Coating Decomposed To Form Metal Patents (Class 427/229)
  • Patent number: 10689761
    Abstract: A plating method includes a first mask forming step of ejecting a UV-curable ink in the form of ink droplets from an inkjet head so as to have the ejected ink droplets land on a plating target object and to form a first plating mask on the plating target object, a catalyst applying step of applying a catalyst for deposition of plating material to the plating target object on which the first plating mask is formed, a second mask forming step of having the ink droplets land on the first plating mask so as to form a second plating mask on the first plating mask, a plating step of performing electroless plating to the plating target object subsequent to the second mask forming step, and a mask removing step of removing the first plating mask and the second plating mask from the plating target object subsequent to the plating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10590800
    Abstract: A method for selective aluminide diffusion coating removal. The method includes diffusing aluminum into a substrate surface of a component to form a diffusion coating. The diffusion coating includes an aluminum-infused additive layer and an interdiffusion zone. The diffusion coating is solution heat treated at a temperature and for a time sufficient to dissolve at least a portion of the interdiffusion zone. Thereafter the aluminum-infused additive layer is selectively removed. An aluminide diffusion coated turbine component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Liming Zhang, Jere A. Johnson, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 10385432
    Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for additively manufacturing a feedstock material to create an AM preform, wherein the AM preform is configured with a body having an internal passage defined therein, wherein the internal passage further includes at least one of a void and a channel; inserting a filler material into the internal passage of the AM preform; closing the AM preform with an enclosure component such that the filler material is retained within the internal passage of the AM preform; and deforming the AM preform to a sufficient amount to create a product having an internal passage therein, wherein the product is configured with wrought properties for that material via the deforming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ARCONIC INC.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, Vivek M. Sample, Erin J. Fulton, James T. Burg, Eric G. Bogan, Jason C. Brem, Robert J. Speer, William B. Leith, Michael Cardinale, Philip Gacka
  • Patent number: 10227684
    Abstract: Process for depositing a coating on a substrate having at least one cavity, comprising a step of mixing ground powders of an activating agent and a powder of the metal or of the alloy to be deposited on the substrate that were ground in step a) and a liquid so as to form a suspension, and a step of applying the suspension to the portion of the substrate to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite De Lorraine
    Inventors: Nicolas Richet, Thierry Mazet, Michel Vilasi, Stephane Mathieu
  • Patent number: 10220410
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming nanoparticles in-situ are disclosed herein. The nanoparticles may be formed in-situ through thermocycling a solution comprising at least one of a molten salt, a surfactant, and a catalyst. The nanoparticles may form in the solution itself and/or on surfaces of a vessel in which the solution is formed. Nanofins may be formed from the agglomeration of particles in the solution and on surfaces. Microchannels may be formed by these nanofins, and in some cases microchannels on a surface may have nanofins form on the surface. In some embodiments, a previously formed solution that has nanoparticles formed in-situ may be used to generate nanofins in a vessel, on a wafer in a vessel, in the solution itself, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Debjyoti Banerjee, Byeongnam Jo, Jiwon Yu, Seunghwan Jung, Donghyun Shin, Saeil Jeon, Seokwon Kang
  • Patent number: 9932665
    Abstract: A process for applying a chromized layer on a substrate by first applying an overlay coating to a portion of the substrate, and subsequently contacting a different portion of the substrate and the overlay with a gas containing gaseous chromium, wherein the gaseous chromium can be generated from a chromium source and an activator. The process prepares the substrate, often a jet engine airfoil, for service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Russell A. Beers, Michael N. Task
  • Patent number: 9828402
    Abstract: A film-forming composition including a 3-intracyclic cyclopentadienyl precursor and dimethyethylamine is useful for Atomic Layer Deposition, and improves viscosity and volatility while maintaining unique features of metal precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: SK Hynix Inc., SOULBRAIN SIGMA-ALDRICH, LTD
    Inventors: Ji-Won Moon, Young-Jin Son, Jeong-Yeop Lee, Jun-Soo Jang, Jae-Sun Jung, Sang-Kyung Lee, Chang-Sung Hong, Hyun-Joon Kim, Jin-Ho Shin, Dae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9783880
