Patents Issued in September 27, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180274054
    Abstract: A seamless steel tube with high strength and toughness, comprising the following chemical elements by mass: 0.1-0.25% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.6-2% of Mn, the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, wherein C+Mn/6?0.35. Also provided is a method for preparing a seamless steel tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yaoheng LIU, Zhonghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180274055
    Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel sheet consists, (mass %), of: C: 0.03 to 0.15%; Si: 0.20 to 2.5%; Mn: 0.2 to 4.5%; P: 0.010 to 0.030%; S: 0.0001 to 0.0010%; Cr: 20.0 to 26.0%; Ni: 10.0 to 15.0%; Cu: 0.01 to 2.0%; Mo: 0.01 to 2.0%; Co: 0.05 to 2.50%; Al: 0.01 to 0.20%; N: 0.1 to 0.6%; V: 0.02 to 0.15%; B: 0.0002 to 0.0050%; Nb: 0 to 0.10%; Ti: 0 to 0.10%; Y: 0 to 0.10%; Ca: 0 to 0.010%; Mg: 0 to 0.010%; and REM: 0 to 0.10%, balance Fe and impurities. Contents of [Mn] and [S] satisfy [Mn]×[S]?0.0020. Sheet thickness is 0.5 mm or smaller, an aspect ratio value L1/L2 satisfies L1/L2?1.5 where L1 and L2 denote major and minor axis lengths of a crystal grain. A surface hardness (HV) is 300 or higher after retention at 600° C. for 400 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi TERAOKA, Kazuhiko ADACHI, Yuichi FUKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180274056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wear resistant steel material which can be suitably used for industrial machinery, structural materials, steel materials for slurry pipes, sour steel materials, mining, transportation and storage fields, etc. in the oil gas industry which require properties such as ductility and wear resistance. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wear resistant steel material excellent in toughness and internal quality, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yong-Jin KIM, Soon-Gi LEE, Il-Cheol YI, Sung-Kyu KIM, Sang-Deok KANG, Un-Hae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180274057
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Warren Dean, JR., Christopher Wooten, Chase Zenner
  • Publication number: 20180274058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and an arrangement for the (pyro)metallurgical treatment of electrical and/or electronic scrap or components, which are in particular configured in such a way that substantially uncontaminated electrical and/or electronic scrap or components thereof can be processed without impurities. The apparatus or the arrangement comprises a melting reactor, which has a cooling device. The present invention also relates to the use of the apparatus or the arrangement far the metallurgical treatment of electrical and/or electronic scrap or components and to the obtainment of raw copper or a precursor thereof. The present invention also relates to methods for the (pyro)metallurgical treatment of electrical and/or electronic scrap or components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: URBANGOLD GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas FILZWIESER, Iris FILZWIESER, Stefan KONETSCHNIK, Robert STIBICH
  • Publication number: 20180274059
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the recovery of a metal-containing product (MProd) comprising: providing a composite material comprising a matrix of oxidised reductant (Ro), a product metal (MP) dispersed in the matrix of oxidised reductant (Ro), and one or more metal compounds (MPCR) of the product metal (MP) in one or more oxidation states dispersed in the matrix of oxidised reductant (Ro); and treating the composite material to at least partially remove the one or more metal compounds (MPCR) from the matrix of oxidised reductant (Ro) to form the metal-containing product (MProd).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Jewell, Peter Duxson
  • Publication number: 20180274060
    Abstract: A copper/molybdenum separation processor is provided featuring a slurry/media mixture stage configured to receive a conditioned pulp containing hydrophobic molybdenite and hydrophilic copper, iron and other minerals that is conditioned with sodium hydrosulfide together with an engineered polymeric hydrophobic media, and provide a slurry/media mixture; and a slurry/media separation stage configured to receive the slurry/media mixture, and provide a slurry product having a copper concentrate and a polymerized hydrophobic media product having a molybdenum concentrate that are separately directed for further processing. The slurry/media mixture stage include a molybdenum loading stage configured to contact the conditioned pulp with the engineered polymeric hydrophobic media in an agitated reaction chamber, and load the hydrophobic molybdenite on the engineered polymeric hydrophobic media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Paul J. ROTHMAN, Mark R. FERNALD, Peter A. AMELUNXEN
  • Publication number: 20180274061
