Patents Issued in July 4, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190203311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a flat steel product made of a medium manganese steel having a TRIP/TWIP effect. The aim of the invention is to achieve an improvement in the yield strength when a sufficient residual deformability of the produced flat steel product is obtained. This aim is achieved by the following steps: cold rolling a hot or cold strip, annealing the cold-rolled hot or cold strip at 500 to 840° C. for 1 minute to 24 hours, temper rolling or finishing the annealed hot or cold strip to form a flat steel product having a degree of deformability between 0.3% and 60%. The invention further relates to a flat steel product produced according to said method and to a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: PETER PALZER, THOMAS EVERTZ, MANUEL OTTO, KAI KÖHLER
  • Publication number: 20190203312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component from a medium-manganese flat steel product with 4 to 12 wt % Mn, preferably more than 5 to less than 10 wt % Mn, and with TRIP/TWIP effect. In order to improve the degrees of deformation of the shaped component while at the same time reducing the forming forces, the invention proposes shaping the flat steel product into a component in a first shaping step at a temperature of the flat steel product of 60° C. to below Ac3, preferably from 60° C. to 450° C. The invention also relates to a component produced according to said method and to a use for said components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: PETER PALZER, THOMAS EVERTZ, MANUEL OTTO, KAI KÖHLER
  • Publication number: 20190203313
    Abstract: Provided is martensitic heat-resistant steel for boiler applications with a unique combination of enhanced creep strength and excellent oxidation resistance upon high temperature exposure in steam containing environments contacts (in wt.-%): C: 0.10 to 0.16%, Si: 0.20 to 0.60%, Mn: 0.30 to 0.80%, P?0.020%, S?0.010%, Al?0.020%, Cr: 10.5 to 12.00%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.60%, V: 0.15 to 0.30%, Ni: 0.10 to 0.40%, B: 0.008 to 0.015%, N:0.002 to 0.020%, Co: 1.50 to 3.00%, W: 1.50 to 2.50%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.07%, Ti: 0.001-0.020%, iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel is normalized for about 10 to about 120 minutes at a temperature of 1050-1170° C. and cooled down in air or water to room temperature, and then tempered for at least one hour at a temperature of 750-820° C. The steel has a martensitic microstructure with average ?-ferrite content of less than 5 vol.-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE, VALLOUREC DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Arno FUCHSMANN, Bernhard KOSCHLIG, Marko SUBANOVIC, Walter BENDICK
  • Publication number: 20190203314
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size in a plate thickness central part at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 460 to 590 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TERAZAWA, Naoki TAKAYAMA, Kenji HAYASHI, Kazukuni HASE
  • Publication number: 20190203315
    Abstract: A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the same. The steel sheet having a microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 35% or less of ferrite, 1% or more and 10% or less of retained austenite, 2% or more and 12% or less of as-quenched martensite, and a total of 25% to 70% of bainite and tempered martensite. The microstructure has an average crystal grain diameter of the ferrite: 5.0 ?m or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the retained austenite: 2.0 ?m or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the as-quenched martensite: 3.0 ?tm or less, an average crystal grain diameter of the bainite and the tempered martensite phase: 4.0 ?m or less, and an average intergrain distance of the as-quenched martensite of 1.0 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie OBATA, Katsutoshi TAKASHIMA, Takashi KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20190203316
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having a TS of 780 MPa or more, not only excellent ductility but also excellent stretch flangeability, and excellent in-plane anisotropy of TS is provided. A high-strength steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; a steel microstructure including, in area fraction, ferrite: 20% or more and 50% or less, upper bainite: 5% or more and 45% or less, and martensite: 1% or more and 20% or less, and including, in volume fraction, retained austenite: 5% or more, the retained austenite having an average grain size of 2 ?m or less; and a texture having an inverse intensity ratio of ?-fiber to ?-fiber of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu MINAMI, Shinjiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20190203317
    Abstract: A steel sheet having a specified chemical composition and a method for producing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a microstructure including martensite and bainite. The total area fraction of the martensite and the bainite to the entirety of the microstructure is 95% or more and 100% or less. The balance of the microstructure is at least one of ferrite and retained austenite. The microstructure includes specific inclusion clusters, the content of the inclusion clusters in the microstructure being 5 clusters/mm2 or less. The microstructure includes prior-austenite grains having an average size of more than 5 ?m. The steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1320 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiko ONO, Kenta HIDAKA, Ryosuke YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190203318
