Heating Or Drying (e.g., Polymerizing, Vulcanizing, Curing, Etc.) Patents (Class 427/372.2)
  • Patent number: 11917883
    Abstract: A color control member includes a color control layer including a quantum dot and a color filter layer on the color control layer, wherein a low refractive layer may be between the color control layer and the color filter layer. The low refractive layer includes a base resin and a plurality of sets of hollow particles dispersed in the base resin, and each of the hollow particles of each set of the sets of hollow particles may have a spherical shape. The sets of hollow particles may have respective average diameters, and a ratio of two average diameters of the respective average diameters of the sets of hollow particles is about 2:1 to about 60:1, and the low refractive layer including the hollow particles may be formed through a continuous process at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youyoung Jin, Keunchan Oh, Gak Seok Lee, Sanghun Lee, Chang-Soon Jang
  • Patent number: 11899406
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for fabricating alkali vapor cells. The methods disclosed herein comprise depositing a fluid into a reservoir of a device, the device comprising: a reservoir, a set of receptacles, and a set of conduits fluidly connecting each of the receptacles to the reservoir; such that, when a fluid is placed in the reservoir, the fluid flows to each of the receptacles via capillary action. Also disclosed herein are methods comprising flowing a fluid from an inlet to an outlet of a lumen of a main conduit of a device, the device further comprising a set of receptacles, each of the receptacles being in fluid communication with the lumen of the main conduit; such that, when a fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet through the lumen of the main conduit, the fluid further flows into each of the receptacles via capillary action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Vincent Maurice, Douglas G. Bopp
  • Patent number: 11891341
    Abstract: This disclosure provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and thermally treating to produce a ceramic material. The disclosure provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic composite with potentially complex 3D shapes. A wide variety of chemical compositions is disclosed, and several experimental examples are included to demonstrate reduction to practice. For example, preceramic resin formulations may contain a carbosilane in which there is at least one functional group selected from vinyl, allyl, ethynyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, ester group, amine, hydroxyl, vinyl ether, vinyl ester, glycidyl, glycidyl ether, vinyl glycidyl ether, vinyl amide, vinyl triazine, vinyl isocyanurate, acrylate, methacrylate, alkacrylate, alkyl alkacrylate, phenyl, halide, thiol, cyano, cyanate, or thiocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zak C. Eckel, Andrew P. Nowak, Ashley M. Dustin, April R. Rodriguez, Phuong Bui, Tobias A. Schaedler
  • Patent number: 11890358
    Abstract: A method for enhancing optical properties of sintered, zirconia ceramic bodies and zirconia ceramic dental restorations is provided. The porous or pre-sintered stage of a ceramic body is treated with two different yttrium-containing compositions and sintered, resulting in sintered ceramic bodies having enhanced optical properties. The enhanced optical properties may be substantially permanent, remaining for the useful life of the sintered ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Won Kim, Akash
  • Patent number: 11866379
    Abstract: A method for coating a substrate includes spraying a combination of powders. The combination of powders includes: Hf0.5Si0.5O2; Zr0.5Si0.5O2; and, optionally, at least one of HfO2 and ZrO2. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 and HfO2 combined to said Zr0.5Si0.5O2 and ZrO2 combined is from 2:1 to 4:1. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 to said HfO2 is at least 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Xuan Liu, James T. Beals, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, William J. Joost
  • Patent number: 11859105
    Abstract: A method for forming a self-cleaning coating, comprises providing a first dispersion comprising plasmonic nanoparticles by suspending plasmonic nanoparticles in an organic medium and providing a second dispersion comprising a precursor of a photocatalytic matrix in an organic medium. The method further comprises forming a mixture of the first and second dispersion and coating the mixture on a surface. The method also comprises calcining the coated mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Maarten Keulemans, Silvia Lenaerts, Sammy Verbruggen
  • Patent number: 11852552
    Abstract: A pressure sensor with a communicating passage in a straight line. The pressure sensor includes a main body housing having an inner space and having a connector part provided for connection with an outside thereof. In the main body housing, the first end of a terminal is located in the inner space and the second end thereof is located in the connector part. A substrate is provided in the inner space of the main body housing and on which a sensing element is mounted, a cover housing coupled to the main body housing and comprising a seal configured to be in close contact with the main body housing and with edges of one surface of the sensing element. A communicating passage communicates with the inner space in a straight line, and thus communicates with one surface of the sensing element at a downstream side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC TERMINAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Seok Yun
