Diverse Coating Material Patents (Class 138/146)
  • Patent number: 11939492
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive resin composition that has excellent adhesiveness and durability, a method for bonding adherends, and an adhesive resin film. More specifically, the present invention relates to an adhesive resin composition containing more than 50 parts by mass and 99.5 parts by mass or less in a solid content of an acid-modified polyolefin resin having a melting point of 50 to 100° C., 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Iizuka, Kunihiro Takei, Yuiko Maruyama, Yuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11933430
    Abstract: A composite tube includes a first layer including a cross-linked polyolefin elastomer, wherein the first layer is configured for fluid contact; and a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer including an elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Tzivanis, James Ludlow
  • Patent number: 11845881
    Abstract: A cable includes a sheath, and a coating film covering a circumference of the sheath, the coating film adhering to the sheath. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10?3 MPa to 4×10?3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kashimura, Masamichi Kishi, Naoto Teraki, Takanobu Watanabe, Yuriko Kiyokane
  • Patent number: 11846383
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anti-corrosive wrapping for a metal pipe (10) (or a metal pipe fitting). The wrapping has an innerwrap (14) including glass fibres which carries a viscoelastic thermoplastic corrosion protection material (13). The wrapping has an outerwrap (16) including glass fibres which is impregnated with an adhesive. The innerwrap (14) is wrappable around the metal pipe (10) with the viscoelastic thermoplastic corrosion protection material (13) carried by the innerwrap (14) engaging and covering an external surface of the metal pipe (10). The outerwrap (16) is wrapped around the innerwrap (13) and the adhesive impregnated in the outerwrap (16) penetrates the innerwrap (13) and thereby adheres the outerwrap (16) to the innerwrap (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: WINN & COALES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Robert Dunsterville, Stephen Michael Crawley
  • Patent number: 11808086
    Abstract: A drill string rod includes an elongate central rod portion. The central rod portion has a hollow-cylindrical shape with an inner first diameter (drod) and an outer second diameter (Drod). The male end includes a spigot having a base projecting axially from a shoulder that axially separates the spigot and the central rod portion. The female end has a sleeve portion that fits to the spigot. An inner thread of the sleeve portion is attachable to an outer thread of the base of the spigot of a further drill string rod. In a radial plane to the longitudinal axis of the drill string rod, the base of the spigot is defined by an outer third diameter (Dspigot) and an inner fourth diameter (dspigot) and the sleeve portion is defined by an outer fifth diameter (Dsleeve) and an inner sixth diameter (dsleeve), wherein the second diameter (Drod) is >60 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Tools AB
    Inventors: Tomas Jansson, Mattias Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11796090
    Abstract: An article and method for forming a coated metal pipe for use as an automotive fluid transport tube including a copper plated carbon steel tubing formed into a circular cross sectional profile. At least one intermediate layer including any of a corrosion inhibiting zinc/aluminum alloy, electroplated zinc or hot dip aluminum is applied over said tubing. One or more outer polymer or copolymer layers are applied over the intermediate layer, with the outer layer or multi-layers compounded with a graphene or graphene oxide powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Martinrea International US Inc.
