Deforming The Base Or Coating Or Removing A Portion Of The Coating Patents (Class 427/264)
  • Patent number: 7410932
    Abstract: An appliqué and associated method of applying an appliqué an improved sublimated and screen printed image on a substrate of a An improved appliqué suitable for applying a graphic to a material a first printing layer and a second polyurethane layer. The appliqué is cut the graphic imparted thereon and adhered to a garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: World Emblem International, Inc.
    Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
  • Patent number: 7335399
    Abstract: A kit and a process for using it to impart wood grain appearances are provided. According to the method, a base coat comprising an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion is applied to a wood-grain textured substrate and dried. Then, a pigmented, water-based graining coat (most preferably a crosslinkable urethane/acrylic) is applied sparingly, preferably by use of a dampened foam/sponge pad or sprayed, in an amount sufficient to overcoat the base coat and color at least a majority of texture recesses in the substrate and drying. According to the kit aspect of the invention, the kit will comprise: an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion; a pigmented, water-based graining coat emulsion, optionally packaged in a bottle, such as one with a spray. Optionally, the kit can include an applicator or surface cleaner, a scraper, brush, cloth, sponge, or combination. The process of the invention can be completed within 3 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from just over 55° F. up to over 85° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Grafted Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Bolton, Timothy J. Bolton, Louis R. Zayas
  • Patent number: 7335395
    Abstract: Methods of Using Preformed Nanotubes to Make Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. To make various articles, certain embodiments provide a substrate. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to create a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes. Portions of the non-woven fabric are selectively removed according to a defined pattern to create the article. To make a nanofabric, a substrate is provided. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to create a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes wherein the non-woven fabric is substantially uniform density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Ward, Thomas Rueckes, Brent M. Segal
  • Patent number: 7306827
    Abstract: A machine and process for a pattern, such as a submicron grating pattern onto a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: SRU Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Y. Li, Jean Qiu, Alex Borsody
  • Publication number: 20070190237
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate of the present invention includes the steps of, preparing a laminated body having such a structure that a peelable metal foil in which a lower metal foil and an upper metal foil are laminated peelably and an opening portion is provided on a peripheral side is pasted onto a supporting body, forming a through hole having a diameter smaller than the opening portion by processing a portion of the supporting body on an inner side of the opening portion to obtain a reference hole having a projection portion in an inside, forming a resin layer on the peelable metal foil and the projection portion in the reference hole to cover a side surface of the opening portion, and then forming a build-up wiring on the resin layer, removing portions of the build-up wiring and the laminated body corresponding to an area containing the opening portion to expose a peeling boundary of the peelable metal foil, peeling the upper metal foil from the lower metal foil at a boundary to separate
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kyozuka
  • Patent number: 7252861
    Abstract: Multi-layer structures are electrochemically fabricated by depositing a first material, selectively etching the first material (e.g. via a mask), depositing a second material to fill in the voids created by the etching, and then planarizing the depositions so as to bound the layer being created and thereafter adding additional layers to previously formed layers. The first and second depositions may be of the blanket or selective type. The repetition of the formation process for forming successive layers may be repeated with or without variations (e.g. variations in: patterns; numbers or existence of or parameters associated with depositions, etchings, and or planarization operations; the order of operations, or the materials deposited). Other embodiments form multi-layer structures using operations that interlace material deposited in association with some layers with material deposited in association with other layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis R. Smalley
  • Patent number: 7192622
    Abstract: Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component with an external surface, comprising a cavity and a plurality of cooling holes before coating the gas turbine component, comprising the steps of first applying a mask material to the cooling holes so that the cooling holes are filled at least closest to the external surface, whereby the mask material contains a substance which fluoresces under ultraviolet light and a filler material. Then the mask material within the cooling holes is thickening. An inspection using ultraviolet light to locate any unwanted residual mask material on the external surface is carried out and unwanted residual mask material is removed before the coating is applied to the external surface of the component and the masked cooling holes. In the end the mask material is removed from the cooling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: John Fernihough, Andreas Boegli, Alexander Stankowski
