Including Vitrifying Or Sintering (e.g., Fusing, Firing, Burning, Etc.) Patents (Class 264/434)
  • Patent number: 12030777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a millimeter-sized bulk spa amorphous carbon material and a method of preparing the same, and the method comprises a step of performing a high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) treatment on C60 powder at a temperature of 450-1100° C., preferably 700-1000° C., more preferably 900-1000° C., and most preferably 1000° C., and a pressure of 20-37 GPa, preferably 20-30 GPa, and most preferably 27 GPa, so as to obtain the millimeter-sized bulk sp3 amorphous carbon material. The sp3 carbon content in the amorphous carbon material is adjustable by changing the temperature and pressure conditions, so that the sp3 content is greater than 80%, and the sp3 content of high-quality samples is close to 100%. The optical band gap and thermal conductivity of the series of amorphous carbon materials can be effectively adjusted. The obtained series of amorphous carbon materials have ultra-high hardnesses, high thermal conductivities, adjustable band gaps (1.90-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Bingbing Liu, Mingguang Yao, Yuchen Shang, Zhaodong Liu, Jiajun Dong
  • Patent number: 11967487
    Abstract: A forming method of a component for use in a plasma processing apparatus includes irradiating, while supplying a source material of a first ceramic and a source material of a second ceramic different from the first ceramic, an energy beam to the source material of the first ceramic and the source material of the second ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Michishige Saito, Kazuya Nagaseki, Shota Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11541604
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional molded object includes forming a solidified layer, calculating a laser power, calculating a scanning speed, calculating a beam diameter, and determining that the solidified layer is poor when the laser power is outside a first reference range related to the laser power, the scanning speed is outside a second reference range related to the scanning speed, or the beam diameter is outside a third reference range related to the beam diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11230501
    Abstract: Nano-sized particles of barium-titanate are heated as a gas mixture of 25% hydrogen and 75% nitrogen is passed there through yielding particles of barium-titanate having oxygen vacancies therein. The particles of barium-titanate having oxygen vacancies therein are coated with silica yielding silica-coated particles having a silica coating thickness in a range of 2-5 nanometers. The silica-coated particles are sintered by application of pressure in a range of 35-50 megapascals and temperature in a range of 950-1050° C. The sintered quantity of material is cooled at a cooling rate in a range of 1-3° C. per minute at least until the temperature thereof is less than 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Dennis S. Tucker, Terry D. Rolin, Curtis W. Hill
  • Patent number: 11111157
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing unitized formed mineral-based construction materials includes providing starting materials of an aggregate, a cementing agent, a sublimation agent and water. The sublimation agent (between 25% and 50% by weight of the cementing agent) is selected from molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, vanadium disulfide, copper sulfate, and combinations thereof. The method includes mixing the starting materials to achieve a mixture, placing the mixture into a form, and curing the mixture in the form for a time to allow the mixture to become a solidified unit defined by a minimum dimension of thickness, length, width or diameter. The method further includes placing the solidified unit into a kiln, heating the kiln to a temperature of 1115°?1350° C., maintaining the kiln at the temperature for between 10-60 minutes per centimeter of the minimum dimension, and removing the solidified unit from the kiln.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: RJSK, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew F. Russell
  • Patent number: 10953088
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The present invention is also directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), alone or as combination vaccine to protect against PEDV. The compositions of the invention provide killed viruses whose effectiveness is enhanced by the selection of preferred adjuvants. Novel culture methods are also employed to increase reproducible yield of cultured viruses. Live vaccines are also provided from the Calaf14 PEDV isolate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline Gayle Marx, John Morgan Hardham, Paul J. Dominowski, Vicki Jon Rapp Gabrielson, Monica Balasch Sanuy, Marta Cabana Sumsi, Laia Plaja Dilme, Alicia Urniza Hostench, Oscar Romero Galindo
  • Patent number: 10894289
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for three-dimensional structure has a layer forming step of supplying a flowable composition containing a powder and an organic material to form a unit layer, an organic material removing step of performing a treatment of removing the organic material on the unit layer, and an energy applying step of applying energy to the unit layer after the organic material removing step to form a molten layer or sintered layer, wherein the layer forming step, the organic material removing step, and the energy applying step are repeated with respect to the molten layer or sintered layer in a stacking direction as appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Tomoyuki Kamakura, Takeshi Miyashita, Eiji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10882291