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil is provided that is used as a material of a container and that achieves desired heat-resistant properties, enabling the container to withstand repeated use. The aluminum alloy foil is configured so as to: maintain a tensile strength of at least 120 N/mm2 and have an elongation of at least 2.0% when subjected to softening treatment at 150° C. for a maximum of 240 minutes; maintain a tensile strength of at least 100 N/mm2 and have an elongation of at least 3.0% when subjected to softening treatment at 180° C. for a maximum of 240 minutes; and maintain a tensile strength of at least 90 N/mm2 and have an elongation of at least 3.0% when subjected to softening treatment at 200° C. for a maximum of 240 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KITTAKA, Sotaro AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180274062
    Abstract: A steel sheet coated with a metallic coating is provided. The coating includes from 1.0 to 22.0% by weight of zinc, from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of titanium, from 1.6 to 15.0% by weight of silicon, below 0.5% by weight of magnesium, below 0.05% by weight of La or Ce or both, below 0.2% by weight of Sn and optionally, less than 0.3% by weight of additional elements chosen from Sb, Pb, Ca, Mn, Cr, Ni, Zr, In, Hf or Bi. A balance of the coating includes aluminum and optionally unavoidable impurities and residual elements. A microstructure of the coating does not include Al—Zn binary phases. A coated part is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Allely, Tiago Machado Amorim, Beril Corlu, Joost De Strycker
  • Publication number: 20180274063
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to new, formable and strong aluminum alloys for making packaging products such as bottles and cans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wen, Johnson Go, Daehoon Kang
  • Publication number: 20180274064
    Abstract: A tantalum or tantalum alloy which contains pure or substantially pure tantalum and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, Mo, W and Re to form a tantalum alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion. The invention also relates to the process of preparing the tantalum alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Paul R. Aimone, Evan Hinshaw
  • Publication number: 20180274065
    Abstract: A cemented carbide material comprising tungsten carbide grains, the content of tungsten carbide in the cemented carbide material being at least 75 weight percent and at most 95 weight percent. The cemented carbide material comprises a binder phase comprising any of cobalt, iron, or nickel, and nanoparticles. Te nanoparticles include material according to the formula CoxWyCz, where x is a value in the range from 1 to 7, y is a value in the range from 1 to 10 and z is a value in the range from 0 to 4. The nanoparticles have a mean grain size of no more than 10 nm and at least 10 percent of the nanoparticles have a size of at most 5 nm. The volume percent of the tungsten carbide grains having a grain size of no more than 1 ?m is less than 4 percent. A method for producing the cemented carbide material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ELEMENT SIX GMBH
    Inventors: IGOR YURIEVICH KONYASHIN, BERND HEINRICH RIES
  • Publication number: 20180274066
    Abstract: A nodular cast alloy, a casting made therefrom, and a production process therefor, which has a perlitic-ferritic microstructure for cast iron products and has a high strength combined with good ductility and toughness even in the cast state, including, as nonferrous constituents, C, Si, Ni, Mn, Cu, Mg, Cr, Al, P, S and normal impurities, characterized in that the nodular cast alloy in the cast state without subsequent heat treatment achieves a high static strength of a 0.2% offset yield strength of ?600 MPa and a tensile strength of ?750 MPa combined with good ductility of an elongation at break A5 of from 2 to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: Georg Fischer Automotive (Kunshan) Co. Ltd., Georg Fischer GmbH, Georg Fischer Eisenguss GmbH, Georg Fischer Automobilguss GmbH, Georg Fischer GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad PAPIS, Sebastian WIERSCHKE
  • Publication number: 20180274067
    Abstract: A hot rolled plate or forging of an austenitic steel not susceptible to relaxation cracking is provided. The hot rolled plate or austenitic steel includes a composition having in percentages by weight: 0.019%?C?0.030%, 0.5%?Mn?2%, 0.1%?Si?0.75%, Al?0.25%, 18%?Cr?25%, 14%?Ni?17%, 1.5%?Mo?3%, 0.001%?B?0.008%, 0.25%?V?0.35%, 0.23%?N?0.27%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, Ni(eq.)?1.11 Cr(eq.)?8.24, Cr(eq)=Cr+Mo+1.5Si+5V+3Al+0.02, Ni(eq)=Ni+30C+x(N?0.045)+0.87; x=30 for N?0.2, x=22 for 0.2<N?0.25, x=20 for 0.25<N?0.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Bernard Bonnefois, Amelie Fanica, Lionel Coudreuse, Tassa Oriana, Johannes Cornelis Van Wortel
  • Publication number: 20180274068