    Abstract: A slurry and a coating method are provided. The slurry includes, by weight, between 10% and 40% metal powder, between 10% and 15% activator, between 10% and 20% adhesive, between 10% and 20% thickener, up to 30% ceramic, and up to 25% binder. The coating method includes providing a slurry including, by weight, between 10% and 40% metal powder, between 10% and 15% activator, between 10% and 20% adhesive, between 10% and 20% thickener, up to 30% ceramic, and up to 25% organic polymer binder, providing a substrate, applying the slurry over a surface of the substrate to form a slurry coating, drying the slurry coating over the substrate, baking the substrate and the slurry coating, and curing the slurry coating over the substrate. The curing the slurry coating over the substrate transfers metal elements of the metal powder in the slurry to the substrate to form a coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dechao Lin, David Vincent Bucci
  • Patent number: 9719183
    Abstract: A non-cyanide gold plating bath 1 contains gold ions and a compound represented by the following chemical formula (chem 1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Kanto Gakuin School Corporation, JCU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Cordonier, Hideo Honma
  • Patent number: 9527109
    Abstract: A coating process and coated article are disclosed. The coating process includes positioning an article relative to an inductor, heating the article with the inductor, then applying a coating material over the article to form a crystalline coating. The heating of the article increases a first temperature of a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation. Another coating process includes positioning an article, uniformly heating a surface of the article to a second temperature favoring crystal formation, then applying an environmental barrier coating material over the surface of the article to form a crystalline environmental barrier coating. The application of the environmental barrier coating is performed through air plasma spray deposition. The coated article includes an article having a complex geometry, and a crystalline coating applied on a surface of the article. The crystalline coating includes increased resistant to delamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Margolies, Theodore Robert Grossman
  • Patent number: 9496068
    Abstract: The present invention provides coated silver nanoparticles for use as an electrically conductive material capable of sintering at lower temperatures that is able to be used even with flexible printed substrates having low heat resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor. The coated silver nanoparticles of the present invention have a mean particle diameter of 30 nm or less and are coated with protective molecules amine, and are characterized in that the weight loss rate when heated to 160° C. in thermogravimetric measurement is 30% or more. The coated silver nanoparticles of the present invention are also characterized in that a silver-colored sintered film can be formed by sintering at a temperature of 100° C. or lower for 1 hour or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Yamagata University
    Inventors: Masato Kurihara, Masaomi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20150037498
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods in which a protective material (44) is introduced into a metallic component, or is used to block a hole (48) in the metallic component, a filler material (34) is pre-placed or directed to an external surface of the metallic component, the filler material is heated with at least one energy beam (40) to melt or sinter a metal powder (36) contained in the filler material to form a cladding layer (16), and the protective material is removed from the metallic component, such that the protective material contains, or generates upon being heated, a protective substance. The present invention also relates to preforms (72) containing an upper section (74) containing a powdered metal (36) and a flux (38), and a lower section (76) containing a protective material (78), such that the protective material contains, or generates upon being heated, a protective substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Gerald J. Bruck, Ahmed Kamel
  • Patent number: 8859037
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed herein to fabricate high-strength ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structures by combining, in one example, pre-impregnated (prepreg) material with a pre-ceramic polymer. The prepreg is processed to a first density, and the densification is completed with repeated polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) cycles of the pre-ceramic polymer to fabricate a CMC structure. Advantageously, the present invention allows for fabrication of ceramic matrix composites more efficiently and to a larger scale than previously available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Stout, Gerard D. Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20140248427
