Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
  • Patent number: 10415119
    Abstract: In one aspect sintered cemented carbide articles are described herein which, in some embodiments, exhibit enhanced resistance to wear and thermal fatigue. Further, sintered cemented carbide articles described herein can tolerate variations in carbon content without formation of undesirable phases, including eta phase and/or free graphite (C-type porosity). Such tolerance can facilitate manufacturing and use of carbide grades where carbon content is not strictly controlled. A sintered cemented carbide body described herein comprises a hard particle phase including tungsten carbide and a metallic binder phase comprising at least one of cobalt, nickel and iron and one or more alloying additives, wherein the sintered cemented carbide has a magnetic saturation (MS) ranging from 0% to 73% and no eta phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Pankaj B. Trivedi, Pankaj Kumar Mehrotra
  • Patent number: 10415120
    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. The 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Element Six GmbH
    Inventors: Igor Yurievich Konyashin, Bernd Heinrich Ries
  • Patent number: 10415121
    Abstract: A nickel alloy composition comprising hafnium provides superior heat, corrosion, and stress resistance. Various nickel alloy compositions used in the oil and gas industry are improved for use by the addition of hafnium in suitable amounts. Hafnium increases the high temperature ductility by promoting the precipitation of randomly distributed MC carbides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Paal Bratland
  • Patent number: 10415122
    Abstract: A cermet material includes as mass percentages, at least: 50% to 90% of a metallic phase containing an alloy of copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni), and 10% to 50% of an oxide phase containing at least iron, nickel and oxygen with the following proportion by mass of Ni: 0.2%?Ni?17%. An electrode, preferably an anode, may include this cermet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ELYSIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Christian Barthelemy, Ariane Marmottant, Véronique Laurent, Sylvie Bouvet, Vincent Stabrowski
  • Patent number: 10415123
    Abstract: The austenitic heat resistant steel of the embodiment contains: 24 to 50% by mass of Ni, 5 to 13% by mass of Cr, 0.1 to 12% by mass of Co, 0.1 to 5% by mass of Nb, 0.1 to 0.5% by mass of V, 1.90 to 2.35% by mass of Ti, 0.01 to 0.30% by mass of Al, 0.001 to 0.01% by mass of B, 0.001 to 0.1% by mass of C, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shun Oinuma, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 10415124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a, comprising a tubular element (10) with at least one heat-affected zone (14), characterized by a yield strength Rp0.2 in the heat-affected zone (14) of at least 640 MPa and a tensile strength Rm in the heat-affected zone of at least 850 MPa and by at least the tubular element (10) consisting of a steel alloy consisting, in weight percent: C 0.12-0.22% Mn 1.5-2.5% Si 0.45-0.85% Cr ??<1.5% V ?0.04% B 0.0010-0.0040% Ti ??0.02-0.1% und optionally Mo ???0.6%, balance iron and impurities resulting from smelting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
    Inventors: Jozef Balun, Thomas Fortmeier, Martin Junker, Sandor Schumann
  • Patent number: 10415125
    Abstract: A thick-wall oil-well steel pipe has a wall thickness of 40 mm or more, excellent SSC resistance and high strength. The thick-wall oil-well steel pipe has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.40 to 0.65%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.0%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0020% or less, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cr more than 0.40 to 2.0%, Mo: more than 1.15 to 5.0%, Cu: 0.50% or less, Ni: 0.50% or less, N: 0.007% or less, and O: 0.005% or less. The number of carbide which has a circle equivalent diameter of 100 nm or more and contains 20 mass % or more of Mo is 2 or less per 100 mm2. The thick-wall oil-well steel pipe has yield strength of 827 MPa or more. A difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the yield strength in the wall-thickness direction is 45 MPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Arai, Keiichi Kondo, Koji Nagahashi
  • Patent number: 10415126
    Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel having excellent thermal fatigue resistance, excellent oxidation resistance, and excellent high-temperature fatigue resistance is provided. The ferritic stainless steel contains, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10.0% to 20.0%, N: 0.020% or less, Nb: 0.005% to 0.15%, Al: 0.20% to 3.0%, Ti: 5× (C+N)% to 0.50%, Cu: 0.55% to 1.60%, B: 0.0002% to 0.0050%, Ni: 0.05% to 1.0%, 0: 0.0030% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Additionally, the ferritic stainless steel satisfies that Al/O?100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Nakamura, Hiroki Ota, Chikara Kami
  • Patent number: 10415127
    Abstract: A turbomachine component and method for fabricating the turbomachine component are provided. The turbomachine component may include a matrix material and carbon nanotubes combined with the matrix material. The matrix material may include a metal or a polymer. The carbon nanotubes may be contacted with the metal to form a metal-based carbon nanotube composite, and the metal-based carbon nanotube composite may be processed to fabricate the turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Harry F. Miller, H. Allan Kidd
  • Patent number: 10415128
