Patents Issued in February 19, 2019
  • Patent number: 10208363
    Abstract: Process to produce sodium carbonate from an ore mineral comprising sodium bicarbonate; comprising: dissolving sodium carbonate particles having a mean diameter D50, measured by sieve analysis, less than 250 ?m in a water solution; introducing the resulting production solution comprising sodium carbonate into less basic compartments of an electrodialyser comprising alternating less basic and more basic adjacent compartments separated from each other by cationic membranes; producing a solution comprising sodium hydroxide is produced into the more basic compartments; extracting the solution comprising sodium hydroxide from the more basic compartments of the electrodialyser and used to constitute a reaction solution; and putting the reaction solution into contact with the mineral ore comprising sodium bicarbonate in order to form a produced solution comprising sodium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Solvay SA
    Inventor: Alain Vandendoren
  • Patent number: 10208364
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Okada, Masaki Taneike, Hidetaka Oguma, Yoshitaka Uemura, Daisuke Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 10208365
    Abstract: A cermet tool includes from 75-95 volume % of a hard phase and from 5-25 volume % of a binder phase. The hard phase has a first hard phase with a core portion of (Ti, Nb, Mo) (C, N) and a peripheral portion of (Ti, Nb, Mo, W) (C, N) or (Ti, Nb, Mo, W, Zr) (C, N), a second hard phase with both a core portion and a peripheral portion of (Ti, Nb, Mo, W) (C, N) or (Ti, Nb, Mo, W, Zr) (C, N), and a third hard phase of (Ti, Nb, Mo) (C, N). The ratio of Nbs/Nbi is from 0.8 to 1.2, where Nbs is a maximum Nb amount in a surface region and Nbi is an internal Nb amount in an internal region. The ratio of Ws/Wi is from 1.0 to 1.5, where Ws is a maximum W amount in the surface region and Wi is an internal W amount in the internal region. The area ratios A1, A2, and A3 of the respective hard phases are from 75 to 95 area % for A1, from 4 to 24 area % for A2, and from 1 to 24 area % for A3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Takesawa
  • Patent number: 10208366
    Abstract: A metal matrix composite tool that includes a hard composite portion comprising a reinforcement material infiltrated with a binder material, wherein the reinforcement material comprises a refractory metal component dispersed with reinforcing particles, wherein a surface roughness of the reinforcing particles is at least two times greater than the refractory metal component, wherein the refractory metal component has a failure strain of at least 0.05 and a shear modulus of 200 GPa or less, and wherein the reinforcing particles have a failure strain of 0.01 or less but at least five times less than the failure strain of the refractory metal component, and the reinforcing particles have a shear modulus of greater than 200 GPa and at least two times greater than the shear modulus of the refractory metal component. The reinforcing particles may comprise an intermetallic, a boride, a carbide, a nitride, an oxide, a ceramic, and/or a diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett T. Olsen, Grant O. Cook, III, Daniel Brendan Voglewede, Jeffrey G. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10208367
    Abstract: A Ge-containing stainless steel is disclosed. The disclosed Ge-containing stainless steel is principally composed of Fe and Cr. Pitting corrosion is significantly reduced when a certain amount of Ge is added. When more Ge is added, the pitting corrosion is reduced to a minimum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Swe-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 10208368
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel plate having favorable heat spot resistance and favorable antiwear performance is provided. The cold-rolled steel plate has a chemical composition containing C from 0.03 to 0.12%, Si from 0 to 1.0% (including a case where Si is not added), Mn from 0.2 to 0.8%, P at 0.03% or less (excluding a case where P is not added), S at 0.03% or less (excluding a case where S is not added), Ti from 0.04 to 0.3%, and Al at 0.05% or less (excluding a case where Al is not added). A residue is formed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Each element satisfies a relationship of 5*C %?Si %+Mn %?1.5*Al %<1 within the aforementioned range of the corresponding content. An average diameter of particles of a Ti-based carbide is from 20 to 100 nm. In this way, the Ti-based carbide is dispersed finely and uniformly, thereby enhancing heat spot resistance and antiwear performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tomohiro Imanaka, Kouji Omosako, Masahito Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10208369