    Abstract: A present invention provide a technique for easily forming a high-quality cobalt base film, which have a small specific resistance. The present invention comprises a transportation process of a Co[i-C3H7NC(C2H5)N-i-C3H7]2, and a film formation process by decomposition of the Co[i-C3H7NC(C2H5)N-i-C3H7]2. The film formation process comprises at least a first film formation process and a second film formation process. In the first film formation process, a film formation chamber is supplied with at least NH3 and/or NH3 product compound, and is not virtually supplied with H2. In the second film formation process, the film formation chamber is supplied with at least NH3 and/or NH3 product compound, and H2. An internal pressure of the film formation chamber in the first film formation process is higher than an internal pressure of the film formation chamber in the second film formation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: Tokyo Electron Limited, GAS-PHASE GROWTH LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Machida, Masato Ishikawa, Hiroshi Sudoh, Yumiko Kawano, Kazutoshi Iwai
  • Patent number: 8759248
    Abstract: A method of making catalysts includes loading a quantity of catalyst material and quantity of carrier in into a plasma gun in a desired ratio and vaporizing the catalyst material and carrier in a reaction chamber, thereby forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched in a quench chamber to form solid nanoparticles, wherein the quench chamber comprises a frusto-conical body having a wide end, a narrow end, and a quench region formed between the wide end and the narrow end, and a reactive mixture inlet configured to receive the vapor cloud and to supply the vapor cloud into the quench region in the direction of the narrow end. The quench chamber further includes at least one conditioning fluid inlet configured to supply a conditioning fluid into the quench region in the direction of the narrow end. The nanoparticles are bonded to supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8715828
    Abstract: A particle is formed from a dispersion and includes a compound and a metal disposed on the particle. The compound has the chemical formula R—Si—H. In this formula, R is an organic or inorganic moiety. The particle is also included in a corresponding dispersion. The particle is formed from a method that includes the step of forming the dispersion. The method also includes the step of disposing the metal on the particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Donald T. Liles
  • Patent number: 8647713
    Abstract: A method for forming a protective coating containing aluminum on the surface of a metal part, wherein the part is contacted with a carburizer made of an aluminum alloy, at a treatment temperature and in a chamber, the atmosphere of which contains an active gas which reacts with the carburizer to form a gaseous aluminum halide, which decomposes upon contacting the part while depositing aluminum metal thereon. In the method the aluminum alloy of the carburizer includes at least one element, zirconium and/or hafnium, the active gas reacting with the carburizer to also form a halide of the reactive element which decomposes upon contacting the part while depositing the element thereon at the same time as the aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: SNECMA, Onera
    Inventors: Jerome Brossier, Justine Menuey, Annie Pasquet, Serge Naveos, Marie Pierre Bacos, Pierre Josso
  • Publication number: 20140030635
    Abstract: A highly corrosion-resistant alloy coating film on the surface of a metallic material by a low-cost and mass-producible simple formation method including forming a corrosion-resistant alloy coating film on the surface of a metallic material, the film contains Ni, Cr, and Si as essential constituents, in which the content ratio of Cr is 1 to 50 wt %, the content ratio of Si is 0.1 to 30 wt %, and the film has a thickness of 0.1 to 1000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nakada, Ryu Nakajima, Tomoyoshi Konishi, Masaaki Beppu
  • Patent number: 8629076
    Abstract: A metal oxide-carbon composite includes a carbon aerogel with an oxide overcoat. The metal oxide-carbon composite is made by providing a carbon aerogel, immersing the carbon aerogel in a metal oxide sol under a vacuum, raising the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to atmospheric pressure, curing the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol at room temperature, and drying the carbon aerogel with the metal oxide sol to produce the metal oxide-carbon composite. The step of providing a carbon aerogel can provide an activated carbon aerogel or provide a carbon aerogel with carbon nanotubes that make the carbon aerogel mechanically robust. Carbon aerogels can be coated with sol-gel silica and the silica can be converted to silicon carbide, improving the thermal stability of the carbon aerogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Joshua D. Kuntz, Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130323418
