Interior Of Hollow Article Coating Patents (Class 427/230)
  • Patent number: 8968837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of internal surfaces of a hollow body, on the inner surfaces of which areas having different surface properties, for example, having hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, are produced. The invention further relates to fluid separators that are based on said hollow bodies and that have areas having different surface properties. Such fluid separators are used in medical technology and analysis, in particular biochemical analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Marko Eichler, Krees Nagel, Claus-Peter Klages
  • Patent number: 8962076
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow body is disclosed, the body provided with a glass inside surface defining a cavity, said method being characterized in that it includes a step of covering at least a fraction of said inside surface with a lining of composition that is mostly metal, said covering step including sub-steps of activating and of grafting said inside surface respectively with an activation agent and with a grafting agent, and in that said hollow body comprises a single piece of glass inside which said cavity is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: SGD S.A.
    Inventor: Christophe Jean Wagner
  • Publication number: 20150050819
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a support cylinder used in a thermal process chamber. In one embodiment, the support cylinder comprises a ring body having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, wherein the ring body comprises an opaque quartz glass material and wherein the ring body is coated with an optical transparent layer. The optical transparent layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is substantially matched or similar to the opaque quartz glass material to reduce thermal expansion mismatch that may cause thermal stress under high thermal loads. In one example, the opaque quartz glass material is synthetic black quartz and the optical transparent layer comprises a clear fused quartz material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mehran BEHDJAT, Aaron Muir HUNTER, Joseph M. RANISH, Norman TAM, Jeffrey TOBIN, Jiping LI, Martin TRAN
  • Patent number: 8956684
    Abstract: Apparatus, and methods of making and using apparatus, for inserting intraocular lenses (IOLs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a hollow tube having an interior wall defining a hollow space through which an intraocular lens may be passed from the open space into an eye. A lubricity enhancing component is covalently bonded to the hollow tube at the interior wall in an amount effective to facilitate the passage of the intraocular lens through the hollow space. The lubricity enhancing component includes a substituent component effective to reduce hydrolysis of said lubricity enhancing component relative to an identical lubricity enhancing component without the substituent component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Harish Makker, Can Hu, Michael D. Lowery
  • Patent number: 8951608
    Abstract: A plasma-shell for use in a gas discharge (plasma) display is formed by coating an organic core including a polymeric core with an aqueous suspension of inorganic particles. The coated core is heated to a temperature sufficient to remove the organic core and form a porous bisque shell of inorganic particles with a hollow center. The shell is submerged in an atmosphere of ionizable gas suitable for a gas discharge PDP device. The gas submerged porous shell is heated to an elevated temperature sufficient to sinter and seal the gas-filled shell. The result is a plasma-shell containing an ionizable gas at a predetermined pressure for use in a gas discharge PDP. The plasma-shell may be of any volumetric shape or geometric configuration. Plasma-shell includes plasma-sphere, plasma-disc, and plasma-dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Wedding, Oliver M. Strbik, III
  • Publication number: 20150037569
    Abstract: Reflective coating systems, methods for depositing such coating systems, and lamps equipped with such coating systems. The reflective coating systems include an intermediate metallic layer overlying a substrate and consisting of nickel, chromium or a Ni—Cr alloy, a reflective metallic layer containing silver and overlying the intermediate metallic layer, and a protective layer overlying the reflective metallic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter William BROWN, Tianji ZHAO
  • Patent number: 8927048
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for making coated liners and/or tubular devices including such coated liners. A sleeve may be provided that includes an outer first surface and an inner second surface extending between first and second ends thereof, and a hydrophilic or other coating may be applied to the first. The coated sleeve may be cut between the first and second ends to create opposing edges extending between the first and second ends, and the cut sleeve may be reversed such that the coated first surface defines an inner surface and the opposing edges are disposed adjacent one another, thereby providing a coated liner. Optionally, a tubular structure, e.g., one or more reinforcing layers and/or or outer layers may be attached around the coated liner, thereby providing a tubular device including an inner surface with a desired coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Aust Development, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen A. Leeflang, Christian S. Eversull