    Abstract: A high-hardness low-alloy wear-resistant steel sheet and a method of manufacturing the same, which has the chemical compositions (wt %): C: 0.33-0.45%; Si: 0.10-0.50%; Mn: 0.50-1.50%; B: 0.0005-0.0040%; Cr: less than or equal to 1.50%; Mo: less than or equal to 0.80%; Ni: less than or equal to 2.00%; Nb: less than or equal to 0.080%; V: less than or equal to 0.080%; Ti: less than or equal to 0.060%; RE: less than or equal to 0.10%; W: less than or equal to 1.00%; Al: 0.010-0.080%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, N: less than or equal to 0.0080%, O: less than or equal to 0.0080%, H: less than or equal to 0.0004%, P: less than or equal to 0.015%, S: less than or equal to 0.010%, and (Cr/5+Mn/6+50B): more than or equal to 0.20% and less than or equal to 0.50%; (Mo/3+Ni/5+2Nb): more than or equal to 0.02% and less than or equal to 0.50%; (Al+Ti): more than or equal to 0.01% and less than or equal to 0.13%, the remainders being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbin Li, Liandeng Yao, Guobin Song
  • Patent number: 10208370
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains, in mass percent, Zn: 2.5% or more and less than 5.0%, Mg: 2.2% or more and 3.0% or less, and Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Cu: 0.10% or less, Zr: 0.10% or less, Cr: 0.03% or less, Fe: 0.30% or less, Si: 0.30% or less, and Mn: 0.03% or less, the remainder being composed of Al and unavoidable impurities. In addition, the tensile strength is 380 MPa or more; the electrical conductivity is 38.0% IACS or more; and the metallographic structure is composed of a recrystallized structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Hatta, Satoshi Udagawa, Takero Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10208371
    Abstract: The disclosure provides aluminum alloys having varying ranges of alloying elements and properties. In some variations, the alloy can include 3.4 to 4.9 wt % Zn, 1.3 to 2.1 wt % Mg, no greater than 0.06 wt % Cu, no greater than 0.06 wt % Zr, 0.06 to 0.08 wt % Fe, no greater than 0.05 wt % Si, and the balance is aluminum and incidental impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Misra, James A. Wright, Herng-Jeng Jou
  • Patent number: 10208372
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet being a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si of 0.8 mass % to 7 mass %, Mn of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, B of 0.0005 mass % to 0.0080 mass %, each content of Al, C, N, S, and Se of 0.005 mass % or less, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities and having a glass coating film made of composite oxide mainly composed of forsterite on the steel sheet surface, in which when glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDS) to the surface of a secondary coating film formed on the surface of the glass coating film under a predetermined condition is performed, a peak, of B, in emission intensity having a peak position in emission intensity different from a peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity is obtained and the peak position, of B, in emission intensity from the steel sheet surface is deeper than the peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Kazumi Mizukami, Shuichi Nakamura, Norikazu Fujii, Norihiro Yamamoto, Masahide Urago
  • Patent number: 10208373
    Abstract: A production method for a deposition mask is provided. The production method includes the steps of: forming a mask member having a structure in which a thin-board magnetic metal member having a through hole and a resin film contact tightly with each other; forming a mark that has a specified depth by irradiating a part of the film through the through hole of the mask member with laser beams; and forming an opening pattern that penetrates the film by irradiating a predetermined position with laser beams, using the mark as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: V TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michinobu Mizumura
  • Patent number: 10208374
    Abstract: A method to increase the damping of a substrate using a face-centered cubic damping material foil containing voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Mo-How Herman Shen
  • Patent number: 10208375
    Abstract: An evaporation source includes a heat source structure and an evaporation container for accommodating a to-be-evaporated material. The heat source structure includes a heat source and a thermal conductor. The thermal conductor is in contact with the evaporation container, and the heat source is at the thermal conductor and around the evaporation container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dejiang Zhao, Seiji Fujino, Changhai Feng
  • Patent number: 10208376
