Patents Issued in April 24, 2018
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Patent number: 9951411Abstract: The invention relates to an erosion protection coating (11), in particular, for gas turbine components, having a horizontally segmented and/or multi-layered construction. i.e., having at least one relatively hard layer (12) and having at least one relatively soft layer (13), wherein the relatively hard layer or each relatively hard layer as well as the relatively soft layer or each relatively soft layer are disposed on top of one another in an alternating manner, in such a way that an outer-lying layer, which forms an outer surface of the erosion protection coating, is formed as a relatively hard layer (12). According to the invention, the relatively hard layer or each relatively hard layer (12) as well as the relatively soft layer or each relatively soft layer (13) are formed as a ceramic layer in each case.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES GmbHInventors: Falko Heutling, Thomas Uihlein, Wolfgang Eichmann
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Patent number: 9951412Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target and/or a coil disposed at the periphery of a plasma-generating region for confining plasma. The target and/or the coil has a surface to be eroded having a hydrogen content of 500 ?L/cm2 or less. In dealing with reduction in the hydrogen content of the surface of the target and/or the coil, the process of producing the target and/or the coil, in particular, the conditions for heating the surface of the target and/or the coil, which is thought to be cause of hydrogen occlusion, are appropriately regulated. As a result, hydrogen occlusion at the surface of the target can be reduced, and the degree of vacuum during sputtering can be improved. Thus, the present invention provides a target and/or a coil that has a uniform and fine structure, makes plasma stable, and allows a film to be formed with excellent uniformity and provides a method of producing the target and/or the coil.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventors: Kenichi Nagata, Nobuhito Makino
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Patent number: 9951413Abstract: A target of a nominal thickness includes molybdenum. The target has a lamellar microstructure and an oxygen content of less than 1000 ppm, preferably less than 600 ppm, and even more preferably less than 450 ppm. An electrical resistivity of the target is less than five times, preferably three times and more preferably twice the theoretical electrical resistivity of the compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN COATING SOLUTIONSInventor: Dominique Billieres
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Patent number: 9951414Abstract: A magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD plasma source includes a hollow cathode target and an anode. The anode and cathode form a gap. A cathode target magnet assembly forms magnetic field lines that are substantially perpendicular to a cathode target surface. The gap magnet assembly forms a cusp magnetic field in the gap that is coupled with the cathode target magnetic field. The magnetic field lines cross a pole piece electrode positioned in the gap. This pole piece is isolated from ground and can be connected with a voltage power supply. The pole piece can have a negative, positive, or floating electric potential. The plasma source can be configured to generate volume discharge. The gap size prohibits generation of plasma discharge in the gap. By controlling the duration, value and a sign of the electric potential on the pole piece, the plasma ionization can be controlled. The magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD source can also be used for chemically enhanced ionized physical vapor deposition (CE-IPVD).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: IONQUEST LLCInventors: Roman Chistyakov, Bassam Hanna Abraham
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Patent number: 9951415Abstract: A film deposition apparatus comprises: a vacuum chamber; a cylindrical target, a circumferential surface of the target being opposite to a substrate, and the target being disposed in the vacuum chamber so as to intersect a conveyance direction of the substrate; a driving unit configured to rotatively drive the target; a magnetic field creator disposed inside the target; a reactive gas flow unit configured to flow a reactive gas, the reactive gas flow unit being disposed in the vicinity of the target; an optical emission monitor configured to monitor an optical emission intensity of plasma at a location between the substrate and the target and in the vicinity of the target; and a controlling unit configured to control a rotation speed of the target driven by the driving unit, such that the optical emission intensity monitored by the optical emission monitor approaches a preset target optical emission intensity.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: Canon Tokki Corporation, Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Murakami, Kazuhiro Hoshino, Toru Sato, Takashi Takemi, Satoshi Nakamura, Tomohiro Kumaki
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Patent number: 9951416Abstract: A vacuum coating apparatus includes at least a chamber, an arc discharge plasma source, a feeding-reeling unit, and a roller set. The first and second openings are connecting with the feeding or reeling unit so as to allow the substrate to enter and leave the chamber therethrough, respectively. The arc discharge plasma source located inside the chamber generates the plasma, which discharges radially from the arc discharge plasma source as its center. The roller set includes a plurality of the first rollers, which are located in the chamber and enclosing the arc discharge plasma source. A first surface of the substrate is facing the plurality of the first rollers and contacts tightly on the periphery of the first rollers so that the first rollers can rotate by the moving of the substrate. The material evaporated and emitted by the plasma is attached onto the first surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUANInventors: Cheng-Chang Hsieh, Deng-Lian Lin, En-Shih Chen, Wen-Fa Tsai, Chi-Fong Ai
