Patents Issued in August 16, 2018
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Publication number: 20180230572Abstract: A method for extracting the tantalum from an acid aqueous phase A1 comprising at least one step comprising the bringing of the aqueous phase A1 into contact with a phase A2 not miscible with water, and then the separation of the aqueous phase A1 from the phase A2, the phase A2 consisting of one ionic liquid or a mixture of ionic liquids as an extractant. A method for recovering the tantalum that implements this extraction method and to a use of an ionic liquid or of a mixture of ionic liquids as an extractant, in order to extract the tantalum from such an aqueous phase A1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Raphael TURGIS, Guilhem ARRACHART, Stéphane PELLET-ROSTAING, Micheline DRAYE, Sophie LEGEAI, David VIRIEUX, Christian THOMAS
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Publication number: 20180230573Abstract: Nanostructured materials that contain amorphous intergranular films (AlFs) are described herein. Amorphous intergranular films are structurally disordered (lacking the ordered pattern of a crystal) films that are up to a few nanometers thick. Nanostructured materials containing these films exhibit increased ductility, strength, and thermal stability simultaneously. A nanocrystalline material system that has two or more elements can be designed to contain AlFs at the grain boundaries, provided that the dopants segregate to the interface and certain materials science design rules are followed. An example of AlFs in a nanostructured Cu—Zr alloy is provided to illustrate the benefits of integrating AlFs into nanostructured materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Timothy J. Rupert, Amirhossein Khalajhedayati
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Publication number: 20180230574Abstract: The present invention relates to a copper-zinc alloy with low lead content, as well as a process for the manufacturing of the same. The obtained allow allows the restriction of the amount of the generated Beta phase, thereby causing a lower deterioration of the materials due to the loss of zinc during its exposure to ponded, low movement or slightly acid waters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Jaime Rodríguez Angoli, Julio Alberto Rosas Franco, Roberto Montoya Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20180230575Abstract: A composition for bonding incudes tin, germanium, and nickel. A contained amount of germanium is less than or equal to 10 mass %. A contained amount of nickel in mass % is less than or equal to a product of 2.8 multiplied by a term that is the contained amount of germanium in mass % to the power of 0.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Minoru YAMADA, Atsushi YAMADA, Koichi SHIBUYA, Shinya KIKUGAWA, Keisuke HANASHIMA
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Publication number: 20180230576Abstract: In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy consists essentially of, in atomic percent, 38 to about 50% aluminum, 1 to about 6% niobium, 0.25 to about 2% tungsten, 0.01 to about 1.5% boron, up to about 1% carbon, optionally up to about 2% chromium, optionally up to about 2% vanadium, up to about 2% manganese, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities. In some embodiments, the gamma titanium aluminide alloy forms at least a portion of a gas turbine component. In some embodiments, a gamma titanium aluminide alloy, consists essentially of, in atomic percent, about 40 to about 50% aluminum, about 1 to about 5% niobium, about 0.3 to about 1% tungsten, about 0.1 to about 0.3% boron, up to about 0.1% carbon, up to about 2% chromium, up to about 2% vanadium, up to about 2% manganese, up to about 1% molybdenum, and the balance titanium and incidental impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Stephen Joseph BALSONE, Dwight Eric DAVIDSON, Michael Francis Xavier GIGLIOTTI, JR., Pazhayannur Ramanathan SUBRAMANIAN, Akane SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20180230577Abstract: A titanium alloy melt includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.15 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti) and a titanium alloy powder, formed from the titanium alloy melt, includes about 7.0 to about 9.0 percent by weight vanadium (V), about 3.0 to about 4.5 percent by weight aluminum (Al), about 0.8 to about 1.5 percent by weight iron (Fe), at most about 0.18 percent by weight oxygen (O), and titanium (Ti).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joe Pecina, Robert Burkett, Gary M. Backhaus
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Publication number: 20180230578Abstract: Ni—Cr—Co—Mo—Al based alloys are disclosed which contain 15 to 20 wt. % chromium, 9.5 to 20 wt. % cobalt, 7.25 to 10 wt. % molybdenum, 2.72 to 3.89 wt. % aluminum, certain minor elemental additions, along with typical impurities, a tolerance for up to 10.5 wt. % iron, and a balance of nickel. These alloys are readily fabricable, have high creep strength, and excellent oxidation resistance up to as high as 2100° F. (1149° C.). This combination of properties is useful for a variety of gas turbine engine components, including, for example, combustors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: S. Krishna Srivastava, Lee Pike
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Publication number: 20180230579Abstract: A formable lightweight steel having improved mechanical properties and a high resistance to delayed hydrogen-induced cracking formation and hydrogen embrittlement includes the following elements (in wt. %): C 0.02 to ?1.0; Mn 3 to 30; Si?4; P max. 0.1; S max. 0.1; N max. 0.03; Sb 0.003 to 0.8, particularly advantageously to 0.5, as well as at least one or more of the following carbide-forming elements in the specified proportions (in wt. %): Al?15; Cr>0.1 to 8; Mo 0.05 to 2; Ti 0.01 to 2; V 0.005 to 1; Nb 0.005 to 1; W 0.005 to 1; Zr 0.001 to 0.3; with the remainder being iron including the usual steel-accompanying elements, with the optional addition of the following elements, in wt. %: max. 5 Ni, max. 10 Co, max. 0.005 Ca, max. 0.01 B and 0.05 to 2 Cu.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBHInventor: PETER PALZER