    Inventors: Anindya Banerji, Cory Doble, Ganesh Iyer
  • Patent number: 11780258
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid storage member for coating tools which successfully reduces plastic consumption and reduces environmental loads, by making use of materials based on paper in place of plastics such as polypropylene that has been used for liquid (e.g., ink) storage members. A liquid storage member for coating tools having at least three layers of a paper base laminate composed of an inner layer made of paper base material, and a middle layer of a metal layer or a silica deposition layer, formed on the outer peripheral side of the inner layer; and an outer layer made of the paper base material formed on the outer peripheral side of the middle layer, wherein the paper base material of the inner layer has a density of 0.8 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuji Ichikawa, Shinobu Kajiyama, Takeshi Iimori, Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11759993
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a composite plastic component having a first section surrounded by a second section. The method includes positioning a first section on a mold, the mold having a curved top surface. The method includes heating a second section in the form of a frame, and positioning the second section about the first section on the mold. The method includes pressing the first and second sections on the curved mold to curve the first and second sections in conformance with the curve of the mold, and to attach the frame to the first section. The method includes removing the curved first section and frame from the mold, cooling the curved first section and frame, and allowing the first section to return from a curved shape to a planar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Nissan Ringel
  • Patent number: 11708160
    Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including an inner frame, an inner flight propulsion system mounted on the inner frame, an outer frame, a gimbal system comprising at least two rotational couplings coupling the inner propulsion system to the outer frame, a control system, a power source, and an outer frame actuation system configured to actively orient the outer frame with respect to the inner frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: FLYABILITY SA
    Inventors: Adrien Briod, Arnaud Garnier, Ludovic Daler, Alexandre Pabouctsidis
  • Patent number: 11611138
    Abstract: A method of producing a radio frequency member to construct a radio frequency confinement device based on a waffle iron structure includes providing an intermediate work of a plate shape or a block shape, the intermediate work including a main surface which is shaped as a plane or a curved surface and a plurality of rods extending away from the main surface. An interval between a side surface of one of the plurality of rods and a side surface of another rod that is adjacent to the one rod monotonically increases in a direction away from the main surface. The method also includes forming an electrically-conductive plating layer on the main surface and at least the side surface of the plurality of rods by immersing at least a portion of the intermediate work in plating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, WGR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Ogawa, Yoshitomo Tatematsu, Daishi Nagatsu, Hideki Kirino, Hiroyuki Kamo
  • Patent number: 11577200
    Abstract: A method for removing VOCs from exhaust gases of a CIPP curing process, the method including the steps of: (a) positioning an exhaust conduit to capture the exhaust gases; (b) elevating the temperature of at least a portion of the exhaust gases and passing the exhaust gases over a catalyst containing substrate to form a devolitized gas stream; and (c) directing the devolitized gas stream to an exhaust stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Michael Howell, John Matthews, Elizabeth Matthews
  • Patent number: 11572780
    Abstract: Impedance is used to determine the performance of paraffin inhibitors in oil containing paraffin. The method and system can use a specially designed impedance cell having a cell constant of less than 1 cm?1. Further, the method can include obtaining at least impedance measurements above the wax appearance temperature (WAT) for an oil sample treated with a paraffin inhibitor and an oil sample not treated, and impedance measurements below the WAT for the treated oil sample and the untreated oil sample. Thereafter, the impedance measurements are correlated to determine paraffin inhibitor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Tulsa
    Inventors: Marc Tappert, Dale Teeters
  • Patent number: 11560975
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pipe lining systems and methods of use are described. Systems and methods may include a CIPP lateral liner that is inserted into a bladder forming a CIPP liner assembly that can be inserted into a pipe line for a pipe repair. CIPP liner assembly can include a membrane that produces superior results compared to the prior art. A backing ring may be used with these systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BLD Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Trapani, Charles Leroy Bolton, Jimmy Dale Ladner, Timothy Michael Matheson
  • Patent number: 11504304