    Abstract: A hot rolled flat steel product including (in % by weight) of C: 0.05-0.08%, Si: 0.015-0.500%, Mn: 1.60-2.00%, P: up to 0.025%, S: up to 0.010%, Al: 0.020-0.050%, N: up to 0.006%, Cr: up to 0.40%, Nb: 0.060-0.070%, B: 0.0005-0.0025%, Ti: 0.090-0.130%, unavoidable impurities including up to 0.12% Cu, up to 0.100% Ni, up to 0.010% V, up to 0.004% Mo, and up to 0.004% Sb, and the remainder being iron. The hot rolled flat steel product has a yield strength of 700-850 MPa, a fracture elongation of at least 12%, and a microstructure of at least 70% by volume bainitic microstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Gaganov, Wolfgang Gervers, Andreas Kern, Gabriel Kolek, Elena Schaffnit, Hans-Joachim Tschersich
  • Publication number: 20190203319
    Abstract: The present invention provides an additive for tin stripping, comprising 0.1 to 20 wt % of copper corrosion inhibitor and 0.1 to 20 wt % of nickel corrosion inhibitor; wherein said weight percentage is based on the total weight of said additive. The present additive can be used with nitric acid conventionally used for metal-stripping for not only reducing the usage of nitric acid but also improving the efficiency of tin stripping. The present invention also provides a method for Tin recycle and a reaction tank for metal recycle. Both of them are favorable for satisfying the needs of metal recycle (especially, tin recycle) in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: UWin Nanotech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: CHING-HSIANG HSU
  • Publication number: 20190203320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for starting up a fluidized bed boiler, such as a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) or a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler, for operation with a predetermined concentration of ilmenite particles in the bed material. The invention also relates to a method for pre-oxidizing ilmenite, to pre-oxidized ilmenite and to the use of pre-oxidized ilmenite in a fluidized bed boiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Bengt-Ake Andersson, Fredrik Lind, Henrik Thunman
  • Publication number: 20190203321
    Abstract: Provided is a Cu-based sintered bearing comprising: 15-36 mass % of Ni; 3-13 mass % of Sn; 0.05-0.55 mass % of P; and 0.02-4 mass % of C in total, the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the content of C forming an alloy with a matrix within Cu-Ni-based main phase grains is 0.02-0.10 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinari ISHII, Shinichi TAKEZOE, Tsuneo MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190203322
    Abstract: Disclosed is a titanium alloy sheet for electrode, including at least one of 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Al and 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Si, with the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities, wherein the total content of Al and Si is 0.2 to 1.0% by mass and an average grain size is 5 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Keitaro TAMURA, Yoshio ITSUMI, Norikazu MATSUKURA, Jun SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190203323
    Abstract: A high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy is disclosed. The alloy includes, in weight percent: about 3.5 to about 4.9% of Al, about 12.2 to about 16.0% of W, about 24.5 to about 32.0% Ni, about 6.5% to about 10.0% Cr, about 5.9% to about 11.0% Ta, and the balance Co and incidental impurities. A method of making an article having high-temperature strength, cyclic oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy as described herein; forming an article from the alloy; solution-treating the alloy by a solution heat treatment; and aging the alloy by providing at least one aging heat treatment at an aging temperature that is less than the gamma-prime solvus temperature, wherein the alloy is configured to form a continuous, protective, adherent oxide layer on an alloy surface upon exposure to a high-temperature oxidizing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Andrew John Elliott, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, JR., Kathleen Blanche Morey, Pazhayannur Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20190203324
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a die casting aluminum alloy, including constituents with the following mass percentages: silicon: 4.0% to 10.0%; magnesium: 0.2% to 1.0%; copper: ?0.1%; manganese: ?0.1%; zinc: ?0.1%; ferrum: ?1.3%; titanium: ?0.2%; inevitable impurities: ?0.15%; and the rest: aluminum. The die casting aluminum alloy has a high heat-conducting property, good formability, high corrosion resistance, and a good mechanical property. This can resolve a prior-art problem that forming and heat dissipation requirements of a communications product with a complex structure, high heat flux density, and large power cannot be met at the same time because it is difficult for a die casting aluminum alloy to have both a high heat-conducting property and good formability. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a production method of the die casting aluminum alloy and a communications product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaorui LIU, Naier MENG, Banghong HU
  • Publication number: 20190203325