  • Patent number: 8916225
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for coating an inner surface of a polyvinyl chloride medical tube containing a plasticizer with an antithrombogenic material composed of a specific (meth)acrylate copolymer. The simple method of the present invention is capable of evenly and efficiently coating an inner surface of a polyvinyl chloride medical tube with a sufficient amount of an antithrombogenic material without causing appearance deterioration or uneven coating due to elution of the plasticizer. The method is performed by passing through a tube a solution that is prepared by dissolving an antithrombogenic material in a solvent composed of water and at least one alcohol that is adjusted to dissolve the copolymer of the antithrombogenic material but does not dissolve the plasticizer, then subsequently passing water through the tube, and finally drying the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumihiko Kajii, Hidenori Tanaka, Susumu Kashiwabara
  • Patent number: 8911814
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example medical device includes a slotted tubular member and a coating disposed over the tubular member. The coating may define one or more coating gaps therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Hancun Chen
  • Publication number: 20140360021
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel application of liquid-infused surface materials (LISM) to at least a portion of one or more surfaces of razor components (e.g., frame, housing, clips, blade supports, blade body, blade edge, lubricating bodies, guard, handle, grip, button). If applied to a skin contacting surface of a component, the one or more LISM layers may generally be abrasion-resistant, long-lasting or non-erodible, desirably elevating shaving performance, such as glide, comfort, rinsing, and cleanliness, while also simplifying the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Neville Sonnenberg, Alison Fiona Stephens, Joia Kirin Spooner-Wyman
  • Publication number: 20140353231
    Abstract: The present application presents the development of a method for enhancing filtration capabilities of ceramic elements by chemically binding a hydrophilic compound throughout the porous structure of a ceramic element. An enhanced ceramic filter includes a ceramic element with chemically bound hydrophilic molecules. The enhanced ceramic filter is used in a system for the separation of non-polar compounds from aqueous mixtures. An aqueous mixture is passed through the enhanced ceramic filter, allowing water to permeate, and concentrate to exit the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Eduardo Gomez Maqueo Arechiga, Felipe Alberto Lembcke Barriga
  • Publication number: 20140352605
    Abstract: Making a barium-doped silica crucible includes forming a crucible by introducing into a rotating crucible mold bulk silica grains to form a bulky wall. After heating the interior of the mold to fuse the bulk silica grains, an inner silica grain, doped with barium, is introduced into the crucible. Residual heat or additional heat at least partially melts the inner silica grain, allowing the barium-doped silica layer to fuse to the wall of the crucible to form a glossy inner layer. Next, at least a part of the barium-doped silica layer is roughened. Also described are the crucible made thereby as well as silicon ingots made using the crucibles as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Heraeus Shin-Etsu America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Fallows, Jeffrey S. Bailey, JR., Katsuhiko Kemmochi
  • Patent number: 8900661
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a ceramic component includes initially partially filling pores of a porous structure using one of a first processing technique or a second, different processing technique to form a preform body with residual porosity. The first processing technique produces a first ceramic material in the pores of the porous structure and a second processing technique produces a second ceramic material in the pores of the porous structure. When the first processing technique is used to initially partially fill the pores of the porous structure, the second processing technique is used thereafter to at least partially fill the residual porosity with the second ceramic material. When the second processing technique is used to initially partially fill the pores, the first processing technique is used thereafter to at least partially fill the residual porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, David C. Jarmon, William K. Tredway
  • Publication number: 20140331861
    Abstract: A method of preparing or operating a mass spectrometer vacuum interface comprising a skimmer apparatus having a skimmer aperture and an internal surface of the skimmer apparatus, comprising disposing an adsorbent or getter material on the internal surface. The internal surface has a deposition region where matter from plasma flows may be deposited and the material is disposed on part or all of the deposition region. The disposing step may be performed before a first use and/or intermittently, especially to refresh a previously disposed material. Providing such material serves to trap or collect deposition matter which might anyway be deposited but in such a way that subsequent liberation of that matter is prevented or at least reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Alekseevich Makarov, Lothar Rottmann