    Abstract: Mixed magnetic powders for making a magnetic core or body is disclosed, wherein the mixed magnetic powders comprises a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder, each of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder being made of a soft magnetic material, wherein the average particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is greater than that of the second magnetic powder, and each of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder has a pre-configured particle size distribution for increasing the density of the magnetic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Lu-Kuei Lin, Shih-Feng Chien, Po-I Wu
  • Publication number: 20180274069
    Abstract: A steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and a surface exhibits an absorption peak at which a reflectance is not less than 50% nor more than 85% in a range of wave numbers of 1200 cm?1 to 1300 cm?1 by a Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy analysis by a reflection absorption spectrometry method, and does not exhibit an absorption peak in a range of wave numbers of 1000 cm?1 to 1100 cm?1, or exhibits an absorption peak at which a reflectance is 85% or more in the range of wave numbers of 1000 cm?1 to 1100 cm?1, wherein Ni of 3 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 adheres to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei UEDA, Hiroyuki KAWATA, Takayuki KITAZAWA, Takeshi YASUI, Hiroyuki BAN
  • Publication number: 20180274070
    Abstract: A biocompatible Ti-based alloy having a formula of TiaZrwTabSixSnyCoz is disclosed, wherein a is 40-44, b is 1-5 and the sum of w, x, y, z is 55. The alloy is amorphous. The alloy is applicable to manufacturing ultrafine powder which is used for additive manufacturing. The alloy is characterized in high glass forming ability, low toxicity, and high strength, and the powder thereof has low roughness and high circularity, and is suitable for implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Shiang-Ching JANG, Chih-Ching HUANG, Che-Hsin LIN, Pei-Hua TSAI, Tsung-Hsiung LI
  • Publication number: 20180274071
    Abstract: Provided is a method of making a polycrystalline shape memory alloy (SMA) by forming an alloy with grains and boundaries between them, exposing the alloy to a two-phase temperature range at which a two-phase equilibrium is achieved in the alloy, converting grains to an austenite phase, and precipitating a face-centered-cubic crystal structure solid solution phase at grain boundaries, then quenching the alloy. Also provided is a polycrystalline SMA with a dual-phase microstructure having grains mostly in an austenite phase, a martensite phase, or in transition between an austenite phase and a martensite phase and grain boundaries containing a face-centered-cubic crystal structure solid solution phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ying CHEN, Rebecca DAR
  • Publication number: 20180274072
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for casting high-strength and highly formable metal products from recycled metal scrap without the addition of substantial or any amounts of primary aluminum. Additional alloying elements, such as magnesium, can be added to metal scrap, which can be cast and processed to produce a desirable metal coil at final gauge having desirable metallurgical and mechanical properties, such as high strength and formability. Thus, inexpensive and recycled metal scrap can be efficiently repurposed for new applications, such as automotive applications and beverage can stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Sazol Kumar Das, Simon William Barker, Milan Felberbaum, Rajeev G. Kamat, Duane E. Bendzinski, Robert Bruce Wagstaff, Samuel R. Wagstaff
  • Publication number: 20180274073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of metallurgy of high-strength cast and wrought alloys based on aluminum, and can be used for producing articles used in mission-critical designs operable under load, as well as in the transport field, sports industry and sports equipment, for producing casings for electronic devices, and in other engineering industries and industrial sectors. The technical result aims to enhance mechanical characteristics of the articles produced from the alloy by virtue of the precipitation hardening caused by the formation of secondary phases in the process of the age hardening while providing high workability during casting ingots and castings. The claimed high-strength alloy based on aluminum comprises zinc, magnesium, nickel, iron, copper, and zirconium, wherein it further comprises at least one metal selected from a group comprising titanium, scandium and chrome, with the following component ratios, wt %: zinc 3.8-7.4; magnesium 1.2-2.6; nickel 0.5-2.5; iron 0.3-1.0; copper 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: United Company RUSAL Engineering and Technology Centre LLC
    Inventors: Viktor Khrist'yanovich MANN, Aleksandr Nikolaevich ALABIN, Anton Valer'evich FROLOV, Aleksandr Olegovich GUSEV, Aleksandr Yur'evich KROKHIN, Nikolaj Aleksandrovich BELOV
