher of an apparent sectional area of the positive electrode active material particles 610.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Nagai
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING (METH)ACRYLAMIDO-FUNCTIONAL SILANES BY THE REACTION OF AMINOALKYL ALKOXYSILANES WITH ACRYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE
    Publication number: 20150090930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylamido-functional silanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventors: Christian Wassmer, Burkhard Standke, Thomas Schlosser, Regina Krause
  • Curing Compositions Having Low-Free Amounts of Methylenedianiline
    Publication number: 20150090931
    Abstract: A process for preparing a curing composition of a coordination complex comprising methylenedianiline (MDA) and a salt, and less than 1000 of free MDA. The curing composition may be used in curing polyurethanes and epoxy resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas R. Doyle, Mukund Shah, Ronald O. Rosenberg
  • OXYGEN ABSORBING AGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20150090932
    Abstract: An oxygen absorbing agent composition including at least one type of a compound having an indane skeleton represented by the following general formula (1) and a transition metal catalyst:
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okada, Shinichi Ikeda, Kenichiro Usuda, Shinpei Iwamoto
  • Fiber Mulch
    Publication number: 20150090933
    Abstract: A fiber mulch having a first material and a second material. The first material comprises a cellulose based material, for example, shredded recycled paper fibers, including, but not limited to, newsprint. The second material comprises a shredded wheat straw. It is contemplated that, by weight, the wheat straw comprises between 5% and 20% by weight of the fiber mulch, while other formulations are contemplated. Tackifiers and surfactants may be incorporated. The fiber mulch may be bailed or pelleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Samuel J. Morris
  • ODOR-INHIBITING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150090934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to odor-inhibiting compositions comprising water-absorbing polymer particles and metal peroxides, and to the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Volker Braig, Thomas Daniel, Rupert Kohradi, Herbert Platsch, Bettina Sobotka, Axel Jentzsch
  • BIMESOGENIC COMPOUNDS AND MESOGENIC MEDIA
    Publication number: 20150090935
    Abstract: The invention relates to bimesogenic compounds of formula I wherein R11, R12, MG11, MG12, X11, X12 and Sp1 have the meaning given in claim 1, to the use of bimesogenic compounds of formula I in liquid crystal media and particular to flexoelectric liquid crystal devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention. Furthermore the invention relates to bimesogenic compounds of formula I inducing a second nematic phase in nematic mixtures that do not show this additional phase without compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Adlem, Owain Llyr Parri, Rachel Tuffin, Benjamin Snow, Mariam Namutebi
  • LARGE STOKES SHIFT DYES
    Publication number: 20150090936
    Abstract: Provided herein are heptamethine cyanine dyes having a large Stokes shift, and the salts and conjugates thereof. Also provided are methods of using and making such large Stokes shift dyes as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) acceptors or donors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yi-Zhen HU, Hee Chol KANG
  • HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM WATER BY TUNING THE PHOTONIC BAND GAP WITH THE ELECTRONIC BAND GAP OF A PHOTOACTIVE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20150090937
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photocatalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a photoactive material comprising a photonic band gap and an electronic band gap, wherein the photonic band gap at least partially overlaps with the electronic band gap, and an electrically conductive material deposited on the photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hicham IDRISS, Ahmed Khaja WAHAB, Maher AL-OUFI, Geoff WATERHOUSE
  • Method and Device for the Entrained Flow Gasification of Solid Fuels under Pressure
    Publication number: 20150090938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for entrained flow gasification of solid fuels under pressure, characterized in that first and second gasification agents containing oxygen are supplied in at least two stages to a powdery gasification stream input from above without burners so that a first, upper gasification chamber and, connected to it, a second, lower gasification chamber are formed. There is partial gasification of the gasification materials because of the addition of the first gasification agents, which are apportioned in terms of quantity and composition; temperatures arise in the first, upper gasification chamber that are greater than 600° C. Furthermore, the carbon conversion of the first gasification products is limited to a maximum of 80% with reference to the carbon input of the gasification materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Bernd Meyer, Martin Gräbner, Robert Pardemann
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING SOLIDS INTO FUEL
    Publication number: 20150090939
    Abstract: A system for converting a solid fuel into a fuel including a pyrolytic unit for producing a pyro gas comprising hydrocarbons, a synthesis gas production unit for converting the pyro gas into a synthesis gas comprising a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and a gas-to-liquid unit for converting the synthesis gas into a fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Latif Mahjoob