    Abstract: In one aspect, A method of forming a product using an additive-manufacturing head includes forming a new layer of material of the product with the additive-manufacturing head. Forming the new layer of material includes depositing the new layer of material on an existing layer of material and melting the new layer of material so that the new layer of material is welded to the existing layer of material. The method also includes processing at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with a laser-emitting device, coupled to the additive-manufacturing head. Processing the at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with the laser-emitting device comprises smoothing a lateral surface of at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with a laser beam, emitted from the laser-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Michael Dietrich, Russell W. Cochran, Daniel D. Bloch, Gary W. Coleman
  • Patent number: 10577285
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a grain boundary insulation-type dielectric. The method includes the steps of obtaining a titanic acid compound and a ferroelectric having a value less than a melting point of the titanic acid compound; obtaining a mixture by adding the ferroelectric material to the titanic acid compound; and sintering the mixture at a temperature equal to or more than a melting point of the ferroelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sung Yoon Chung, Hye In Yoon, Gi Young Jo
  • Patent number: 10486984
    Abstract: A road surface covering system includes a road surface covering of concrete or asphalt, water permeable tiles disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the road surface covering and having a water conductivity of at least 7 inches of water per hour, and a subgrade bed of fill material including a porous sand. The porous sand includes at least 70% of a naturally occurring micaceous arkose rock material having at least 30 wt % of mica, and at least 50 vol % of the micaceous arkose rock material having a mean diameter of between 0.060 mm and 0.65 mm. The micaceous arkose rock material being previously kilned at a temperature of between 1100° C. and 1300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: RJSK, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew F. Russell
  • Patent number: 10407335
    Abstract: A system for levitating a softened, viscous or viscoelastic material by near field acoustic levitation. The system includes a support structure having a rigid surface, and a vibration generator operatively connected to the rigid surface. The vibration generator transmits acoustic waves to the rigid surface at a frequency and an amplitude sufficient to vibrate the rigid surface and create a gas squeeze film between the material and the rigid surface. The gas squeeze film has a pressure greater than ambient air pressure and sufficient to levitate the material. The system is particularly suited for transporting, forming, or casting heated glass. Also disclosed are methods for transporting, forming, and casting heated glass using near field acoustic levitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dabouineau, Albert Roth Nieber
  • Patent number: 10106463
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mineral-based porous granular material includes providing a starting material of at least 70 weigh % of an micaceous arkose rock material. The starting material is in a granular form having at least 50 volume % with a mean diameter of between about 0.060 mm and about 0.65 mm. The method includes placing the starting material into a bed on a support surface, placing the support surface containing the bed of the starting material into a kiln, and subjecting the bed of starting material within the kiln to a basic processing temperature of between about 1100° C. and about 1300° C. for a basic processing temperature processing time selected to transform at least 40 volume % of micaceous components in the micaceous arkose material into feldspar, and to evolve at least 30 volume % of metal sulfides within the feldspar from the feldspar as metallic oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: RJSK, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew F. Russell
  • Patent number: 9745225
    Abstract: A dielectric composition containing a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yBO-zC2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group including Ba, Ca and Sr, B represents Mg, and C represents at least one element selected from the group including Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.000<x?0.281, 0.625?y<1.000, and 0.000<z?0.375.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raitarou Masaoka, Hiroki Uchiyama, Shohei Fujii, Maiko Shirokawa
  • Patent number: 9748018
    Abstract: A dielectric composition containing a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yBO-zC2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group including Ba, Ca and Sr, B represents Mg, and C represents at least one element selected from the group including Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.198?x?0.375, 0.389?y?0.625, and x/3?z?x/3+1/9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raitarou Masaoka, Hiroki Uchiyama, Shohei Fujii, Maiko Shirokawa