  • Publication number: 20180274074
    Abstract: A copper alloy sheet material has a copper alloy component system that has a high conductivity of 75.0% IACS or more and has both high strength and good stress relaxation resistance characteristics. A copper alloy sheet material has a composition containing, by mass %, from 0.01 to 0.50% of Zr, from 0.01 to 0.50% of Sn, a total content of from 0 to 0.50% of Mg, Al, Si, P, Ti, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Fe, Ag, Ca, and B, with the balance Cu, and unavoidable impurities, and a metal structure having a number density NA Of fine second phase particles having a particle diameter of approximately from 5 to 50 nm of 10.0 per 0.12 mm2 or more and a ratio NB/NA of a number density NB (per 0.012 mm2) of coarse second phase particles having a particle diameter exceeding approximately 0.2 mm and the NA of 0.50 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kuniaki MIYAGI, Hiroto NARIEDA, Tomotsugu AOYAMA, Akira SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20180274075
    Abstract: A fabricator resource receives an assembly including a first portion of material and a second portion of material. Initially, the first portion of material in the assembly may have a different modulus of elasticity than the second portion of material. The fabricator resource exposes the assembly to one or more heating/cooling cycles. Exposure of the assembly to the one or more heating/cooling cycles modifies a modulus of elasticity of the first portion of material and a modulus of elasticity of the second portion of material to desired target values (such as substantially same or different values).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Gregory S. Konstorum, Antonio E. Prats
  • Publication number: 20180274076
    Abstract: A fully-dense, fluid tight, low friction coating system is described that is characterized by fluid impermeability and a reduced coefficient of friction. The coating system includes a fully dense, fluid tight underlying layer; and a low friction layer. Unlike conventional materials requiring a sealant, the coating systems of the present invention achieves better fluid tightness and maintains said fluid tightness along one or more sealing surfaces at higher service temperatures and service pressures than previously attainable. The constituents of the fully-dense, fluid tight, low friction coating system are physically and chemically compatible so as to not adversely impact lubricity, wear resistance and corrosion resistance during the service life of a component coated with the fully-dense, fluid tight, low friction coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ardy S. Kleyman, Daming Wang, Kasey Hughes
  • Publication number: 20180274077
    Abstract: To provide thermal spray slurry capable of forming a thermal sprayed coating having a high adhesion strength on a thermal spray target surface of a substrate, disclosed is thermal spray slurry for forming a thermal sprayed coating on the thermal spray target surface by spraying the thermal spray slurry on the thermal spray target surface of the substrate, the thermal spray slurry containing: thermal spray particles having a 50% particle diameter D50 equal to or larger than 1 ?m and equal to or smaller than 5 ?m in volume-based cumulative particle diameter distribution; and a dispersion medium in which the thermal spray particles are dispersed. In addition, a ratio D10/Ra between a surface roughness Ra (unit: ?m) of the thermal spray target surface and a 10% particle diameter D10 (unit: ?m) of the thermal spray particles in the volume-based cumulative particle diameter distribution satisfies a formula “0.4<D10/Ra?0.9”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takaya MASUDA, Hiroyuki IBE, Kazuya SUGIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180274078
    Abstract: Provided is thermal spray slurry capable of forming a dense coating by thermal spraying while suppressing cracks. Thermal spray slurry includes: thermal spray particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less and a dispersion medium in which the thermal spray particles are dispersed, and has a filling rate of 84 mass % or less, the filling rate being calculated by the following expression, filling rate (mass %)=B/A×100, where A denotes the mass of cake of the thermal spray particles obtained by precipitating the thermal spray particles out of the thermal spray slurry by centrifugation, and B denotes the mass of a dry matter obtained by removing the dispersion medium from the cake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takaya MASUDA, Hiroyuki IBE, Kazuya SUGIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180274079