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Patent number: 9951417Abstract: Material is deposited in a desired pattern by spontaneous deposition of precursor gas at regions of a surface that are prepared using a beam to provide conditions to support the initiation of the spontaneous reaction. Once the reaction is initiated, it continues in the absence of the beam at the regions of the surface at which the reaction was initiated.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Aurélien Philippe Jean Maclou Botman, Steven Randolph, Milos Toth
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Patent number: 9951418Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing structured graphene on a SiC substrate on the basis of Cl2 reaction, the procedures are as follows: firstly, performing standard cleaning to a SiC sample chip; depositing a layer of SiO2 on the surface of the SiC sample chip and engraving a figure window on the SiO2 layer; then arranging the windowed sample chip in a quartz tube, introducing a mixed gas of Ar and Cl2 into the quartz tube, reacting the bare SiC with Cl2 for 3-8 min at 700-1100° C. to generate a carbon film; arranging the generated carbon film in Ar gas, annealing for 10-30 min at 1000-1200° C. to generate the structured graphene on the window on the carbon film. The method is simple and safe; the generated structured graphene has a smooth surface and low porosity and can be used for making microelectronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: XIDIAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei, Fengqi Zhang
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Patent number: 9951419Abstract: Method and apparatus for making atomic layer deposition on powdered materials are provided. A rotary vessel with tilted rotation axis can be used as the deposition chamber. The rotary vessel can be directly used as the deposition chamber, or the rotary vessel is positioned inside a vacuum chamber that serves as the deposition chamber. A hallow shaft can be used to deliver rotary motion and facilitate pumping. A tube can be inserted into the hollow shaft or the rotary vessel to introduce precursors. Gas diffuser and slowly increased pumping speed can be used to reduce the agitation caused by gas flow. Intermittent rotation, variable rotary speed, extruding structures on inner surface of the rotary vessel, and the addition of easy-to-agitate powder or beads of other materials can be used to enhance the powder agitation caused by rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Inventors: Ying-Bing Jiang, Hongxia Zhang
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Patent number: 9951420Abstract: A nanoparticles aerosol generator is disclosed. The nanoparticles aerosol generator includes an evaporation chamber having a wall, a container containing a source material, and a heating device configured to heat the source material. The nanoparticles aerosol generator also includes a carrier gas source configured to blow a carrier gas toward the source material to generate a nanoparticles aerosol with nanoparticles of the source material suspended therein. The nanoparticles aerosol generator further includes a dilution gas source configured to supply a dilution gas into the chamber to flow substantially along the wall within the chamber and to dilute the nanoparticles aerosol.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SOL VOLTAICS ABInventor: Greg Alcott
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Patent number: 9951421Abstract: The present inventors have conceived of a showerhead inlet with an annular plenum and radial flow paths into a central passage. A process gas, that may include a precursor and a carrier gas, may be flowed into the annular plenum. The annular plenum and central passage may contribute to the uniform mixing of the precursor and the carrier gas. Additionally, the radial passage may be angled upward to help more effectively purge any dead legs within the central passage. The central passage may also interface with a remote plasma source valve. The remote plasma source valve may control the flow of reactive species generated by a remote plasma source into the central passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventor: Gary Bridger Lind
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Patent number: 9951422Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus includes a shower head at a top of a chamber, a gas supplying part on the shower head, a susceptor in the chamber, and a gas exhausting part under the chamber. The chamber has first and second reaction spaces that are virtually separated from each other. A first gas supply pipe supplies a first gas into the first reaction space and a second gas supply pipe supplies a second gas into the second reaction space. A first gas exhausting pipe is adjacent the first reaction space and a second gas exhausting pipe is adjacent the second reaction space on opposite sides of the susceptor. A first gas sensor connected to the first gas exhausting pipe senses the second gas and a second gas sensor connected to the second gas exhausting pipe senses the first gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaechul Shin, JongCheol Lee, Geunkyu Choi, MinHwa Jung, Sukjin Chung
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Patent number: 9951423Abstract: A system for supplying precursor gas to a substrate processing chamber includes a first mass flow controller including an inlet to receive a carrier gas and an outlet. An ampoule is configured to supply a precursor gas. A valve system, in fluid communication with the first mass flow controller and the ampoule, is configured to supply the precursor gas and the carrier gas to a momentum-based flow restriction member. A pressure sensing system is configured to sense an inlet pressure at an inlet of the momentum-based flow restriction member and an outlet pressure at an outlet of the momentum-based flow restriction member. A controller is configured to determine a flow rate of the precursor gas at the outlet of the momentum-based flow restriction member based on a difference between the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventor: Eric H. Lenz