    Abstract: A method for enhancing optical properties of sintered, zirconia ceramic bodies and zirconia ceramic dental restorations is provided. The porous or pre-sintered stage of a ceramic body is treated with an yttrium-containing composition and sintered, resulting in sintered ceramic bodies having enhanced optical properties. The enhanced optical properties may be substantially permanent, remaining for the useful life of the sintered ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Won Kim, Akash
  • Patent number: 11391400
    Abstract: This invention provides a threaded connection for pipes or tubes having excellent misalignment resistance and high torque on shoulder resistance, and also having excellent corrosion resistance properties, as well as a method for producing the threaded connection for pipes or tubes. The threaded connection for pipes or tubes includes a pin and a box. The pin and the box include contact surfaces having threaded portions and unthreaded metal contact portions. The threaded connection for pipes or tubes includes, on at least one of the contact surfaces of the pin and the box, surface roughness, a Zn—Ni alloy plating layer, a Cu—Sn—Zn alloy plating layer and a solid lubricant coating layer. These are deposited from the contact surface side in the order of: surface roughness, the Zn—Ni alloy plating layer, the Cu—Sn—Zn alloy plating layer and the solid lubricant coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventor: Kunio Goto
  • Patent number: 10369731
    Abstract: An air freshener has a rigidifying core defining a central axis, and an outer portion or sleeve contacting the core that is formed from one or more fragrance loaded polymers. Together, the core and outer portion are shaped to surround a first axis perpendicular to the central axis. The air freshener is made by injection molding a first shot of at least one polymer material to form the core, and injection molding a second shot of at least one polymer material incorporating one or more fragrance materials over or onto or into at least a portion of the core. The second shot of polymer material may be stretched about the portion of the core during injection molding, and may flow into a first hole formed in the core at or near the core distal end, and fills a second hole formed in the core at or near the core proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Brandywine Product Group International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank M. Lesniak, Kyle Brandenburg, John R. Hickman
  • Patent number: 10258765
    Abstract: A cable includes a silicone rubber coating including microparticles and cavities as an outermost coating. A medial hollow tube includes a silicone rubber coating including microparticles and cavities as an outermost coating or an innermost coating. The microparticles may be at least one kind of microparticle selected from silicone resin microparticle, silicone rubber microparticle and silica microparticle. The microparticles may have hardness higher than a hardness of silicone rubber constituting the silicone rubber coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kashimura, Takanobu Watanabe, Kimika Kudo, Masamichi Kishi
  • Patent number: 10258750
    Abstract: An example medical device includes a body portion having a tubular inner wall defining an inner channel, and a tubular outer wall encircling the inner wall. The outer wall defines an outer channel between the outer wall and the inner wall. The body portion also includes an indicator substance disposed within the outer channel. The device also includes an indicator portion defining an indicator channel. The body portion is configured to insert at least in part into a patient, and the indicator portion is configured to remain at least in part along an exterior of the patient when the body portion is inserted into the patient. The device is also configured to transfer at least a portion of the indicator substance from the outer channel to the indicator channel when the body portion is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KLOSE Monitoring, LLC
    Inventor: Kashif Latif
  • Patent number: 10252612
    Abstract: A fuel tank fill assembly includes a fuel fill tube adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank and configured to receive fuel discharged by a pump nozzle. The assembly also includes a tube mounting bracket for mounting the fuel fill tube in a stationary position in a vehicle to conduct fuel to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: Zhao Zhangsheng, Paul C. Wetzel
  • Patent number: 10212814
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the laser drilling performance of a copper clad laminate whose black-oxide treated surface is used as a laser drilled surface. To achieve the object, a copper foil provided with a carrier foil 1 comprising a layer structure of the carrier foil 2/the releasing layer 3/the bulk copper layer 4 characterized in that metal element-containing particles 5 are disposed between the releasing layer 3 and the bulk copper layer 4 is employed. If the present copper foil provided with a carrier foil is used, a black-oxide treated layer having a color tone excellent in the laser drilling performance can be formed on the surface of the bulk copper layer in the copper clad laminate manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10139019