    Abstract: A metal substrate is embedded in a diffusion and penetration processing agent containing metal oxide, active metal and catalytic compound and heat treatment is carried out, so that an oxidation resistant alloy coating film containing the metal constituting the metal oxide and the active metal is produced. Al203, Cr2O3, SiO2 or the like are used as the metal oxide, Hf, Zr, Y, Ti, La, Ce, Mg, Ca or the like are used as the active metal, and NH-14Cl, NH4F, HCl, NaCl, NaF or the like are used as the catalytic compound. The metal substrate is Ni, Ni-based alloy, Fe-based alloy, and Co-based alloy. Heat treatment is carried out, for example, at a temperature of 700˜1340° C. for 1 minute˜25 hours in an atmosphere of inert gas or hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: DBC System Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: DBC System Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8597424
    Abstract: A composition for forming an aluminum film, comprising a complex represented by the following formula (1) and a complex represented by the following formula (2), the molar ratio of the complex represented by the following formula (1) and the complex represented by the following formula (2) being 40:60 to 85:15: AlH3.NR1R2R3??(1) AlH3.(NR1R2R3)2??(2) (in the above formulas (1) and (2), R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakai, Yasuo Matsuki, Tetsuo Tominaga
  • Patent number: 8575059
    Abstract: A metal compound catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of catalyst material and a quantity of carrier thereby forming a vapor cloud, exposing the vapor cloud to a co-reactant and quenching the vapor cloud. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal compound catalysts comprises components for vaporizing a quantity of catalyst material and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud, forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of catalyst material and a portion of carrier, and subjecting the nanoparticles to a co-reactant. The system further comprises components for impregnating the supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8557383
    Abstract: A material composite has at least one region of copper or a copper alloy, at least one region of a predominantly graphitic material, and at least one boundary region between them. The boundary region has one or more carbides from the group of the IVb, Vb, VIb transition metals and one or more elements of the group consisting of Si, B, Al, Ge, Mn, Sn. In a preferred implementation of the invention, the composite is produced with a back-casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Plansee SE
    Inventors: Bertram Schedler, Thomas Huber, Thomas Friedrich, Dietmar Schedle, Anton Zabernig, Karlheinz Schreiber, Hans-Dieter Friedle
  • Patent number: 8518478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing conductive fibers, more precisely a method of manufacturing conductive fibers comprising the steps of coating silver complex compound coating solution on non-conductive fibers to coat the fibers with silver complex compound; heating the fibers to form a silver coating layer; and forming an antioxidant layer thereon, and conductive fibers prepared by the same. The method of manufacturing conductive fibers of the present invention not only is simple and easy but also requires low production costs. So, the conductive fibers prepared by the method of the present invention are not only excellent in conductivity but also excellent in other mechanical properties such as adhesive strength of the conductive layer, fiber strength and softness, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Inktec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Choon Chung, Hyun Nam Cho, Jae Ho Baek, Ji Hoon Yoo
  • Patent number: 8507402
    Abstract: A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8507401
    Abstract: A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8481449
    Abstract: An oxide catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of at least one precursor material or catalyst material thereby forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenches forming precipitate nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalyst systems. A system for forming oxide catalysts comprises components for vaporizing a quantity of at least one precursor material or at least one catalyst material, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles. The system further comprises components for supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin
  • Patent number: 8480863
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode for electrolytic applications, optionally an oxygen-evolving anode, obtained on a titanium substrate and having a highly compact dual barrier layer comprising titanium and tantalum oxides and a catalytic layer. A method for forming the dual barrier layer comprises the thermal decomposition of a precursor solution applied to the substrate optionally followed by a quenching step and a lengthy thermal treatment at elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Industrie de Nora S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Francesco Gullá, Sobha Abraham
  • Publication number: 20130126295
