Mold Coating Patents (Class 427/133)
  • Patent number: 11551936
    Abstract: Provided herein are polishing pads in which microcapsules that include a polymer material and are dispersed, as well as methods of making and using the same. Such microcapsules are configured to break open (e.g., when the polishing pad is damaged during the dressing process), which releases the polymer material. When contacted with ultraviolet light the polymer material at least partially cures, healing the damage to the polishing pad. Such polishing pads have a longer lifetime and a more stable remove rate when compared to standard polishing pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Kung, Hui-Chi Huang, Kei-Wei Chen, Yen-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11252958
    Abstract: Provided is an antimicrobial non-isotactic polymer based hard or semi-flexible surface in a thermoset and/or thermoplastic resin matrix wherein the active antimicrobial ingredient is copper oxide. Processes for preparing the same and applications thereof are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Cupron, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Gauthier Trinder, II, Vikram Kanmukhla
  • Patent number: 11185396
    Abstract: A three-dimensional dental device is fabricated in a layer-by-layer approach using a support material. The support material is deposited in a liquid form on a surface, hardened by cooling or ultraviolet (UV) curing, and selectively ablated to create an area within which the desired structure of the dental device will be formed. Active dental material is deposited into this area, and the layer-by-layer process repeated until the three-dimensional dental device has been completed. Thereafter, any remaining support material is removed by water or other solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Zenou, Guy Nesher, Ziv Gilan
  • Patent number: 11162186
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a quartz glass crucible 1 includes: a cylindrical crucible body 10 which has a bottom and is made of quartz glass; and a first crystallization-accelerator-containing coating film 13A which is formed on an inner surface 10a so as to cause an inner crystal layer composed of an aggregate of dome-shaped or columnar crystal grains to be formed on a surface-layer portion of the inner surface 10a of the crucible body 10 by heating during a step of pulling up the silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method. The quartz glass crucible is capable of withstanding a single crystal pull-up step undertaken for a very long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kishi, Kouta Hasebe, Takahiro Abe, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10710150
    Abstract: Foundry cores, which consist of a mould material mixed from a binder and a mould sand, as well as optionally added additives, that are moulded in a complex way or are optimised with regard to their quality and which are provided for casting cast parts, can be produced by: a) moulding the foundry core by introducing the mould material into a foundry core mould; b) hardening the mould material; c) removing the foundry core from the foundry core mould; d) heating the foundry core to a deformation temperature; e) deforming the heated foundry core by applying a deformation force to the foundry core; and f) cooling the foundry core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Sebastian Tewes, Franz-Josef Feikus
  • Patent number: 10400190
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, for lubricating conveyor belt systems in food industries as well as a lubricant concentrate based on an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, of wax esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Küpper, Christina Kohlstedde, Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 9981308
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a core for molding a blade of a turbomachine, including placing a flexible ceramic sheet in a cavity of a mold in such a way as to shape the ceramic sheet, introducing a ceramic paste into the cavity of the mold, the ceramic paste forming at least one frame in contact with the ceramic sheet, and co-sintering the ceramic sheet and the frame in such a way as to rigidly join together the ceramic sheet and the frame, the frame maintaining the shape of the ceramic sheet given by the mold during the preceding co-sintering phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Sebastien Digard Brou De Cuissart, Charlotte Marie Dujol, Patrice Eneau, Philippe Metron, Matthieu Jean-Luc Vollebregt
  • Patent number: 9809776
    Abstract: A mould release lubricant comprises of palm-derived base fluid and a specialty additive of satisfactory mould release and lubrication properties such as a tackifier, and if deemed necessary, other additives to improve the lubrication of the mould, is disclosed. The lubricant comprises at least one vegetable base fluid and/or its derivatives having good low temperature fluidity property, and at least one tackifier. The mould release lubricant disclosed in the present invention is used in construction industry (especially concrete construction) for lubrication during the process of detaching the moulded concrete from the mould (formwork) and prevents adhesion of freshly placed concrete to the forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD
    Inventors: Soh Kheang Loh, Yuen May Choo
  • Patent number: 9770928