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for coating small Nd—Fe—B magnets. The apparatus includes a furnace having a roller including at least one stirring piece disposed in the compartment. The stirring pieces have an isosceles triangle or trapezoidal shaped cross-section. The side wall of the furnace defines an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture disposed diametrically opposed to one another. A plurality of target source holders include two first target source holders and two second target source holders disposed on the side wall and spaced from one another and between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture. The method includes a step of disposing a plurality of conductors with the small Nd—Fe—B magnets in the compartment of the roller. The small Nd—Fe—B magnets are mixed with the plurality of conductors in the roller with the roller being rotated of between 5 rpm and 20 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: YANTAI SHOUGANG MAGNETIC MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Zhongjie Peng, Kunkun Yang, Daoning Jia
  • Patent number: 10208377
    Abstract: An atmospheric, Laser-based Chemical Vapor Deposition (LCVD) technique provides highly localized deposition of material to mitigate damage sites on an optical component. The same laser beam can be used to deposit material as well as for in-situ annealing of the deposited material. The net result of the LCVD process is in-filling and planarization of a treated site, which produces optically more damage resistant surfaces. Several deposition and annealing steps can be interleaved during a single cycle for more precise control on amount of deposited material as well as for increasing the damage threshold for the deposited material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Manyalibo Joseph Matthews, Selim Elhadj
  • Patent number: 10208378
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a ballast gas source and a mass flow controller, wherein the ballast gas source is arranged at an upstream side of a separating device, and the pressure in a reaction chamber is controlled by a flow rate of the ballast gas. Since the space between the reaction chamber and the node connected with the ballast gas source is small, a pressure response of the reaction chamber can be speeded up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hermes-Epitek Corp.
    Inventors: Junji Komeno, Noboru Suda, Takahiro Oishi, Tsan-Hua Huang, Shih-Yung Shieh
  • Patent number: 10208379
    Abstract: Atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming Group VA element containing thin films, such as Sb, Sb—Te, Ge—Sb and Ge—Sb—Te thin films are provided, along with related compositions and structures. Sb precursors of the formula Sb(SiR1R2R3)3 are preferably used, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyl groups. As, Bi and P precursors are also described. Methods are also provided for synthesizing these Sb precursors. Methods are also provided for using the Sb thin films in phase change memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Viljami Pore, Timo Hatanpää, Mikko Ritala, Markku Leskelä
  • Patent number: 10208380
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and coating methods to reduce chamber arcing, for example, in HDP-CVD, PECVD, PE-ALD and Etch chambers. The apparatus include a ring shaped gas distributor used for in-situ deposition of coating materials, and a process chamber including the same. The ring shaped gas distributor includes a ring shaped body having at least one gas entrance port disposed on a first side thereof and a plurality of gas distribution ports disposed on a first surface of the ring shaped body. The plurality of gas distribution ports are arranged in a plurality of evenly distributed rows. The plurality of gas distribution ports in a first row of the plurality of evenly distributed rows is adapted to direct gas at an exit angle different from an exit angle of the plurality of gas distribution ports in a second row of the plurality of evenly distributed rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Lin Zhang, Xuesong Lu, Andrew V. Le, Jang Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 10208381
    Abstract: Embodiments of a reflective surface and a reflector comprising a reflective surface for use in a thermal decomposition reactor are disclosed. Methods for using the reflective surface, or reflector comprising the reflective surface, to manage a temperature profile in a silicon rod grown in the thermal decomposition reactor are also disclosed. The reflective surface is configured to receive radiant heat energy emitted from an energy emitting region of an elongated polysilicon body grown during chemical vapor deposition onto a silicon filament and reflect at least a portion of the received radiant heat energy to a reflected energy receiving region of the elongated polysilicon body or to a reflected energy receiving region of a second elongated polysilicon body, to thereby add radiant heat energy to the reflected energy receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: REC Silicon Inc
    Inventors: Timothy Troutman, Bryan J. Loushin, Joe Ruschetti
  • Patent number: 10208382
    Abstract: A non-magnetic lid for sealing a hermetic package. The lid includes a molybdenum substrate having a sputtered adhesion layer and a copper seed layer. The lid also includes a plated palladium solder base layer, and has a gold/tin solder preform attached to a sealing surface of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher James Kapusta, Marco Francesco Aimi