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Publication number: 20180230580Abstract: Provided is a stainless steel product having a chemical composition consisting of C: less than 0.05%, Si: 4.0 to 7.0%, Mn: 1.50% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 20.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 17.0%, Cu: 0.15 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.15 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.5 to 1.2%, Sol. Al: 0 to 0.10%, Mg: 0 to 0.01%, and balance Fe and impurities, wherein MgO.Al2O3 inclusions constitute an area fraction of 0.02% or less. This stainless steel product has excellent corrosion resistance to hot concentrated sulfuric acid of approximately 93 to 99% concentration, for example, and also is economically advantageous.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Hideya KAMINAKA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi KAMIO, Kouichi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20180230581Abstract: A steel sheet includes: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel structure represented by, in area %, first martensite in which two or more iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath: 20% to 95%, ferrite: 15% or less, retained austenite: 15% or less, and the balance: bainite, or second martensite in which less than two iron carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm are contained in each lath, or the both of these, in which the total area fraction of ND//<111> orientation grains and ND//<100> orientation grains is 40% or less, and the content of solid-solution C is 0.44 ppm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Riki OKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KAWATA, Masafumi AZUMA, Akihiro UENISHI, Naoki MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20180230582Abstract: Low carbon steel plate excellent impact resistance characteristics after carburizing and quenching and after tempering, characterized by having a predetermined chemical composition, an average grain size of carbides of 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, an area ratio of pearlite of 6% or less, a ratio of a number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains of over 1, and a Vickers hardness of 100HV to 180HV.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kengo TAKEDA, Kazuo HIKIDA, Ken TAKATA, Motonori HASHIMOTO, Toshimasa TOMOKIYO, Yasushi TSUKANO, Takashi ARAMAKI
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Publication number: 20180230583Abstract: A first method is disclosed for forming a tubular reinforcement that comprises the steps of: providing a 7xxx aluminum tube, heating tube to at least 450° C. and water quenching the tube in less than or equal to 20 seconds after heating. All of the forming processes on the tube are then completed from within 1 to 8 hours of quenching. A second method for forming a tubular reinforcement is disclosed that comprises the steps of providing a 7xxx-O temper aluminum tube and forming the tube into a predetermined shape. The tube in then heated the tube to at least 450° C. and quenched the tube with water or air in a hydroforming die just prior to or while hydroforming the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: S. George Luckey, JR., Andrey M. Ilinich, Nia R. Harrison, Michael William Danyo
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Publication number: 20180230584Abstract: Manufactured articles, and methods of manufacturing enhanced surface smoothed components and articles. More particularly, surface smoothed components and articles, such as combustor components of turbine engines, having surface treatment conferring reduced roughness for enhanced performance and reduced wear related reduction in part life.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Dechao LIN, David Vincent BUCCI, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Yan CUI, David Edward SCHICK, Eric Eicher McCONNELL, David SINGLETARY
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Publication number: 20180230585Abstract: A metal mask plate and a fabrication method thereof. The metal mask plate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to each other, the metal mask plate includes: a plurality of panel-defining regions spaced apart; and a main frame portion. In each of the panel-defining regions, a plurality of via holes configured for defining a pixel structure are arranged in a matrix, and each of the via holes communicates the first main surface and the second main surface of the metal mask plate, side walls of every two adjacent via holes are directly connected with each other on the second main surface of the metal mask plate so that the metal mask plate between the two adjacent via holes (101) in the panel-defining region has a thickness D1. The main frame portion of the metal mask plate has a second thickness D2, and the first thickness D1 and the second thickness D2 satisfy |D1?D2|/D1?20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: Shanshan BAI
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Publication number: 20180230586Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a film and a method for forming an aluminum nitride film, in which two steps of pre-sputtering having different process parameters are respectively performed before performing a main sputtering, so as to achieve the effect of stabilizing target condition. The method for forming a film of the present disclosure may also form an aluminum nitride film on a substrate, and the aluminum nitride film may serve as a buffer layer between a substrate and a gallium nitride layer in an electronic device, so as to improve film qualities of the aluminum nitride film and the gallium nitride layer and achieve the purpose of improving performance of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Jun WANG, Boyu DONG, Bingliang GUO, Yujie GENG, Huaichao MA