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided and includes cover members for covering at least a portion of a conveyance path for conveying a medium. The cover members are configured such that at least a portion of a part covering a conveyance path is able to expand and contract. Therefore, if necessary, it is possible to expand or contract the area of the cover members covering the conveyance path. On the occasion of setting the medium or when a jam has occurred, it is possible to contract the cover members in the conveyance direction of the medium. Also, even if the cover members move once from the state where they cover the conveyance path, it is possible to easily return the cover members to their original positions, and it is possible to easily return the cover members to the state where they cover a portion of the conveyance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Harayama, Shunsuke Akuta, Katsutoshi Yamabe, Tomonori Amari, Eiji Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9758742
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, for lubricating conveyor belt systems in food industries as well as a lubricant concentrate based on an O/W emulsion, in particular a PIT emulsion, of wax esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Küpper, Christina Kohlstedde, Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 9678316
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for fabricating a lens. The apparatus for fabricating a lens includes a molding frame to receive a source material injected through an injection port, and a light source or a heat source to irradiate a light or a heat onto the source material in the molding frame. The molding frame includes a plurality of molding grooves adjacent to each other and at two connection passages to connect the molding grooves to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Jin An, Seung Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 9511515
    Abstract: There are described a method for applying a coating to a surface of an ophthalmic lens mold. The mold includes male and female (20) mold halves, with each of the mold halves being provided with a lens forming surface (21). The method includes applying a temporary coating to at least a portion of at least one of the male and female mold halves (20), the temporary coating being capable of reducing adhesive forces between a lens forming material and the lens forming surface (21); and drying the temporary coating applied to the portion of the lens forming surface (21). Also described is a device (1) for applying such temporary coating to the portion of the lens forming surface (21) of the ophthalmic lens mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Halina Heidrich, Axel Heinrich, Karsten Straube
  • Patent number: 9499690
    Abstract: The present invention provides shelf-stable, non-cementitious dry mix compositions of inorganic non-cementious materials, such as sand, and water redispersible polymer powder (RDP) containing particles of a multi-stage acrylic copolymer having a calcium methacrylate salt group containing alkali-soluble resin outer stage and one or more inner stage, the particles further containing each of one or more nucleating agent having a boiling point of 150° C. to 500° C. and a water solubility of 3.5% or less, and one or more colloidal stabilizer, wherein the colloidal stabilizer and the multi-stage acrylic copolymer are contained in the same RDP particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Margarita Perello, Jeffrey J. Sobczak, Mark D. Westmeyer
  • Patent number: 9409820
    Abstract: Methods of a setting accelerator composition for inorganic binders which comprises at least one water-soluble comb polymer suitable as a superplasticizer for hydraulic binders and calcium silicate hydrate particles in the development, exploitation and completion of underground mineral oil and natural gas deposits and in deep wells which not only accelerates the setting and hardening of the cement slurries but also shortens the time in which the static gel strength of the hardening cement slurries increases from 100 lb/100 ft2 (4.88 kg/m2) to 500 lb/100 ft2 (24.4 kg/m2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roland Reichenbach-Klinke, Luc Nicoleau
  • Publication number: 20150136173
    Abstract: The cleaning process of cleaning an imprinting mold including a release layer coupled via siloxane bonds to a substrate of that release layer includes a first cleaning step and a second cleaning step. In the first cleaning step, the angle of contact of the surface of the release layer with water is made small, and in the second cleaning step, the alkali cleaning agent is brought in contact with the release layer that has gone through the first cleaning step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Noriko YAMADA, Akiko AMANO
  • Patent number: 9022343
    Abstract: A polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold, and method for producing same. Mold release material being obtained by blending a silicon nitride powder (A) having an average particle diameter along the short axis of 0.6 to 13 ?m with a silicon nitride powder (B) having an average particle diameter along the short axis of 0.1 to 0.3 ?m at a weight ratio of 5:5 to 9:1; coating the mold surface with the slurry; and a heating the mold at 800 to 1200° C. in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamao, Michio Honda, Shinsuke Jida
  • Patent number: 9005500