  • Patent number: 10208383
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of promoting atomic layer etching (ALE) of a surface. In certain embodiments, the method comprises contacting a solid substrate comprising a first metal compound with an oxidant, optionally contacting the solid substrate with a second metal compound, and then contacting the modified solid substrate with a fluorinating agent, whereby ALE of the solid substrate is promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Steven M. George, Younghee Lee, Nicholas Johnson
  • Patent number: 10208384
    Abstract: Processes for the liberation of oxygen and hydrogen from water are provided allowing for mass scale production using abundant sources of catalyst materials. A metal oxide based anode is formed by the simple oxidation of metal in air by heating the metal for a specified time period. The resultant anode is then contacted with water and subjected to a voltage from an external source or driven by electromagnetic energy to produce oxygen at the surface of the anode by oxidation of water. These processes provide efficient and stable oxygen or hydrogen production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongfei Jia, Debasish Banerjee
  • Patent number: 10208385
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide electrolytic device of an embodiment includes: an electrolysis cell including a cathode, an anode, a carbon dioxide supply unit, an electrolytic solution supply unit, and a separator; a power supply; a reaction control unit which causes a reduction reaction and an oxidation reaction by passing an electric current from the power supply to the anode and the cathode; a refresh material supply unit including a gas supply unit which supplies a gaseous substance to at least one of the anode and the cathode; and a refresh control unit which stops supply of the current from the power supply and supply of carbon dioxide and an electrolytic solution, and operates the refresh material supply unit, based on request criteria of a cell output of the electrolysis cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki Kudo, Akihiko Ono, Ryota Kitagawa, Masakazu Yamagiwa, Eishi Tsutsumi, Yoshitsune Sugano, Jun Tamura, Satoshi Mikoshiba
  • Patent number: 10208386
    Abstract: A hydrogen water manufacturing system includes: a container-shaped constant pressure maintaining unit receiving water and maintaining a water level; an electrolysis unit including a hermetically sealed container bisected into an oxygen generation chamber and a hydrogen generation chamber with an ion exchange membrane interposed therebetween, wherein the chambers independently receive the raw water from the constant pressure maintaining unit, and a positive electrode plate is provided in the oxygen generation chamber and a negative electrode plate is provided in the hydrogen generation chamber; a fluid pump receiving the water and hydrogen from the hydrogen generation chamber; a dissolution unit having a nozzle to inject the water and the hydrogen supplied from the fluid pump; and a flow rate detection sensor arranged on piping downstream of the dissolution unit to detect supply of hydrogen water and drive the fluid pump and simultaneously supply electrical power to the electrolysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HUANTH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-Ho Ki, Choong-Choon Yu
  • Patent number: 10208387
    Abstract: An electrodialytic buffer generator is described. The buffer generator may include a central buffer-generating channel having an inlet and outlet, a second chamber, and a third chamber. The buffer-generating channel, the second chamber, and the third chamber may each include an electrode. The buffer generator may also include a first ion exchange barrier and a second ion exchange barrier. The first ion exchange barrier can be disposed between the second chamber and the buffer-generating channel. The second ion exchange barrier can be disposed between the third chamber and the buffer-generating channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Dionex Corporation
    Inventors: Purnendu K. Dasgupta, Yongjing Chen, Kannan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10208388
    Abstract: An ion exchange membrane electrolyzer includes an elastic body configured to press on a second electrode so as to bring an ion exchange membrane into close contact with electrodes. The elastic body includes a fixed part fixed to one of a base part and the second electrode, and an elastic part that extends from the fixed part, and is configured to press on the second electrode by elastic deformation. The elastic part is formed so as to be plate-like and formed so as to be corrugated along a direction in which it extends, such that a top part on one side is in contact with the base part and a top part on the other side is in contact with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Osaka Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hatano, Manabu Nagase, Li Weitao