    Abstract: A currency coin and method of making a currency coin. The currency coin includes a planchet coated with Ni derived from carbonyl Ni. During production of the currency coin, a planchet of one a variety of materials is provided and Ni is derived from Ni containing material utilizing the carbonyl process. In short, Ni is derived from carbonyl Ni. The Ni derived from carbonyl Ni is then deposited on the planchet forming a Ni coated coin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Raymond F. Decker
  • Patent number: 8420166
    Abstract: Methods for preparing a patterned metal/metal oxide layer by using a solution type precursor or sol-gel precursor are provided and, especially, a method for preparing a patterned carrier transport of a solar cell and a method for preparing biomedical material are provided, which comprise the following steps: (A) providing a substrate, and a mold with designed patterns formed thereon; (B) coating the substrate with a solution of a precursor to form a precursor layer, wherein the precursor is a metal precursor or a metal oxide precursor; (C) pressing the mold together with the precursor layer to transfer the patterns of the mold onto the precursor layer; (D) curing or pre-curing the precursor layer; (E) removing the mold; and (F) conducting an optional post-treatment, if it being demanded, to further modify the properties of precursor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Sun-Zen Chen, Wen-Feng Kuo, Ruo-Ying Wu, Yu-Cheng Tzeng, Ching-Wen Chang, Hong-Jum Tan
  • Patent number: 8399054
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for growing metal (including semiconductor metal) nanowires from a film deposited on a substrate. In an illustrative embodiment tin and silicon are co-deposited, such as by sputtering, on a silicon substrate at, for example, ambient temperature. The deposited tin and silicon do not mix and the film has a tin phase dispersed in a higher melting, lower coefficient of thermal expansion, silicon phase. Upon heating, the tin expands against the silicon and expels small tin wires from the upper surface of the film. Other metal or metal alloy wires may be formed in a like manner using a matrix material and substrate in film deposition that don't mix with the metal composition and, when heated, force the expanding metal to extrude from the film surface as small diameter wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Curtis A. Wong, Anil K. Sachdev
  • Patent number: 8399048
    Abstract: Provided is a method of patterning a catalyst using nano imprint lithography. The method includes slurrying a catalyst, preparing a stamp for forming a catalyst pattern, forming the catalyst pattern by coating a substrate with the catalyst slurry, imprinting the stamp on the catalyst slurry and performing patterning simultaneously with calcination through nano imprint lithography, and drying the patterned catalyst. As the catalyst pattern is formed through the nano imprint lithography, a surface area of the catalyst increases and it is easy to pattern the catalyst according to the shape of the stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Mi Hee Jeong, Hyo Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8389444
    Abstract: A method of producing a thin layer, high-temperature superconductor strip is disclosed. In the method, a metal salt solution is formed and coated onto a substrate including a high-temperature superconductor layer. Heat is then applied directly or indirectly to the solution. The metal salt solution may contain a metal-organic salt solution or a metal inorganic metal salt solution. When an inorganic metal salt solution is utilized, a reducing solution may also be applied to the HTSC layer prior to heating. In addition, nano-sized metal particles may be added to the metal salt solution and/or the reducing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Michael Baecker
  • Publication number: 20130017327
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed the formulation and application of an anti-corrosion coating system for use on an associated metallic substrate, the coating composition including at least a sacrificial binder and particles of at least one metallic compound comprising a metal which is anodic relative to the metallic substrate. The associated method includes the steps of applying the coating system to the metallic substrate to form an initial coating, heating this initial coating to remove the sacrificial binder and continued heating under controlled atmospheric conditions sufficient to reduce the metallic compound(s) to elemental metal and form a corrosion suppressing alloy coating on the metallic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Alan SEID
  • Publication number: 20130004666
    Abstract: A process for preparing hydrogenated polygermane as a pure compound or mixture of compounds, including hydrogenating halogenated polygermane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SPAWNT PRIVATE S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Norbert Auner, Christian Bauch, Sven Holl, Rumen Deltschew, Javad Mohsseni, Gerd Lippold, Thoralf Gebel
  • Patent number: 8336314