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Patent number: 9951424Abstract: A plating method includes: providing a work piece which is metal or non-metal; forming a printed layer on a predetermined region of a surface of the work piece through printing electrical conductive material on the predetermined region; forming a plated layer through plating the printed layer and the surface of the work piece.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: HOEY CO., LTD.Inventor: Joseph Huang
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Patent number: 9951425Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to methods for enhancing cosmetic surfaces of friction stir processed parts. More specifically a method for applying cold spray over a weld line generated by friction stir processing is disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for blending the cold spray applied over the weld line with a cosmetic surface portion of the friction stir processed parts. In some embodiments cold spray can be used to create a cosmetic joint between various parts. Structural joints between first and second substrates may also be formed via solid state deposition. Such joints may be strengthened through use of a hidden weld, mechanical interlocking between the substrates, and/or coupling via fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Collin D. Chan, Kenneth A. Ross, Lindsay D. Corbet, Ari P. Miller, Thomas G. Budd
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Patent number: 9951426Abstract: A method for depositing a layer includes repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process while the deposition target is heated by a heater and heat treating the deposition target after the depositing.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Saito, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
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Patent number: 9951427Abstract: A coating arrangement has the following characteristics: —particles having a scratch hardness greater than or equal to 9 and a median grain size that can be determined, —a coating having a thickness equaling approximately half the median grain size, —a coating carrier with a surface comprising recesses, wherein a portion greater than 85% of the recesses compared to a surface surrounding the associated recess is designed with a depth smaller than approximately 10% and/or a opening width smaller than or equal to approximately 15% of the coating thickness, and —the coating is applied to the surface of the coating carrier and surrounds the particles at least at a lower region oriented toward the coating carrier.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Peter Horling, Tristan Kaiser, Hans-Jürgen Liesegang, Reiner Wagner
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Patent number: 9951428Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for inhibiting the corrosion of the metals used in the oil industry, and more generally in all types of industries for drilling for fossil compounds or ores, such as gas or oil. The corrosion-inhibiting formulations are stable during storage, and have improved properties due to the presence of at least one compound having at least one triazine unit. The invention also relates to the use of at least one compound comprising at least one triazine unit in a corrosion-inhibiting formulation, as well as to the use of said corrosion-inhibiting formulation in the oil, gas and mining industry.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Tong Eak Pou, Jean Francois Devaux
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Patent number: 9951429Abstract: A semiconductor photocatalyst includes first and second layers made of first and second materials, respectively. Band gaps of the first and second materials are equal to or smaller than 1.5 eV and 2.5 eV, respectively. A lower electric potential of a conduction band of the second material is disposed on a positive side from the first material. An upper electric potential of a valence band of the second material is disposed on a positive side from the first material and from an oxidation electric potential of water when the first and second layers are bonded to each other in the hetero junction manner. The lower electric potential of the conduction band of the first layer is disposed on a negative side from a reduction electric potential of hydrogen when the first and second layers are bonded to each other in the hetero junction manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9951430Abstract: A method for co-processing H2S and CO2 in an electrolyzer includes feeding a first gas stream having H2S to an anode and feeding a second gas stream having CO2 to a cathode. The H2S is split into hydrogen and elemental sulfur. The hydrogen is transferred from the anode to the cathode, and the CO2 is hydrogenated with the transferred hydrogen. A method for producing electricity in a fuel cell includes feeding a first gas stream having H2S and CO to an anode, and feeding a second gas stream having oxygen to a cathode. The H2S and CO forms hydrogen and carbonyl sulfide. The hydrogen is transferred from the anode to the cathode. The transferred hydrogen is oxidized with the oxygen of the second gas stream, and electricity formed from the oxidation is collected.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Stamatios Souentie, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros, Fritz Simeon