  • Publication number: 20140329009
    Abstract: Processing apparatus and method for processing a workpiece surface, in particular for the internal coating of cylinder bores. Processing apparatus has a shield unit which is provided to separate from one another—at least during operation—a part region of the workpiece surface provided for the processing and an adjacently arranged part region of the workpiece surface. The shield unit has at least one blocking nozzle which is provided to generate a fluid flow for separating the at least two part regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SULZER METCO AG
    Inventor: Christian BOHNHEIO
  • Publication number: 20140322442
    Abstract: The composition applied to the refractory structure has a magnesia-based refractory material, calcia source and a binder. After application of the refractory material to a refractory structure and upon application of heat to the applied refractory material a matrix is formed which protects against penetration of the slag into the refractory material. The resulting refractory material has improved hot strength, slag resistance and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Peschler, Dominick M. Colavito, Yves C. Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20140314947
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, scale-coated surfaces, vessels with controlled deposits of scale, and associated methods for enhanced boiling heat transfer. It is presently found that creating and/or maintaining a scale deposit at a controlled thickness actually enhances a type of boiling called nucleate boiling, which improves heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kripa K. Varanasi, Christopher Jameson Love
  • Patent number: 8865255
    Abstract: A process for setting the average flow rate within a hollow component is provided. The process includes setting a relatively small wall thickness in a first region with a relatively large flow cross section using a first diffusion coating process and setting a relatively large wall thickness by a second different diffusion process in a second region with a relatively small flow cross section. The use of different diffusion coatings in a component allows the flow of coolant through a component to be set in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fathi Ahmad, Knut Halberstadt, Christian Lerner
  • Patent number: 8864615
    Abstract: A planetary gear retrieval system for pulling a sled at a constant velocity along an interior of a pipe. The system includes a network of gears, one of the gears powered by a gear motor, which is in operable communication with a variable speed microcontroller. A chain is threaded through the network of gears and an end of the chain is connected to the sled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Inland Pipe Rehabilitation, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Allan Ray Jedneak
  • Patent number: 8863685
    Abstract: A camera is used to take an image of an end surface of a honeycomb structure gripped by a hand. Based on the image, an initial rotation angle of the honeycomb structure around a vertical axis at a reference position where the image has been taken is recognized. An arm turning section is driven to convey the honeycomb structure gripped by the hand from the reference position to above a plugging mask. A rotation angle required to adjust the rotation angle of the honeycomb structure on the plugging mask to a desired final rotation angle is acquired based on the initial rotation angle recognized at the reference position and a rotation angle of the honeycomb structure around the vertical axis associated with the driving of the arm turning section from the reference position to above the plugging mask. The honeycomb structure is rotated based on the required rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masaharu Mori, Ying Gong
  • Publication number: 20140305830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container comprising a container body having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface contains silicon oxide; and the silicon oxide containing inner surface is at least partially modified with a fluorine containing compound, wherein the fluorine containing compound is chemically bonded to the silicon oxide of the container body via at least one Si—O—Si bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Inka Henze, Joerg Schuhmacher, Franziska Riethmueller, Robert Hormes, Christian Helbig, Marten Walther, Manfred Lohmeyer
  • Publication number: 20140308433
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for the manufacture of composite articles, wherein a composite article is manufactured using a filamentary material and a liner, comprising: providing a material in heat transfer relation with the inner surface of said liner; applying uncured filamentary material to the outer surface of said liner; and heating a portion of said material in heat transfer relation with the inner surface of said liner, wherein heating said portion of said material effects cure of said composite article. Also in the methods and systems herein, a composite article is manufactured using a filamentary material wound on a liner, comprising, a material in heat transfer relation with the inner surface of said liner; heating means operable to heat a portion of said material in heat transfer relation with the inner surface of said liner, wherein heating said portion of said material effects cure of said composite vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Ouellette