    Abstract: Some variations provide an aluminum alloy feedstock for additive manufacturing, the aluminum alloy feedstock comprising from 81.5 wt % to 88.8 wt % aluminum; from 1.1 wt % to 2.1 wt % copper; from 3.0 wt % to 4.6 wt % magnesium; and from 7.1 wt % to 9.0 wt % zinc. The aluminum alloy feedstock may be in the form of a free-flowing powder or a feedstock ingot, for example. In some variations, the aluminum alloy feedstock comprises from 84.9 wt % to 88.3 wt % aluminum; from 1.2 wt % to 2.0 wt % copper; from 3.2 wt % to 4.4 wt % magnesium; and from 7.3 wt % to 8.7 wt % zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: John H. MARTIN, Brennan D. YAHATA
  • Publication number: 20190203326
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy for manufacturing wire for cold forming, in particular for manufacturing connecting elements, includes an alloy content of aluminum greater than 88% and an alloy content of copper greater than or equal to 5% as main alloy elements. Nickel and silicon are additional alloy elements, with an alloy content of nickel greater than or equal to 0.15%, and an alloy content of silicon less than or equal to 1.0%. A wire for manufacturing connecting elements or screws and a connecting element or screw made of the aluminum alloy are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: THEODOR WINGEN, JANINA DRUSKUS, KATHARINA NEUERER, RALF JENNING, CULHA BUESRA, KLAUS MAUEROEDER
  • Publication number: 20190203327
    Abstract: Undercooled liquid metallic core-shell particles, whose core is stable against solidification at ambient conditions, i.e. under near ambient temperature and pressure conditions, are used to join or repair metallic non-particulate components. The undercooled-shell particles in the form of nano-size or micro-size particles comprise an undercooled stable liquid metallic core encapsulated inside an outer shell, which can comprise an oxide or other stabilizer shell typically formed in-situ on the undercooled liquid metallic core. The shell is ruptured to release the liquid phase core material to join or repair a component(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Thuo, Ian Tevis
  • Publication number: 20190203328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for forming a golf club head assembly using a combination of different, but separate heat treatments for the golf club head body and high strength faceplate, and vibrational waves to relive stress in the weld heat affected zones of the golf club body and face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew W. Simone
  • Publication number: 20190203329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal spraying material capable of forming a thermally sprayed coating film having improved plasma erosion resistance. This thermal spraying material contains composite particles in which a plurality of yttrium fluoride microparticles are integrated. This thermal spraying material has a lightness L of 91 or less in the Lab color space. This lightness L is more preferably 5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Hiroyuki IBE
  • Publication number: 20190203330
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal spraying material capable of forming a thermally sprayed coating film having improved plasma erosion resistance. The invention disclosed here provides a thermal spraying material. This thermal spraying material comprises composite particles in which a plurality of yttrium fluoride microparticles are integrated. In addition, the compressive strength of the composite particles is 5 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IBE, Kazuyuki TSUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190203331
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ferritic stainless steel product includes forming a carburized layer on a workpiece made of ferritic stainless steel, and forming a nitrided layer on a surface of the workpiece by heating the workpiece at a temperature equal to or higher than a transformation point of the ferritic stainless steel in an atmosphere containing an N2 gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Takuya KITA
  • Publication number: 20190203332
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally related to system for forming a semiconductor structure. The processing chamber includes a chamber body, a substrate support device, a quartz envelope, one or more heating devices, a gas injection assembly, and a pump device. The chamber body defines an interior volume. The substrate support device is configured to support one or more substrates during processing. The quartz envelope is disposed in the processing chamber. The quartz envelope is configured to house the substrate support device. The heating devices are disposed about the quartz envelope. The gas injection assembly is coupled to the processing chamber. The gas injection assembly is configured to provide an NH3 gas to the interior volume of the processing chamber. The pump device is coupled to the processing chamber. The pump device is configured to maintain the processing chamber at a pressure of at least 10 atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher S. OLSEN
  • Publication number: 20190203333
    Abstract: A metal article includes a metallic substrate and a thermal barrier coating. A thermally grown mixed oxide layer between the metal substrate and the thermally grown mixed oxide layer enhances the spallation resistance of the thermal barrier coating on the metallic substrate of metal article. In an embodiment, the thermal barrier coating is about 51 weight percent gadolinia and about 49 weight percent yttria partially stabilized zirconia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Neil B. Ridgeway