    Abstract: A nozzle arrangement for use in a gas thruster is presented. At least one heater micro structure (20) is arranged in a stagnation chamber (12) of the gas thruster. The heater microstructure (20) comprises a core of silicon or a silicon compound coated by a surface metal or metal compound coating. The heater microstructure (20) is manufactured in silicon or a silicon compound and covered by a surface metal coating. The heater microstructure (20) is mounted in the stagnation chamber (12) before or after the coverage of the surface metal or metal compound coating. The coverage is performed by heating the heater microstructure and flowing a gas comprising low quantities of a metal compound. The compound decomposes at the heated heater microstructure (20), forming the surface metal or metal compound coating. The same principles of coating can be used for repairing the heater microstructure (20) in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: NanoSpace AB
    Inventors: Tor-Arne Gronland, Pelle Ransten, Hakan Johansson, Johan Bejhed
  • Publication number: 20120301631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a microfabricated atomic vapor cell, including a step of forming at least one cavity in a substrate and closing the cavity at one side. The method further includes: a step of depositing a solution including an alkali metal azide dissolved in at least one of its solvents, a step of evaporating such solvent for forming a recrystallized alkali metal azide, a step of decomposing the recrystallized alkali metal azide in an alkali metal and nitrogen, such alkali metal depositing in the cavity of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA- Recherche et Developpement
    Inventors: Thomas OVERSTOLZ, Jacques HAESLER, Vladislav SPASSOV
  • Patent number: 8313623
    Abstract: A cathode for electrolytic processes, particularly suitable for hydrogen evolution in chlor-alkali electrolysis comprises a metal substrate provided with a catalytic coating made of two layers containing palladium, rare earths (such as praseodymium) and a noble component selected between platinum and ruthenium. The rare earth percent amount by weight is lower in the outer layer than in the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Industrie de Nora S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Lorenzo Antozzi, Alice Calderara, Marianna Brichese
  • Patent number: 8313797
    Abstract: Provided is a method for in-situ coating a substrate or matrix with magnetic metal nanoparticles. A metal salt, which may be organic or inorganic, is introduced into a solution of liquid polyol. In the presence of mechanical stirring and heat, a reduction process occurs wherein the magnetic metal nanoparticles precipitate out of solution and deposit or attach to one or more surfaces of the substrate. The concentration of reaction precursors, combined with the polyol, may be varied to control the size and shape of the magnetic nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: Julia J. Mack, Brian N. Cox, Vivek Mehrotra, Ten-Luen T. Liao, Rahul Ganguli
  • Patent number: 8309171
    Abstract: A bright noble metal preparation for firing on ceramic/porcelain surfaces at a minimum temperature of 900° C. The preparation has at least one organic noble metal compound including at least one of an organic gold, platinum, silver, and palladium compound, at least one flux that consists of organometallic compounds including Cr in the form of at least one organic compound, such that a Cr content is 0.01 to 1.0 mole per mole of noble metal, and at least one vehicle. The bright noble metal preparation is rhodium-free and has a noble metal content of 6 to 20 wt. %, based on the preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Annette Lukas, Sabine Wissel, Wiltrud Vogt, Günter Werner
  • Publication number: 20120282414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ruthenium film-forming material having a lower melting point and a higher vapor pressure that facilitates supply of the material onto a base and moreover enables a high-quality ruthenium film to be obtained. A ruthenium film-forming material includes a compound represented by general formula (1) below (wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogenated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 is independently at each occurrence a halogenated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R1 and R2 are mutually differing groups; R3 is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and L is an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least two double bonds).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Saito, Kang-go Chung, Hideki Nishimura, Tatsuya Sakai
  • Patent number: 8293323
    Abstract: Metal solutions such as copper and nickel suitable for chemical solution deposition (CSD) are disclosed, and their manufacture into low resistivity thin metal films is disclosed. The films may be thermal processed at relatively low temperatures and may be co-fired with ultra low fire high K ceramic dielectrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Susan Trolier McKinstry, Clive A. Randall, Song Won Ko, Michael S. Randall
  • Patent number: 8293324