    Abstract: When extrusion of a molten resin by means of an extruder is started, a simple polyetherimide resin is melt extruded from a lip portion 7a of a T-die 7, and a film of the simple polyetherimide resin is molded. The molding material is then switched to a resin composition including the polyetherimide resin and a fluorine resin and then a film of the resin composition is continuously extruded and molded from the T-die 7. Having been covered with a very thin film 8a of the simple polyetherimide resin, on a flow passage face of the lip portion 7a of the T-die 7, a resin composition layer 8b including a polyetherimide resin and a fluorine resin, which has affinity with the film 8a, is then formed at a center part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Ote, Takashi Gonda, Junya Ishida, Kenro Takizawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Yuzo Morioka
  • Publication number: 20150097104
    Abstract: A method for rendering nonstick a mold made of composite material, including the steps of: (i) providing a mold made of a composite material including an epoxy resin; (ii) applying a fluorinated-polymer powder, having a minimum film-forming temperature of less than 300° C. and heat resistance at temperatures higher than 200° C., onto the walls of the mold so as to form a layer; and (iii) heating the resulting layer to a temperature of between 260° C. and 300° C. so as to form a continuous film, whereby a mold made of a composite material is obtained the walls of which are provided with a nonstick coating. The present disclosure also relates to the mold obtainable by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Association pour les Transferts de Technologies du Mans
    Inventors: Roxane Noblat, Bruno Lator
  • Publication number: 20150083599
    Abstract: In a method for the production of semi-finished copper products, first copper is melted and cast to produce copper anodes, in one casting procedure, within multiple ingot molds, subsequently copper cathodes are formed by electrolysis, using at least one of the copper anodes, and then these copper cathodes are processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A long-term coating is applied to at least one of the ingot molds as a wash, a sulfur-free wash is applied to the ingot mold and/or part of the work pieces cast in the ingot molds is directly processed further to produce semi-finished copper products. A method and an apparatus applies a wash to an ingot mold and a system produces semi-finished copper products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SMS Meer GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas WINTERFELDT, Michael SCHWARZE, Hardy JUNGEN
  • Publication number: 20150069213
    Abstract: A tool useful in the manufacture of a semiconductor is disclosed. A mold is providing having an interior defining a planar capillary space. A coating substantially covers at least the planar capillary space of the graphite member. The coating is substantially non-reactive to silicon at temperatures greater than approximately 1420 degrees Centigrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: John Carberry
  • Patent number: 8973888
    Abstract: Provided are a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold and a method for producing a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold, with which high-quality silicon ingots can be obtained at high yields by minimizing sticking with the surfaces of the silicon ingot casting mold, and losses and damages that occur when solidified silicon ingot is released from the mold. The method for producing a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold having a release layer, including: forming a slurry by mixing a silicon nitride powder with water, coating the surface of the mold with the slurry, and heating the mold at 400 to 800° C. in an atmosphere containing oxygen, after coating the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamao, Takayuki Fujii, Shinsuke Jida
  • Publication number: 20150037540
    Abstract: An aspect of one embodiment, there is provided a template employed in imprinting including a substrate having a main surface, a pattern including a concave portion and a convex portion on the main surface, and a liquid-repellent layer selectively provided on the convex portion, the liquid-repellent layer having liquid-repellency to resist having fluidity in the imprinting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kei KOBAYASHI, Seiji MORITA
  • Publication number: 20150020545
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a crucible for solidifying a silicon ingot from molten silicon, characterised in that it is coated at least partially on the inner surface thereof with an outer layer provided in the form of a stack of laminations, each lamination having a thickness varying from 5 to 150 ?m, and being formed from a material obtained by thermal decomposition of polysilazane(s) and/or polysiloxane(s) and wherein inorganic particles are embedded having a size varying from 50 ?m to 200 ?m. The present invention further concerns a method for preparing such crucibles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Huguet, Severine Bailly, Virginie Brize