  • Patent number: 10208389
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for the reduction of impurity metals from a refinery electrolyte solution. Certain methods comprise contacting a refinery electrolyte solution comprising an impurity metal with a phosphate ester having a structure represented by: wherein R1 comprises a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or aryl group, and wherein the impurity metal is selected from the group consisting of iron, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, tin and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jack Bender, Nathan C. Emmerich
  • Patent number: 10208390
    Abstract: A method for fabricating nanostructures and nanostructures are disclosed, which can include forming a multi-segmented nanowire; and performing a galvanic displacement reaction on the multi-segmented nanowire. The method utilizes template directed electrodeposition to fabricate nanowires with alternating layers of sacrificial/noble metal, enabling a new level of control over particle spacing, aspect ratio, and composition. Moreover, by exploiting the redox potential dependent reaction of galvanic displacement, nanopeapod materials can be extended (semiconductor/metal, p-type/n-type, metal/metal, ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic, etc.) beyond the fundamental metal/metal-oxide nanopeapods synthesized by high temperature techniques. Co/Au and Ni/Au multisegmented nanowires are disclosed, which can be create Te/Au nanopeapods by galvanic displacement, producing Te nanotubes and nanowires with embedded Au particles, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Nosang Vincent Myung, Carlos Maldonado Hangarter
  • Patent number: 10208391
    Abstract: An ionic liquid composition comprising a complex of a trihalo aluminum (III) species with at least one organic uncharged ligand comprising a ring structure having at least three ring carbon atoms and at least one ring heteroatom selected from nitrogen and sulfur, wherein the complex is a liquid at a temperature of 100° C. or less. Methods of electroplating aluminum onto a metallic substrate using the above-described ionic liquid composition are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Xiao-Guang Sun
  • Patent number: 10208392
    Abstract: A method for creating a chrome-plated surface having a matte finish that typically includes: controlling a resistance of a current bridge circuit; depositing a first chromium layer on a substrate positioned in a chromium bath, wherein the first chromium layer is deposited by supplying current from a power source that is electrically connected to the substrate and to anodes positioned in the chromium bath; etching the first chromium layer by engaging a current bridge that closes the current bridge circuit; depositing a first intermediate chromium layer, wherein the first intermediate chromium layer is deposited by supplying current from the power source; etching the first intermediate chromium layer, wherein the first intermediate chromium layer is etched by engaging the current bridge; and depositing a final chromium layer, wherein the final chromium layer is deposited by supplying current from the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kings Mountain International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordi Reichert
  • Patent number: 10208393
    Abstract: There is disclosed an insulated metal substrate, consisting of a dielectric oxide coatings of high crystallinity (>vol 90%) on aluminium, magnesium or titanium and high thermal conductivity (over 6 Wm?1K?1), formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation on a surface comprising aluminium, magnesium or titanium. There is also disclosed a plasma electrolytic oxidation process for generating dielectric oxide coatings of controlled crystallinity on a surface of a metallic workpiece, wherein at least a series of positive pulses of current are applied to the workpiece in an electrolyte so as to generate plasma discharges, wherein discharge currents are restricted to levels no more than 50 mA, discharge durations are restricted to durations of no more than 100 ?s and are shorter than the durations of each the positive pulses, and/or by restricting the power of individual plasma discharges to under 15W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Keronite International Limited
    Inventors: James Andrew Curran, Stephen Hutchins
  • Patent number: 10208394