  • Patent number: 8859057
    Abstract: A device for applying electromagnetic microwave radiation in a plasma inside a substrate tube including inner and outer cylindrical walls defining an annular cavity therebetween, the inner wall having a circumferential applicator slit, an elongate microwave guide arranged with a first end in communication with the annular cavity and a second end in communication with a microwave generating means for supplying microwaves to the annular cavity, and means for supplying a cooling gas through the elongate microwave guide to a position near the applicator slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Milicevic, Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker
  • Patent number: 8857372
    Abstract: An isothermal, low pressure-based process of depositing material within a substrate has been developed and results in creating an extremely narrow reaction zone within which a more uniform and efficient deposition will occur. Sets of isothermal plasma operating conditions have been found that create a narrow deposition zone, assuring that the deposited material is clear glass rather than soot particles. The chemical delivery system, in one arrangement, utilizes rods of solid phase source material (which may otherwise be difficult to obtain in gaseous form). The operating conditions are selected such that the hot plasma does not transfer a substantial amount of heat to the substrate tube, where the presence of such heat has been found to result in vaporizing the reactant material (creating soot) and developing hot spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: James Fleming, George Zydzik
  • Patent number: 8859038
    Abstract: Provided is a method for monitoring corrosion in a power plant, including: forming a film with a composition of M1FeO3 (M1 is a trivalent or tetravalent metal) or M2Fe2O4 (M2 is a divalent metal) on the inner wall surface of an apparatus of the power plant; and maintaining the film stably by controlling the amount of introduction of oxygen into the apparatus commensurate with a temperature in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Osamu Shibasaki, Masato Okamura, Koji Negishi, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyoaki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8852699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fabricating a container (1) comprising a glass wall (2) defining a reception cavity for receiving a composition for administration to a human being or to an animal, said glass wall (2) presenting an inside face situated facing said reception cavity, said method being characterized in that it comprises a step of covering at least a fraction of said inside face in a vitreous material covers said fraction of the inside face at a mass per unit area that does not exceed substantially 70 g/m2. The invention relates to glass containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: SGD S.A.
    Inventor: Christophe Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140290699
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to articles, devices, and methods for inhibiting or preventing the formation of scale during various industrial processes. In certain embodiments, a vessel is provided for use in an industrial process, the vessel having a textured, liquid-impregnated surface in contact with a mineral solution, wherein the liquid-impregnated surface comprises a matrix of features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain an impregnating liquid lubricant therebetween or therewithin, wherein the impregnating lubricant has a low surface energy density, and wherein the spreading coefficient Sos(w) of the impregnating lubricant (subscript ‘o’) on the substrate (subscript ‘s’) in the presence of the salt solution (subscript ‘w’) is greater than zero, such that the impregnating lubricant fully submerges the textured substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Srinivas Prasad Bengaluru Subramanyam, Gisele Azimi, Jonathan David Smith, Kripa K. Varanasi
  • Patent number: 8846537
    Abstract: A mold having an open interior volume is used to define patterns. The mold has a ceiling, floor and sidewalls that define the interior volume and inhibit deposition. One end of the mold is open and an opposite end has a sidewall that acts as a seed sidewall. A first material is deposited on the seed sidewall. A second material is deposited on the deposited first material. The deposition of the first and second materials is alternated, thereby forming alternating rows of the first and second materials in the interior volume. The mold and seed layer are subsequently selectively removed. In addition, one of the first or second materials is selectively removed, thereby forming a pattern including free-standing rows of the remaining material. The free-standing rows can be utilized as structures in a final product, e.g., an integrated circuit, or can be used as hard mask structures to pattern an underlying substrate. The mold and rows of material can be formed on multiple levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Patent number: 8840957