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Publication number: 20180230587Abstract: An article such as a susceptor includes a body of a thermally conductive material coated by a first protective layer and a second protective layer over a surface of the body. The first protective layer is a thermally conductive ceramic. The second protective layer covers the first protective layer and is a plasma resistant ceramic thin film that is resistant to cracking at temperatures of 650 degrees Celsius.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja P. Kanungo, Jennifer Y. Sun, Martin J. Salinas, Jared Ahmad Lee
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Publication number: 20180230588Abstract: A method to increase the damping of a substrate using a face-centered cubic damping material foil containing voids.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: Mo-How Herman Shen
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Publication number: 20180230589Abstract: A process in which both an optical coating, for example, an AR coating, and an ETC coating are deposited on a glass substrate article, in sequential steps, with the optical coating being deposited first and the ETC coating being deposited second, using the same apparatus and without exposing the article to the atmosphere at any time during the application of the optical coating and ETC coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Christopher Morton Lee, Xiao-Feng Lu, Xu Ouyang, Junhong Zhang
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Publication number: 20180230590Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology include metal foams and methods of manufacture. An example method of creating a porous metal foam includes mixing an amount of a metallic powder with an amount of sacrificial particles in a specified ratio to create a mixture; and applying pressure to the mixture that is sufficient to: compact the mixture; decompose or dissolve the sacrificial particles; and fuse the metallic powder into the porous metal foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: James J. Farquhar, Choon Ming Seah
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Publication number: 20180230591Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a silicon nitride thin film using a plasma atomic layer deposition method and, more particularly, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a silicon nitride thin film including a high quality Si—N bond under the condition of lower power and film-forming temperature, by applying an aminosilane derivative having a specific Si—N bond to a plasma atomic layer deposition method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Se Jin JANG, Sang-Do LEE, Sung Woo CHO, Sung Gi KIM, Byeong-il YANG, Jang Hyeon SEOK, Sang Ick LEE, Myong Woon KIM
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Publication number: 20180230592Abstract: A method for reducing an atom to a reduced oxidation state includes a step of providing a vapor of a first compound having an atom in an oxidized state. A vapor of a reducing agent is provided. The reducing agent is selected from the group consisting of compounds described by formulae I, II, and III: where R1, R2 R3, R4 are each independently H, C1-10 alkyl, C6-14 aryl, or C4-14 heteroaryl. The vapor of the first compound is reacted with the vapor of the reducing agent to form a second compound having the atom in a reduced state relative to the first compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYInventor: Charles H. WINTER
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Publication number: 20180230593Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology include graphene-metal composites. An example graphene-metal composite comprises a porous metal foam substrate, a graphene layer deposited to the porous metal foam substrate, a metal layer applied to the graphene layer, and another graphene layer deposited to the metal layer; the multilayered porous metal foam substrate being compressed to form a graphene-metal composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: James J. Farquhar, Choon Ming Seah
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Publication number: 20180230594Abstract: A process for depositing an inorganic material on a substrate, the process comprising, providing a substrate having a surface, providing a precursor mixture comprising a metal sulfonate, and delivering the precursor mixture to the surface of the substrate, wherein the surface of the substrate is at a substrate temperature of above 450° C. and is sufficient to effect decomposition of the metal sulfonate. The inorganic material may include a metal or a metal oxide. The preferred metal sulfonate is metal triflate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: DEBORAH RAISBECK, SIMON JAMES HURST, IVAN P. PARKIN, CLAIRE J. CARMALT, JOE A. MANZI
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Publication number: 20180230595Abstract: In an embodiment, a vapor phase film-forming apparatus 10 includes a susceptor 12 for holding a film forming substrate 14. A flow channel 40 is formed horizontally by the opposite surface 20 facing the susceptor 12. In the flow channel 40, a material gas introduction port 42 and material gas and a purge gas exhaust port 48 are provided. On the opposite surface 20, many purge gas nozzles 36 are provided and divided into a plurality of purge areas PE1-PE 3. Mass flow controllers (MFCs) 52A-52C and 62A-62C for adjusting the flow rate for each purge area are provided in each purge area. Then, the mass flow rate of the purge gas is controlled by the MFCs 52A-52C and 62A-62C for each purge area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Noboru Suda, Takahiro Oishi, Junji Komeno, Po-Jung Lin