  • Publication number: 20190203334
    Abstract: A mask plate and manufacturing method thereof, a mask assembly and a vapor deposition apparatus are provided. The mask plate includes a mask pattern region, and a peripheral region of the mask pattern region, the peripheral region including a recess structure, and a recess direction of the recess structure being parallel to a thickness direction of the mask plate. When the glass substrate is superposed on the mask plate, the force suffered by the glass substrate at the weld pad is reduced, and the probability of scratching the glass substrate is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Xinjian Zhang, Liguo Liu, Zhi Yin
  • Publication number: 20190203335
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mask plate frame. The mask plate frame includes two opposite rims, and a plurality of connectors detachably mounted to a first surface of each rim along a length direction of each rim. Each connector is used to mount a mask strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouhua LV, Chunchieh HUANG, Baojun LI
  • Publication number: 20190203336
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mask and a method of manufacturing the same, a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The mask of the present disclosure includes a base mark unit and at least one connecting member, wherein the base mark unit includes a first connecting region, and the connecting member, which is superposed on the base mole unit, includes a second connecting region and a non-connecting region, wherein the first connecting region of the base mark unit is connected to the second connecting region of the connecting member, and a shape of the non-connecting region and a shape of the base mark unit form a desired target shape of the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Peng XU, Jianpeng WU
  • Publication number: 20190203337
    Abstract: An apparatus for adsorbing a mask includes an adsorbing member and a controller connected to the adsorbing member. The adsorbing member is configured to adsorb the mask during evaporation and is capable of simultaneously producing different or a same adsorption force to different regions of the mask. The controller is configured to control the adsorbing member to start adsorption from at least one initial adsorption region of the mask, and then control the adsorbing member to gradually expand an adsorption range from the at least one initial adsorption region until the mask is entirely attached to a base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Chang LUO, Jianpeng WU
  • Publication number: 20190203338
    Abstract: There is provided a vapor deposition mask including: a resin mask including a plurality of resin mask openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition; and a metal mask including a metal mask opening, the resin mask and the metal mask being stacked such that the resin mask openings overlap with the metal mask opening, wherein the metal mask includes one or a plurality of rigidity adjustment parts that partially reduce rigidity of the metal mask at a position not overlapping with the resin mask openings of the resin mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWASAKI, Toshihiko TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190203339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an evaporation device and an evaporation method. The evaporation device includes: an evaporation chamber; a plurality of spaced conductive baffles disposed in the evaporation chamber and dividing the evaporation chamber into a plurality of evaporation sub-chambers, the conductive baffles configured to carry charges of a first polarity; an evaporation source disposed in at least one of the evaporation sub-chambers; and a particle charging circuit disposed in at least one of the evaporation sub-chambers. The particle charging circuit is configured to control evaporation material particles generated from the evaporation source in at least one of the evaporation sub-chambers to have charges of the first polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo MAO, Changjun JIANG, Jun LI, Langlang HA, Yikun DOU, Yang XU, Mengyu LUAN
  • Publication number: 20190203340
    Abstract: A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes at least one silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one protective metallic or substantially metallic doped silver layer in order to improve chemical durability characteristics of the low-E coating. The silver based IR reflecting layer and adjacent protective doped silver layer are part of a low emissivity (low-E) coating, and may be sandwiched between at least transparent dielectric layers. A barrier layer including Ni and/or Cr may be provided over and directly contacting the protective doped silver layer in order to further improve durability of the low-E coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yiwei LU, Brent BOYCE, Guowen DING, Scott JEWHURST, Cesar CLAVERO, Daniel SCHWEIGERT, Guizhen ZHANG, Daniel LEE
  • Publication number: 20190203341
    Abstract: A method is described for the production of a manufactured article (20) constituted of an elastomeric polymer substrate, in selected zones of which there are deposits of particles of nanometric size of a metal or some other compound which create a region (24) of the polymeric element having desired electrical, biocompatibility and/or dielectric properties, and such that said properties are maintained even after numerous elastic deformations of the manufactured article; the invention also relates to functionalized elastomeric manufactured articles obtained by means of said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Luca RAVAGNAN, Gabriele CORBELLI, Cristian GHISLERI, Paolo MILANI, Mattia MARELLI