    Abstract: A process for hydrophobically coating a pipette tip by wetting at least regions of the inside of the pipette tip with a wetting solution, the process including: providing a holding cavity other than the pipette tip on a pipette device, immersing the holding cavity in the wetting solution, aspirating wetting solution into the holding cavity, connecting the pipette tip to the holding cavity, dispensing the aspirated wetting solution from the holding cavity through the pipette tip so as to rinse a pipetting fluid holding chamber portion inside the pipette tip, and evaporating solvent contained in the wetting solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Bonaduz AG
    Inventors: Vinzenz Kirste, Renato Nay, Rainer Beckbissinger
  • Publication number: 20140259876
    Abstract: Dual action lethal containers, systems and methods and novel compositions and formulas which are used to kill mosquitoes and their larvae. Generally pyramid shaped containers can have combined interior larvacidal and adultacidal coatings above and below a side opening in the container. A removable inclined grate cap can also allow for mosquitoes to enter into the container. Inclined stacked walls inside the container form attractive surfaces for mosquitoes to breed. Water-holding containers, such as flower pots, water holding dishes used under plant pots, vases, bird baths, and fountains and storm water inlets, can be coated with novel larvicide and/or adulticide coatings. Small objects can be coated with larvicide or larvicide and adulticide combination, which can be dropped in water-holding containers which can leach out pesticide over time which prevents mosquitoes from breeding in the water-holding containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip G. Koehler, Roberto M. Pereira, Enrico Paolo Levi
  • Publication number: 20140271366
    Abstract: Provided herein is a sensing apparatus comprising, at least one LSPR light source, at least one detector, and at least one sensor for LSPR detection of a target chemical. The sensor comprises a substantially transparent, porous membrane having nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of its pores, the nanoparticles being functionalized with one or more capture molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Cameron DENOMME, John Alexander Gordon DICK
  • Publication number: 20140273249
    Abstract: High range activated clotting time (HR-ACT) tests detect blood clotting time in blood samples which have high levels of heparin. Reagents such as calcium chloride and kaolin within the test apparatus trigger clotting. The cartridge is treated with a strong surface treatment process, such as an atmospheric plasma treatment, to increase the hydrophilic property of the test chamber, there may be a significant reduction in the kaolin concentration required to activate the blood sample and initiate the coagulation process. The kaolin concentration may be further reduced if the buffer component used in the buffer saline contains phosphate. The reduction of the kaolin concentration allows more calcium to be released from the kaolin to participate in the clotting process. The combined effect of adding a surface treatment to the cartridge to increase the hydrophilic property of reaction chamber and adding phosphate into buffered saline allows for clot detection of blood samples containing 5˜6 U/mL heparin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Charlene Yuan, Trevor C. Huang, Tessy Kanayinkal, Mary Jo Passenheim, Craig D. Petersen, Ivan Akunovich
  • Publication number: 20140260129
    Abstract: A pre-cleaner for use with an internal combustion engine includes a base having a substantially planar interior surface, a scavenge port, and a plurality of separators extending substantially perpendicularly from the interior surface. The pre-cleaner also includes a baffle removably connected to the base, the baffle having a plurality of separator features configured to mate with the plurality of separators. The pre-cleaner further includes a deck disposed between the interior surface and the baffle. The deck is positioned at an acute angle relative to the interior surface such that a first portion of the deck is disposed closer to the interior surface than a second portion of the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Rosenfeld, Bobby Jene Kinsey, JR., Jeffrey Ries
  • Patent number: 8834998
    Abstract: A variable stiffness tow cable comprising a plurality of strands. Most of the strands comprise a polymer with interstitial spaces filled with a ferrofluid comprising nanoparticles. And, least one of the strands is a nanoparticle control field source. The stiffness is varied for a number of control objectives such to dampen motion. In another application, strum is controlled by electrical input rather than by changing the length of tow cable let out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Joseph P. Teter
  • Patent number: 8834972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for coating a plurality of catalyst support bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co., KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hasselmann
  • Patent number: 8834967
    Abstract: A method of reducing the diameter of pores formed in a graphene sheet includes forming at least one pore having a first diameter in the graphene sheet such that the at least one pore is surrounded by passivated edges of the graphene sheet. The method further includes chemically reacting the passivated edges with a chemical compound. The method further includes forming a molecular brush at the passivated edges in response to the chemical reaction to define a second diameter that is less than the initial diameter of the at least one pore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ahmed A. Maarouf, Glenn J. Martyna