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Publication number: 20180230596Abstract: Apparatus for treating wafers using a wafer carrier rotated about an axis is provided with a ring which surrounds the wafer carrier during operation. Treatment gasses directed onto a top surface of the carrier flow outwardly away from the axis over the carrier and over the ring, and pass downstream outside of the ring. The outwardly flowing gasses form a boundary over the carrier and ring. The ring helps to maintain a boundary layer of substantially uniform thickness over the carrier, which promotes uniform treatment of the wafers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Veeco Instruments Inc.Inventors: Bojan Mitrovic, Guanghua Wei, Eric A. Armour, Ajit Paranjpe
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Publication number: 20180230597Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a plasma processing system. The plasma processing system includes a processing chamber, a chamber seasoning system, and a remote plasma cleaning system. The processing chamber has a chamber body defining a processing region and a plasma field. The chamber seasoning system is coupled to the processing chamber. The chamber seasoning system is configured to season the processing region and the plasma field. The remote plasma cleaning system is in communication with the processing chamber. The remote plasma cleaning system is configured to clean the processing region and the plasma field.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ying MA, Daemian RAJ, Martin Jay SEAMONS, Ankit POKHREL, Greg CHICHKANOFF, Yizhen ZHANG, Jingmei LIANG, Jay D. PINSON, II, Dongqing LI, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ
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Publication number: 20180230598Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate in a heat treating space. The method includes a loading step of loading the substrate on support pins, an exhaust step of exhausting gas within the heat treating space, an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas into the heat treating space, an under-substrate space gas discharging step of discharging gas within an under-substrate space between the substrate and the top face of the heat treating plate, and a heat treating step of retracting the support pins into the heat treating plate, and performing the heat treatment of the substrate placed on the top face of the heat treating plate in the heat treating space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Chisayo NAKAYAMA, Masahiko HARUMOTO, Masaya ASAI, Yasuhiro FUKUMOTO, Tomohiro MATSUO, Takeharu ISHII
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Publication number: 20180230599Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating method for performing a heat treatment of a substrate having a treated film formed thereon in a heat treating space of a heat treating chamber. The method includes an exhaust step of performing exhaust of gas within the heat treating space, an inert gas supply step of supplying inert gas into the heat treating space, and a heat treating step of performing the heat treatment of the substrate in the heat treating space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Chisayo NAKAYAMA, Masahiko HARUMOTO, Masaya ASAI, Yasuhiro FUKUMOTO, Tomohiro MATSUO, Takeharu ISHII
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Publication number: 20180230600Abstract: Provided herein is an aluminum surface having an abrasion- and peel-resistant sol-gel coating. To obtain the coating, the aluminum surface is treated with an aqueous, oxidizing solution, such that said surface provides a suitable base for the subsequent sol-gel coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Siegfried Piesslinger-Schweiger, Olaf Boehme
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Publication number: 20180230601Abstract: A method for providing phosphate conversion crystal coating, the method including the steps of: pre-treating a substrate by depositing metal oxide particles on the substrate; treating the substrate with a phosphate coating solution, resulting in the phosphate conversion crystal coating forming (crystallizing) on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Avraham SHEINKMAN, Itzhak ROZENTUL
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Publication number: 20180230602Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine including a support shell with a shell coating applied thereto and a multiple of liner panels circumferentially mounted within the support shell via a multiple of studs, each of the multiple of liner panels having a liner coating applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Steven W. Burd
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Publication number: 20180230603Abstract: To obtain a piezoelectric film having excellent piezoelectric properties. An aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a first Sr(Ti1?xRux)O3 film and a PZT film formed on the first Sr(Ti1?xRux)O3 film, wherein the x satisfies a formula 1 below. 0.01?x?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Koichi FURUYAMA
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Publication number: 20180230604Abstract: The anode assembly for cathodic protection of offshore steel piles provides stability and protection for a sacrificial anode used in the cathodic protection of offshore steel piles, particularly in regard to the challenges presented in positioning the anode in a submerged, underwater environment. The anode assembly for cathodic protection of offshore steel piles includes a conventional sacrificial anode received within a protective housing. The housing is supported underwater by a support cable. A weight is fixed to the lower end of the support cable to anchor the lower end of the support cable on an underwater surface of a body of water when the housing and the sacrificial anode are suspended in the body of water. The upper end of the support cable is secured to an external support such that the housing and the sacrificial anode are suspended therefrom in a desired underwater position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: NABEEL Y.A.A. AL-KANDARI