  • Publication number: 20190203342
    Abstract: A cooling plate for a cooling system includes a plurality of cooling zones providing with a water loop. A water temperature controller for regulating a temperature of water stored in the water storage tank for delivering water to a water inlet and recovering water from a water outlet. The plurality of cooling temperature of the water flowing in the water loop in the zone is different. By the above mentioned structure, the plurality of water loops are supplied with water from a water storage tank, the temperature controller adjusts the temperature of the water in the water storage tank such that the temperature of the water is different, so that the temperature of each part of the glass substrate is adjusted by the water loop of multiple cooling zones on the cooling plate to ensure uniform heating of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Chunlai SONG
  • Publication number: 20190203343
    Abstract: The present application provides an evaporation source, including a cavity and a nozzle. The cavity includes a top and a bottom opposite to each other, the nozzle is disposed on the top wall of the cavity and connected to a draft tube, a fixing device is disposed on the side wall of the cavity, the draft tube is bent through the top of the cavity and fixed to the side wall surface of the cavity by the fixing device. The draft tube is fixed on the side wall surface of the cavity by the fixing device, when the draft tube leaves the evaporation source, it also passes through the relatively high temperature area of the side wall surface of the cavity, the temperature drop of the draft tube slows down so that the temperature in the pipeline is high. The present application also provides a vapor deposition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Aiguo TU, Jinchuan LI
  • Publication number: 20190203344
    Abstract: In one aspect, evaporator boats are provided which, in some embodiments, exhibit resistance to corrosion and associated performance degradation imparted by exposure to molten metals, including aluminum. An evaporator boat described herein comprises a body and an evaporator surface, the body comprising a boron nitride (BN) component and a TiB2 component including a solid solution of TiB2 and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon and metallic elements of Groups IVB-VIIIB of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiquan GUO, Mark Han, Chandler Du, Jason Goldsmith, Rob Lattimer
  • Publication number: 20190203345
    Abstract: A molten material supply unit includes a raw material supply portion to which a solid material is supplied; a melting container portion connected to the raw material supply portion, and configured to melt the solid material to form a liquefied material and then emit the liquefied material externally; and a barrier portion provided between a supply area of the melting container portion connected to the raw material supply portion and an emission area of the melting container portion emitting the liquefied material externally, and configured to move only the liquefied material to the emission area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Goo-Hwa KIM, Seung-Ho LIM, Tae-Yeob KIM, Yeong-Seon PARK, Kyung-Hoon NAM
  • Publication number: 20190203346
    Abstract: This sputtering cathode has a sputtering target having a tubular shape in which the cross-sectional shape thereof has a pair of long side sections facing each other, and an erosion surface facing inward. Using the sputtering target, while moving a body to be film-formed, which has a film formation region having a narrower width than the long side sections of the sputtering target, parallel to one end face of the sputtering target and at a constant speed in a direction perpendicular to the long side sections above a space surrounded by the sputtering target, discharge is performed such that a plasma circulating along the inner surface of the sputtering target is generated, and the inner surface of the long side sections of the sputtering target is sputtered by ions in the plasma generated by a sputtering gas to perform film formation in the film formation region of the body to be film-formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWATA, Toshiyuki NEDU, Yuta TAKAKUWA, Naoya OKADA, Ippei SATO, Naonori SHIBATA, Keiichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190203347
    Abstract: A method of coating a component includes attaching the component to a support that is configured to hold a plurality of components and placing a base of the support in a holder that is attached to rotatable member of a fixture, wherein an axis of the holder is parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable member. The method also includes transporting the fixture into a coating chamber wherein a direction of an exit stream of a coater in oriented perpendicularly to the axis of rotation, exposing the fixture and the component to a reverse transfer arc cleaning/pre-heating procedure, and exposing the fixture and the component to a coating procedure during which a coating is directed at the component in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation while the rotatable member is rotating. The method further includes transporting the fixture and removing the component from the support fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Frank J. Trzcinski, Scott A. Elliott, Andrew Cervoni