  • Patent number: 9567263
    Abstract: A dielectric composition contains a complex oxide represented by the formula of xAO-yB?O-zB?2O5 as the main component, wherein A represents at least one element selected from the group made of Ba, Ca and Sr, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Mg, Zn and Ni, B? represents at least one element selected from the group made of Nb and Ta, and x, y and z meet the following conditions, x+y+z=1.000, 0.375?x?0.563, 0.250?y?0.500, and x/3?z?x/3+1/9. An electronic component using the dielectric composition is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raitarou Masaoka, Hiroki Uchiyama, Shohei Fujii, Noriko Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 9187646
    Abstract: A mechanical compression method can be used to tune semiconductor nanoparticle lattice structure and synthesize new semiconductor nanostructures including nanorods, nanowires, nanosheets, and other three-dimensional interconnected structures. II-VI or IV-VI compound semiconductor nanoparticle assemblies can be used as starting materials, including CdSe, CdTe, ZnSe, ZnS, PbSe, and PbS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Hongyou Fan, Binsong Li
  • Patent number: 9180420
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-induced phase transformation process to engineer metal nanoparticle architectures and to fabricate new nanostructured materials. The reversible changes of the nanoparticle unit cell dimension under pressure allow precise control over interparticle separation in 2D or 3D nanoparticle assemblies, offering unique robustness for interrogation of both quantum and classic coupling interactions. Irreversible changes above a threshold pressure of about 8 GPa enables new nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanowires, or nanosheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Hongyou Fan, Binsong Li
  • Patent number: 9149777
    Abstract: Methods of forming polycrystalline diamond compacts include employing field assisted sintering techniques with high temperature and high pressure sintering techniques. For example, a particle mixture that includes diamond particles may be sintered by subjecting the particle mixture to a high temperature and high pressure sintering cycle, and pulsing direct electrical current through the particle mixture during at least a portion of the high temperature and high pressure sintering cycle. The polycrystalline diamond compacts may be used to form cutting elements for earth-boring tools. Sintering systems are configured to perform such sintering processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Danny E. Scott, Yavuz Kadioglu
  • Patent number: 9149989
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the layerwise production of a product comprising the steps of applying a layer of a hardenable material, wherein for example the process parameters of layer thickness and layer material are adjustable, selectively hardening predetermined regions of the applied layer on the basis of the geometrical data of the product, wherein for example the process parameters for the nature and level of the energy input are adjustable, repeating those steps until the geometry of the product has been produced in the form of hardened material, and finally removing the non-hardened material. Known processes suffer from the disadvantage that they do not afford variability in regard to the local properties of the product. The invention remedies that disadvantage insofar as at least one process parameter is altered during the production procedure in order to influence the grain size in a first region of the product in relation to a second region of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BEGO MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Uckelmann
  • Patent number: 9061944
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated ceramic capacitor which produces excellent lifetime characteristics in a high-temperature loading test even when dielectric layers are reduced in thickness. The dielectric ceramic contains, as its main constituent, a compound represented by the general formula (Ba1-x-yCaxRey)(Ti1-zMz)O3 (where Re is at least one or more elements selected from among La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y, and M is at least one or more elements selected from among Mg, Mn, Al, Cr, and Zn), 0?x?0.2, 0.002?y?0.1, and 0.001?z?0.05. This dielectric ceramic has crystal grains of 20 nm or more and 150 nm or less in average grain size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi Fukuda, Takayuki Yao
  • Patent number: 9033703
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental furnace wherein a firing chamber is heated up in a first heating-up period at a first heating-up rate of more than 50° K/min, in particular more than 100° K/min, which heats the furnace to at least 1000° C., in particular to 1100-1250° C. The first heating-up period is followed by an intermediate heating period, which is at least five minutes long, in particular at least ten minutes long, the gradient or heating-up rate of which is adapted to the material to be sintered in the dental furnace (10), and wherein this is followed by an end heating-up period (44) during which heating up is effected at a heating-up rate of more than 30° K/min, in particular approximately 50° K/min, and wherein during this the furnace temperature is held for at least five minutes, in particular for at least 25 minutes, above the temperature toward the end of the first heating-up period, and wherein forced cooling of the furnace (10) is performed after this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Rohner, Walter Pokorny, Robert Grünenfelder, Frank Rothbrust