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part including steps of (1) casting an ingot, (2) scalping the ingot to yield a scalped ingot, (3) homogenizing the scalped ingot to yield a homogenized ingot, (4) breakdown of the homogenized ingot to yield a slab, (5) rolling the slab to yield a rolled aluminum material, (6) annealing the rolled aluminum material to yield an aluminum starting material, (7) cold working the aluminum starting material to obtain an aluminum cold worked material, and (8) forming the part from the aluminum cold worked material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David H. Gane, Ryan J. Glamm, Gary R. Weber, Ricole A. Johnson, Terry C. Tomt, Azzreal Pugh, Daniel J. Kane, Peter D. Verge
  • Patent number: 10415129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy product including the steps of: creating a bath of liquid metal in an aluminum-copper-lithium alloy, casting said alloy by vertical semi-continuous casting so as to obtain a plate with thickness T and width W such that, during solidification, the hydrogen content of said liquid metal bath (1) is lower than 0.4 ml/100 g, the oxygen content above the liquid surface (14, 15) is less than 0.5% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CONSTELLIUM ISSOIRE
    Inventors: Armelle Danielou, Soizic Blais, Philippe Jarry, Olivier Ribaud, Bernard Valentin
  • Patent number: 10415130
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet strip including a copper alloy sheet strip, as a base material, and the surface coating layer containing a Ni layer, a Cu—Sn alloy layer and a Sn layer formed on a surface of the copper alloy sheet strip. The copper alloy sheet strip has a structure in which precipitates are dispersed in a copper alloy matrix. The Cu—Sn alloy layer is partially exposed on the outermost surface of the surface coating layer, and a surface exposed area ratio thereof is in a range of 3 to 75%. The Cu—Sn alloy layer contains 1) a ? layer, or 2) a ? phase and a ? phase, the ? phase existing between the Ni layer and the ? phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsuru, Daisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10415131
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a thickness of a hot-dip galvanized coating on a strip material with a continuously varying thickness. The system of the present disclosure is capable to provide a zinc coating with a uniform thickness on a coiled starting material with a continuously varying thickness, and the method of the present disclosure provides a simplified process to achieve such objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei Xiong, Shanqing Li, Zhenglian Jiang, Jianghua Xu
  • Patent number: 10415132
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal oxide-polymer laminate, including preparing a polymer layer, and forming a metal oxide layer on a surface of the polymer layer by an aerosol deposition method so that at least a portion of the metal oxide layer is embedded in the polymer layer in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Popovici, Keita Mine, Masayuki Minakata, Toshitaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10415133
    Abstract: A method for planning a beam path for material deposition is provided in which a structure pattern having features of varying size is analyzed to determine the size of each feature. A beam path throughout the structure pattern is determined and the beam current required for each point in the structure pattern is configured. Configuring the beam current required for each point involves determining the acceptable beam dose for that point. Relatively small features require a low beam current for high accuracy and relatively large features can be formed using a higher beam current allowing faster deposition. Each feature in the structure pattern is deposited at the highest beam current acceptable to allow accurate deposition of the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventor: Aurelien Philippe Jean Maclou Botman
  • Patent number: 10415134
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crucible that exhibits stable evaporation efficiency and durability with respect to Al, is used in an evaporation source of an electron-beam evaporator, and includes a storage unit, which includes a wall and a bottom and in which a deposition material is placed, and a wetting prevention unit that includes another wall, which is taller than the wall of the storage unit, and another bottom, and is combined with an exterior of the storage unit. The wetting prevention unit is provided so that only the wall of the storage unit is wet with Al, and accordingly, the lifespan of the crucible is lengthened. Further, contact with the ceramic material in order to prevent wetting is minimized, thereby preventing a reduction in the physical properties of the thin film due to the impurities mixed with the deposited Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ki-hwan Kim, Jun-Sik Cho, Ara Cho, Jae-Ho Yun, Kyung Hoon Yoon, Jin-su Yoo, Young-Joo Eo, Seoung-Kyu Ahn, Sejin Ahn, Kee Shik Shin, Joo-Hyung Park, Jihye Gwak
  • Patent number: 10415135
    Abstract: A thin film formation method is provided, by which needless film formation due to trial film formation is omitted and film formation efficiency can be improved. This invention is a method for sputtering targets to form a film A having an intended film thickness of T1 as the first thin film on a substrate and monitor substrate held and rotated by a rotation drum and, subsequently, furthermore sputtering the targets used in forming the film A to form a film C having an intended film thickness of T3 as the second thin film, which is another thin film having the same composition as the film A; comprising film thickness monitoring steps S4 and S5, a stopping step S7, an actual time acquisition step S8, an actual rate calculating step S9 and a necessary time calculating step S24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHINCRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Hinata, Kyokuyo Sai, Yoshiyuki Otaki, Ichiro Shiono, Yousong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10415136