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Publication number: 20180230605Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for testing a cathodic protection system that protects a metallic structure with one or more DC power sources electrically connected to the metallic structure and an associated reference electrode. The metallic structure may be cathodically protected at multiple locations. A Cathodic Protection Waveform Monitoring Unit (CPWMU) operates independently from power cycling by the cathodic protection system to measure cathodic protection voltage levels by measuring, over one or more measurement time periods, a voltage differential between the metallic structure and its associated reference electrode, a plurality of times when power provided to the metallic structure is cycled on and off. The CPWMU includes digital storage to store values indicative of the measured voltage differentials over the measurement time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Darren Lee Miller, Michael William Novakowicz, Haydn Russell Wintersgill
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Publication number: 20180230606Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolysis apparatus for collecting a nitrogen compound using ferric-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Fe-EDTA), and more particularly, to an electrolysis apparatus for collecting a nitrogen compound in exhaust gas by supplying electric energy to cause a redox reaction of Fe-EDTA.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Jong-In Han, Dongyeon Kim, Nara Lee
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Publication number: 20180230607Abstract: The present invention is directed to composite nanoparticles comprising a metal, a rare earth element, and, optionally, a complexing ligand. The invention is also directed to composite nanoparticles having a core-shell structure and to processes for preparation of composite nanoparticles of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Binil Itty Ipe Kandapallil, Lakshmi Krishnan, Francis Johnson
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Publication number: 20180230608Abstract: An electrolysis device comprising a cell containing a solution, a pair of electrodes installed in the cell, and a voltage application device connected to the pair of electrodes. One electrode of the pair of electrodes is a small electrode, and another electrode of the pair of electroeds is a large electrode. An area of a liquid-contacting portion of the small electrode with the solution is smaller than an area of a liquid-contacting portion of the large electrode with the solution. In a state in which the solution is contained in the cell, only the solution is present between the liquid-contacting portion of the small electrode and a liquid surface of the solution vertically above the liquid-contacting portion of the small electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventor: Tokuo Kasai
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Publication number: 20180230609Abstract: A spacer for an electrolyzer cell of substantially annular shape comprises: a peripheral part having two parallel principal faces opposite each other, the distance separating the two principal faces defining a thickness of the spacer, and an internal part having a thickness strictly less than the thickness of the spacer, the peripheral part and the internal part being in one piece and connected to each other forming an internal annular shoulder so that the internal part has a substantially annular intermediate face extending in a plane parallel to the two principal faces of the peripheral part and situated between the two principal faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Francois LARIDANT, Eric GERNOT, Fabien AUPRETRE
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Publication number: 20180230610Abstract: Articles and methods for forming ceramic/polymer composite structures for electrode protection in electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Sion Power CorporationInventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, James A. Phipps, Veronika G. Viner
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Publication number: 20180230611Abstract: An electrode material which may be used in an electrochemical cell used to convert carbon dioxide into useful products, such as synthetic fuel. The electrode material may comprise nano-sized core-shell catalyst (i.e., core-shell nanoparticles, or CSNs) having a catalytic core component encompassed by one or more outer shells, wherein at least one of the outer shells has a mesoporous structure. Electrochemical cells, electrochemical cell electrodes, and methods of making CSNs are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: Nam Hawn CHOU
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Publication number: 20180230612Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode and electrolysis cells containing gas diffusion electrodes are provided. The gas diffusion electrodes include a copper-containing carrier, and first and second layers. The first layer comprising at least copper and at least one binder having hydrophilic and hydrophobic pores. The second layer comprising copper and at least one binder. The second layer present atop the carrier and the first layer atop the second layer, wherein the content of binder in the first layer is less than the binder in the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Krause, Anna Maltenberger, Christian Reller, Bernhard Schmid, Günter Schmid
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Publication number: 20180230613Abstract: An electrolysis device including a cell that contains a solution and a pair of electrodes installed in the cell. One electrode of the pair of electrodes is a carbon electrode, and a liquid-contacting portion of the carbon electrode that makes contact with the solution in the cell is configured by only a three-dimensional curved face.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventor: Tokuo Kasai