  • Patent number: 11839701
    Abstract: A novel two-step process for batch coating surgical needles with cross-linked silicone coatings is disclosed. The surgical needles are cured using a two-step process. The coatings on the needles are partially cured in the first step and mechanically separated. The coatings on the needles are then fully cured in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Duan Li Ou
  • Patent number: 11843125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a porous composite separator for a secondary battery including a porous substrate, and a coating layer formed on the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer has a plurality of inorganic particles, which are connected and fixed by a composite binder including a particulate polymer binder and an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)-type binder having no melting point and having a thermal decomposition temperature of 300° C. or higher; and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK ie technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye Jin Kim, Yun Bong Kim, Suji Lee, Won Sub Kwack, Kyu Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11827986
    Abstract: In some examples, an article may include a substrate and a coating system on the substrate. The coating system may include a layer comprising a plurality of voids, wherein respective voids of the plurality of voids define respective void volumes; and a nucleating agent within at least some of the respective void volumes of the layer, wherein the nucleating agent is configured to induce crystallization of the molten CMAS. The coating system may include an environmental barrier coating, thermal barrier coating, and/or abradable coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Sean E. Landwehr, Ngunjoh Lawrence Ndamka, Matthew R. Gold, Michael Cybulsky, Li Li, Robert Golden
  • Patent number: 11800648
    Abstract: A pattern forming method capable of easily removing a discontinuous portion in a pattern while keeping resistance of the pattern low. A pattern forming method including at least a printing step of printing a pattern intermediate containing a conductive material on a base material 1, and a plating step of subjecting the pattern intermediate to an electroplating treatment, in which the pattern intermediate printed in the printing step has a plating target portion that is energized in the plating step and a discontinuous portion that is discontinuously formed from the plating target portion and is not energized in the plating step, and in the plating step, by performing an electric field plating treatment using a plating solution containing at least two or more types of metal salts containing different types of metals and a complexing agent, the discontinuous portion of the pattern intermediate is removed to form a pattern constituted by the plating target portion covered with a plating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ushiku, Hidenobu Ohya, Hideki Hoshino, Masayoshi Yamauchi, Takenori Omata, Naoto Niizuma, Ryo Aoyama, Kazuho Urayama
  • Patent number: 11768034
    Abstract: An industrial oven includes an oven chamber configured to receive a plurality of work pieces. A heater box of the oven has a heating element therein operable to heat air for delivery to the oven chamber. A circulation system of the oven is operable to force hot air from the heater box into the oven chamber. The circulation system includes a delivery manifold extending from the heater box to the oven chamber. A duct has an inlet coupled with an outlet of the delivery manifold, and the duct has a plurality of hot air outlet apertures therein for expelling hot air into the oven chamber. The duct is constructed of fabric sheet and suspended within the oven chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SST Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Martin Andreae
  • Patent number: 11767586
    Abstract: Provided is an alloy material including a metal oxide thin layer that can be formed using a simple method at low cost and can further suppress volatilization of Cr, which causes deterioration of a fuel cell, compared with a case where conventional expensive materials are used. Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an alloy material including a coating treatment step for coating a substrate made of a Fe—Cr based alloy with Co, and an oxidation treatment step for performing oxidation treatment on the substrate in a moisture-containing atmosphere after the coating treatment step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Echigo, Hisao Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 11753558
    Abstract: Dry erase ink formulations containing a resin, a pre-assembled colorant, and a solvent, wherein the dry erase ink formulation has a surface tension of at least 25 dynes per centimeter, and writing instruments including a dry erase ink formulation are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SANFORD, L.P.