  • Publication number: 20150069666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbon nanotube fibers reinforced with a carbon precursor and a method for manufacturing the same. The carbon nanotube fibers reinforced with a carbon precursor according to the present invention are carbonized by the empty space inside the carbon nanotube fibers being filled with a carbon precursor, and therefore, are highly effective in that the mechanical and thermal properties are improved due to effective stress transfer and contact resistance decrease, and these properties are maintained intact even at high temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Young Jin Jeong, Jun Young Song, Dong Hwan Cho, Byung Kuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20150044084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating multi-functional articles comprised of additively formed gradient materials are provided. The fabrication of multi-functional articles using the additive deposition of gradient alloys represents a paradigm shift from the traditional way that metal alloys and metal/metal alloy parts are fabricated. Since a gradient alloy that transitions from one metal to a different metal cannot be fabricated through any conventional metallurgy techniques, the technique presents many applications. Moreover, the embodiments described identify a broad range of properties and applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventor: California Institute of Technology
  • Patent number: 8940220
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods of flash sintering and composition created by these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: Rishi Raj, Marco Cologna, Andre Luiz Geromel Prette, Vincenzo M. Sglavo, John Francis
  • Publication number: 20150001766
    Abstract: A process for sintering silicon carbide is provided which includes the steps of providing a silicon carbide powder of silicon carbide granules; purifying the silicon carbide powder; subjecting the purified silicon carbide powder to a gel-casting process; removing the gel-cast part from the mold; drying the gel-cast part; obtaining a dried cast ceramic part (a green body) which is capable of green machining into a final desired shape; firing the green body in an oven at temperatures ranging from about 100° C. to about 1900° C. to remove or burn out any polymer remaining in the ceramic; and sintering the green body at temperatures ranging from about 1600° C. to less than about 2200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Dale Adams
  • Publication number: 20150004088
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oxide coated semiconductor nanocrystal population and a method of synthesizing the oxide coated semiconductor nanocrystal population. The method includes coating a semiconductor nanocrystal population with a species capable of being oxidized to create a coated semiconductor nanocrystal population. The method further includes exposing the coated semiconductor nanocrystal population to oxygen to create the oxide coated semiconductor nanocrystal population. Further disclosed herein is a consolidated material and a method of consolidating a material from the oxide coated semiconductor nanocrystal population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Clinton T. Ballinger, Bed Poudel
  • Patent number: 8916089
    Abstract: This publication discloses a method and apparatus for functionalizing nanoparticle systems. The method comprises treating a nanoparticle-containing layer so as to produce a pattern of structurally transformed zones, the treatment comprising applying an electric field through the nanoparticle layer. According to the invention an AC-field capacitively coupled to the nanoparticle-containing layer is used as said electric field. The treatment preferably results in at least partly sintered structures, which can be used as conductors, for example. The document discloses several realizations for utilization of the disclosed functionalization in mass-fabrication lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Tomi Mattila, Ari Alastalo, Heikki Seppä
  • Publication number: 20140353880
    Abstract: The process for producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding thermoelectric materials with heat treatment under inert gas or under reduced pressure at temperatures in the range from 100 to 900° C. comprises producing, processing, sintering, pressing or extruding in the presence of oxygen scavengers which form thermodynamically stable oxides in the presence of free oxygen under the production, processing, sintering, pressing or extrusion conditions and hence keep free oxygen away from the thermoelectric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Madalina Andreea Stefan, Frank Haass
  • Patent number: 8900508