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube processing a substrate, a heating part disposed on an outside of the reaction tube that heats the interior of the reaction tube, an insulating part disposed on an outside of the heating part, a plurality of flow channels installed in the insulating part and allows an air or a cooling medium to flow, and a ceiling part configured to cover an upper surface of the insulating part. The ceiling part includes a first member having a supply hole formed to communicate with the flow channels and to supply the air or cooling medium into the flow channels, and a second member having a space formed between the second member and the first member and allowing the air or the cooling medium to flow therein and having a partition part to partition the space into at least two spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoya Takewaki, Tetsuya Kosugi, Masaaki Ueno
  • Patent number: 10415137
    Abstract: Gas distribution assemblies and processing chambers using same are described. The gas distribution assemblies comprise a cooling plate with a quartz puck, a plurality of reactive gas sectors and a plurality of purge gas sectors suspended therefrom. The reactive gas sectors and purge gas sectors having a coaxial gas inlet with inner tubes and outer tubes, the inner tubes and outer tubes in fluid communication with different gas or vacuum ports in the front faces of the sectors. The sectors may be suspended from the cooling plate by a plurality of suspension rods comprising a metal rod body with an enlarged lower end positioned within a quartz frame with a silicon washer around the enlarged lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander S. Polyak, Joseph Yudovsky
  • Patent number: 10415138
    Abstract: A gas injector system is provided that allows for improved distribution and directional control of the vapor material in a CVD or CVI process. Gas injector systems may be used without experiencing significant clogging of gas injector tube apertures over multiple CVD procedures. Further, a gas injector system provided includes a dual aperture release system and/or allow vapor material to flow both substantially horizontally and substantially vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Vincent Fry
  • Patent number: 10415139
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a coating chamber, and a substrate support structure and a heater in the coating chamber. The substrate support structure includes a plurality of support units. The heater includes a heating plate body having a plurality of through holes and heating filling parts each provided in one of the plurality of through holes, and the plurality of support units are received in the plurality of through holes respectively. In each of the plurality of through holes, one of the plurality of support units is located between one of the heating filling parts and an inner wall of the through hole accommodating the one of the heating filling parts, and the heater further includes connection parts each configured to connect one of the heating filling parts with the inner wall of the through holes accommodating the one of the heating filling parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanshan Yang, Dalin Cui
  • Patent number: 10415140
    Abstract: A method for anti-corrosion treatment of components produced from aluminum, comprising a pre-treatment stage and subsequent painting. The pre-treatment stage includes steps of pickling and passivation wherein passivation of the components includes contacting them with an acidic, aqueous composition based on water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr and/or Ti. The pickling and passivation are coordinated with each other so that a re-dosing of active components of the passivation solution can occur in substantial parts from the pickling solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathieu Van de Cappelle, Ina Kruegermann, Thomas John-Schillings, Andrea Soldati, Andreas Richard Bender
  • Patent number: 10415141
    Abstract: A process for producing a layer or a body built up of layers. A process gas which has a pressure of >10 bar is accelerated in a convergent-divergent nozzle and a coating material which is formed by particles and is composed of Mo, W, an Mo-based alloy or a W-based alloy is injected into the process gas. The particles are at least partly present as aggregates and/or agglomerates. It is possible to produce dense layers and components in this way. We also describe layers and components having a microstructure with cold-deformed grains having a high aspect ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Plansee SE
    Inventors: Michael O'Sullivan, Martin Kathrein, Gerhard Leichtfried, Thomas Hosp, Bernhard Lang, Dietmar Sprenger
  • Patent number: 10415142
    Abstract: A composite structural body includes a base material; and a film-like structural body formed on a surface of the base material by causing an aerosol to impinge on the base material. The aerosol contains fine particles dispersed in a gas, and a distance between an end part of the film-like structural body and an outermost part closest to the end part of a portion of the film-like structural body has a film thickness equal to an average film thickness of the film-like structural body as viewed perpendicular to the surface being 10 times or more of the average film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Ito