  • Patent number: 8936745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a painted substrate (30) using powder paint (21), said substrate being electrically insulating, during which method the following steps are performed in succession: a) a treatment coating (10) is placed on a mold (1), said treatment coating (10) including at least one preparation layer (11, 12) based on an unmolding agent (15, 15?) in contact with said mold (1); b) said treatment coating (10) is electrostatically covered with powder paint (21) in such a manner that said powder paint (21) is attracted towards said mold (1) and is held against the treatment coating (10); c) said powder paint (21) is transformed at least in part in order to obtain a sheet (20) of powder paint (21); and d) said substrate (30) is prepared on said sheet (20) in order to obtain said painted substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Claire Chairat, Olivier Burel, Jean-Marc Berthier
  • Patent number: 8895102
    Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a mold that includes supplying a fullerene into an amorphous carbon layer that covers the surface of the mold and heating the amorphous carbon layer to at least 400° C. while covering a surface of the amorphous carbon layer with a covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8889220
    Abstract: A mold release treatment method of the present invention includes: the step of providing a mold releasing agent and a mold which has a porous alumina layer over its surface, the mold releasing agent containing a fluoric compound which has mold releasability and a solvent; the step of applying over the surface of the mold a solvent that is capable of dissolving the fluoric compound; and thereafter, the step of applying the mold releasing agent over the surface of the mold according to a spray coating method. According to the present invention, a mold release treatment can be performed over a surface of the mold which has the porous alumina layer over its surface, without causing uneven application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Takao Imaoku
  • Patent number: 8888920
    Abstract: The present invention is an imprint system including an imprint unit transferring a transfer pattern to a coating film formed on a substrate using a template having the transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film, the imprint system including: a substrate carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the substrates, and carrying the substrate into/out of the imprint unit side; and a template carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the imprint unit side at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
  • Patent number: 8883053
    Abstract: Method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate and method for fabricating an electronic device are provided. The method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate includes providing a substrate with a top surface. A surface treatment is subjected to the top surface of the substrate, forming a top surface with detachment characteristics. A flexible film is formed on the top surface with detachment characteristics. The flexible film within the top surface with detachment characteristics is cut and isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong-Sen Chen, Hsiao-Fen Wei, Liang-You Jiang, Yu-Yang Chang
  • Publication number: 20140314896
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for finishing polymer products and producing one or more designs, textures, and/or embossment patterns on the surface thereof. At least one implementation includes a printed mold that a manufacturer can produce quickly and inexpensively by producing a three-dimensional representation of a two-dimensional image on the surface of a substrate material. The printed mold also can allow the manufacturer to customize designs, textures, and/or embossment patterns on polymer products, while reducing manufacturing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: 3form, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew T. Sutton, John E.C. Willham, Charles H. Moore, M. Hoyt Brewster
  • Patent number: 8859659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a molded object made of laminated thermoplastic resin, said object having a high-quality printed surface. The present invention also relates to the resulting molded objects and to an ink specially suited for use in the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Rene Maillot, Eric Perraud, Anne Chabrol, Christophe Cuny
  • Patent number: 8859034
    Abstract: A method for forming a mold comprises forming a body by kneading a ceramic powder comprising a silicon nitride powder and a first binder solution; forming a slurry by adding a second binder solution to the body; and forming a release layer by attaching the slurry to a surface of a mold base. A method for manufacturing a solar cell element comprises forming a silicon ingot by solidifying a silicon melt in the mold obtained by the above-described method for forming a mold; slicing the silicon ingot into substrates each having a predetermined thickness; forming a diffusion layer on each of the substrates; and forming an electrode on a surface of the diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Gotoh, Youhei Sakai, Kentaro Okushima
  • Patent number: 8852448
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a 3D (three-dimensional) structure is disclosed to provide hydrophobicity to a surface of a 3D structure by using a dipping method in which a predetermined-shaped structure is immersed in a molten metal solution. The method includes: immersing a predetermined-shaped structure in a molten metal solution to coat a molten metal material on the surface of the predetermined-shaped structure; anodizing a metal base coated with the molten metal material; coating a polymer material on an outer surface of the metal-coated base to form a negative replica structure; covering an outer surface of the negative replica structure with an outer formation material; and removing the metal-coated base from the negative replica structure and the outer formation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Dong-Seob Kim, Kun-Hong Lee, Woon-Bong Hwang, Geun-Bae Lim, Hyun-Chul Park, Byeong-Joo Lee, Sang-Min Lee, Joon-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8851442