    Inventor: Wing Sum Vincent Kwan
  • Patent number: 11752744
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer polyimide film in which the core layer is made of a non-thermoplastic polyimide resin comprising one or more imidization catalysts and one or more dehydrating agents, and the skin layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the core layer contains one or more imidization catalysts, but does not contain a dehydrating agent, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Hoon Kim, Kil-Nam Lee
  • Patent number: 11745392
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a method is provided of casting an object from a mold, the method comprising obtaining a mold comprising a hollow shell of rigid material, the material comprising a thermoset polymer having a plurality of pores formed therein, providing a metal and/or ceramic slurry into an interior of the mold, exposing at least part of the mold to a low pressure environment so that a net flow of gas is produced from the interior of the mold into the low pressure environment. According to some aspects, a method of forming a porous mold is provided. According to some aspects, a photocurable liquid composition is provided, comprising a liquid photopolymer resin, particles of a solid material, in an amount between 30% and 60% by volume of the composition, and a water-soluble liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex McCarthy, Maxim Lobovsky, Martin Galese
  • Patent number: 11731158
    Abstract: An applicator for a coating product comprising printing nozzles, each including an outlet channel emerging in the downstream direction by a coating product discharge orifice. The printing nozzles are distributed on at least two faces of a body of the applicator and the discharge orifices of these nozzles extend along at least two nonparallel planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Exel Industries
    Inventors: Nicolas Chouan, Cyrille Medard
  • Patent number: 11697874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tantalum carbide coated carbon material, and more particularly, to a tantalum carbide coated carbon material including a tantalum carbide film having a surface contact angle of 50° or more and low surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOKAI CARBON KOREA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dong Wan Jo
  • Patent number: 11674211
    Abstract: Provided are a refractory article, an anti-redox coating composition, and a method of manufacturing the refractory article. The refractory article includes: a platinum (Pt)-based substrate; and a coating layer for preventing a redox reaction on a surface of the Pt-based substrate, wherein the coating layer for preventing a redox reaction includes on an oxide basis SiO2 in an amount of about 40 wt % to about 70 wt %, Al2O3 in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 52 wt %, B2O3 in an amount of about 3 wt % to about 6 wt %; and CaO in an amount of about 2.4 wt % to about 4.8 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Myeong-jin Cho, Hong-goo Choi, Soon-yong Choi, Ki-ju Kwak, Yong-won Lee, Yun-Kyung Sung
  • Patent number: 11667065
    Abstract: A finishing/covering element for a component in a vehicle passenger compartment has a front surface facing, in use, the inside of the passenger compartment and a rear surface facing, in use, the component on which the finishing/covering element is fitted; the finishing/covering element is manufactured by moulding a thermoplastic material in a mould, which has a first and a second forming surface facing one another; the first forming surface forms the outline of the front surface and is embossed so as to form a corresponding embossing on the front surface, without further treatments and/or coating operations and/or processing on the front surface after the moulding; at the same time, the moulded thermoplastic material comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane reinforced by reinforcement fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FCA ITALY S.p.A.
    Inventors: Federica Fino, Martino L'Altrella, Matteo Strumia, Elena Bergadano, Maurizio Servetti, Fabio Massolo
  • Patent number: 11667767
    Abstract: Provided is a cladding composition which contains metal powder, a binder, and an organic solvent in a case of bonding a metal base material and a resin member to each other. Further, provided is a method for producing a metal/resin bonded member, including a step of coating at least a portion of a metal base material with the cladding composition; a step of irradiating the coated portion of the metal base material which has been coated with the cladding composition, with a laser; a step of disposing the resin member on the laser irradiation portion of the metal base material; and a step of heating an interface between the laser irradiation portion and the resin member so that the metal base material and the resin member are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD., KISOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Hosoya, Takeshi Iwai, Takashi Fujimoto, Tomohiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 11655543
    Abstract: A method includes predicting a composition of calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicate (CMAS) to be encountered by a high temperature mechanical system during use of the high temperature mechanical system. The method further includes selecting a composition of a CMAS-resistant barrier coating layer based at least in part on the predicted composition of CMAS. The CMAS-resistant barrier coating layer includes a base composition and at least one secondary oxide selected based on the predicted composition of CMAS. The at least one secondary oxide includes at least one of an oxide of a divalent element, an oxide of a trivalent element, or an oxide of a tetravalent element. The CMAS-resistant barrier coating layer comprises greater than 0 mol. % and less than about 7 mol. % of the at least one secondary oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ngunjoh Lawrence Ndamka, Li Li, Ann Bolcavage, Bruce Edward Varney, Sean E. Landwehr