    Abstract: Unique and improved chromium coatings derived from modified chromium-containing slurry formulations are disclosed. The slurry formulation includes a combination of a selected halide activator and buffer material that synergistically interact with each other to form chromium diffusion coatings with improved microstructure in comparison to chromium diffusion coatings produced from conventional chromizing processes. The coatings may be locally applied in a controlled manner with accuracy onto various parts, including those having internal sections with complex geometries, without masking any portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: ZHIHONG TANG, KEVIN E. GARING, THOMAS D. FINDLAY, THOMAS F. LEWIS, III, JAMES K. KNAPP
  • Publication number: 20180274080
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein produce an isolated carbon particle embedded diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating having increased toughness, increased hardness, and enhanced wear resistance. In embodiments, a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber houses a pure graphite target at a distance from a substrate, and an in-situ synthesis of isolated carbon particles simultaneous with hydrogen-free DLC coating deposition is provided through unbalanced magnetron sputtering by localized injection of helium gas in a pulse mode with different durations. The resultant coating may include carbon while omitting other elements, and the carbon particles form covalent bonding with the host DLC matrix. Processes disclosed herein are easier to control and manipulate as compared to traditional metal doped DLC coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kwok Yan Li, Abdul Wasy Zia, Zhifeng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180274081
    Abstract: A part coated in a protective coating forms a thermal barrier and includes a ceramic first layer. The protective coating further includes a second layer present on the first layer and including a majority by weight of a first feldspar mineral having a melting temperature higher than or equal to 1010° C. and presenting a thickness greater than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal Fabrice BILHE, André Hubert Louis MALIE
  • Publication number: 20180274082
    Abstract: An assembly and a device for vapor deposition are provided in this disclosure, an assembly includes a cell and a housing, the cell is accommodated in the housing, the gaseous materials to be vapor deposited eject from the housing and are vapor deposited onto the substrate. The housing is capable of rotating relative to the cell. The film layer structure can be obtained by controlling the angles of rotation of the housing. Single film layer as well as the composite film layer with various changes of doping ratio can be formed on the substrate of the assembly and the device for vapor deposition in this disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Qinghua ZOU, Shupeng GUO, Bin BU
  • Publication number: 20180274083
    Abstract: Provided herein are centrifugal evaporation sources. These sources include a manifold body, a crucible, an expansion chamber, a centrifugal separator chamber, and an effusion nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Gregory Hanket
  • Publication number: 20180274084
    Abstract: The embodiments of the embodiments of the Nanostructure Lithium Ion Battery are comprised of a multi-layer coaxial assembly formed over a cylindrical core. The multilayers are each comprised of sublayers in order as follows: a copper sublayer with nano “chicken wire” embedded in the copper sublayer for current collection, a nanostructured aluminum substrate sublayer, a nanostructured cathode sublayer, an electrolyte sublayer, a nanostructured anode sublayer, and a copper interlayer sublayer. The nanobatteries are arranged in layered stacks of nanocells. The nanocells stacks are comprised of a plurality of individual octagonal shaped multilayer nanocells. Each nanocell stack is electrically connected to an array of other nanocells stacks via electrode contacts. A lower copper bus serves as the anode current collector and an upper copper bus serves as the cathode current collector. Pass-throughs connect to the appropriate cathode layers in the multilayer nanocell stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Frontier Electronic Systems Corp
    Inventors: Lloyd Neal Salsman, Brady Andrew Whisenhunt
  • Publication number: 20180274085
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, the workpiece holding body 20 for surface processing includes the holder 21 and the adhesive sheet 22. The adhesive sheet 22 includes the first surface 22a (the first adhesive layer 221) and the second surface 22b (the second adhesive layer 222), the first surface 22a (the first adhesive layer 221) being bonded to the holder 21 at a first adhesive force, the second surface 22b (the second adhesive layer 222) being capable of holding a workpiece (the component main-body 110) at a second adhesive force, the second adhesive force being higher than the first adhesive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: YUU NAKAMUTA, MASAHIRO MATSUMOTO, MANABU HARADA, KOJI TAKAHASHI, TAKASHI KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180274086