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for fabricating solar-grade high purity polycrystalline silicon compacts. Silicon compacts are fabricating by loading polycrystalline silicon powders into a mold without addition of binders in a vacuum atmosphere, and pressurizing and heating the polycrystalline silicon powders. Heating method includes a high-frequency induction heating type, an Ohmic heating type, and a high current supply type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, KCC Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Moon Moon, Je Sik Shin, Kyu Suk Choi
  • Publication number: 20140329076
    Abstract: The purpose of showing the present description is to provide a dense material containing carbon nanohorns. For this purpose, the present description shows the dense material containing carbon nanohorns and having a predetermined three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY NANO TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tadashi Goino, Tsuzuki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20140306381
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods of flash sintering and compositions created by these methods. Methods for sintering multilayered bodies are provided in which a sintered body is produced in less than one minute. In one aspect, each layer is of a different composition, and may be constituted wholly from a ceramic or from a combination of ceramic and metallic particles. When the body includes a layer of an anode composition, a layer of an electrolyte composition and a layer of a cathode composition, the sintered body can be used to produce a solid oxide fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Rishi RAJ, Marco COLOGNA, John S. FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20140263579
    Abstract: A thermal barrier tile (34) with a braze layer (46) co-sintered to a ceramic layer (48) is brazed to a substrate (26) of a component for fabrication or repair of a thermal barrier coating (28) for example on a gas turbine ring segment (22, 24). The tile may be fabricated by disposing a first layer of a metal brazing material in a die case (40); disposing a second layer of a ceramic powder on the metal brazing material; and co-sintering the two layers with spark plasma sintering to form the co-sintered ceramic/metal tile. A material property of an existing thermal barrier coating to be repaired may be determined (90), and the co-sintering may be controlled (93) responsive to the property to produce tiles compatible with the existing thermal barrier coating in a material property such as thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Anand A. Kulkarni, Ahmed Kamel, Stefan Lampenscherf, Jonathan E. Shipper, Jr., Cora Schillig, Gary B. Merrill
  • Patent number: 8782921
    Abstract: A method of making a honeycomb structure comprises the step of providing a honeycomb body including a first end face and a second end face, wherein the honeycomb body includes a ceramic and/or a ceramic-forming material. The method further includes the step of providing a first non-metallic extension and a second non-metallic extension along a longitudinal axis of the honeycomb body. The first non-metallic extension is positioned with respect to the first end face and the second non-metallic extension is positioned with respect to the second end face. The method further includes the step of exposing the honeycomb body and the non-metallic extensions to microwaves to dry the honeycomb body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesus Humberto Armenta-Pitsakis, Valerie Jean Clark, James Anthony Feldman, Jacob George, Amit Halder, Brett Alan Terwilliger
  • Publication number: 20140191443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of a tungsten carbide sintered body for a friction stir welding tool used in a friction stir welding tool of a high melting point material such as steel, titanium and the like or a dissimilar material such as aluminum, magnesium-steel, titanium and the like using pulsed current activation through a discharge plasma sintering apparatus. The preparation method comprises the following steps: filling a tungsten carbide (WC) powder in a mold made of a graphite material; mounting the mold filled with tungsten carbide powder in a chamber of a discharge plasma sintering apparatus; making a vacuum inside of the chamber; molding the tungsten carbide powder while maintaining a constant pressure inside the mold and increasing the temperature according to a set heat increase pattern until the temperature reaches a final target temperature; and cooling the inside of the chamber while maintaining the pressure pressurized in the mold after the molding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Kuk Park, Ik Hyun Oh, Hee Jun Yoon, Hyeon Taek Son, Kwang Jin Lee, Hee Seon Bang, Han Sur Bang
  • Publication number: 20140179511
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic particle mixture containing, as components, a predominant portion by weight of frittable particles made of a ceramic material and particles of at least one additive, at least one additive being a dispersed absorbent solid inorganic material which has, for a laser beam emitted at a predetermined wavelength, a specific absorptivity that is greater than the absorptivity of the other components of the ceramic mixture, and which drastically breaks down when gas is emitted in the presence of the laser beam, said additive being present in proportions of less than 5% of the dry weight. The invention also relates to ceramic parts produced from such a mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L'INDUSTRIE BELGE LA CÉRAMIQUE