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Publication number: 20180230614Abstract: A counterfeiting deterrent device according to one implementation of the disclosure includes a plurality of layers formed by an additive process. Each of the layers may have a thickness of less than 100 microns. At least one of the layers has a series of indentations formed in an outer edge of the layer such that the indentations can be observed to verify that the device originated from a predetermined source. According to another implementation, a counterfeiting deterrent device includes at least one raised layer having outer edges in the shape of a logo. A light source is configured and arranged to shine a light through a slit in a substrate layer of the device and past an intermediate layer to light up the outer edge of the raised layer. The layers of the device are formed by an additive process and have a thickness of less than 100 microns each.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Schmitz, Michael S. Lockard, Ming-Ting Wu, Eric C. Miller, Adam L. Cohen
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Publication number: 20180230615Abstract: Provided is a porous nickel thin film having a flexibility value of no more than 15.0 N/mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Satoshi YAEGASHI, Naruki ENDO, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Masashi KUMAKAWA, Satoshi SUZUKI, Takashi KOSONE
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Publication number: 20180230616Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of electro-depositing a crystalline layer of pure aluminum onto the surface of an aluminum alloy article. The methods may include positioning the article and an electrode in an electro-deposition solution. The electro-deposition solution includes one or more of an aluminum halide, an organic chloride salt, an aluminum reducing agent, a solvent such as a nitrile compound, and an alkali metal halide. The solution is blanketed with an inert gas, agitated, and a crystalline layer of aluminum is deposited on the article by applying a bias voltage to the article and the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: David W. GROECHEL, Gang PENG, Robert MIKKOLA
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Publication number: 20180230617Abstract: An aluminum panel comprises an upper surface and a lower surface and the upper surface comprises at least one recessed area. The panel has a reduced thickness in the at least one recessed area. Both the upper surface of the panel and the at least one recessed area are provided with an aluminum oxide coating and the aluminum oxide coating of the at least one recessed area includes at least one colored dye. A method for producing an aluminum panel is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: Colin Edge
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Publication number: 20180230618Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface-treated aluminum material having excellent adhesiveness to resins, on the surface of which an oxide film is formed, the oxide film comprising a surface-side porous aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 20 to 500 nm and a base-side barrier aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 3 to 30 nm, wherein small pores each having a diameter of 5 to 30 nm are formed on the porous aluminum oxide film, and the length of cracks formed in a boundary between the porous aluminum oxide film and the barrier aluminum oxide film is not more than 50% of the length of the boundary, a method for manufacturing the surface-treated aluminum material, and a surface-treated aluminum material-resin bonded body, comprising the surface-treated aluminum material and a resin that covers the surface of the oxide film formed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Shinichi Hasegawa, Tatsuya Mimura, Yukio Honkawa, Toshiki Maezono
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Publication number: 20180230619Abstract: Provided is a method for sealing an article with a non-chrome corrosion inhibitor seal. The method may include applying an aqueous-based suspension comprising a thiol-containing corrosion inhibitor on a surface of an anodized substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Lawrence M. Lawless, Bruce M. Griffin
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Publication number: 20180230620Abstract: A substrate holder includes: a first holding member having a surface configured to come into contact with the substrate; and a second holding member, between which and the first holding member the substrate is put and held. The second holding member includes a removal portion that is disposed along an outer circumference of the substrate and configured to come into contact with the substrate and remove an insulating material on the substrate when the substrate is put between the first holding member and the second holding member, and an electric contact portion that is disposed along the outer circumference of the substrate and configured to come into contact with a region on the substrate in which the removal portion has removed the insulating material when the substrate is put and held between the first holding member and the second holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: Jumpei FUJIKATA
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Publication number: 20180230621Abstract: A system for recycling machined metal produced by an electrochemical material removal process. The system includes a machining unit and an electrowinning unit. The machining unit includes an anode to receive a workpiece, a cathode tool, and a first pulse generator to provide a voltage or current waveform between the anode and the cathode tool. The electrowinning unit includes an electrowinning cathode, an electrowinning anode, and a second pulse generator to provide a voltage or current waveform between the electrowinning anode and the electrowinning cathode. The machining unit is in fluid communication with the electrowinning unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Faraday Technology, Inc.Inventors: E. Jennings Taylor, Maria E. Inman, Brian T. Skinn, Timothy D. Hall, Stephen T. Snyder, Savidra C. Lucatero, Eric Lee Kathe