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Patent number: 9951431Abstract: A process and related electrode composition are disclosed for the electrocatalytic hydrogenation and/or hydrodeoxygenation of organic substrates such as biomass-derived bio-oil components by the production of hydrogen atoms on a catalyst surface followed by the reaction of the hydrogen atoms with the organic reactants. Biomass fast pyrolysis-derived bio-oil is a liquid mixture containing hundreds of organic compounds with chemical functionalities that are corrosive to container materials and are prone to polymerization. A high surface area skeletal metal catalyst material such as Raney Nickel can be used as the cathode. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation and/or hydrodeoxygenation convert the organic substrates under mild conditions to reduce coke formation and catalyst deactivation. The process converts oxygen-containing functionalities and unsaturated bonds into chemically reduced forms with an increased hydrogen content.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: James E. Jackson, Chun Ho Lam, Christopher M. Saffron, Dennis J. Miller
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Patent number: 9951432Abstract: An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Suyama, Kazuhiro Kurosu, Masaaki Kato, Hideo Otsu
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Patent number: 9951433Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel conductive film-forming bath comprising an alkaline aqueous solution that can be used to form a film by electroplating on a non-conductive plastic material, the conductive film-forming bath being capable of forming a film by electroplating that has an excellent appearance and that does not suffer from reduced adhesiveness with respect to a non-conductive plastic material. The present invention relates to a conductive film-forming bath comprising an aqueous solution containing a copper compound, a complexing agent, an alkali metal hydroxide, and a water-soluble polymer having a polyoxyalkylene structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: OKUNO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukiya Takeuchi, Junji Yoshikawa, Koji Kita
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Patent number: 9951434Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a core laminate including insulating layers and conductor layers, a first build-up layer formed on first surface of the laminate and including first interlayer resin and conductor layers, and a second build-up layer formed on second surface of the core laminate on the opposite side and including second interlayer resin and conductor layers. The conductor layers in the laminate include first and second conductor layers such that the first conductor layer is embedded in one of the insulating layers forming the first surface of the laminate and has an exposed surface exposed from the insulating layer and that the second conductor layer is formed on one of the insulating layers forming the second surface of the laminate, and the first interlayer resin layer has thickness greater than thickness of the second interlayer resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiki Furutani, Yuki Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9951435Abstract: An advanced coating for parts used in plasma processing chamber. The advanced coating is formed over an anodized surface that has not been sealed. After the coating is formed, the coated area is masked, and the remaining anodized surface is sealed. The porous and rough structure of the anodized but un-sealed aluminum enhances adhesion of the coating. However, to prevent particle generation, the exposed anodized surface is sealed after formation of the coating. The coating can be of yttria, formed by plasma enhanced atomic deposition techniques which results in a dense and smooth coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC, SHANGHAIInventors: Xiaoming He, Lei Wan, Zhaoyang Xu, Ping Yang, Hanting Zhang
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Patent number: 9951436Abstract: Graphene has been used in nanocomposites as constituents/doping in plastics or epoxy providing dramatic enhancement of the mechanical properties but have not progressed past the laboratory level novelty. This invention can provide a graphene based composite structure with a density less that 1.9 g/cm3 for a fiber, yarn, rope or cable and a density less that 1.5 g/cm3 for a sheet both structure have tensile and shear strength greater than either Aluminum or Steel; thus providing a graphene material that is both much lighter and stronger.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: GARMOR INC.Inventors: Jeff Bullington, Richard Stoltz
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Patent number: 9951437Abstract: Among other things, one or more systems and techniques for promoting metal plating uniformity are provided. An insulator plate is positioned relative to a semiconductor wafer that is to be electroplated with metal during a metal plating process. The insulator plate comprises an insulator ring that provides a resistance to electrical plating current passing through the insulator ring to the semiconductor wafer. The insulator plate comprises one or more porous regions, such as holes, that introduce little to no additional resistance to electrical plating current passing through such porous regions to the semiconductor wafer. The insulator plate influences electrical plating current so that edge plating current has a current value similar to a center plating current. The similarity in plating current promotes metal plating uniformity for the semiconductor wafer.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedInventors: Ming-Chin Tsai, Chun-Yi Lee, Victor Y. Lu