    Inventors: Fabrice Petit, Veronique Lardot, Cedric Ott, Enrique Juste, Francis Cambier
  • Publication number: 20140127430
    Abstract: A method for producing a vacuum insulation material includes producing a core by molding a core starting material composition, containing a talc-based clay mineral, a potassium compound and an organic solvent, into a predetermined shape to yield a core molded body, and firing the core molded body at a temperature that is lower than the melting point of the talc-based clay mineral. The core is vacuum-packaged with a gas barrier packaging material, to thereby produce a vacuum insulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Deno, Takehiro Hamano, Xing Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 8702885
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing ceramics includes: placing, on a base material, a first slurry in which a metal oxide powder is dispersed; applying a magnetic field to the first slurry to solidify the first slurry, thereby forming an under coat layer made of a first compact; placing, on the under coat layer, a second slurry containing a metal oxide powder constituting the ceramics; applying a magnetic field to the second slurry to solidify the second slurry, thereby forming a second compact to obtain a laminated body of the second compact and the under coat layer; and obtaining the ceramics made of the second compact by removing the under coat layer from the laminated body of the second compact and the under coat layer and then sintering the second compact, or sintering the laminated body of the second compact and the under coat layer and then removing the under coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, University of Yamanashi
    Inventors: Takanori Matsuda, Tatsuo Furuta, Takayuki Watanabe, Jumpei Hayashi, Nobuhiro Kumada
  • Publication number: 20140093778
    Abstract: A nanosheet comprises a single crystal mixed metal oxide M1xM2yO2 material composition that may comprise a single crystal NaxCoO2 material composition. The nanosheet may be prepared using a sequential process sequence that includes chelated mixed metal ion sol-gel mixture formation, autocombustion, isostatic pressing, electro kinetic demixing and calcination. This particular process sequence provides single crystal nanosheets having in-plane mutually perpendicular lateral sheet dimensions greater than about 10 microns by about 200 microns, and a thickness from about 5 to about 100 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mahmut Askit, Richard D. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140084525
    Abstract: A refractory, which is particularly suitable for use in an inner lining of a blast furnace, is obtainable by a process. The process includes providing a mixture containing coke, silicon and a binder. A green block is formed from the mixture. The green block is then baked. The baked block is semi-graphitized at a temperature between 1600 and 2000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: JANUSZ TOMALA, CHRISTIAN WIEBEL, FRANK HILTMANN
  • Patent number: 8668803
    Abstract: A sandwich of impact resistant material comprising: a first tile comprising a plurality of nano-particles bonded together, wherein the nano-structure of the nano-particles is present in the first tile and the first tile comprises a hardness value; a second tile comprising a plurality of nano-particles bonded together, wherein the nano-structure of the nano-particles is present in the second tile and the second tile comprises a hardness value; and a third tile comprising a plurality of nano-particles bonded together, wherein the nano-structure of the nano-particles is present in the third tile and the third tile comprises a hardness value, wherein the second tile is coupled in between the first tile and the third tile, and the second tile comprises a hardness value greater than the first tile and the second tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventor: Maximilian A. Biberger
  • Patent number: 8658054
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object of providing a mixture by means of which, in particular, sintered moldings can be obtained that are virtually free of surface stains produced by soot particles, a mixture is proposed which comprises at least one pressing aid and at least one additive, wherein the additive is selected from a group of substances which have releasable carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Lindenau, Lars Wimbert
  • Publication number: 20130337241
    Abstract: A method for metallizing a surface of a ceramic substrate includes molding and sintering a ceramic composition to obtain the ceramic substrate, in which the ceramic composition comprises a ceramic powder and a functional powder dispersed in the ceramic powder, radiating a predetermined region of the surface of the ceramic substrate, and performing chemical plating on the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: BYD COMPANY LIMITED, SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qing Gong, Xinping Lin, Yongpeng Ren, Baoxiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8607992
    Abstract: A ceramic filter comprising: (a) from about 75% to about 95% by weight of diatomaceous earth; (b) from about 10% to about 20% by weight of a flux; and (c) from about 0.03% to about 0.4% by weight of a metallic compound; the percentages by weight being percentages by weight of the ceramic filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Aqua-Nu Filtration