  • Patent number: 11649382
    Abstract: A biodegradable cellulose fiber-based substrate, at least one side of which is coated with a release coating including: a) at least one water-soluble polymer (WSP) containing hydroxyl groups, and b) at least one lactone substituted with at least one linear or branched and/or cyclic C8-C30 hydrocarbon chain which may contain heteroatoms. The biodegradable substrate is certified biodegradable in accordance with EN 13432. A method of production thereof is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Ahlstrom Oyj
    Inventors: Menno Dufour, Violaine Durand
  • Patent number: 11607903
    Abstract: A re-useable writing surface reusably and removably coupled to exterior surfaces is disclosed. The re-useable writing surface may include a porous layer. The porous layer may define one or more cells. The re-usable writing surface may further include a non-adhesive coating applied to a side of the porous layer. The re-usable writing surface may further include a writeable layer coupled to a different side of the porous layer. The writeable layer may be configured to allow a user to draft and erase content. The non-adhesive coating can enable the re-useable writing surface to reusably and removably couple to exterior surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Comsero, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Franco
  • Patent number: 11608351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nanoparticles including a crystal structure-controlled zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) and a method of producing the same. Nanoparticles according to the present invention comprise: metal ions; and an organic ligand coupled to the metal ions, wherein the organic ligand includes an imidazolate-based organic ligand and an alkylamine-based organic ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jong Suk Lee, Kie Yong Cho, Jin Won Lee, Byung Keun Oh, Jeong Geol Na, He Seong An, Ju Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 11598323
    Abstract: A method of pumping an aqueous fluid through an electroosmotic membrane situated between a cathode and an anode includes oxidizing water to O2 at the anode and reducing O2 at the cathode. A potential difference E between the cathode and the anode is 1.4 V or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OSMOTEX AG
    Inventors: Christos Comninellis, Stephanie Say-Liang-Fat, Trond Heldal
  • Patent number: 11592945
    Abstract: An optical coating has a siloxane polymer and noble metal particles. The coating has an index of refraction that is different for in-plane and out-of-plane. The coating has reverse optical dispersion within the visible wavelength range, and preferably a maximum absorption peak between 400-1000 nm wavelength range is greater than 700 nm. In one example the metal particles are noble metal nanorods having an average particle width of less than 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Inkron Oy
    Inventor: Juha Rantala
  • Patent number: 11591472
    Abstract: A wax-extender emulsion including a plurality of wax-extender complex particles suspended in water is described. A wax-extender complex includes a wax component, an organic extender component and a surfactant that stabilizes the wax component and the organic extender component collectively to form the wax-extender complex. The wax-extender emulsion comprises from 2 wt % to 30 wt % organic extender. During manufacturing, the organic extender and wax component are emulsified and homogenized together to produce the wax-extender emulsion. The wax-extender emulsion can be co-applied as a mixture with adhesive resin during wood-based composite manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Williamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse L. Paris, Matthew G. Peterson, James A. Livings, Sudip Chowdhury, Curtis G. Burton
  • Patent number: 11581475
    Abstract: A method and a device for preparing an inductance element, an inductance element, and a superconducting circuit are provided. The method includes acquiring a compound for preparing an inductance element, a superconducting coherence length and a magnetic field penetration depth of the compound meeting a preset condition; and annealing the compound to cause decomposition between a non-superconductor phase and a superconductor phase in the compound to generate the inductance element, the kinetic inductance of the inductance element being greater than the geometric inductance of the inductance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Ran Gao, Jingwei Zhou, Chunqing Deng
  • Patent number: 11577992
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a surface modification layer on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article. The surface modification layer is formed from a glass material including a mobile component. The shaped article is formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof. At least a portion of the mobile component is migrated from the surface modification layer into surface regions of the sidewalls of the shaped article, whereby subsequent to the migration, the surface regions have a reduced annealing point compared to a bulk of the shaped article. The surface modification layer and the surface regions of the sidewalls are reflowed. A surface roughness of the surface modification layer disposed on the sidewalls following the reflowing is less than a surface roughness of the sidewalls prior to the depositing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, David Francis Dawson-Elli, Shiwen Liu, Chuanche Wang