  • Publication number: 20190203348
    Abstract: A deposition system is provided for guiding a flexible substrate along a deposition path. The deposition system includes a payout hub for unwinding the flexible substrate; a pickup hub for winding the flexible substrate; one or more evaporation sources (300); one or more electrodes (510) spaced apart from the one or more evaporation sources in a first direction; one or more measurement devices (550); and a controller (601) configured to adjust one or more voltages provided to the one more electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Bernhard SCHLAEPPI, Michael AKERMANN
  • Publication number: 20190203349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mask plate and a method for manufacturing the same. The mask plate comprises a body provided with a plurality of openings, in which a first surface of the body is provided with cofferdams each surrounding a corresponding opening, and each cofferdam is configured to confine a diffusion range of a material deposited on a substrate through the opening. In the present disclosure, by providing, on a surface of the body of the mask plate, cofferdams each surrounding edges of each corresponding opening, the cofferdams can effectively prevent the deposition material from depositing into an invalid region, thus CVD shadow can be reduced and the packaging effect can be improved in the process of film deposition or evaporation by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenqi LIU, Zhongyuan SUN, Haibin ZHU, Jinxiang XUE
  • Publication number: 20190203350
    Abstract: Implementations described herein protect a substrate support from corrosive cleaning gases used at high temperatures. In one embodiment, a substrate support has a shaft having an outer wall. The substrate support has a heater. The heater has a body having a top surface, a side surface and a bottom surface extending from the outer wall of the shaft. The top surface is configured to support a substrate during plasma processing of the substrate. A covering is provided for at least two of the top surface, side surface and bottom surface. The covering is selected to resist corrosion of the body at temperatures in excess of about 400 degrees Celsius. A sleeve circumscribing the shaft, the sleeve and the outer wall of the shaft forming a space therebetween, the space adapted to flow a purge gas therethrough in a direction toward the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Abdul Aziz KHAJA, Ren-Guan DUAN, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Jianhua ZHOU, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20190203351
    Abstract: In a first aspect of a present inventive subject matter, a method of surface treatment includes preparing a raw material solution containing a chemical substance and a solvent with a boiling point; homogenizing the raw material solution containing the chemical substance and the solvent; generating atomized droplets by atomizing the raw material solution containing the chemical substance and the solvent; supplying carrier gas to the atomized droplets to carry the atomized droplets onto a base; and causing thermal reaction of the atomized droplets adjacent to the base at a temperature that is the boiling point of the solvent or at a higher temperature than the boiling point of the solvent contained in the raw material solution to apply surface treatment to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Shigetaka KATORI, Takashi SHINOHE, Takuto IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190203352
    Abstract: In a first aspect of a present inventive subject matter, a method of forming an organic film includes preparing a raw material solution containing an organic compound and a solvent with a boiling point that is 150° C. or higher; generating atomized droplets by atomizing the raw material solution containing the organic compound and the solvent with the boiling point that is 150° C. or higher; carrying the atomized droplets onto a base; and causing thermal reaction of the atomized droplets adjacent to the base at a temperature that is the boiling point of the solvent or at a higher temperature than the boiling point of the solvent contained in the raw material solution to form an organic film on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Shigetaka KATORI, Takashi SHINOHE, Takuto IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190203353
    Abstract: A substrate support unit according to an example embodiment of the present inventive concept may include a support having an upper surface on which a substrate is disposed; a coupling ring on which an edge of the substrate is disposed, the coupling ring being having an annular shape, wherein the coupling ring is disposed on an edge of the support; and an arm part for raising and lowering the coupling ring and the substrate, wherein the arm part is disposed below the coupling ring and under a portion of the coupling ring, wherein the coupling ring has a first region disposed on the arm part and a second region disposed around the first region, wherein the first region has a thickness greater than that of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: IL JUN JEON, Ji Ho Uh, Je Hak Lee, Jun Sung Lee, Ji Woon Im
  • Publication number: 20190203354