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Patent number: 9951438Abstract: The present inventions relate to optical components which include quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein at least a portion of the nanoparticles include a ligand attached to a surface thereof, the ligand being represented by the formula X-Sp-Z, wherein: X represents: a primary amine group, a secondary amine group, a urea, a thiourea, an imidizole group, an amide group, a carboxylic acid or carboxylate group, a phosphonic or arsonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a phosphate group, a phosphite group, a phosphinic acid group, a phosphinate group, a phosphine oxide group, a phosphinite group, a phosphine group, an arsenic acid group, an arsenate group, an arsenous acid group, an arsenite group, an arsinic acid group, an arsine oxide group, or an arsine group; Sp represents a group capable of allowing a transfer of charge or an insulating group; and Z represents a multifunctional group including three or more functional groups capable of communicating a specific property or chemical reactivitType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Craig Breen, John R. Linton
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Patent number: 9951439Abstract: In the present invention, a crucible formed of SiC as a main component is used as a container for a Si—C solution. A metal element M (M is at least one metal element selected from at least one of a first group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Lu, a second group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu and a third group consisting of Al, Ga, Ge, Sn, Pb and Zn) is added to the Si—C solution and the crucible is heated to elute Si and C, which are derived from a main component SiC of the crucible, from a high-temperature surface region of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution, into the Si—C solution. In this way, precipitation of a SiC polycrystal on a surface of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Naofumi Shinya, Yu Hamaguchi, Norio Yamagata, Takehisa Minowa
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Patent number: 9951440Abstract: An method for producing a silicon ingot includes melting polycrystalline silicon in a crucible enclosed in a vacuum chamber to form a melt, generating a cusped magnetic field within the vacuum chamber, dipping a seed crystal into the melt, withdrawing the seed crystal from the melt to pull a single crystal that forms the silicon ingot, wherein the silicon ingot has a diameter greater than about 150 millimeters (mm), and simultaneously regulating a plurality of process parameters such that the silicon ingot has an oxygen concentration less than about 5 parts per million atoms (ppma). The plurality of process parameters include a wall temperature of the crucible, a transport of silicon monoxide (SiO) from the crucible to the single crystal, and an evaporation rate of SiO from the melt.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SunEdison Semiconductor LimitedInventors: Soubir Basak, Carissima Marie Hudson, Gaurab Samanta, Jae-Woo Ryu, Hariprasad Sreedharamurthy, Kirk D. McCallum, HyungMin Lee
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Patent number: 9951441Abstract: A method for producing a SiC substrate with an epitaxial layer, which can prevent inventory of wafers from unduly increasing and wasteful production, is provided. This is achieved by a method for producing a SiC substrate with an epitaxial layer one at a time, the method comprising growing an epitaxial layer and growing a SiC substrate on a seed crystal substrate, and the method further comprising removing the obtained SiC substrate with the epitaxial layer from the seed crystal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Katsunori Danno
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Patent number: 9951442Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a composite body (36) having at least one functional layer or for the further use for producing an electronic or optoelectronic component (40, 42, 44). The composite body (36) is in the form of a layer structure and comprises at least one substrate (34), which is in the form of a plate and has at least one planar substrate surface, and at least one substantially polycrystalline or at least one substantially single-crystal layer (38), which comprises at least one compound semiconductor, a ceramic material or a metallic hard material. The process is characterized by the following steps: heating at least part of the planar substrate surface to a temperature of at least 100° C. and at most 550° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: AIXATECH GMBHInventor: Yilmaz Dikme
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Patent number: 9951443Abstract: Electrodes, separators, half-cells, and full cells of electrical energy storage devices are made with electrospinning and isostatic compression. The electrical energy storage device may include electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs, also known as “supercapacitors”), hybrid supercapacitors (“HSCs”), Li-ion capacitors and electrochemical storage devices, Na-ion capacitors and electrochemical storage devices, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and still other capacitors and electrochemical storage cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TARTUInventors: Enn Lust, Kerli Liivand, Ingrid Vaas, Thomas Thomberg, Indrek Tallo, Heisi Kurig, Tavo Romann, Rait Kanarbik, Tauno Tooming, Ester Tee, Alar Jänes
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Patent number: 9951444Abstract: A method of fabricating a continuous nanofiber is described. The method includes preparing a solution of one or more polymers and one or more solvents and electrospinning the solution by discharging the solution through one or more liquid jets into an electric field to yield one or more continuous nanofibers. The electrospinning process (i) highly orients one or more polymer chains in the one or more continuous nanofibers along a fiber axis of the one or more continuous nanofibers, and (ii) suppresses polymer crystallization in the one or more continuous nanofibers. The one or more continuous nanofibers can have diameters below about 250 nanometers and exhibit an increase in fiber strength and modulus while maintaining strain at failure, resulting in an increase in fiber toughness.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: NUtech VenturesInventor: Yuris Dzenis