  • Patent number: 10415143
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production in an electrochemical cell of one or more of graphene, graphite nanoplatelet structures having a thickness of less than 100 nm, and graphane, wherein the cell comprises: (a) a negative electrode which is graphitic; (b) a positive electrode which may be graphitic or another material; and (c) an electrolyte selected from (i) an ionic liquid; (ii) a deep eutectic solvent; and (iii) a solid ionic conductor, optionally further comprising (iv) one or more ionic species, wherein the amount of (i), (ii) or (iii) and (iv) is greater than 50 wt % based on the total weight of the electrolyte; and wherein the electrolyte includes a mixture of different cations; and wherein the method comprises the step of passing a current through the cell to intercalate ions into the graphitic negative electrode so as to exfoliate the graphitic negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: Robert Angus William Dryfe, Ian Anthony Kinloch, Amr M. Abdelkader
  • Patent number: 10415144
    Abstract: A method for the production of graphene oxide and/or graphite oxide nanoplatelet structures having a thickness of less than 100 nm in an electrochemical cell, the cell comprising: (a) a positive electrode that is graphitic; (b) a negative electrode that may be graphitic or another material; (c) an electrolyte including: (i) organic anions in a solvent; (ii) non-oxidant polyatomic anions in a solution; and/or (ii) polyatomic anions in a solvent wherein the electrolyte has a hydrogen ion concentration of <1×10?1 mol dm?3; wherein the method comprises the step of passing a current through the cell to intercalate the anions into the graphitic positive electrode so as to exfoliate the graphitic positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: Amr Abdelkader, Ian Kinloch, Robert Dryfe
  • Patent number: 10415145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating electrolyzed water, which generates hydrogen water comprising hydrogen molecules in a high concentration. Two sheets of porous cathode plates each provided on the surface thereof with an ion-exchange membrane are provided across an anode plate so as for the ion-exchange membranes to face the anode plate and so as to form a space allowing water to flow therethrough, between the anode plate and each of the ion-exchange membranes, and thus four electrolysis chambers are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Gohda Water Treatment Technology Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihisa Gohda
  • Patent number: 10415146
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing and use of a two layer coated electrode are provided. The two layer coated electrode may comprise a substrate, a first coating layer, and a second coating layer. The first coating layer may comprise a mixture of iridium oxide and tin oxide, and the second coating layer may comprise a mixture of iridium oxide and tantalum oxide. The electrode may be used in, for example, an electrolytic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Irina A. Ivanter, Julio W. Chang-Ng
  • Patent number: 10415147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electrolytic cell for the production of aluminum from alumina includes: at least one anode module having a plurality of anodes; at least one cathode module, opposing the anode module, wherein the at least one cathode module comprises a plurality of cathodes, wherein the plurality of anodes are suspended above the cathode module and extending downwards towards the cathode module, wherein the plurality of cathodes are positioned extending upwards towards the anode module, wherein each of the plurality of anodes and each of the plurality of cathodes are alternatingly positioned, wherein the plurality of anodes is selectively positionable in a horizontal direction relative to adjacent cathodes, wherein the anode module is selectively positionable in a vertical direction relative to the cathode module, and wherein a portion of each of the anode electrodes overlap a portion of adjacent cathodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ELYSIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Xinghua Liu
  • Patent number: 10415148
    Abstract: A method of treating a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a layer deposited from a trivalent chromium electrolyte, is described. The method includes the steps of providing an anode and the chromium(III) plated substrate as a cathode in an electrolyte comprising (i) a trivalent chromium salt; and (ii) a complexant; and passing an electrical current between the anode and the cathode to passivate the chromium(III) plated substrate. The substrate may be first plated with a plated nickel layer so that the chromium(III) plated layer is deposited over the nickel plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MacDermid Acumen, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Mertens, Richard Tooth, Trevor Pearson, Roderick D. Herdman, Terence Clarke
  • Patent number: 10415149
    Abstract: A system comprises a silicon seed arranged on a pedestal, where the silicon seed is ring shaped and is configured to receive melted silicon at a feed rate to form an ingot, and where the pedestal is configured to rotate at a rotational speed. A controller is configured to, while the silicon seed receives the melted silicon and while the ingot is forming: receive feedback regarding a diameter of the ingot and regarding an angle of a meniscus of the ingot, and control the rotational speed of the pedestal and the feed rate of the melted silicon based on the feedback to control the diameter of the ingot and the angle of the meniscus of the ingot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SILFEX, INC.