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a magnetic recording medium includes measuring characteristics of multilayer film including a magnetic recording layer, calculating a residual between an index value to set a sputtering power and the characteristics, acquiring a feedback correction factor by calculating moving average deviations of the residual, and calculating a new index value of each layer in the multilayer film by using a calculation model which estimates the characteristics from calculated film thicknesses using a virtual metrology technique, referring to the feedback correction factor and performing backward calculation with a solver using an electronic calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki Honda, Kenji Iwasa, Hidetaka Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20180274087
    Abstract: An ink for forming a photothermal conversion layer used to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet to swell. The ink includes an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of the infrared light spectrum than in the visible light spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki TAKAHASHI, Yuji HORIUCHI, Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20180274088
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor substrate includes: a preparation step of preparing a sapphire substrate; and a buffer layer forming step of forming an AlN buffer layer on the sapphire substrate, wherein the buffer layer forming step includes: a group III nitride semiconductor forming step of forming a precursor of an AlN buffer layer on the sapphire substrate; and an annealing step of annealing the sapphire substrate on which the precursor of the AlN buffer layer is formed in a gas-tight state in which a principal surface of the precursor of the AlN buffer layer is covered with a cover member (such as a sapphire substrate) for inhibiting a component of the group III nitride semiconductor from dissociating from the principal surface of the formed precursor of the AlN buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hideto MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20180274089
    Abstract: A method of performing deposition of diamond-like carbon on a workpiece in a chamber includes supporting the workpiece in the chamber facing an upper electrode suspended from a ceiling of the chamber, introducing a hydrocarbon gas into the chamber, and applying first RF power at a first frequency to the upper electrode that generates a plasma in the chamber and produces a deposition of diamond-like carbon on the workpiece. Applying the RF power generates an electron beam from the upper electrode toward the workpiece to enhance ionization of the hydrocarbon gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Kartik Ramaswamy, Kenneth S. Collins, Steven Lane, Gonzalo Antonio Monroy, Lucy Chen, Yue Guo
  • Publication number: 20180274090
    Abstract: A coating method of an oxide film on an inner surface of an object such as a container or a pipe-shaped object includes steps of connecting a joint part to a connection tube to which an object is to be connected, and bringing an inside of the object into a sealed state, executing introduction of the organometallic gas into the object, evacuating the organometallic gas, introducing the excited humidified gas into the object, and evacuating the humidified gas in the object the evacuating means; and includes repeating the steps to form the oxide film on the inner surface of the object. A coating apparatus is provided with a connecting device for evacuating the object to the joint part, a device for introducing an organometallic gas into the object to fill with the organometallic gas, and a device for introducing an excited humidified gas into the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Fumihiko HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20180274091
    Abstract: CVD Alumina coating has been one of the most important materials for wear resistant application for many years. Recently, texture control in ?-Al2O3 has attracted increasing attention due to the possibility to further improve the anisotropic properties such as thermal conductivity and mechanical properties. The influence of process parameters on textures is complex. In the present application, the influence of nucleation surface condition and H2S on the texture in CVD ?-Al2O3 coatings has been investigated. It has been shown that without the addition of H2S, the crystal orientation in the Al2O3 coatings is primarily dominated by the nucleation surface condition, whereas the effect of reactant composition on texture is minimal. On the other hand, in the presence of H2S during growth, reactant composition also plays an important role in affecting the crystal orientation. This effect is likely due to the strong interaction between the Al2O3 surface and the H2S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Chen Chen, Zhenyu LIU, Peter Rudolf LEICHT, Rodrigo Alejandro COOPER
  • Publication number: 20180274092