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Patent number: 9951445Abstract: A system and method for automated control and improvement of the consistency of yarn texture in a yarn system. The system and method are configured to monitor, improve and/or control the operating conditions of the yarn system. A plurality of sensors sense the operating conditions and send the sensed conditions to a processor. The processor monitoring the system can cause adjustments to the operating conditions to be made if a condition is outside of a predetermined tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Eric Beard Boetsch, Kevin Cowart, Mark Spangler, Larry Sims, Brent Brown, Nathan Smith, Chris Cooper
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Patent number: 9951446Abstract: Infrared-transparent visible-opaque fabrics for wearable personal thermal management.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Gang Chen, Jonathan K. Tong, Svetlana Boriskina, Xiaopeng Huang, James Loomis, Yanfei Xu
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Patent number: 9951447Abstract: A jacket for a load-bearing, lengthy body, wherein the jacket is comprised of a plurality of braid elements which, when braided, enclose at least a portion of the lengthy body, and wherein the braid element is comprised of a braided ribbon. A method of forming the jacket is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: MORENOT ASInventor: Stig Hurlen
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Patent number: 9951448Abstract: An apparatus for the continuous manufacture of a spunbond web from aerodynamically stretched thermoplastic filaments has at least one spinneret, a cooling chamber for cooling the filaments, a stretcher, and a deposition device for the deposition of the filaments to form the spunbond web. At least one filament guide having a plurality of filament-guide gaps opens toward the stretcher between the stretcher and the deposition device, and the filament guide or at least one guide part of the filament guide can be moved such that the filament-guide gap or the stretcher-side openings thereof are displaced transversely to the travel direction of the spunbond web. Thus the filaments or filament bundles guided along or through the filament-guide gap are given a transverse orientation to the travel direction of the spunbond web when deposited onto the deposition device.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Sebastian Sommer, Harald Markes, Alexander Klein, Emin Oezgoeren, Felix Goretzki
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Patent number: 9951449Abstract: Disclosed herein is a household type sewing machine that includes a transmitter configured to connect to a local device such as a Wi-Fi device, and an image capture device configured to capture a video of a workpiece being sewn by the household type sewing machine. The transmitter is configured to send the video captured by the image capture device to the local device. Further disclosed is a method that includes capturing, by the image capture device, a video of a workpiece being sewn by the household type sewing machine and sending the video captured by the image capture device to a mobile device. A sewing system is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATIONInventors: Koenraad Alexander Gieskes, Hermanna Elisabeth Gieskes
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Patent number: 9951450Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for injecting a functional solution for fabric and a method for manufacturing fabric using same. The system includes: a first supply portion; a second supply portion provided with a distributing device; an injection portion provided with a needle; a drying portion provided with a hot air blower or a blower; and a collection portion provided with a collecting roll. An injection method is provided in which the needle on the injection portion, installed so as to be moved reciprocally, is directly inserted into the fabric to inject the functional solution, so that the functional solution is absorbed from the outer surface to the inside of the fabric.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Armacell JIOS Aerogels LimitedInventors: Young chul Joung, Myung je Roh, Jong chul Park, Min woo Kim, Mun hyeong Lee, In chang Cha
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Patent number: 9951451Abstract: An online system, including a smart laundry machine, which is capable of easily and inexpensively using the smart laundry machine is disclosed. A further extended type of a smart home appliance, an online system including the same, and a method of using the online system are also disclosed. A laundry machine communicates with a server, is remotely controlled by an external terminal through the server, and has a control panel for a user interface. The control panel includes a course selection unit, an option selection unit, a start button, a display unit to display state information of the laundry machine, and a remote service activation input unit to set or cancel remote service activation according to user selection. The remote control is performed only in a case in which the remote service activation is set.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junpil Park, Mikyung Ha, Byunggee Sung
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Patent number: 9951452Abstract: Disclosed is a drum type washing machine, including a cabinet configured to form an outer appearance; a tub in the cabinet and configured to contain water therein; a drum in the tub and configured to accommodate laundry therein; and a lifter on the drum, configured to lift the laundry in the drum by upward rotation of the drum. The lifter comprises a lifter housing fixed to the drum and having an opening in one or more ends or sides thereof; and a lifter plate pivotally coupled to the lifter housing, the lifter plate being configured to hold water in the lifter during the upward rotation of the drum.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics CorporationInventor: In Dong Kim