  • Patent number: 7118785
    Abstract: A coating system for floors, containing a) one or more agents in which, together or separately, a polymer/wax dispersion and aziridine and, where desired, a flatting component are present, for application on the floor in order to form a crosslinked base film that is not capable of being removed by wet chemical means, as well as b) an aziridine-free agent containing conventional floor-maintenance components, in particular a polymer/wax dispersion, for the purpose of generating a sacrificial film on said base film that is capable of being removed by wet chemical means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rogmann, Ulrike Scheuvens, Heiko Faubel, Michael Decker
  • Patent number: 7097879
    Abstract: A kit and a process for using it to impart wood grain appearances are provided. According to the method, an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint/stain emulsion is applied to a wood-grain textured substrate and dried. Then, a pigmented, water-based graining coat water-based graining coat (most preferably a self-crosslinked urethane/acrylic) is applied sparingly, preferably by spraying from a small bottle, in an amount sufficient to color at least a majority of texture recesses in the substrate and drying. According to the kit aspect of the invention, the kit will comprise: an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint/stain emulsion; a pigmented, water-based graining coat emulsion, packaged in a spray bottle. Optionally, the kit can include a surface cleaner, a scraper, brush and/or cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Grafted Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Bolton, Timothy J. Bolton, Louis R. Zayas
  • Patent number: 7067178
    Abstract: The susceptor (10) of a plasma treating device, or the electrostatic chuck (12) of a substrate table is formed by ceramic thermal spray method. A ceramic spray layer (12A) is pore-sealed by methacrylic resin (12D). Resin raw material mainly containing methyl methacrylate is applied to and impregnated into the ceramic spray layer and then is cured to thereby fill pores between ceramic particles in the ceramic spray layer with methacrylic resin. Methacrylic resin raw material solution, which does not produce pores at curing, can complete perfect pore sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Muto, Chihiro Taguchi, Nobuyuki Okayama
  • Patent number: 7060324
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of moving a liquid between a substrate extending in a first plane and a template extending in a second plane. More specifically, the method may include forming an oblique angle between the first plane and the second plane, reducing a distance between the substrate and the template such that the template is in contact with a portion of the liquid at a desired location, and creating a dispersion of the liquid away from the desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Todd Bailey, Byung J. Choi, Matthew Colburn, Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, C. Grant Willson, John Ekerdt
  • Patent number: 7018674
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical device is disclosed. The method includes coating a substrate with a resin thin layer, wherein temperature of the resin thin layer is controlled lower than a polymerization reaction starting temperature thereof and the resin is not substantially polymerized, heating the resin thin layer to a temperature higher than polymerization reaction starting temperature and glass-transition temperature but lower than a thermal decomposition starting temperature of the resin so that the resin thin layer is polymerized on the substrate to form a resin thin film thereon, pressing a stamp having an inverted micro-asperity pattern against the resin thin film such that a micro-asperity pattern is formed on a surface of the resin thin film; cooling the resin thin film to a temperature lower than the glass-transition temperature; and separating the stamp from the resin thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Omron, Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Akihiro Funamoto, Motohiko Matsushita, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7014888
    Abstract: A method and structure that protects interior electrical components of a pressure sensor (4) from corrosive particles using a sacrificial gel dome (30) to form a vent (34) in a protective gel (32) that covers electrical components that can be corroded such as wires (16), bond pads (18), and electrical leads (14). Sacrificial gel dome (30) is dispensed over a diaphragm (28) of pressure sensor (4) to form vent (34) enabling diaphragm (28) to sense pressure variations without the influence of protective gel (32). Sacrificial gel dome (30) is removed through a water rinsing process (42) to expose vent (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. McDonald, Stephen Ryan Hooper
  • Patent number: 6993840
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid jet head comprises the following steps of forming a piezoelectric member which generates a discharge pressure for discharging a liquid on a substrate, disposing a vibration plate on the piezoelectric member, forming a liquid flow path pattern containing a soluble resin on the vibration plate, forming a coat layer containing a resin constituting a wall of the liquid flow path on the liquid flow path pattern, removing the liquid flow path pattern to form the liquid flow path, removing the substrate, and patterning the piezoelectric member in accordance with the liquid flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Mouri, Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Hidehito Takayama