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a reaction chamber configured to perform a process on a semiconductor substrate using a gas mixture comprising a first gas, and a first path configured to exhaust resultant gas that comprises the first gas from the reaction chamber. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus further includes a first trap provided in the first path and configured to extract at least a portion of the first gas from the resultant gas, and a second path in which the trap is not provided and configured to exhaust the resultant gas from the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KITAMURA, Atsuko SAKATA, Satoshi WAKATSUKI
  • Publication number: 20180274093
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber accommodating a substrate; a gas supply system; and an exhaust system. The supply system includes a vaporizer and a mist filter, the mist filter including a plurality of first plates and a plurality of second plates. Each of the first plates includes a first plate portion having a plurality of first grooves on a surface thereof and a first flow path. Each of the second plates includes a second plate portion having a plurality of second grooves on a surface thereof and a second flow path. When the plurality of first and second plates are arranged alternatively, the plurality of first grooves are configured to face the second flow path and the plurality of second grooves are configured to face the first flow path, such that the first flow path and the second flow path are not in-line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Takagi, Atsushi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20180274094
    Abstract: A gas supply member includes a straight flow path having a straight-line shape and a first end to be supplied with a gas, a gas discharge port branched from the straight flow path and a gas circulation path extending along an extension line of the straight flow path, connected to a second end of the straight flow path, and configured to collect foreign substances contained in the gas supplied to the straight flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kyoko IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180274095
    Abstract: A processing chamber for processing a substrate is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the processing chamber includes a liner assembly disposed within an interior volume of the processing chamber, and a C-channel disposed in an interior volume of the chamber, circumscribing the liner assembly. In another embodiment, a process kit disposed in the interior volume of the processing chamber is disclosed herein. The process kit includes a liner assembly, a C-channel, and an isolator disposed in the interior volume. The C-channel and the isolator circumscribe the liner assembly. A method for depositing a silicon based material on a substrate by flowing a precursor gas into a processing chamber is also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kalyanjit GHOSH, Mayur G. KULKARNI, Sanjeev BALUJA, Kien N. CHUC, Sungjin KIM, Yanjie WANG
  • Publication number: 20180274096
    Abstract: Disclosed is an atomic layer deposition system and method, the system including a chamber having a first accommodation space to accommodate a first target substrate, and a first gas supplier mounted in the chamber to supply a first gas to the first target substrate, wherein the first gas supplier includes a first fixed block having a rotation space therein and including a (1-1)st passage provided in a first direction of the rotation space and a (1-2)nd passage provided in a second direction of the rotation space, and a first rotatable pipe having a first gas channel therein, having a pipe shape including at least one first gas outlet at a side thereof, and rotatably mounted in the rotation space of the first fixed block to connect the first gas outlet to the (1-1)st or (1-2)nd passage of the first fixed block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung Sang PARK, Tae Ho YOON, Ji Hye KIM
  • Publication number: 20180274097
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for forming a conformal Group 4, 5, 6, 13 metal or metalloid doped silicon nitride film. In one aspect, there is provided a method of forming an aluminum silicon nitride film comprising the steps of: providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor an at least one aluminum precursor which reacts on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing into the reactor an organoaminosilane precursors to react on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; introducing a nitrogen source and an inert gas into the reactor to react with at least a portion of the chemisorbed layer; and optionally purge the reactor with an inert gas; and wherein the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of the aluminum nitride film is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Xinjian LEI, Moo-Sung KIM, Anupama MALLIKARJUNAN, Aaron Michael DANGERFIELD, Luis Fabián PEÑA, Yves Jean CHABAL
  • Publication number: 20180274098