    Abstract: Damascene templates have two-dimensionally patterned raised metal features disposed on an underlying conductive layer extending across a substrate. The templates are topographically flat overall, and the patterned conductive features establish micron-scale and nanometer-scale patterns for the assembly of nanoelements into nanoscale circuits and sensors. The templates are made using microfabrication techniques together with chemical mechanical polishing. These templates are compatible with various directed assembly techniques, including electrophoresis, and offer essentially 100% efficient assembly and transfer of nanoelements in a continuous operation cycle. The templates can be repeatedly used for transfer of patterned nanoelements thousands of times with minimal or no damage, and the transfer process involves no intermediate processes between cycles. The assembly and transfer processes employed are carried out at room temperature and pressure and are thus amenable to low cost, high-rate device production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Ahmed Busnaina, Hanchul Cho, Sivasubramanian Somu, Jun Huang
  • Patent number: 10208395
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and apparatus for promoting bubble-free circulation of processing fluids in a recirculation system. Certain disclosed techniques involve passive, mechanical valve designs that promote variable resistance to flow in a drain. Other techniques involve automated flow control schemes that utilize feedback from flow meters, level sensors, etc. to achieve a balanced and bubble-free flow. The disclosed embodiments greatly reduce the incorporation of gas into a processing fluid, in particular as the processing fluid returns from a processing cell to a reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Abraham, Robert Rash, David W. Porter, Steven T. Mayer, John Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 10208396
    Abstract: A method for growing a crystalline composition, the first crystalline composition may include gallium and nitrogen. The crystalline composition may have an infrared absorption peak at about 3175 cm?1, with an absorbance per unit thickness of greater than about 0.01 cm?1. In one embodiment, the composition may have an amount of oxygen present in a concentration of less than about 3×1018 per cubic centimeter, and may be free of two-dimensional planar boundary defects in a determined volume of the first crystalline composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Philip D'Evelyn, Kristi Jean Narang, Dong-Sil Park, Huicong Hong, Xian-An Cao, Larry Qiang Zeng
  • Patent number: 10208397
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for depositing a thin film. The apparatus includes a chamber, a susceptor disposed in the chamber and supporting a substrate, a reflection housing disposed outside the chamber, a light source unit disposed in the reflection housing and irradiating light to the susceptor, and a light controlling unit blocking at least a portion of an irradiation path of the light to control an irradiation area of the light on the susceptor. At least a portion of the light controlling unit is disposed in the reflection housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Ryu, Sang Min Lee, Hee Jong Jeong, Chaeho Kim, Ji Su Son, Jaebong Lee, Juwan Lim, Jungwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 10208398
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing device capable of effectively and sufficiently reducing an edge crown. The wafer support is used in a chemical vapor phase growth device in which an epitaxial film is grown on a main surface of a wafer using a chemical vapor deposition method, the wafer support including: a wafer mounting surface having an upper surface on which a substrate is mounted; and a wafer support portion that rises to surround a wafer to be mounted, in which a height from an apex of the wafer support portion to a main surface of the wafer mounted on the wafer mounting surface is 1 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Muto, Jun Norimatsu
  • Patent number: 10208399
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for growing truly bulk In2O3 single crystals from the melt, as well as melt-grown bulk In2O3 single crystals are disclosed. The growth method comprises a controlled decomposition of initially non-conducting In2O3 starting material (23) during heating-up of a noble metal crucible (4) containing the In2O3 starting material (23) and thus increasing electrical conductivity of the In2O3 starting material with rising temperature, which is sufficient to couple with an electromagnetic field of an induction coil (6) through the crucible wall (24) around melting point of In2O3. Such coupling leads to an electromagnetic levitation of at least a portion (23.1) of the liquid In2O3 starting material with a neck (26) formation acting as crystallization seed. During cooling down of the noble metal crucible (4) with the liquid In2O3 starting material at least one bulk In2O3 single crystal (28.1, 28.2) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Galazka, Roberto Fornari, Reinhard Uecker
  • Patent number: 10208400