  • Patent number: 6984421
    Abstract: Encapsulating a component structure includes applying a fluid, light-sensitive first reactive resin layer to a surface of a component substrate containing the component structure, exposing and developing the first reactive resin layer so as to form a frame structure that encloses the component structure, covering the frame structure with an auxiliary foil, applying a second reactive resin layer to a surface of the auxiliary foil so as to form ceiling structures on the surface of the auxiliary foil, at least one of the ceiling structures making a seal with the frame structure, and removing the auxiliary foil in areas between ceiling structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pahl, Walter Fischer
  • Patent number: 6979475
    Abstract: A pigmented fiberglass door and a process for finishing a molded, wood grain fiberglass door is provided. The pigmentation process comprises the sequential steps of priming the door surface; painting the door surface; staining the door surface while removing stain from raised grain edges of the door; and, applying a clear, protective coat to the door. This process has been found to provide a painted and/or stained door which has an appearance indistinguishable from a wooden door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Finishing Touch, Stain & Lacquer, LLC
    Inventor: Reid Dresser
  • Patent number: 6949269
    Abstract: A method is taught for fabricating patterned silicon dioxide layers on process areas disposed perpendicularly or at an inclination to a substrate surface. Firstly, a starter layer having leaving groups is produced by non-conformal deposition of a reactive component. Tris(tert-butoxy)silanol is subsequently added. The addition of the tris(tert-butoxy)silanol leads to the formation of a silicon dioxide layer selectively only on the starter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Harald Seidl, Martin Gutsche
  • Patent number: 6902761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the interior metal-coating of glass tubes, with the metal-coated surface being a cylindrical shell. In accordance with the invention such a method comprises the following process steps: the glass tube is sealed off at either end; the glass tube is brought to a horizontal position: a sensitizer solution is introduced into the interior space of the glass tube in such a quantity that the interior space is only partly filled; the sensitizer solution is removed from the interior space after a certain dwell period; a mirror-coating solution is introduced into the interior space of the glass tube, with the entire interior surface of the glass tube being wetted by the mirror-coating solution; the used-up mirror-coating solution is removed from the interior space of the glass tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Stephan Tratzky, Heinz Dotzler, Matthias Müller, Joachim Pfeifer, Michael Siller, Leonid Schulz, Gottfried Haas
  • Patent number: 6899775
    Abstract: This invention relates to the printing of a substrate having a pre-printed “print pattern” with a “design layer” of ink where there is differential adhesion within and without the print pattern. The print pattern is receptive to an ink, and the design layer ink forms a durable image material with good bond to the print pattern, but the ink does not form a durable image material on the portions of the substrate outside the print pattern. The design layer ink is a UV-curable ink, and the print pattern may have a higher surface energy than the portions of the substrate outside the print pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Contra Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: George Roland Hill, Chris David Parry
  • Patent number: 6896938
    Abstract: A partially vapor-deposited metallized film is disclosed including a metallized film that is vapor-deposited across the entire surface, and a metallized film that has been coated a number of times and also a method for producing a partially vapor-deposited metallized film, a metallized film that is vapor-deposited across the entire surface, and a metallized film that has been coated a number of times, wherein either a structure is printed onto a substrate or onto a supporting film with a soluble ink (washable ink) or the base materials are directly cleaned in a vacuum by means of plasma processing and are simultaneously initiated with target atoms, and wherein a metal or the like is vapor-deposited thereon followed by a production of the structured layer, for multiple uses, for example, in securities, as a radio frequency antenna for transponders and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Friedrich Kastner, Martin Bergsmann, Johann Hillburger, Ronald Einsiedler, Roland Treutlein
  • Patent number: 6894000
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of preparing an imaged member comprising a substrate having an imagable coating on a face thereof, the method comprising the steps of: (a) imaging a precursor of the member to produce an imaged member which includes image and non-image areas on the coated face; and (b) treating the substrate to increase its dimensional stability, the treatment comprising at least one of: (i) effecting a change in the chemical structure of the substrate, or (ii) coating a non-coated face of the substrate with a fluid, gel, or particulate solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC
    Inventor: Harjit Singh Bhambra
  • Patent number: 6890598
    Abstract: Aliphatic dithiocarboxylic acid compositions (ADTCAs) that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surface such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs were characterized by optical ellipsometry, contact angle goniometry, and polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS). The data indicates that the ADTCAs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the ADTCAs in micro-contact printing is also disclosed, where ADTCA SAM protected regions are capable of more efficient cleaning under mild conditions due to instabilities in the ADTCA compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Inventors: Randall T. Lee, Ramon Colorado, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6871939
    Abstract: A coat liquid, in which a methoxysilane or ethoxysilane compound which is a precursor of silicon oxide and an ethoxysilane or methoxysilane compound which contains therein a carbon fluoride chain are dissolved, is applied onto the surface of a base material of SUS having a thickness of 20 ?m. This is followed by drying the base material for one hour at room temperature condition. Thereafter, the base material is baked at 200 degrees centigrade for 30 minutes thereby to form a water repellent thin film having a thickness of from 10 nm to 1000 nm and containing therein a molecule in which fluoroalkyl chains are bonded to the silicon oxide. A nozzle orifice is formed by electrical discharge machining from the lower side of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tomita, Tohru Nakagawa, Mamoru Soga, Keisuke Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 6866883
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprises steps of providing a non-magnetic substrate having at least one surface; forming a layer of a sol-gel on the surface, partially drying the sol-gel layer at room temperature to remove a portion of the solvent therein to form a partially dried sol-gel layer of hardness less than that of the substrate; mechanically texturing the surface of the partially dried sol-gel layer; and depositing a layer stack including at least one magnetic layer thereover. Embodiments of the invention include embossing a servo pattern in the as-deposited sol-gel layer prior to partial drying and mechanically texturing, followed by sintering at an elevated temperature to form a substantially fully dried layer having a density and hardness similar to that of glass, and formation of a thin film magnetic media layer stack thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Hong Ying Wang, Joseph Leigh, Neil Deeman, David Kuo
  • Patent number: 6852355
    Abstract: Processes for effecting thermal transfer of electroactive organic material are disclosed wherein unwanted portions of a layer of electroactive organic material supported by a donor element are removed or transferred from the layer by thermal transfer, particularly laser-induced thermal transfer, leaving a desired pattern of the electroactive organic material on the donor element. The electroactive organic material may be an organic material exhibiting electroluminescence, charge transport, charge injection, electrical conductivity, semiconductivity and/or exciton blocking. The layer of electroactive organic material may comprise more than one layer of different types of electroactive organic material. The exposure pattern is a negative image of the desired pattern. The electroactive organic material of the desired pattern is not, therefore, exposed to the heat which can cause decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Graciela B. Blanchet-Fincher
  • Patent number: 6838227
    Abstract: A system and method for forming servo patterns on magnetic media is disclosed. A magnetic film coated with a layer of polystyrene is stamped with a nickel stamper reproducing the negative image of the stamped pattern on the polystyrene. Ions are then accelerated towards the surface of the polystyrene, which stopps the ions in the areas where the polystyrene is thick and allows the ions to penetrate through to the magnetic layer in the areas where the polystyrene is thin. The ions, which penetrate through to the magnetic layer, interact with the magnetic layer altering the magnetic layer's structure reducing its coercivity (Hc) and remnant moment (Mrt). This reproduces the stamped polystyrene pattern on the magnetic layer. The polystyrene is then removed by oxygen plasma etching the surface leaving behind a patterned magnetic media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: HongYing Wang, Neil Deeman, Koichi Wago, Nobuo Kurataka
  • Patent number: 6805903
    Abstract: A method for forming an optical thin film used for optical elements of laser systems including high-energy lasers and an optical element of optical apparatuses is provided. The optical thin film can be easily formed on a desired substrate with reproducibility by vapor-depositing a porous fluoride layer for preventing reflection in the deep ultraviolet region, and can be easily removed in a short time to reuse the substrate if the thin film damaged. A water-insoluble material (2) for preventing reflection is vapor-deposited onto an optical element substrate (1). A water-soluble material (3) having a higher particle energy is vapor-deposited onto the surface of the water-insoluble material (2). The water-soluble material (3) permeates deep into the water-insoluble material (2) to form a mixed film on the surface of the substrate (1). Then, the water-soluble material (3) is dissolved and removed to form a porous thin film (5) comprising the water-insoluble material (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kunio Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6803072