  • Patent number: 8834966
    Abstract: We describe a method of layer-by-layer deposition of a plurality of layers of material onto the wall or walls of a channel of a microfluidic device, the method comprising: loading a tube with a series of segments of solution, a said segment of solution bearing a material to be deposited; coupling said tube to said microfluidic device; and injecting said segments of solution into said microfluidic device such that said segments of solution pass, in turn, through said channel depositing successive layers of material to perform said layer-by-layer deposition onto said wall or walls of said channel. Embodiments of the methods are particularly useful for automated surface modification of plastic, for example PDMS (Poly(dimethylsiloxane)), microchannels. We also describe methods and apparatus for forming double-emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Wolfgang Andreas Bauer, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Martin Fischlechner
  • Publication number: 20140252682
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to fill large holes rapidly with polyurethanes by injecting polyurethanes in a plurality of containers having volumes less than the volume of the hole to be filled, letting the polyurethanes cure in the containers, and using the polyurethane-filled containers to fill the large hole. Additional filling polymers may be added in between and on top of each layer of polyurethane-filled containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Brent Barron
  • Patent number: 8826853
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for PECVD deposition of a thin layer of a barrier-effect material in a receptacle (3), the apparatus comprising: a structure (5) receiving the receptacle (3), said structure (5) defining a plasma-presence zone (18), said structure (5) being provided with an orifice (14) defining an axis (A1) and presenting an inside opening (15) opening out into the plasma-presence zone (18), and an outside opening (16) opening out outside said zone (18); an electromagnetic wave generator; and an optical plasma monitor device (19) including a pick-up (21) placed outside the plasma-presence zone (18) on the axis (A1) of said orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Rius, Guy Feuilloley
  • Patent number: 8828069
    Abstract: A method of forming a surface layer that includes a hydroxyl polymer on a substrate coating on a medical device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar W. Kleiner, Jessica Reneé´ DesNoyer, Thierry Glauser, Stephen D. Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Patent number: 8821973
    Abstract: Both ends of a circulation pipe of a film formation apparatus are connected to a piping of a BWR plant. A chemical including chromium ions and formic acid is injected into a film formation solution flowing in the circulation pipe heated to a temperature within a range from 60° C. to 100° C. Furthermore, a chemical including iron (II) ions and formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine are injected into the circulation pipe. Due to the injection of these chemicals, a film formation solution of pH 7.0 including iron (II) ions, chromium ions, formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine is generated in the circulation pipe. This film formation solution includes hydrazine of, for example, 1000 ppm. The film formation solution is supplied to the piping, thus, a Fe3—xCrxO4 film (here, 0<X?0.1) is formed on the inner surface of the piping. The above method of forming the ferrite film on a structural member (for example, the piping) can be shortened time required to form the ferrite film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Hideyuki Hosokawa, Yukio Hirama, Makoto Nagase
  • Publication number: 20140242276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for hydrophilizing an external-pressure type hollow fiber membrane module, which is capable of efficiently hydrophilizing the hollow fiber membranes even in the vicinity of the bonded/fixed portion in the lower part of the casing. According to the hydrophilization method of the invention, the outer surfaces of the hollow fiber membranes in the lower part of the casing are prevented from receiving a water head pressure corresponding to the height of the membrane module and the hollow fiber membranes located in the vicinity of the lower bonded/fixed portion can be efficiently hydrophilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kanai, Michitaka Higaki
  • Publication number: 20140235041
    Abstract: Apparatus configured to produce polysilicon by chemical vapor deposition, including a reactor vessel having an inner surface defining at least a portion of a chamber, the inner surface having a lining of quartz ceramic. The apparatus also includes a silicon substrate disposed within the chamber of the reactor vessel, the silicon substrate having a deposition surface upon which polysilicon is deposited. Methods of producing polysilicon using such apparatus, as well as methods for applying the quartz ceramic lining onto a reactor vessel, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Ecolive Technologies LTD.