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a patterned aerogel-based layer that serves as a mold for at least part of a microelectromechanical feature. The density of an aerogel is less than that of typical materials used in MEMS fabrication, such as poly-silicon, silicon oxide, single-crystal silicon, metals, metal alloys, and the like. Therefore, one may form structural features in an aerogel-based layer at rates significantly higher than the rates at which structural features can be formed in denser materials. The invention further includes a method of patterning an aerogel-based layer to produce such an aerogel-based mold. The invention further includes a method of fabricating a microelectromechanical feature using an aerogel-based mold. This method includes depositing a dense material layer directly onto the outline of at least part of a microelectromechanical feature that has been formed in the aerogel-based layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8840728
    Abstract: The present invention is a template treatment apparatus forming a film of a release agent on a template having a transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof, the template treatment apparatus including: a treatment station forming a film of a release agent on the front surface of the template; and a template carry-in/out station capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the treatment station, wherein the treatment station includes: a cleaning unit cleaning the front surface of the template; a coating unit applying a release agent to the cleaned front surface of the template; a heating unit baking the applied release agent; and a carry unit carrying the template to the cleaning unit, the coating unit, and the heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shoichi Terada, Yoshio Kimura, Takahiro Kitano
  • Publication number: 20140273079
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a mold is provided for receiving a tissue specimen and molten embedding material that improves the ease of withdrawing the embedded tissue specimen. The mold has a barrier coating intimately bonded to one or more surfaces of the mold that repels the attraction of the embedding material to the one or more mold surfaces and produces a positive meniscus of the embedding material in the mold. The barrier coating permits the mold to be re-used without needing to manually re-apply a release agent to the mold before using the mold. Further, the barrier coating permits the use of more aggressive draft angles than conventional molds by reducing the frictional engagement between the embedding material and the mold cavity surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: James B. McCormick
  • Publication number: 20140262452
    Abstract: A method of making an embossed micro-structure includes providing a transfer substrate, an emboss substrate, and an embossing stamp having one or more stamp structures. Transfer material is coated on the transfer substrate. The transfer material on the transfer substrate is contacted with the stamp structures to adhere transfer material to the stamp structures. A curable emboss layer is coated on the emboss substrate. The stamp structures and adhered transfer material are contacted to the curable emboss layer on the emboss substrate to emboss a micro-structure in the curable emboss layer and transfer the transfer material to the embossed micro-structure. The curable emboss layer is cured to form a cured emboss layer having embossed micro-structures corresponding to the stamp structures and having transfer material in the embossed micro-structures. The stamp structures is removed from the cured emboss layer, substantially leaving the transfer material in the micro-structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: RONALD STEVEN COK, Shelby Forrester Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140272121
    Abstract: A replica 3D structure is fabricated inside a multi-layered mold by patterning each mold layer to define a void/opening that matches a corresponding cross section of the structure's peripheral surface, and filling the patterned opening of each layer with a structural material (i.e., before depositing a subsequent layer of mold material). The mold material (e.g., photoresist or another dissolvable sacrificial material) is blanket deposited (e.g., by slot-die, spray coating) and then patterned using a laser or a printed mask. Each layer of modeling material (e.g., polymer, ceramic or metal, or a combination thereof) is electro-plated or otherwise deposited on the previously formed modeling material layer. High vertical resolution is achieved by utilizing relatively thin mold layers. The mold layer deposition, patterning and modeling material deposition is repeated until the replica 3D structure is entirely formed inside the multi-layered mold, and then the mold is dissolved or otherwise removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Tse Nga Ng, JengPing Lu, Eugene M. Chow, Timothy David Stowe, Janos Veres, Philipp H. Schmaelzle
  • Patent number: 8834622