    Abstract: A pipe or fitting having a polymer liner and a replaceable component including an outer ring having an outside diameter matching the inside diameter of the pipe or fitting, a polymer liner bonded to the outer ring and having an inside diameter matching the inside diameter of the liner of the pipe or fitting. The replaceable component is disposed in an inlet or outlet of the pipe or fitting so as to form a continuous bore lined with a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Won Moon, Stefano Chiovelli, Shane D. Ryan
  • Patent number: 10005243
    Abstract: A fiber composite component is made by infiltrating and curing at least one textile component preform that is placed on a molding tool surface and covered with an air-tight covering and on which pressure is exerted, in at least one stage of production, by evacuating a vacuum chamber between the molding tool surface and the air-tight covering. The air-tight covering is formed from a resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Premium AEROTEC GmbH
    Inventor: Ernst-Joachim Bauer
  • Patent number: 9937658
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing, by welding, a link between an element made from any material, for example metal, and an element made from a thermoplastic-matrix composite material, the second element being produced by depositing a textile yarn pre-impregnated with a thermoplastic material on the surface of the first element. The method mainly includes an operation consisting of producing an interface coating consisting of an epoxy resin filled with a thermoplastic material powder, coating the surface of the element made from any material with same, and leaving the coating to polymerize. It next includes an operation consisting simultaneously of forming the second element and welding same to the coating deposited on the surface of the first element by locally heating the two elements, when depositing the pre-impregnated textile on the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Hélène Lebrun, Brigitte Defoort, Dominique Lacour, Audrey Menochet
  • Patent number: 9718167
    Abstract: A fluid nozzle includes a nozzle chip that includes a through hole having an inlet port from which a fluid supplied to the fluid nozzle is introduced and an outlet port from which the introduced fluid is ejected; and a base metal member that supports the nozzle chip embedded in a rear portion of the base metal member. The fluid nozzle receives the fluid supplied to the rear portion from the inlet port and ejects the fluid from the outlet port. An exposed portion of the base metal member is covered with a ceramic coating so that the base metal member does not touch the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Minoru Ihara, Masanori Kanemitsu, Takahiko Ogura
  • Patent number: 9663404
    Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component includes providing a formed ceramic member having a cavity, filling at least a portion of the cavity with a ceramic foam. The ceramic foam is deposited on a barrier layer covering at least one internal passage of the cavity. The method includes processing the formed ceramic member and ceramic foam to obtain a ceramic matrix composite component. Also provided is a method of forming a ceramic matrix composite blade and a ceramic matrix composite component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter de Diego, James Zhang
  • Patent number: 9662823
    Abstract: In a process for applying a friction-resistant coating to a steel sucker rod, the rod is passed, in sequence, through a surface preparation stage (for example, scale removal, shot peening, or other suitable method), an adhesive application stage (to enhance the strength of the coating's bond to the rod), an extrusion stage (in which the rod is passed through a die in conjunction with a flow of melted polymeric coating material), and a cooling (coating solidification) stage. Typically, the radial thickness of the coating will be between 0.125 and 0.375 inches. The process is adaptable to apply extruded coatings to continuous rod or to individual sucker rods having upset ends. The coating may be selected from but is not limited to high-density polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyphenylensulfide, nylon, polyester, polyethersulfone, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polystyrene, epoxy, or acetyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Lifting Solutions Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel Moore, Jordan Moore
  • Patent number: 9392678
    Abstract: A target material supply apparatus for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes a tube that includes a first end, a second end, and a sidewall defined between the first and second ends. At least a portion of an outer surface of the tube includes an electrically insulating material, the first end receives a pressurized target material, and the second end defines an orifice through which the pressurized target material passes to produce a stream of target material droplets. The target material supply apparatus also includes an electrically conductive coating on the outer surface of the tube. The coating is configured to electrically connect the outer surface of the tube to ground to thereby reduce surface charge on the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Georgiy O. Vaschenko, Peter Baumgart, Norbert Bowering
  • Publication number: 20150114509