    Inventors: George David Stephen Hudelson, Igor Peidous, Haresh Siriwardane, Steven M. Joslin, Jihong Chen
  • Patent number: 10415150
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a silicon single crystal is provided. The apparatus comprises a chamber (11), a quarts crucible (21) provided in the chamber so as to be rotatable and movable upward and downward and store a silicon melt, a first heater (25) for melting a silicon raw material stored in the crucible, and a pulling mechanism (32) provided in the chamber so as to be rotatable and movable upward and downward. The pulling mechanism has a lower end to which a seed crystal (S) is attached. The seed crystal is to be dipped in the silicon melt in the crucible and pulled upward for growing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method. The apparatus further comprises a melt supplying mechanism (50) for supplying an additional silicon melt to the silicon melt in the crucible from external of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Hayashi, Wataru Sugimura, Ippei Shimozaki
  • Patent number: 10415151
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling heat flow within a melt. The apparatus may include a crucible configured to contain the melt where the melt has an exposed surface. The apparatus may also include a heater disposed below a first side of the crucible and configured to supply heat through the melt to the exposed surface, and a heat diffusion barrier assembly comprising at least one heat diffusion barrier disposed within the crucible and defining an isolation region in the melt and an outer region in the melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC
    Inventors: Peter L. Kellerman, Frederick M. Carlson, David Morrell, Ala Moradian, Nandish Desai
  • Patent number: 10415152
    Abstract: A p-type SiC single crystal having lower resistivity than the prior art is provided. This is achieved by a method for producing a SiC single crystal in which a SiC seed crystal substrate is contacted with a Si—C solution having a temperature gradient such that the temperature decreases from the interior toward the surface, to grow a SiC single crystal, the method comprising: using as the Si—C solution a Si—C solution containing Si, Cr and Al, wherein the Al content is 3 at % or greater based on the total of Si, Cr and Al; and contacting a (0001) face of the SiC seed crystal substrate with the Si—C solution to grow a SiC single crystal from the (0001) face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 10415153
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are magnesium-doped rare earth nitride materials, some of which are semi-insulating or insulating. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the materials. The magnesium-doped rare earth nitride materials may be useful in the fabrication of, for example, spintronics, electronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Franck Natali, Benjamin John Ruck, Harry Joseph Trodahl, Stephane Ange Vezian
  • Patent number: 10415154
    Abstract: A silicon carbide epitaxial substrate includes a silicon carbide single-crystal substrate of one conductivity type, a first silicon carbide layer of the above-mentioned one conductivity type, a second silicon carbide layer of the above-mentioned one conductivity type, and a third silicon carbide layer of the above-mentioned one conductivity type. The silicon carbide single-crystal substrate has first impurity concentration. The first silicon carbide layer is provided on the silicon carbide single-crystal substrate, and has second impurity concentration that is lower than the first impurity concentration. The second silicon carbide layer is provided on the first silicon carbide layer, and has third impurity concentration that is higher than the first impurity concentration. The third silicon carbide layer is provided on the second silicon carbide layer, and has fourth impurity concentration that is lower than the second impurity concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Nakamura, Kazuya Konishi
  • Patent number: 10415155
    Abstract: A production method of hemp fiber for spinning, the method including: an immersion treatment process of immersing raw hemp fiber in a treatment liquid including an alkali, water, and at least one type of enzyme selected from the group consisting of cellulose-degrading enzymes and glycosidic bond hydrolyzing enzymes for an immersion time of from 30 minutes to 60 minutes under conditions of a temperature of from 60° C. to 100° C.; a water-washing process of washing the immersion treated hemp fiber with water; and a drying process of drying the water-washed hemp fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: AVEX GROUP HOLDINGS INC., Shinichirou Yoshida
    Inventors: Shinichirou Yoshida, Keisuke Hishikawa
  • Patent number: 10415156