    Abstract: A method for coating includes applying an adhesive to a surface, wherein the surface comprises an arrangement of structures thereon, wherein the structures extend upward from a plane of the surface and have at least one sidewall that makes an angle with respect to the plane of the surface of greater than 0° and less than 90° selected to reduce air bubble formation for a coating solution of a selected rheology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Frank T. Sher, Danny L. Fleming, Mung-Lin S. Tan
  • Patent number: 6800324
    Abstract: A method of treating the surface of a rough, plastic object to produce a high gloss, textured and/or coloured finish. A rapid prototype treated according to the present method assumes the appearance of an injection molded part, without the usual high costs associated with producing the injection mold. In one embodiment, first step involves of removing the pores in the porous part, at least at the outer layers of the part, followed by a smoothening process of filling the voids between the miniature steps with a hardener to give a smooth surface, on which further post-processing may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Nanyang Polytechnic
    Inventors: Kong Fok Chong, Hlwan Moe Maung Zaw, Tuck Sung Tong
  • Patent number: 6783801
    Abstract: Methods of making a paste of materials used in forming bumps for semiconductor applications wherein the distribution of trace elements is substantially uniform are provided. The methods of making a paste for a semiconductor package process comprises heating and fusing several materials to alloy the materials, rapidly cooling the fused alloy composition to improve conformity of the composition, processing the cooled alloy composition into a fine powder, and processing the alloy powder to be a paste-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Don Yi
  • Patent number: 6743483
    Abstract: An insulated foam board is manufactured by leading a first facing from a reel and laying down liquid foam reactants. A second facing from a supply reel is laid over the reactants forming a sandwich. The foam is expanded in an oven and the board is cut to a desired length. One or both facings are removed and re-wound onto a reel for re-use. A coating in the form of a metallized paint is applied in-line to one or both faces of the foam core, after removal of the facings. The painted boards have enhanced heat insulation properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Kingspan Research and Developments Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Rochefort, Thomas McCabe
  • Patent number: 6740356
    Abstract: A process and an installation for the production of a bituminous sealing sheet, comprises a strip impregnated and/or coated with a given bitumen and having a zone in the shape or a band or a portion of a band of a different bitumen from the first bitumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Soprema (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pierre Etienne Bindschedler, Hervé Fellmann, Rémi Perrin
  • Patent number: 6737112
    Abstract: A method for making a table top includes the steps of forming a water-proof layer on a wooden panel, forming an inner stone layer on the water-proof layer, forming an outer stone layer on the inner stone layer, and covering the outer stone layer with a mask that is formed with an access hole, and sand blasting the outer stone layer through the access hole so as to form a through-hole in the outer stone layer which exposes a portion of the inner stone layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Yuan-Feng Chang
  • Patent number: 6680084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate coated with an oriented multilayer polymeric film comprising at least two layers of polymer particles oriented along two different directions with respect to one another. Such an oriented multilayer polymeric film has improved flexibility as well as improved gas barrier properties. A method of forming the film on a substrate is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Simex Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Halim Chtourou
  • Patent number: 6669983
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head provided with an MR element includes a step of forming an MR multi-layered structure in which a current flows in a direction perpendicular to surfaces of layers of the MR multi-layered structure, on a lower electrode film, a step of depositing an insulation film on the formed MR multi-layered structure and the lower electrode film, a step of flattening the deposited insulation film until at least upper surface of the MR multi-layered structure is exposed, and a step of forming an upper electrode film on the flattened insulation film and the MR multi-layered structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Kagami, Naoki Ohta, Tetsuya Kuwashima
  • Patent number: 6656538
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive device and a method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head capable of efficiently forming a magnetoresistive device having an extremely small magnetoresistive film pattern, and capable of reducing variations in dimensions of the magnetoresistive film pattern. Further, provided is a method of forming a thin film pattern capable of efficiently forming a plurality of thin film patterns with different sizes on a same base with accuracy according to the thin film patterns. Electron beam lithography or photolithography is selectively used according to the sizes of patterns to be formed, so while the dimensional accuracy of a portion specifically requiring higher accuracy can be secured, the patterns can be efficiently formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Sato, Noriaki Kasahara, Naoki Ohta