    Abstract: A coating process and system suitable for use on components subjected to high temperatures. The coating system includes an overlay coating of predominantly B2 phase rhodium aluminide (RhAl) intermetallic compound containing about 25 to about 90 atomic percent rhodium, about 10 to about 60 atomic percent aluminum, optionally up to a combined total of about 25 atomic percent of one or more platinum group metals chosen from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, and iridium, and up to about 20 atomic percent of the base metal and alloying constituents of the substrate. The RhAl intermetallic coating may serve as an environmental coating, a diffusion barrier layer for an overlying environmental coating, or both, with or without an outer ceramic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Liang Jiang, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Mark Daniel Gorman, Ramgopal Darolia
  • Publication number: 20120247223
    Abstract: A method and system for electroless nickel plating of fluid flow measurement components used in oil and gas pipelines provides uniformly and consistently plating of all surfaces of the fluid flow components, including flow conditioners, with an electroless nickel plating that imparts the component with desirable characteristics related to hardness, smoothness, wear and abrasion resistance, and corrosion and oxidation resistance, such that the build up of contaminant deposits on the component is reduced and repeatable and accurately fluid flow measurements can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Canada Pipeline Accessories, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sawchuk, Blaine D. Sawchuk, Dale P. Sawchuk, Reginald Selirio
  • Publication number: 20120114852
    Abstract: The present invention provides a supported reactant for in situ remediation of soil and/or groundwater contaminated with a halogenated hydrocarbon consisting essentially of an adsorbent impregnated with zero valent iron, wherein the adsorbent is capable of adsorbing the halogenated hydrocarbon. In one embodiment, the adsorbent is activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: REMEDIATION PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Noland, Bob Elliott
  • Patent number: 8118896
    Abstract: A method of coating ultrahard abrasive particles having vitreophilic surfaces, or treated to render their surfaces vitreophilic, are coated with an oxide precursor material, which is then heat treated to dry and purify the coats. The heat treated, coated ultrahard abrasive particles are further treated to convert the coats to an oxide, nitride, carbide, oxynitride, oxycarbide, or carbonitride thereof, or an elemental form thereof, or a glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventors: Antionette Can, Anna Emela Mochubele, Geoffrey John Davies, Johannes Lodewikus Myburgh
  • Patent number: 8105683
    Abstract: A treated refractory material includes a sintered porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Thompson, Roman Shuba, Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra, Vikas Behrani
  • Patent number: 8075958
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to providing thin hydrogen separation membranes coated on porous substrates that are useful in membrane steam reformers and methods for making same. These reformers can be integrated with protein exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells to form power systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Intelligent Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Chellappa, Thomas R. Vencill, W. Doyle Miller
  • Patent number: 8071162
    Abstract: Known techniques for forming nanoparticles require a multiple-step process to coat a surface with nanoparticles. The present invention provides a single-step process that requires the deposition of a substrate in a mixture of a solvent, ligands and organometallic precursors. The mixture containing the substrate is heated under pressure in a dihydrogen environment for a predetermined period of time, during which supercrystals of nanoparticles form on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Renaud, Celine Desvaux, Catherine Amiens, Bruno Chaudret
  • Publication number: 20110287181
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing regularly arranged nanowires from a nanowire-forming material on a substrate. Said method is characterized by the following steps: a) the material is introduced into a carrier liquid at a load remaining at least three orders of magnitude below the loading capacity of the carrier liquid; b) a guiding member is placed on the substrate; c) the substrate is heated to a temperature at which a thin film of the carrier liquid undergoes spinodal decrosslinking on the substrate; d) a film of the carrier liquid that is loaded with material is applied to the heated substrate in the surroundings of the guiding member, where a gradient of the average film thickness is obtained perpendicular to the contour of the guiding member; and e) the carrier liquid is evaporated such that the material is left along lines extending perpendicular to the gradient of the film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Franz Faupel, Rainer Adelung, Mady Elbahri, Khaled Hirmas