    Abstract: A method, for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device, includes: forming a silicon carbide epitaxial film on a silicon carbide substrate; flattening a surface of the epitaxial film by using chemical mechanical polishing such that the surface of the epitaxial film has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.3 nm or less; thermally oxidizing the surface of the epitaxial film to form a sacrificial oxide; removing the sacrificial oxide; and cleaning, by using deionized water, a surface of the epitaxial film exposed by the removing of the sacrificial oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10208401
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus comprising a wafer chuck on which a substrate is placed, an injector unit on a side of the wafer chuck and injecting process gases that include a first gas and a second gas, and a gas supply unit supplying the process gases to the injector unit. The gas supply unit comprises first and second gas supply sources that respectively accommodate the first and second gases, first and second gas supply lines that respectively connect the first and second gas supply sources to the injector unit, and first and second heating units that are respectively disposed on the first and second gas supply lines. The first heating units disposed on the first gas supply line have a density per unit length greater than the density per unit length of the second heating units disposed on the second gas supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keum Seok Park, Sunjung Kim, Yihwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10208402
    Abstract: A coagulation bath is provided with a coagulation liquid inlet, wherein the coagulation liquid inlet has one or more mouths, which are arranged beneath the coagulation liquid level of the coagulation bath; in particular a spinning bath system with a coagulation liquid inlet and an entry region for spinning yarns which are solidified in the spinning bath, wherein the entry region is provided at a position in which, when the spinning bath is filled with coagulation liquid, the liquid surface is the surface of the coagulation liquid, the coagulation liquid inlet has one or more mouths arranged beneath the entry region and are directed to spinning yarns introduced into the spinning bath such that fresh coagulation liquid flows against the spinning yarns during operation, and optionally a liquid fill level regulator and possibly further tanks with different coagulation liquid composition and methods for spinning yarns in a spinning bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: AUROTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Zikeli, Friedrich Ecker
  • Patent number: 10208403
    Abstract: A viscose fiber comprises a fiber body including a regenerated cellulosic material and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed in the regenerated cellulosic material. The regenerated cellulosic material is derived from an organic plant material and the plurality of microcapsules containing a phase change material has a transition temperature in the range of 0° C. to 100° C., the phase change material providing thermal regulation based on at least one of absorption and release of latent heat at the transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: OUTLAST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Hartmann, James Brice Worley, Matthew North
  • Patent number: 10208404
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers, that are composed of saccharides. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform saccharide material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create saccharide fibers are also described. Fiber producing devices with features that enhance fiber production and adaptability to different types of fiber are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CLARCOR Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Kay, Yogesh Ner, Yatinkumar Narayan Rane
  • Patent number: 10208405
    Abstract: Polylactide fibers are made from a blend of polylactides. One of the polylactides has a ratio of R-lactic and S-lactic units from 8:92 to 92:8. The second polylactide has a ratio of the R-lactic and S-lactic units of ?97:3 or ?3:97. The ratio of the R-lactic units to S-lactic units in the blend is from 7:93 to 25:75 or from 75:25 to 93:7. The polylactide fiber contains at least 5 Joules of polylactide crystallites per gram of polylactide resin in the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NatureWorks LLC
    Inventors: Chad Henry Kamann, Robert A. Green
  • Patent number: 10208406
    Abstract: A method for cutting a lap in a comber includes applying pressure to a bobbin toward a lap roller. The method further includes forming a weak portion in the lap that is continuous from the bobbin to a nipper device in the state in which pressure is applied to the bobbin by pulling the lap toward the nipper device. The method further includes cancelling the applied pressure after forming the weak portion. The method further includes applying tension to the lap after forming the weak portion to cut the lap at the weak portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Makoto Yakushi