  • Patent number: 6652907
    Abstract: A method, kit and tool for decorative coloring of concrete utilizes the application of a releasable adhesive compound to a cementitious substrate to prevent coloring in particular areas. Various designs may be created by the releasable adhesive compound. Releasable adhesive compound may be applied from a caulk gun in the form of a releasable caulk using either freehand, a template to form dots to be connected together, or a stencil. Alternatively, the releasable adhesive compound may be in the form of a liquid which may be sprayed or brushed on to the surface. A coloring agent is applied and the releasable adhesive compound, particularly when it is in the form of a caulk, may be used to dam the coloring agent. A guide tool for making straight lines or particular designs uses a transparent guide surface mounted to a body which is raised by projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Leslie J. Stever
  • Publication number: 20030190425
    Abstract: A method of producing a device for simultaneously carrying out an electrochemical and a topographical near field microscopy is disclosed, which is characterised in that a probe suitable for topographic near field microscopy is covered by a conductive material, the conductive material is covered by an insulating layer, and the conductive material and the insulating layer are removed in the region of the immediate tip of the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Alois Lugstein, Emmerich Bertagnolli, Christine Kranz, Boris Mizaikoff
  • Patent number: 6629367
    Abstract: A method for forming an electrically isolated via in a multilayer ceramic package and an electrical connection formed within the via are disclosed. The method includes punching a first via in a first layer, filling the first via with a cross-linkable paste, curing the paste to form an electrical insulator precursor and forming the via in the insulator precursor. The electrical connection formed includes an insulator made from a cross-linked paste supported by a substrate of a multilayer ceramic package and a conductive connection supported by the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Burdon, Ross A. Miesem, Chowdary Ramesh Koripella
  • Patent number: 6630199
    Abstract: A structure protected by a ceramic coating is prepared by providing a substrate having a surface, and depositing a layer of a sacrificial ceramic precursor material, preferably silica, onto the surface of the substrate. The method further includes furnishing a reactive gas, preferably an aluminum-containing gas, that is reactive with the sacrificial ceramic to produce a protective ceramic different from the sacrificial ceramic, and contacting the reactive gas to the layer of the precursor material to produce a protective ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Curtiss Mitchell Austin, Richard John Grylls
  • Patent number: 6627264
    Abstract: A coat liquid, in which a methoxysilane or ethoxysilane compound which is a precursor of silicon oxide and an ethoxysilane or methoxysilane compound which contains therein a carbon fluoride chain are dissolved, is applied onto the surface of a base material of SUS having a thickness of 20 &mgr;m. This is followed by drying the base material for one hour at room temperature condition. Thereafter, the base material is baked at 200 degrees centigrade for 30 minutes thereby to form a water repellent thin film having a thickness of from 10 nm to 1000 nm and containing therein a molecule in which fluoroalkyl chains are bonded to the silicon oxide. A nozzle orifice is formed by electrical discharge machining from the lower side of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tomita, Tohru Nakagawa, Mamoru Soga, Keisuke Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 6623788
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprises steps of providing a non-magnetic substrate for a magnetic recording medium, the substrate including at least one major surface; forming a layer of a sol-gel on the at least one major surface; forming a pattern, e.g., a servo pattern in an exposed surface of the layer of said sol-gel; and converting the layer of sol-gel to a glass or glass-like layer while preserving the pattern in an exposed surface of said glass or glass-like layer. Embodiments of the invention include magnetic media including a patterned glass or glass-like layer formed from a layer of a hydrophilic sol-gel with the pattern embossed therein by means of a stamper having a hydrophilic surface including a negative image of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Hong Ying Wang, Neil Deeman, Gene Gauzner
  • Patent number: 6623803
    Abstract: A method of patterning a layer of copper on a material surface includes providing a stamp having a base and a stamping surface and providing a copper plating catalyst on the stamping surface. The method can also include applying the stamping surface to the material surface, wherein a pattern of copper plating catalyst is applied to the material surface. The method can further include providing a copper solution over the copper plating catalyst, whereby a layer of copper is patterned on the material surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Zoran Krivokapic