    Abstract: A method of protecting a layered coating on a length of pipe for subsea use includes applying an edge finisher to the coating to encase an edge of the coating by fusing the edge finisher with the coating or by moulding the edge finisher at an edge of the coating. Where the coating and the edge finisher are of thermoplastics such as PP, fusing can be achieved by injection moulding the edge finisher or by welding a discrete edge finisher component to the edge of the coating. Mirror welding may be employed for this purpose, with a hot plate being interposed between the edge of the coating and the edge finisher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Philippe Benoit Jacques Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9012031
    Abstract: To provide a steel fuel conveying pipe which has high resistance to corrosive fuel and maintains reliability without damaging a direct-injection engine, and connects a high-pressure pump and a direct-injection rail with each other in a gasoline direct-injection engine system, and a fuel conveying pipe suitable as a bypass pipe for coupling direct-injection rails with each other in a V-type gasoline engine. A steel fuel conveying pipe for conveying gasoline is characterized in that a Ni-plated layer is provided on the whole inner circumferential face of the fuel conveying pipe, and an anti-rust film layer composed of a Zn-plated layer and a Zn-based alloy-plated layer is further provided on the Ni-plated layer at at least one end of the fuel conveying pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
    Inventor: Kazuo Takagi
  • Publication number: 20150083265
    Abstract: The disclosure provides self-illuminating tubing that may be uncoupled from external power sources. The disclosed tubing is useful in a variety of low-light environments. Applications include medical devices and tubing for use in building construction and for industrial purposes. Embodiments in which the illuminating material indicates where tubing has been damaged are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: John Thomas Waldrip
  • Publication number: 20150059910
    Abstract: To provide a plasma CVD apparatus capable of forming a thin film on the inner surface of a pipe even without a vacuum vessel. An aspect of the present invention is a plasma CVD apparatus including a first member sealing an end of a pipe; a second member sealing the other end of the pipe; a gas introduction mechanism that is connected to the first member and that introduces a raw material gas into the pipe; an exhausting mechanism that is connected to the second member and that vacuum-exhausts the inside of the pipe; an electrode disposed in the pipe; and a high-frequency power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuuji HONDA, Norio ARAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150041112
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum alloy tube with superior corrosion resistance and a joining layer for brazing. In addition, a heat exchanger using a fin which utilizes a bare material of low cost and higher availability, rather than a clad material, is provided. A manufacturing method of an aluminum alloy tube, including the steps of forming a sacrificial anticorrosion layer comprising Zn, by ark spraying Zn with purity of 95% or more, onto a surface of aluminum alloy tube with a spraying amount of 3 to 10 g/m2 and a spraying speed of 150×103 to 350×103 mm/sec; and forming a joining layer for brazing by applying a joining material for brazing comprising a mixture obtained by mixing Si powder with purity of 95% or more and flux, onto a surface of the sacrificial anticorrosion layer, so that the amount of the Si powder is 1.2 to 3.0 g/m2, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensuke Mori
  • Patent number: 8944114
    Abstract: Mortar-coated steel pipe comprise a steel cylinder having a mortar layer disposed therein, such mortar layer being free of any metallic reinforcement. An overcoat is disposed over the mortar layer and is formed from a material that is a dielectric and/or a barrier to moisture and oxygen entering the mortar layer, e.g., a polymeric material. The pipe may include a further concrete or mortar layer disposed over the overcoat, forming an outermost pipe surface. The outer layer can be cement, mortar, or other material. The mortar layer thickness is about 2 to 30 mm, the overcoat thickness is about 0.1 to 2 mm, and any outer layer thickness is about 1.2 to 4 cm. The pipe is made by compression coating method, where mortar layer and overcoat are applied simultaneously. When an outer layer is desired, it is preferably applied at the same time as the mortar layer and overcoat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Richard I. Mueller, Ralph S. Friedrich, Qizhong Sheng
  • Publication number: 20140363597
    Abstract: A duct includes a polymeric duct wall that circumscribes a fluid-conveyance passage. The polymeric duct wall includes, relative to the fluid-conveyance passage, an inner surface and an outer surface. An electrically conductive coating is disposed on at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ricardo O. Brown, Gary R. Wysocki
  • Publication number: 20140311616
    Abstract: A structure includes a base material made of metal to be in a form of a tube and a surface coating layer provided on an inner face of the tube. The surface coating layer includes a first layer provided on the inner face and a second layer provided directly or indirectly on the first layer as an outermost layer of the surface coating layer. The first layer contains an amorphous inorganic material. The second layer contains a crystalline inorganic material having a softening point of about 950° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki MUTSUDA, Yoshitaka FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8844576