    Inventors: Anatoly Alexandrovich Goncharov, Yury Dmitrievich Kalashnikov
  • Publication number: 20140234540
    Abstract: A method of painting a five-sided container, which includes applying a water-based paint to the interior surfaces and the exterior surfaces of the container, and forcing heated air into the open side of the container to at least partially dry the paint on the interior surfaces and the exterior surfaces of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventor: William C. Nowack
  • Patent number: 8809422
    Abstract: Compositions comprising at least one epoxy resin and/or reactive diluents, at least one hardener for the at least one epoxy resin, at least one curing indicator, wherein the color of the composition changes depending on the curing degree, a process for determining sufficient cure of a composition comprising providing a composition comprising at least one epoxy resin and a hardener for the epoxy resin, adding a curing indicator, applying curing conditions to the colored composition until the composition changes its color and use of polymeric colorants as curing degree indicator, wherein the curing indicator is a polymeric colorant consisting of chromophores which are chemically bound to polymers having reactive groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Elantas GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Wilhelm Lienert, Marco Busi, Nataly Colombi, Alberto Pederzani, Paola Gherardi
  • Patent number: 8802184
    Abstract: A method of modifying a medical device such as a stent with nano-constructs is disclosed. The method comprises applying a first fluid to the stent; immersing the stent being wet from the first fluid into a second fluid having a suspension of nano-constructs; and removing the stent from the second fluid and allowing the first and second fluid to be removed such that the nano-constructs are carried by the stent for in vivo application of the constructs to a target location of a mammalian subject. The nano-constructs can be attached to the surface of the stent, can be attached to a surface of the coating of the stent, can be embedded into the stent, or can be embedded into the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, Dariush Davalian, Jinping Wan, Troy Carter, Charles Silvis
  • Publication number: 20140220368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods and composition in which a D-form or retro-inverso Pseudomonas pilin peptide, optionally having a polyethylene glycol moiety covalently attached to the peptide, is bound to a substrate. The disclosed methods and composition are useful for reducing the frictional coefficient, inhibiting biofilm formation by non-Pseudomonas bacteria, for reducing the inflammatory response to a material, for reducing corrosion of metals, and in biosensor applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ARCH BIOPHYSICS, INC.
    Inventors: Randall Thomas Irvin, Elisabeth Melika Davis, Gongyang Li, Daniel Abraham Muruve
  • Patent number: 8795768
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing pipes, in a single operation. A piping system can be cleaned in one pass by dry particulates forced and pulled by air throughout the piping system by a generator and a vacuum. Pipes can be protected from water corrosion, erosion and electrolysis, extending the life of pipes such as copper, steel, lead, brass, cast iron piping and composite materials. Coatings can be applied to pipes having diameters up to approximately 6?. Leak sealants of at least approximately 4 mils thick can cover insides of pipes, and can include novel mixtures of fillers and epoxy materials, and viscosity levels. A positive pressure can be maintained within the pipes during applications. Piping systems can be returned to service within approximately 96 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Gillanders, Steve Williams, John Laborde
  • Patent number: 8794178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel coating device, the method carried out using said device, products obtained thereby, and use of said products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Mergner, Stephane Masson
  • Patent number: 8795832
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a cable protection system to at least partially shield a cable from heat, fire, an impact or other potentially harmful event or occurrence comprises a first encompassing member configured for placement around the cable or cable bundle, wherein a first void is defined between the first encompassing member and an outside of the cable or cable bundle. The system additionally includes a second encompassing member positioned around the first encompassing member, wherein a second void is defined between the first encompassing member and the second encompassing member. Further, the system comprises one or more fill materials positioned within the second void. In some embodiments, the fill material comprises vermiculite, ceramic and/or one or more other materials. The first void permits the cable protection system to be slidably moved relative to the cable or cable bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Fyfe Co., LLC
    Inventors: Edward Fyfe, Zachery Smith