    Abstract: Methods and systems for conformality modulation of metal oxide films in atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided. Some example methods use chemical inhibition. An example system for performing such a method comprises a chamber; a source of precursor gas; a source of inhibiting precursor gas; one or more injectors having respective gas flow paths, each having an inlet connectable to the source of the precursor or the inhibiting precursor gas, and being adapted to deliver into the chamber, separately or in conjunction with another injector, precursor gas at a first gaseous flow rate in a first region of the plurality of regions to form a first film at a first deposition rate, and being adapted to deliver inhibiting precursor gas at a second gaseous flow rate in the same or a second region of the plurality of regions to inhibit growth of the first film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: David C. Smith, Dennis M. Hausmann
  • Publication number: 20190203355
    Abstract: A film formation time setting method to be implemented when forming silicon-containing films on a plurality of substrates arranged on a rotary table includes a film thickness measuring step of performing a provisional film forming process for a provisional film formation time T×N, provisionally set up based on a cycle time T and a number of cycles N, measuring film thicknesses dN-1 of the silicon-containing films formed on the substrates at an end time of the (N-1)th cycle, measuring film thicknesses dN-1˜N of the silicon-containing films at an intermediate time between the (N-1)th cycle and the Nth cycle, and measuring film thicknesses dN of the silicon-containing films at an end time of the Nth cycle; and a film formation time specifying step of comparing the inter-plane uniformities of the silicon-containing films at the respective times to specify and set a film formation time for achieving an optimal inter-plane uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hitoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20190203356
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for processing a substrate in a reaction chamber of a gas deposition apparatus by exposing the substrate to alternate, saturated surface reactions of starting materials, the arrangement comprising loading means for loading the substrate into the reaction chamber on a substrate support. In accordance with the invention, the substrate is arranged for being attached in a detachable manner with an adhesive to the substrate carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Jarmo MAULA
  • Publication number: 20190203357
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depositing a gallium-containing thin film by atomic layer deposition (ALD) without using radical species such as plasma and ozone using a gallium-containing precursor having a high vapor pressure even at low temperature and high thermal stability. Gallium (I) having a cyclopentadienyl ligand as illustrated below has a sufficiently high thermal decomposition temperature, a sufficiently high vapor pressure at a low temperature, and high reactivity, and as a result, is suitable for low temperature ALD. An atomic layer deposition method of a metal-containing thin film using a precursor represented by the following general formula (1) (In general formula (1), R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumikazu MIZUTANI, Shintaro HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20190203358
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling precursor flow. The apparatus may include a processor; and a memory unit coupled to the processor, including a flux control routine. The flux control routine may be operative on the processor to monitor the precursor flow and may include a flux calculation processor to determine a precursor flux value based upon a change in detected signal intensity received from a cell of a gas delivery system to deliver a precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaina Babayan, Sarah White, Vijay Venugopal, Jonathan Bakke
  • Publication number: 20190203359
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus and method of deposition are provided. The deposition apparatus includes a gas supply unit, including: a first process gas supply unit blowing a first process gas onto a deposition-target surface; a second process gas supply unit blowing a second process gas different from the first process gas onto the deposition-target surface of the substrate; and air curtain units blocking an area between an area where the process gas is blown and an area where the second process gas is blown, by blowing an inert gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Choelmin Jang, Sunghun Key, Junggon Kim, Myungsoo Huh
  • Publication number: 20190203360
    Abstract: A method for post-treatment of a chromium finish surface to improve corrosion resistance comprising a) providing a substrate having a chromium finish surface, and at least one intermediate layer between the chromium finish surface and the substrate, selected from the group consisting of nickel, nickel alloys, copper and copper alloys, wherein the chromium finish surface is a surface of a trivalent chromium plated layer, obtained by electroplating the substrate, having the at least one intermediate layer, in a plating bath, the plating bath comprising chromium (III) ions; b) contacting the chromium finish surface with an aqueous solution, comprising a permanganate, at least one compound which is selected from a phosphorus-oxygen compound, a hydroxide, a nitrate, a borate, boric acid, a silicate, or a mixture of two or more of these compounds; c) forming a transparent corrosion protection layer onto the chromium finish surface during step b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Christina PFIRRMANN, Berkem ÖZKAYA, Philipp WACHTER, Nancy BORN