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust pipe in which a peeling of a constituent member does not occur and reliability thereof is excellent, and an exhaust pipe allowing exhaust gases to flow through the exhaust pipe of the present invention includes a heat-releasing layer containing a crystalline inorganic material and an amorphous inorganic material and having infrared emissivity higher than infrared emissivity of a base, wherein irregularities are formed on a surface of the base on which the heat-releasing layer is to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Ibiden Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ito, Jin Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20140230948
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimizu, Goro Funahashi, Hiroaki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140202575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of running a conduit in an incineration plant as well as a device with a conduit, in which the conduit is surrounded by a ceramic component onto which flue gas flows from at least two opposite directions, wherein between the conduit and ceramic component a protective fluid space with a protective fluid inlet and/or heat exchanger pipes is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Martin GmbH fuer Umwelt- und Energietechnik
    Inventors: Toralf WEBER, Johannes MARTIN
  • Patent number: 8776837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil pipe having a lining imparting substantially reduced adhesion of asphaltenes, paraffin wax, and inorganic scale, so as to reduce plugging of said oil pipe, and impermeability to salt water so as to protect the oil pipe from corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Laurence Waino McKeen
  • Patent number: 8771790
    Abstract: A method of reducing magnetite formation in the bore of a pipe including the steps of selecting a pipe with a pre-existing oxide layer on its inner bore surface and coating the pre-existing oxide layer with an oxidation resistant metal to thereby reduce magnetite formation in the bore of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Michael John de Vink
  • Publication number: 20140174583
    Abstract: A linepipe with cermet internal liner includes: a base pipe; a cermet layer comprising corundum and titanium; and an alloy layer comprising chromium, nickel and iron; wherein the cermet layer and the alloy layer are respectively provided on an internal wall of the base pipe from inside out along a radial direction thereof. From inside out, the cermet layer includes: an?-Al2O3 ceramic layer, a transition layer combined by two phases of?-Al2O3 and metallic titanium, and a metallic titanium layer, wherein thicknesses of the three layers respectively account for ¼, ½ and ¼ thereof the cermet layer. A simple method for preparing the linepipe includes: mixing powders of Fe2O3, Al, TiO2, Cr2O3 and NiO and sending into a base pipe, and sending the base pipe into a ultra-long centrifuge, so as to produce a linepipe of over 10 meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Yongli Yang
  • Patent number: 8739836
    Abstract: A refrigerant-transporting hose includes a tubular inner layer 1 in contact with a fluorine refrigerant, an intermediate layer 2 formed on an outer periphery surface thereof, and at least one rubber layer 3 and 5 formed on a further outer periphery thereof, and the inner layer 1 is made of a inner layer material including maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene as a main component and the intermediate layer 2 is made of a intermediate layer material including polyamide resin as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Oyaizu, Kazutaka Katayama, Takehiko Taguchi, Hiroyoshi Mori, Eiichi Daikai, Yukinori Wakazono
  • Patent number: 8728599
    Abstract: This disclosure details methods and techniques for inhibiting natural gas hydrate formation in gas conduits. In one embodiment, an article is provided which comprises (a) a gas conduit defining a gas flow channel; (b) an interior surface of the gas conduit; (c) a hydrate inhibiting coating on the interior surface, wherein the coating comprises: (i) component A, a one- or two-part room temperature vulcanizable polyorganosiloxane composition comprising a surface-treated filler, a condensation catalyst, and a crosslinking agent; and any reaction products thereof; and optionally (ii) component B, a hydrate release-enhancing proportion of at least one polyorganosiloxane comprising one or more silanol or alkoxy-silyl groups and comprising from about 10 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of at least one hydroxy-terminated or alkoxy-terminated polyoxyalkylenealkyl radical; and optionally (iii) any reaction products thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Biao Fang, Omprakash Samudrala, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, David Bruce Hall, Roderick Mark Lusted, Matthew David Butts, Shyam Sivaramakrishnan, Paul Russell Wilson, Mark Howard Giammattei, Christopher Edward Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20140134456