    Abstract: A method for separating out a continuous single thread of fiber from many fiber branches and controlling alignment and deposition of said fiber on a substrate, comprising: electrospinning synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle; controlling the fiber using at least one electrically charged metallic disk rotating about an axis positioned below the needle; capturing the fiber using electrically grounded collector; extracting a single fiber branch thread from the polymer fiber streams, wherein the single fiber branch thread is attracted to and intercepted by the collector shape, and depositing the single fiber branch thread as substantially aligned fiber on the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: University of Central Oklahoma
    Inventors: Morshed Khandaker, William Paul Snow
  • Patent number: 10415157
    Abstract: There is provided a continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric excellent in terms of bulkiness, flexibility, and shape stability. The continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric comprises eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber containing a part (A), a part containing a higher melting-point thermoplastic resin (A), and a part (B), a part containing a lower melting-point thermoplastic resin (B), the parts (A) and (B) having been bonded to each other in a side by side arrangement, wherein the difference in melting point between the higher melting-point thermoplastic resin (A) and the lower melting-point thermoplastic resin (B) is 5° C. or greater, the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has a part (A):part (B) proportion in the range of 5 to 30 weight %:95 to 70 weight %, the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has a cross-section in which the thickness (a) of the part (A) is smaller than the thickness (b) of the part (B), and the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has been crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio Matsubara, Kenichi Suzuki, Shigeyuki Motomura
  • Patent number: 10415158
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for removing a faulty yarn portion at a work station of an open-end spinning machine after the work station is stopped in a controlled manner, particularly after a defect of the spun yarn is detected by a quality sensor. Prior to a request to connect a suction nozzle of the work station for sucking off of the faulty yarn portion, the value of a vacuum in a central channel of the vacuum system of the open-end spinning machine is determined and evaluated. The suction nozzle is connected to the central vacuum channel only after the current capacity of the vacuum source detected is sufficient, or only after a sufficiently high vacuum is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rieter CZ s.r.o.
    Inventors: Jiri Stancl, Vladimir Skrivanek, Ladislav Hajek
  • Patent number: 10415159
    Abstract: A yarn producing apparatus that produces carbon nanotube yarn at high speed includes a yarn producing unit that aggregates running carbon nanotube fibers. The yarn producing unit includes a nozzle body, a first nozzle provided in the nozzle body to generate a first swirl flow, with compressed air, in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running, and a second nozzle provided in the nozzle body to generate a second swirl flow, with compressed air, in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running and opposite to the direction of the first swirl flow. The first nozzle and the second nozzle are provided at positions different in the direction of the carbon nanotube fibers running in the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Yano
  • Patent number: 10415160
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a one-piece textile by a jacquard machine includes a preparation step, a jacquard weaving step, a textile separation step, and a textile ironing step. A woven cloth is made of the method and includes a base fabric and multiple textiles connected with the base fabric by at least one sewing area. The woven cloth is a one-piece structure made by a jacquard machine. The textiles are separated by trimming the at least one sewing area from the woven cloth. Each textile is a complete product with a one-piece structure without sewing. The manufacturing method can improve the efficiency of textile production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Shen Feng Textile Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Ching Chou
  • Patent number: 10415161
    Abstract: To provide a gauze woven fabric which has excellent opaqueness, moisture retention properties, water absorbency and comfort for skin while maintaining light weight and air permeability which are characteristic properties of gauze woven fabrics. Warps are supplied from a first beam, and wefts are then drawn across the warps to form a tight layer A. Warps are supplied from a second beam that has a higher supply speed than that of the first beam, and wefts are then drawn across the warps to form a loosened layer B. Subsequently, knotting points for connecting the layer A to the layer B regularly are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: UCHINO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Hozumi
  • Patent number: 10415162