  • Patent number: 10208407
    Abstract: A two or three-ply nylon 6.6 cord having a breaking elongation of 8 to 12% and a minimum tenacity of 9 g/dtex is disclosed in the present invention. The two or three-ply nylon 6.6 cord is used as tire reinforcement, in particular as cap ply spirally wound on belt package with 0° to 5° to the equatorial plane of the radial pneumatic tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KORDSA TEKNIK TEKSTIL ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Saadettin Fidan, Kursat Aksoy
  • Patent number: 10208408
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing ultrafine fibers having an average diameter of less than 1 ?m is implemented by an apparatus including a feeder and a drawing chamber in communication with the feeder via an orifice having a pressure difference. The method includes introducing a multifilament to the drawing chamber under the condition that the ratio of the cross-section of the multifilament to the cross-section of the orifice rectifier is 50% or less, and irradiating the discharged multifilament such that the center of the multifilament melted thereby is located 1 to 15 mm apart vertically below the orifice outlet to melt the leading portion of the multifilament and cause the multifilament to swing at a maximum angle of 5 to 80 degrees to the central orifice axis within a conical space, such that the melted leading portion of the multifilament is drawn by an air stream generated by the pressure difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Konishi, Atsuo Omaru, Taku Ichibayashi
  • Patent number: 10208409
    Abstract: A knitted netting for wrapping an object is provided. When wrapping the object the knitted netting may have an indicated target elongation. The knitted netting includes first longitudinal franzes, first lateral schusses, at least two second longitudinal franzes, and at least one second lateral schuss. The schusses are knitted with the franzes to form the knitted netting. The first longitudinal franzes and the first lateral schusses are configured such that the spacing of the first longitudinal franzes decreases by less than 10% when elongating the knitted netting by 50% of the target elongation, the target elongation being from 15% to 300% of the length of the knitted netting. The second lateral schuss is an indicator schuss. The second longitudinal franzes are indicator franzes. The indicator schuss is knitted with the indicator franzes to form an elongation indicator for indicating the amount of longitudinal stretching of the knitted netting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TAMA PLASTIC INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Yuval Lieber, Yair Efrati
  • Patent number: 10208410
    Abstract: A protective textile sleeve and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a tubular wall of braided yarns extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. At least some of the braided yarns including heat-set yarns, and the wall has a plurality of annular first regions forming generally convex ridges and a plurality of annular second regions forming generally concave valleys. The first regions alternate with the second regions along the central longitudinal axis. The first regions include a plurality of twisted yarns forming a plurality of closed loops, wherein at least some of the braided yarns pass through at least some of the closed loops within the first regions to enhance the radial stiffness and resistance of the wall to kinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Tianqi Gao, Leigh Krauser, Zhong Huai Zhang, Michael Piotrowski
  • Patent number: 10208411
    Abstract: A thread feeding device for the torchon lace machine includes a spindle provided to stand at a runner moving along an orbit due to rotation of rotor metals, and a standing member including a thread feeding hole to pull out a carbon thread wound around a bobbin rotatably inserted into the spindle and a bobbin stopper. The carbon thread is set to form a U-shape among rollers each with thread guide which are respectively provided at a base end side and a tip end side of a head member of the standing member and a roller with thread guide which is provided at a slide body provided to be vertically slidable at a lower side than the head member to enable to feed to the knitting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ICHIKAWA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10208412
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for forming a composite structure comprising rotating a base layer of an apparatus for forming the composite structure about an axis of rotation, transferring carbon short fibers from a first vibratory feed ramp onto the base layer in order to form a plurality of fibrous layers in the composite structure, and vibrating the first vibratory feed ramp during the transferring the carbon short fibers. The base layer may comprise an annular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Le Costaouec, Paul Perea