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Patent number: 9951453Abstract: A washing machine may include a washing tub that is capable of improving washing effect. The washing machine includes: a casing; a washing tub installed in the casing; a plurality of concave sides formed to be recessed into an inner side surface of the washing tub; and a plurality of protrusions that protrude in an inward direction of the washing tub and include a plurality of first protrusions formed on the plurality of concave sides. A frictional force with laundry is generated using a washing tub including the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of concave sides so that a washing force can be enhanced and a flow of washing water can be guided.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Su Jeon, Young Jin Um
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Patent number: 9951454Abstract: A washing machine includes first and second vibration attenuators provided on a support rod and in a housing, which is supported by a spring provided at a bottom of the support rod. Both of the first and second vibration attenuators apply frictional forces during a first vibration of the tub. Only the first vibration attenuator applies a frictional force during a second vibration of the tub. The first vibration is greater than the second vibration.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Byeongjin Jeon
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Patent number: 9951455Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet forming an appearance of the apparatus, a drum disposed in the cabinet and having a laundry space therein to for accommodate laundry, a rotating shaft for rotatably supporting the drum in the cabinet, a balancer including a housing fixed to the drum, an accommodation space defined in the housing, a balancing unit movably provided in the accommodation space, and a housing power line provided in the accommodation space to supply electric power to the balancing unit, a shaft through-hole formed through the rotating shaft, a first connecting line disposed in the shaft through-hole and connected to a power source, a second connecting line connected to the housing power line, and a connector for coupling the first connecting line to the second connecting line is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kyeonghwan Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Jaehoon Lee
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Patent number: 9951456Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement having a washing-machine tub and a drive motor, which can be connected to the tub by a suspension device, wherein the suspension device is designed as a two-point attachment means, wherein a housing of the drive motor has arranged on it two rockers designed for connection in each case to a rocker mount arranged on the tub. The invention also relates to a washing machine having such an arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Torsten Böttger, Wolfram Schubert, Jörg Skrippek
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Patent number: 9951457Abstract: A tub ring mountable to an upper end of a liquid holding tub in a laundry treating appliance may include a circumferential side wall, a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall, and a plurality of radial stiffening ribs extending between the top wall and the side wall. The ribs may have a bottom edge with at least a portion inclined relative to horizontal. At least a portion of the bottom edge may also be complementary to a top wall of a balance ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: John M. Hunnell, Pradeep Kumar, Brenner M. Sharp, Christine L. Strain
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Patent number: 9951458Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a first introduction port, a tub, which is disposed in the cabinet and which has a second introduction port concentrically positioned with respect to the first introduction port, a cabinet door mounted on the cabinet so as to open and close the first introduction port, a tub door mounted on the tub so as to open and close the second introduction port, and a lock-releasing unit for releasing the locked state of the tub door when the cabinet door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Mingyu Jo, Seungchul Park, Dongwon Kim
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Patent number: 9951459Abstract: A system for monitoring sanitation agents in a laundry machine comprises a plurality of channels. Each channel has an input port, an output port, and a glass tube. Each input port and output port is adapted to be fluidly coupled to the laundry machine. The system includes a monitoring unit associated with each of the glass tubes. Each monitoring unit includes a bubble detector and a flow rate measurement unit. A beeper is configured to generate an indication of an alarm condition based on a determination made by any one of the monitoring units. The system has a display screen, a memory storing computer-readable instructions, and a controller communicatively coupled to each of the monitoring units. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to wirelessly communicate to a web page a volume of a sanitation agent that has passed through each of the glass tubes.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: TCD Parts, Inc., Brightwell Dispensers LtdInventors: Mark B. Fisher, Joel Gross
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Patent number: 9951460Abstract: A dispensing arrangement for a household appliance for the care of laundry items includes a dispensing tray having an upper part connectable to a lower part. A water inlet flow device with a water-receiving depression is formed in the lower part and an outlet flow connection opening into the water receiving depression is formed on the lower part. The lower part has a partial channel of an extract ventilation channel, the partial channel opening into the outlet flow connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Edwin Boulduan, Andre Sabalat, Marcel Werner