    Abstract: A coating for a metal surface that provides excellent resistance to both electrochemical corrosion and mechanical insult is provided. The coating involves at least an inner coating that is a sacrificial anodic layer and an outer coating that is a protective dielectric material made of inorganic metal oxide. Some versions of the coating include an intermediate layer as well that serves to improve adhesion between the coatings and may provide additional galvanic protection. Although the coating can be made by a variety of methods, advanced methods of spray application are provided for making high-quality lightweight versions the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC
    Inventors: A. Michael HORTON, William H. Owen
  • Patent number: 8720533
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system extracts heat from sewer waste water. Preferably, a first surface is narrow band in an interior surface of a pipe, and the band is preferably oriented transverse to a direction of fluid flow. In the case of a horizontal pipe, the band may be a partial band, and may be limited substantially to a wetted portion of the pipe in order to reduce the size of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Lyonnaise des Eaux
    Inventor: Urs Studer
  • Patent number: 8714206
    Abstract: Coatings for protecting and insulating fluid and/or gas transport conduits, such as off-shore oil and gas pipelines operating at temperatures of up to 100° C. in water depths above 1,000 meters. The outer surface of the conduit is provided with at least one layer of thermal insulation comprising polystyrene or styrene-based thermoplastic, having low thermal conductivity, high thermal softening point, high compressive strength and high compressive creep resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Shawcor Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Jackson, Adam Jackson
  • Patent number: 8707999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a solid body having a superhydrophobic surface structure formed by using a surface treatment of a metal body, a replication process, and a polymer sticking phenomenon to increase efficiency of fluid transfer and prevent foreign materials from being accumulated in the tube, and a superhydrophobic fluid transfer tube using the method. The superhydrophobic fluid transfer tube includes a fluid guider and a solid body provided on a fluid contact surface of the fluid guider and has micrometer-scaled unevenness and nanometer-scaled protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Dong-Hyun Kim, Sang-Min Lee, Il-Sin Bae, Dong-Seob Kim, Duk-Hyun Choi, Chang-Woo Lee, Ji-Hoon Jeon, Seong-Ho Son, Tae-Chul Moon, Woon-Bong Hwang, Joon-Won Kim, Hyun-Chul Park, Kun-Hong Lee
  • Publication number: 20140102875
    Abstract: A target material supply apparatus for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source includes a tube that includes a first end, a second end, and a sidewall defined between the first and second ends. At least a portion of an outer surface of the tube includes an electrically insulating material, the first end receives a pressurized target material, and the second end defines an orifice through which the pressurized target material passes to produce a stream of target material droplets. The target material supply apparatus also includes an electrically conductive coating on the outer surface of the tube. The coating is configured to electrically connect the outer surface of the tube to ground to thereby reduce surface charge on the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Silvia De Dea, Georgiy O. Vaschenko, Peter Baumgart, Norbert Bowering
  • Patent number: 8662111
    Abstract: Economical heavy concrete weight coating is used as a weight coating for submarine pipes. The developed economical heavy concrete weight includes steel slag and iron ore as aggregate. Steel slag can contain iron and thus have a higher density than some other types of slag. By supplementing the steel slag with iron ore as aggregate, the economical heavy concrete weight coating can have a higher density than a coating having just slag. Economical heavy concrete weight coating can have a density greater than 190 pcf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Al-Mehthel, Mohammed Maslehuddin, Bakr Hammad, Alaeddin A. Al-Sharif, Mohammed Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20140020784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing an insulated pipe comprising at least one medium pipe, an outer pipe, a layer of at least one polyurethane between the at least one medium pipe and outer pipe and a film tube between the at least one polyurethane and the outer pipe, which comprises at least the steps (A) provision, in a jaw band, of at least one medium pipe and a film tube formed continuously from a film, where the at least one medium pipe is arranged within the film tube in such a way that a gap is formed between the at least one medium pipe and the film tube, (B) introduction of a polyurethane system comprising at least one isocyanate component (a) and at least one polyol (b) into the gap, (C) foaming and allowing to cure of the polyurethane system and (D) application of a layer of at least one material to the film tube in order to form the outer pipe, where the polyurethane system has thixotropic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Christof GRIESER-SCHMITZ, Carsten Ellersiek