    Inventors: Patrick Farrelly, Sean McCormack, Robert Verkerk, David Maybin
  • Patent number: 8545652
    Abstract: A method of making a tile, the method comprising: providing a plurality of nano-particles, wherein the plurality of nano-particles comprises a plurality of ceramic nano-particles; and performing a spark plasma sintering (SPS) process on the plurality of nano-particles, thereby forming a tile comprising the plurality of nano-particles, wherein the nano-structure of the nano-particles is present in the formed tile. In some embodiments, the tile is bonded to a ductile backing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventor: Maximilian A. Biberger
  • Publication number: 20130251900
    Abstract: Refractory metal and refractory metal carbide nanoparticle mixtures and methods for making the same are provided. The nanoparticle mixtures can be painted onto a surface to be coated and heated at low temperatures to form a gas-tight coating. The low temperature formation of refractory metal and refractory metal carbide coatings allows these coatings to be provided on surfaces that would otherwise be uncoatable or very difficult to coat, whether because they are carbon-based materials (e.g., graphite, carbon/carbon composites) or temperature sensitive materials (e.g., materials that would melt, oxidize, or otherwise not withstand temperatures above 800° C.), or because the high aspect ratio of the surface would prevent other coating methods from being effective (e.g., the inner surfaces of tubes and nozzles). The nanoparticle mixtures can also be disposed in a mold and sintered to form fully dense components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alfred A. Zinn
  • Publication number: 20130209897
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of making are provided for mesoporous metal oxide microspheres electrodes. The mesoporous metal oxide microsphere compositions comprise (a) microspheres with an average diameter between 200 nanometers (nm) and 10 micrometers (?m); (b) mesopores on the surface and interior of the microspheres, wherein the mesopores have an average diameter between 1 nm and 50 nm and the microspheres have a surface area between 50 m2/g and 500 m2/g. The methods of making comprise forming composite powders. The methods may also comprise refluxing the composite powders in a basic solution to form an etched powder, washing the etched powder with an acid to form a hydrated metal oxide, and heat-treating the hydrated metal oxide to form mesoporous metal oxide microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: UT-Battelle, LLC
  • Patent number: 8470112
    Abstract: A method of making a composite material, the method comprising: providing a tile, wherein the tile comprises an inorganic material; and bonding the tile to a ductile backing material using heat-curable adhering material and catalyzed foamable exothermic material between the tile and the ductile backing material, wherein heat generated from the use of the catalyzed foamable exothermic material cures the heat-curable adhering material. In some embodiments, the exotherm from the foaming of the foamable exothermic material cures the heat-curable adhering material for a time sufficient to unite a solid foam body to the heat-curable adhering material of the tile and the ductile backing material. The method is particularly advantageous in bonding a tile composed of nano-particles to a ductile backing material, as it helps retain the nanoscale properties of the nano-particles in the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventor: Maximilian A. Biberger
  • Publication number: 20130134835
    Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic sensor including: a piezoelectric vibration element; and a capacitor integrally formed with the piezoelectric vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Boum Seock KIM, Jung Min PARK, Eun Tae Park
  • Patent number: 8449854
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of preparing a superhard material involves using mixtures of boron with carbon nitride of C3N4 stoichiometry as precursors. The C3N4 may be nanospherical. The result of chemical interaction of these components is the formation of new ternary compound B—C—N compound with a cubic structure. According to some embodiments, the composition is BCxN, where x is about 0.5. According to some embodiments, the composition is BCxN, where x is about 0.2. According to some embodiments, the compound has a unit cell parameter a=3.645±0.005 ?. According to some embodiments, the unit cell parameter a is about 3.655 ?. Synthesis is carried out under the conditions of thermodynamic stability of diamond at pressures higher that 6.0 GPa and temperatures above 1000° C. The starting components are taken according to the following ratio: boron—20-60 wt. %, C3N4—40-80 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Valery N. Khabashesku, Vladimir P. Filonenko, Valeri A. Davydov
  • Publication number: 20130108666
    Abstract: A composition for bone graft structural support, including a bioglass matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout the bioglass matrix. The carbon nanotubes are generally cylindrical and are substantially between about 10 nanometer and about 20 nanometers in diameter and are substantially between about 5 nanometers and about 13 nanometers in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Jing Zhang