Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
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Patent number: 10415119Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Pankaj B. Trivedi, Pankaj Kumar Mehrotra
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Patent number: 10415120Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Element Six GmbHInventors: Igor Yurievich Konyashin, Bernd Heinrich Ries
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Patent number: 10415121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITEDInventor: Paal Bratland
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Patent number: 10415122Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ELYSIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventors: Christian Barthelemy, Ariane Marmottant, Véronique Laurent, Sylvie Bouvet, Vincent Stabrowski
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Patent number: 10415123Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shun Oinuma, Kiyoshi Imai, Shigekazu Miyashita, Kuniyoshi Nemoto
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Patent number: 10415124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbHInventors: Jozef Balun, Thomas Fortmeier, Martin Junker, Sandor Schumann
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Patent number: 10415125Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Arai, Keiichi Kondo, Koji Nagahashi
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Patent number: 10415126Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuyuki Nakamura, Hiroki Ota, Chikara Kami
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Patent number: 10415127Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: DRESSER-RAND COMPANYInventors: Harry F. Miller, H. Allan Kidd
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Patent number: 10415128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: David H. Gane, Ryan J. Glamm, Gary R. Weber, Ricole A. Johnson, Terry C. Tomt, Azzreal Pugh, Daniel J. Kane, Peter D. Verge
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Patent number: 10415129Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: CONSTELLIUM ISSOIREInventors: Armelle Danielou, Soizic Blais, Philippe Jarry, Olivier Ribaud, Bernard Valentin
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Patent number: 10415130Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Tsuru, Daisuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10415131Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fei Xiong, Shanqing Li, Zhenglian Jiang, Jianghua Xu
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Patent number: 10415132Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel Popovici, Keita Mine, Masayuki Minakata, Toshitaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 10415133Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: FEI CompanyInventor: Aurelien Philippe Jean Maclou Botman
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Patent number: 10415134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: 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
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Patent number: 10415135Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHINCRON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Hinata, Kyokuyo Sai, Yoshiyuki Otaki, Ichiro Shiono, Yousong Jiang
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Patent number: 10415136Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Motoya Takewaki, Tetsuya Kosugi, Masaaki Ueno
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Patent number: 10415137Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Alexander S. Polyak, Joseph Yudovsky
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Patent number: 10415138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventor: Vincent Fry
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Patent number: 10415139Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shanshan Yang, Dalin Cui
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Patent number: 10415140Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Mathieu Van de Cappelle, Ina Kruegermann, Thomas John-Schillings, Andrea Soldati, Andreas Richard Bender
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Patent number: 10415141Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Plansee SEInventors: Michael O'Sullivan, Martin Kathrein, Gerhard Leichtfried, Thomas Hosp, Bernhard Lang, Dietmar Sprenger
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Patent number: 10415142Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Toto Ltd.Inventor: Tomokazu Ito
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Patent number: 10415143Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The University of ManchesterInventors: Robert Angus William Dryfe, Ian Anthony Kinloch, Amr M. Abdelkader
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Patent number: 10415144Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The University of ManchesterInventors: Amr Abdelkader, Ian Kinloch, Robert Dryfe
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Patent number: 10415145Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: Gohda Water Treatment Technology Co., Inc.Inventor: Toshihisa Gohda
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Patent number: 10415146Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: Irina A. Ivanter, Julio W. Chang-Ng
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Patent number: 10415147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ELYSIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventor: Xinghua Liu
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Patent number: 10415148Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MacDermid Acumen, Inc.Inventors: Marc Mertens, Richard Tooth, Trevor Pearson, Roderick D. Herdman, Terence Clarke
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Patent number: 10415149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SILFEX, INC.Inventors: George David Stephen Hudelson, Igor Peidous, Haresh Siriwardane, Steven M. Joslin, Jihong Chen
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Patent number: 10415150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki Hayashi, Wataru Sugimura, Ippei Shimozaki
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Patent number: 10415151Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INCInventors: Peter L. Kellerman, Frederick M. Carlson, David Morrell, Ala Moradian, Nandish Desai
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Patent number: 10415152Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takayuki Shirai
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Patent number: 10415153Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventors: Franck Natali, Benjamin John Ruck, Harry Joseph Trodahl, Stephane Ange Vezian
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Patent number: 10415154Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yu Nakamura, Kazuya Konishi
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Patent number: 10415155Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: AVEX GROUP HOLDINGS INC., Shinichirou YoshidaInventors: Shinichirou Yoshida, Keisuke Hishikawa
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Patent number: 10415156Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: University of Central OklahomaInventors: Morshed Khandaker, William Paul Snow
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Patent number: 10415157Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akio Matsubara, Kenichi Suzuki, Shigeyuki Motomura
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Patent number: 10415158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Rieter CZ s.r.o.Inventors: Jiri Stancl, Vladimir Skrivanek, Ladislav Hajek
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Patent number: 10415159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventor: Fumiaki Yano
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Patent number: 10415160Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Shen Feng Textile Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hung-Ching Chou
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Patent number: 10415161Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: UCHINO CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuichi Hozumi
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Patent number: 10415162Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Zhong Huai Zhang, Xiaodan Qiu, Linwood Ludy, Ali Khosroshahi, Leigh Krauser
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Patent number: 10415163Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Ingrid & Isabel, LLCInventor: Ingrid Carney
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Patent number: 10415164Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Josue Diaz, Virginia Meckley, Paul R. Montgomery, Nicole Rendone, Andrea J. Staub
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Patent number: 10415165Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SANTONI S.P.A.Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Fausto Lonati
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Patent number: 10415166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Jacob Holm & Sons AGInventors: Richard Knowlson, Eric Mariani, Geoffrey William Collins
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Patent number: 10415167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: JUKI CORPORATIONInventors: Naofumi Fukuba, Daishi Kuramashi
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Patent number: 10415168Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Daisuke Ueda, Mitsuhiro Iida, Takahira Osamura