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a process chamber in which a process of forming a film containing a main element on a substrate is performed; a first nozzle configured to supply a precursor containing the main element to the substrate in the process chart; a second nozzle separated from the first nozzle and configured to supply the precursor to the substrate in the process chamber; a third nozzle configured to supply a reactant to the substrate in the process chamber; and a plurality of first exhaust ports configured to exhaust an internal atmosphere of the process chamber, wherein each of the plurality of first exhaust ports is disposed at a position which does not face a first gas ejection hole of the first nozzle and a second gas ejection hole of the second nozzle, in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke TAKAGI, Risa YAMAKOSHI, Hideki HORITA, Atsushi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20180274099
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for depositing a layer on a substrate. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing a surface of the substrate disposed within a processing chamber to a fluid precursor, directing an electromagnetic radiation generated from a radiation source to a light scanning unit such that the electromagnetic radiation is deflected and scanned across the surface of the substrate upon which a material layer is to be formed, and initiating a deposition process with the electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength selected for photolytic dissociation of the fluid precursor to deposit the material layer onto the surface of the substrate. The radiation source may comprise a laser source, a bright light emitting diode (LED) source, or a thermal source. In one example, the radiation source is a fiber laser producing output in the ultraviolet (UV) wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen MOFFATT
  • Publication number: 20180274100
    Abstract: A method of forming a layer of diamond-like carbon on a workpiece includes supporting the workpiece in a chamber with the workpiece facing an upper electrode, and forming a plurality of successive sublayers to form the layer of layer of diamond-like carbon by alternating between depositing a sublayer of diamond-like carbon on the workpiece in the chamber and treating the sublayer with a plasma of the inert gas or an electron beam from the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Kartik Ramaswamy, Eswaranand Venkatasubramanian, Kenneth S. Collins, Steven Lane, Gonzalo Antonio Monroy, Lucy Chen, Yue Guo
  • Publication number: 20180274101
    Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus for forming an atomic layer on a flexible substrate, the apparatus including an unwinding chamber having an unwinding roll for unwinding the flexible substrate, a winding chamber having a winding roll for winding the flexible substrate on which the atomic layer is formed, a plurality of reaction chambers provided between the unwinding chamber and the winding chamber so that the flexible substrate can pass therethrough, a first supply part for storing a gas containing a first precursor, a first supply pipe connected to the first supply part, a second supply part for storing a purge gas, a second supply pipe connected to the second supply part, a third supply part for storing a gas containing a second precursor, a third supply pipe connected to the third supply part, and an exhaust pipe connected to the plurality of reaction chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru KANO
  • Publication number: 20180274102
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal pattern includes forming a catalyst adsorption layer by bringing a surface of a substrate into contact with a solution, the substrate having a base region and a plurality of protrusions provided on the base region, the base region includes a first material, the protrusions includes a second material different from the first material, the first and the second material being exposed on the surface, and the solution containing a compound having a triazine skeleton, a first functional group of any one of a silanol group and an alkoxysilyl group, and a second functional group of at least one selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a thiol group, and an azido group, forming a catalyst layer on the catalyst adsorption layer, forming a metal film on the catalyst layer by an electroless plating method, and removing the metal film on the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yusuke TANAKA, Atsushi HIENO, Tsutomu NAKANISHI, Yasuhito YOSHIMIZU, Akihiko HAPPOYA
  • Publication number: 20180274103
    Abstract: A method for increasing corrosion resistance of metallic substrates without use of hexavalent chromium includes chemically treating the substrate to create an oxide layer, mixing graphene nanoplatelets into a non-chromate epoxy-based primer, applying the primer to the oxide layer of the substrate, and applying a topcoat to the primer opposite the oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Poteet