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CRYSTALLINE LITHIUM-, IRON- AND PHOSPHATE-COMPRISING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20150090940
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) Lia?bM1bFe1?cM2cPd?eM3eOx??(I), wherein M1, M2, M3, a, b, c, d, e and x: M1: Na, K, Rb and/or Cs, M2: Mn, Mg, Ca, Ti, Co, Ni, Cr, V, M3: Si, S, a: 0.8-1.9, b: 0-0.3, c: 0-0.9, d: 0.8-1.9, e: 0-0.5, x: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hartmut HIBST, Brian Roberts, Jordan Keith Lampert, Kirill Bramnik
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE POLYIMIDE FILM
    Publication number: 20150090941
    Abstract: A conductive polyimide film having an excellent film strength and electrical properties can be manufactured in a high productivity by a method for manufacturing conductive polyimide film which includes, in a manufacture method of a conductive polyimide film including an agent for imparting conductivity and a polyimide resin, drying a coating film including (A) and (B); and subjecting the film to imidation. (A) A polyamic acid including 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, 4,4?-oxydianiline, and 3,3?,4,4?-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and/or p-phenylenediamine, which is obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride with a diamine compound. (B) A agent for imparting conductivity. (C) An imidation accelerator including a dialkylpyridine, and 0.1 to 1.6 molar equivalents of acetic anhydride per mol of an amic acid in a polyamic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Ogawa, Masami Yanagida, Takashi Ito
  • CRYSTALS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL HAVING A TUNED BAND GAP ENERGY AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150090942
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor crystal comprising a semiconductor material having a tuned band gap energy, and methods for preparation thereof. More particularly, the invention provides a semiconductor crystal comprising a semiconductor material and amino acid molecules, peptides, or a combination thereof, incorporated within the crystal lattice, wherein the amino acid molecules, peptides, or combination thereof tune the band gap energy of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Boaz POKROY, Anastasia BRIF
  • ANTIMONY-DOPED TIN OXIDE POWDER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090943
    Abstract: This antimony-doped tin oxide powder is an antimony-doped tin oxide powder characterized by: (A) including at least three kinds of ions selected from the group consisting of Sn2+, Sn4+, Sb3+ and Sb5+; (B) having a ratio of average Sn ionic radius to average Sb ionic radius of 1:(0.96 to 1.04); and (C) having an Sb content of 5 to 25 moles relative to a total of 100 moles of Sb and Sn, wherein the average Sn ionic radius is the average of ionic radii of Sn2+ and Sn4+, while the average Sb ionic radius is the average of ionic radii of Sb3+ and Sb5+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Materials Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Shiraishi, Hirotoshi Umeda, Suzuo Sasaki
  • Esters as Cooling and Insulating Fluids for Transformers
    Publication number: 20150090944
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions including esters of polyvalent alcohols that are esterified with fatty acids, partially unsaturated, from plant oils, and to the use thereof as cooling and insulating fluids for transformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jürgen O. Metzger, Rolf Luther, Angela Robben, Gunther Kraft
  • FLAME-RETARDANT FORMULATIONS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20150090945
    Abstract: Flame retardant formulations comprising boric acid and diammonium phosphate are disclosed herein. Such formulations are in an aqueous form or a powdered form. Methods of generating a flame retardant formulation are also disclosed herein. Such methods comprise combining boric acid and diammonium phosphate in an aqueous solution, wherein the boric acid and the diammonium phosphate is in a ratio range selected from the group consisting of 1:1 to 99:1 and 1:1 to 1:99; and heating the solution until dissolved; thereby generating a flame retardant formulation, wherein the flame retardant formulation consists essentially of boric acid and diammonium phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Donald S. SPERBER
  • VARIABLE SPEED CHAIN HOIST WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150090946
    Abstract: A variable speed chain hoist has the variable speed control integrated into the housing of the chain hoist and a user control for varying the speed of the hoist that is integrated into the pendant controller. The speed control may include an inverter connected to the motor of the hoist. The user speed control may include a rotary knob or a slider connected to a potentiometer and integrated into the pendant control to vary a voltage signal supplied to the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: JPW Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Barry M. Schwaiger
  • CONDUCTIVE BRIDGE MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150090947
    Abstract: A conductive bridge memory system and method of manufacture thereof including: providing a dielectric layer having a hole on a bottom electrode, the hole over the bottom electrode; forming an ionic source layer in the hole and over the bottom electrode including: depositing a reactivation layer over the bottom electrode, depositing a first ion source layer on the reactivation layer, depositing another of the reactivation layer on the first ion source layer, depositing a second ion source layer on the another of the reactivation layer; and forming an upper electrode on the ionic source layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Eugene Marsh, Tim Quick