    Abstract: The invention provides novel binder, slurry and dry mix compositions for use in the production of investment casting moulds. These compositions comprise water insoluble fibers and significant amounts of uncalcined clay. The compositions display favorable separation characteristics and short drying times. The moulds formed using the compositions have a favourable green strength and conform closely to the wax pattern on which the mould is coated. Also provided are methods of producing the compositions, methods of investment casting mould production utilising the compositions and investment casting coating shells produced using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Dudley Shaw
  • Publication number: 20140239549
    Abstract: In the invention, a nano carbon layer that is constituted by a nano carbon group is formed on a molten metal contact surface of a casting member, and a lubricant that has a pulverulent body, which is constituted by BN, graphite, talc or silica, as a main component is applied onto the nano carbon layer. It is preferable that a nitrided layer be formed between the nano carbon layer and the molten metal contact surface of the casting member when the nano carbon layer is formed, and that the lubricant applied to the nano carbon layer have a BN pulverulent body as a main component. According to the invention, the mold releasability and fluidity of the casting member can be maintained even if the number of times of casting is increased, and the cost of the process of subjecting the molten metal contact surface of the casting member to the surface treatment can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Sotozaki, Yuichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8815105
    Abstract: A method for making a master mold used to nanoimprint patterned magnetic recording disks that have chevron servo patterns with minimal defects uses directed self-assembly of block copolymers. A pattern of chemically modified polymer brush material is formed on the master mold substrate. The pattern includes sets of slanted stripes and interface strips between the sets of slanted stripes. A block copolymer material is deposited on the pattern, which results in directed self-assembly of the block copolymer as lamellae perpendicular to the substrate that are formed into alternating slanted stripes of alternating first and second components of the block copolymer. This component also forms on the interface strips, but as a lamella parallel to the substrate. One of the components is then removed, leaving the remaining component as a grid that acts as a mask for etching the substrate to form the master mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Dobisz, Ricardo Ruiz, Guoliang Liu, Paul Franklin Nealey
  • Publication number: 20140234468
    Abstract: There is provided a mold blank comprising a hard mask, wherein the hard mask layer has a composition containing chromium, nitrogen, and oxygen and has a content variation structure in which content of the nitrogen is varied continuously or gradually in a layer thickness direction and content of the oxygen is varied in the layer thickness direction continuously or gradually substantially in an opposite direction to the nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutake Taniguchi, Shuji Kishimoto, Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 8808794
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a method of manufacturing fibre-reinforced parts for a wind power plant, such as a blade, in an open mould. More specifically the invention relates to a process step of applying at least one layer of gelcoat on a interior surface of said open mould prior to arranging at least one layer of material comprising fibre and to an arrangement that can be used in performing said method. The process step comprises to apply the gelcoat from a first end portion of the mould and to a second end portion of the mould and to cover the open mould from said first end portion to said second end portion gradually as gelcoat is applied. The arrangement comprises means for applying gelcoat to the interior surface of the mould (1) and a covering means (6) arranged to gradually cover the open mould (1) as gelcoat is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
    Inventors: Dennis A. Børsting, Qinyin Zhou, Jacobus Johannes Van Der Zee, Rajkumar Rajamani
  • Publication number: 20140224958
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating for a glass-shaping mold is disclosed. The multi-layer coating may include a glass-contacting layer and a diffusion barrier layer. The glass-contacting layer may make contact with glass during glass-shaping and may include titanium oxide, aluminium oxide, or combinations thereof. The diffusion barrier layer may be positioned between the glass-contacting layer and a mold body and may restrict diffusion of base metals from the mold body to the glass-contacting layer and diffusion of glass materials from the glass-contacting layer to the mold body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jiangwei Feng, Lin Lin, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Publication number: 20140202616