  • Patent number: 6617012
    Abstract: A system and method for forming servo patterns on magnetic medium is disclosed. A magnetic film coated with a layer of styrene-acrylonitrile is stamped with a nickel stamper reproducing the negative image of the stamper pattern on the styrene-acrylonitrile. Ions are then accelerated towards the surface of the styrene-acrylonitrile, which stops the ions in the areas where the styrene-acrylonitrile is thick and allows the ions to penetrate through to the magnetic layer in the areas where the styrene-acrylonitrile is thin. The ions, which penetrate through to the magnetic layer, interact with the magnetic layer altering the magnetic layer's structure reducing its coercivity (Hc) and remnant moment (Mrt). This reproduces the stamped styrene-acrylonitrile pattern on the magnetic layer. The styrene-acrylonitrile is then removed by oxygen plasma etching the surface leaving behind a patterned magnetic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: HongYing Wang, Koichi Wago, Neil Deeman, Nobuo Kurataka
  • Patent number: 6589600
    Abstract: A turbine engine component is provided that has a surface that contains a plurality of depressions that are effective to increase the surface area of the component. The depressions are generally concave in contour and improve the heat transfer characteristics of the component. Methods for forming the turbine engine components are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wayne Charles Hasz, Nesim Abuaf, Robert Alan Johnson, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Patent number: 6576301
    Abstract: A method for producing a contact structure having a contactor for achieving an electrical connection with a contact target. The method include the steps of providing a substrate, forming a polymer layer on a surface of the dielectric substrate, positioning a micromachining tool over the first abrasive layer and irradiating a beam of electro-thermal energy on a surface of the polymer layer to form a deposition pattern thereon, depositing conductive material in the deposition pattern on the polymer layer thereby forming a horizontal portion of the contactor, and repeating the above steps, thereby forming a contact portion of the contactor in a vertical direction on one end of the horizontal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Advantest, Corp.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Khoury, James W. Frame
  • Patent number: 6572917
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a magnetic memory device, wherein the inventive method does not require any special technique for forming pattern, but bilaterally ensures precision for processing a tunnel magneto-resistive effect element (called TMR element) and self-matching formation of connecting elements. The manufacturing method of a magnetic memory device comprises a processing step of forming a tunnel magneto-resistive effect film sandwiching a tunnel barrier layer between a magnetic pinned layer and a memory layer into a predetermined elementary configuration by applying a mask layer, wherein the mask layer is formed by applying a plating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Narisawa, Keitaro Endo, Shinya Kubo
  • Publication number: 20030099766
    Abstract: A method of forming layers, in the same device material, with different thickness or layer height in a semiconductor device comprises forming device material layer or gate electrode layer disposable parts in selected regions of the device layer. The disposable parts can be formed by doping the selected regions to the desired depth d. The as-deposited thickness t of this device layer can be adjusted or modulated after the patterning of the individual devices by removing the disposable parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Malgorzata Jurczak, Rita Rooyackers, Emmanuel Augendre, Goncal Badenes
  • Patent number: 6565921
    Abstract: A process for making a three-color street sign or similar marker by applying contrasting colors to an embossed image with a compressible roller. The image having a planar raised portion which is surround by a skirt rising out of the plane of a blank. A first contrasting color applied by the compressible roller to the image with a first force compressing the roller such that the color is applied to the skirt and planar raised portion. A second contrasting color applied by the compressible roller to the image with a second, lower force compressing the roller such that the color is applied to the planar raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Mark A. Wollin
  • Patent number: 6565920
    Abstract: Methods are provided for removing edge beads from spin-on films. A spin-on film is removed from a region of a surface of a spin-coated substrate adjacent to an edge of the surface by spinning the spin-coated substrate, expanding a fluid through a nozzle to form a cryogenic aerosol stream, and directing the cryogenic aerosol stream against the spin-on film in the region as the substrate spins. In another aspect of the invention, a film is formed on a surface of a substrate by dispensing a liquid composition onto the surface, spinning the substrate to distribute the liquid composition to form a substantially uniform film on the surface, expanding a fluid through a nozzle to form a cryogenic aerosol stream, and directing the cryogenic aerosol stream against the film in a region of the surface adjacent to an edge of the surface as the substrate spins. The film may include an alkoxysilane and a low volatility solvent. The fluid may consists essentially of liquid carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Denis H. Endisch