  • RESISTIVE MEMORY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150090948
    Abstract: A resistive memory apparatus includes a first electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed on the first electrode and including a hole exposing an upper surface of the first electrode, a data storage unit in which a first resistance-variable material and a second resistance-variable material are alternately formed in the hole at least once, and a second electrode formed on the data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min Seok SON
  • RRAM CELL STRUCTURE WITH LATERALLY OFFSET BEVA/TEVA
    Publication number: 20150090949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell architecture, with off-axis or laterally offset top electrode via (TEVA) and bottom electrode via (BEVA). Traditional RRAM cells having a TEVA and BEVA that are on-axis can cause high contact resistance variations. The off-axis TEVA and BEVA in the current disclosure pushes the TEVA away from the insulating layer over the RRAM cell, which can improve the contact resistance variations. The present disclosure also relates to a memory device having a rectangular shaped RRAM cell having a larger area that can lower the forming voltage and improve data retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yang Chang, Wen-Ting Chu, Kuo-Chi Tu, Yu-Wen Liao, Hsai-Wei Chen, Chin-Chieh Yang, Sheng-Hung Shih, Wen-Chun You
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090950
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer extending in a first direction, a second conductive layer extending in a second direction and disposed over the first conductive layer, the first and second directions being substantially perpendicular to each other, and a variable resistance layer disposed over the first conductive layer, the variable resistance layer extending in the second direction. An upper portion of the variable resistance layer is disposed between lower portions of two neighboring second conductive layers including the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Taejung HA
  • SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS HAVING VERTICAL CHANNEL TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090951
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method includes sequentially depositing a gate electrode material and a sacrificial insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, patterning the gate electrode material and the sacrificial insulating layer to form one or more holes exposing a surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on an inner sidewall of the hole, forming one or more pillar patterns each filled in the hole and recessed on a top thereof, forming a contact unit and an electrode unit on the pillar pattern, removing a patterned sacrificial insulating layer and forming a spacer nitride material on the semiconductor substrate from which the patterned sacrificial insulating layer is removed, and removing portions of the spacer nitride material and a patterned gate electrode material between the pillar patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min Seok KIM, Hyo Seob YOON
  • RESISTOR MEMORY BIT-CELL AND CIRCUITRY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150090952
    Abstract: A resistive memory cell control unit, integrated circuit, and method are described herein. The resistive memory cell control unit includes a switching transistor and a resistive memory cell. The switching transistor includes a gate disposed on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, a source, and a drain each disposed in the semiconductor substrate, a gate terminal disposed on the first surface and connected to the gate, a source terminal disposed on the first surface and connected to the source, and a drain terminal connected to the drain and disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface. The resistive memory cell is disposed on the second surface and has a first end connected to the drain terminal. The structure provides a small area and simple manufacturing process for a resistive memory cell integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: Herb He HUANG
  • Materials with Tunable Properties and Memory Devices and Methods of Making Same Using Random Nanowire or Nanotube Networks
    Publication number: 20150090953
    Abstract: A device comprising a first electrode; a second electrode; and an active material positioned between the first and second electrode, wherein the active material comprises a plurality of randomly positioned conducting wires coated with a nanoscale switchable dielectric layer, said conducting wires are adapted to provide a conducting path or paths when a voltage is applied by one of the electrodes or between said electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: John Boland, Jonathon Coleman, Mauro Ferriera
  • PHASE CHANGE MEMORY AND FABRICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20150090954
    Abstract: A phase change memory and its fabrication method are provided. A bottom electrode structure is provided through a substrate. A mask layer is formed on the substrate and the bottom electrode structure. A first opening is formed in the mask layer to expose the bottom electrode structure. A spacer is formed on sidewalls and bottom surface portions of the first opening to expose a surface portion of the bottom electrode structure. The first opening including the spacer therein has a bottom width less than a top width. A heating layer is formed at least on the surface portion of the bottom electrode structure exposed by the spacer. A phase change layer is formed on the heating layer to completely fill the first opening. A top electrode is formed on the phase change layer and the mask layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: Semiconductor Manufacturing International
    Inventor: YING LI