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for PU molded product, comprising: manufacturing a mould for a PU molded product; b. manufacturing a flexible release internal mould, wherein a coating is disposed on the inner surface of the flexible release internal mould; c. putting the release internal mould in the mould and pouring a PU foaming raw material, and closing the mould, wherein heat generated in the process of PU foaming can transfer the coating on the inner surface of the release internal mould to the surface of PU molded product; d, opening the mould, and separating the flexible release internal mould from the molded product to obtain a molded semi-finished product; and e. carrying out post-treatment. The manufacturing method of PU molded product can avoid the step of spraying mould release agent, reduce the harm to worker body, improve the yield and production efficiency of finished product remarkably and lower the production cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: MENQ-FONG SHIEH
  • Patent number: 8778451
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide is provided in which a mold that prevents fins or burrs from being formed is used for the formation of an over cladding layer in the optical waveguide. The mold for the formation of the over cladding layer is produced from a light-transmissive resin by molding using a mold member including a protruding portion identical in shape with the over cladding layer and a ridge portion provided around the protruding portion. For the formation of the over cladding layer, the cavity is filled with a photosensitive resin for the formation of the over cladding layer, and the photosensitive resin is cured by being exposed to light through the mold while cores formed on a surface of an under cladding layer are immersed in the photosensitive resin and part of the photosensitive resin spilling out of the cavity is collected in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Naito, Akiko Nagafuji
  • Patent number: 8778452
    Abstract: A mold for the formation of an over cladding layer in an optical waveguide is integrally produced from a light-transmissive resin and a light-transmissive support plate by molding using a mold member identical in shape with the over cladding layer. In the production of the mold, a hollow resulting from the removal of the mold member serves as a cavity for the formation of the over cladding layer. For the formation of the over cladding layer, the cavity of the mold is filled with a photosensitive resin for the formation of the over cladding layer, and the photosensitive resin is cured by being exposed to light through the mold while cores formed in a pattern on a surface of an under cladding layer are immersed in the photosensitive resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Ryusuke Naito
  • Patent number: 8778449
    Abstract: Slurry which contains a) from (50) to (80)% by weight of refractory particles having an average particle size of from (0.5) m to (150) m, b) from (5) to (35)% by weight of aluminum oxide particles having an average particle diameter of less than (300) nm and c) from (5) to (35)% by weight of water and d) a pH of from (5) to (12). Process for producing the slurry using a dispersion, and also the dispersion itself. Process for producing a casting mold, and also the casting mold itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, Center for Abrasives and Refractories Research & Development C.A.R.R.D. GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Tontrup, Wolfgang Lortz, Gabriele Perlet, Erich Schmidt-Kluge, Danilo Frulli
  • Patent number: 8771412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refractory coating for producing mold coatings by application to inorganically or organically-bound molding materials in lost molds or to cores for iron and steel casting, wherein the ready-to-use refractory coating has proportion by weight of 0.001% or more and less than 1% of inorganic hollow bodies, which partially or fully consist of crystalline material and have a softening point of 1000° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hüttenes-Albertus Chemische Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Stefan Jattke, Günter Thomas Linke, Klaus Seeger
  • Publication number: 20140158858
    Abstract: Provided are a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold and a method for producing a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold, with which high-quality silicon ingots can be obtained at high yields by minimizing sticking with the surfaces of the silicon ingot casting mold, and losses and damages that occur when solidified silicon ingot is released from the mold. The method for producing a polycrystalline silicon ingot casting mold having a release layer, including: forming a slurry by mixing a silicon nitride powder with water, coating the surface of the mold with the slurry, and heating the mold at 400 to 800° C. in an atmosphere containing oxygen, after coating the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamao, Takayuki Fujii, Shinsuke Jida
  • Patent number: 8747538
    Abstract: A photovoltaic crucible mold release compound includes a powder mixture comprising silicon nitride powder having 1 ppm of impurities or less and silicon dioxide 1 ppm of impurities or less mixed in with the silicon nitride powder until the gray of the silicon nitride powder turns lighter in color which is from 1% silicon dioxide in weight up to 50% silicon dioxide in weight. Also included is a binder having a liquid. The powder mixture is mixed with the binder. The binder can be ethanol, water or alcohol. A photovoltaic crucible mold release compound can also include a photovoltaic crucible mold, so that the mold release compound is applied to an inside surface of the photovoltaic crucible mold to a thickness of 75 to 1500 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Chung-Hou Tony Hsiao