    Abstract: A knitted sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve includes an elongate, knitted wall having a circumferentially continuous, tubular outer periphery extending along a central axis between opposite open ends. The wall includes knitted shrinkable yarn and knitted non-shrinkable yarn. The shrinkable yarn provides the wall with an ability to be radially constricted from a first, diametrically enlarged state to a second, diametrically shrunken state, wherein said shrinkable yarn and said non-shrinkable yarn are knit in alternating groups of courses with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Zhong Huai Zhang, Xiaodan Qiu, Linwood Ludy, Ali Khosroshahi, Leigh Krauser
  • Patent number: 10415163
    Abstract: A seamless postpartum garment is disclosed that is formed from a seamless double layer circular knit tube. The garment is flexible and stretchable throughout, and made from at least two different knit structures. Use of different knit structures at strategic locations on the garment, allow for it to provide compression and comfort at strategic locations on a woman's postpartum body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ingrid & Isabel, LLC
    Inventor: Ingrid Carney
  • Patent number: 10415164
    Abstract: An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion having a knit textile region, which includes a plurality of courses fully spanning a dome-shaped portion. In addition, the knit textile region includes a plurality of partial-length courses partially spanning the dome-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Josue Diaz, Virginia Meckley, Paul R. Montgomery, Nicole Rendone, Andrea J. Staub
  • Patent number: 10415165
    Abstract: An open-type knitting machine for the open and width-variable web production with a fabric take-down and/or collecting assembly, including a basement and a knitting head provided with a needle-holding element having a plurality of needles arranged around a central axis. A first active needle and a last active needle of the plurality delimit between them a dead zone of the needle-holding element without active needles, and an operating zone shaped as an arc of circle and provided with active needles for producing a partially tubular knitted fabric. A take-down and/or collecting assembly for the knitted fabric under production is arranged downstream from the knitting head with respect to a feeding direction of the knitted fabric. The knit-ting machine further comprises devices for adjusting the angular position of the take-down and/or collecting assembly with respect to the dead zone of the needle-holding element around the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SANTONI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Fausto Lonati
  • Patent number: 10415166
    Abstract: A method to prepare nonwoven webs suitable for use as an industrial wipe which have good MD and CD strength is provided. The method includes hydroentangling an airlaid web of natural cellulose fibers having a fiber length of no more than 3.5 mm, bonding fibers having a fiber length of from 6.0 to 12.0 mm and optionally, manmade fibers having a fiber length of from 6.0 to 12.0 mm. The airlaid web is a homogeneous mat of the natural cellulose fibers, the optional manmade fibers and the bonding fibers and is not laid on a precursor web. No non-fiber adhesive or binder is utilized. The airlayering and hydroentangling are conducted in a continuous operation. The method to manufacture the nonwoven web may include an embossing or crepeing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Jacob Holm & Sons AG
    Inventors: Richard Knowlson, Eric Mariani, Geoffrey William Collins
  • Patent number: 10415167
    Abstract: A sewing machine, in which a presser foot and a throat plate are detachable, includes a feed dog bracket, a feeding dog and a mounting portion. The feed dog bracket is driven according to a transfer direction of a fabric. The feeding dog transfers the fabric on the throat plate. The mounting portion detachably mounts the feeding dog on the feed dog bracket. The feeding dog includes a cam portion which is mounted on the mounting portion. The cam portion includes first, second and third cam surfaces. The first cam surface has a surface-contact with a first receiving surface of the mounting portion. The second cam surface has a line-contact with an end portion of a second receiving surface of the mounting portion. The third cam surface is pressed by a pressing member of the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Fukuba, Daishi Kuramashi
  • Patent number: 10415168
    Abstract: An embroidery frame includes a pair of a first frame and a second frame configured to clamp a sewing object and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes a support member configured to rotatably support the second frame such that a posture of the second frame with respect to the first frame to clamp the sewing object is switchable to a first posture and a second posture. The first posture is a posture in which a first surface of the second frame faces the first frame. The second posture is a posture in which a second surface of the second frame faces the first frame. The second surface is on the opposite side to the first surface. The lock mechanism is configured to press the second frame in at least the first posture toward a first frame side with respect to the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Daisuke Ueda, Mitsuhiro Iida, Takahira Osamura