  • Patent number: 11579348
    Abstract: A colored visibly opaque, highly efficient NIR-transmitting optical filter displaying angle insensitivity is based on one-dimensional photonic crystals. The filter comprises a photonic crystal stack comprising at least one high refractive index layer and two low refractive index layers respectively disposed along a first side and a second side of the high refractive index layer. The photonic crystal stack may have 10 or fewer layers. The filter transmits a first portion of an electromagnetic spectrum having a first range of predetermined wavelengths in an infrared light range or near infrared light range, while reflecting a second portion of the electromagnetic spectrum having a second range of predetermined wavelengths in a visible light range to generate a reflected output. In certain aspects, a refractive index contrast between the at least one high refractive index layer and at least one of the two low refractive index layers is ? about 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Lingjie Jay Guo, Chengang Ji
  • Patent number: 11572626
    Abstract: A coated steel substrate has a steel substrate having a surface. A coating layer is atop the surface. The coating layer includes: aluminum activated by indium; and a ceramic binder. The coating also may comprise of multiple layers with different properties to facilitate the galvanic protection capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Poulomi Sannigrahi
  • Patent number: 11559957
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for reactivating a co-cured film layer disposed on a composite structure, the method comprising applying a reactivation treatment composition comprising at least two solvents and a surface exchange agent comprising a metal alkoxide or chelate thereof to the co-cured film layer, and allowing the reactivation treatment composition to create a reactivated co-cured film layer, wherein the co-cured film layer was previously cured at a curing temperature greater than about 50° C. A reactivated co-cured film layer and an aircraft part having a reactivated co-cured film layer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark R. Brei, Kevin D. Gordon, Christopher Garnier
  • Patent number: 11542404
    Abstract: An ink set includes a reaction liquid containing coagulant; a first ink containing a color material; and a second ink containing a color material. The ink set is used for recording on a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium and for imparting the reaction liquid, the first ink, and the second ink to the recording medium in a superimposed manner in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tetsuya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11535568
    Abstract: This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zak C. Eckel, Andrew P. Nowak, Ashley M. Nelson, April R. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11518890
    Abstract: A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kondo, Mari Miki
  • Patent number: 11515538
    Abstract: An electrode including an electrode active material including lithium (Li) and a polymer layer coating at least a portion of the electrode active material is provided. The polymer layer includes a polymerization product of a monomer having Formula I: where R1 and R2 are independently an aryl or a branched or unbranched C1-C10 alkyl and X1 and X2 are independently chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), or iodine (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Binsong Li, Xingcheng Xiao
  • Patent number: 11512171
    Abstract: To provide a low dielectric constant siliceous film manufacturing composition capable of forming a low dielectric constant siliceous film with dispersed pores having excellent mechanical properties and stable electrical properties. [Means] The present invention provides a low dielectric constant siliceous film manufacturing composition comprising: a polysiloxane, a pore-generating material, a condensation catalyst generator, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kensuke Aida, Kazuya Arima, Issei Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11508762
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first process chamber in which a target substrate is processed, a first tank connected to the first process chamber to supply a first chemical to the first process chamber, a second process chamber in which the target substrate is processed, and a second tank connected to the second process chamber to supply a second chemical to the second process chamber. A metal ion contained in the first chemical supplied to the first process chamber has an ion concentration greater than an ion concentration of the metal ion contained in the second chemical supplied to the second process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdae Kim, Jinseock Kim, Jonghee Park
  • Patent number: 11505507
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition comprising a first phosphate glass composition, with a primary flow modifier and a first carrier fluid, wherein the primary flow modifier comprises at least one of cellulose or calcium silicate; applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure to form a base layer; and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to adhere the base layer to the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven A. Poteet
  • Patent number: 11505844
    Abstract: A cold-rolled steel plate (1) and a manufacturing method therefor. The chemical composition of the steel plate (1) in percentage by weight is: C 0.15-0.25%, Si 1.50-2.50%, Mn 2.00-3.00%, P?0.02%, S?0.01%, Al 0.03-0.06%, N?0.01%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. The surface layer has an inner oxide layer (2) with a thickness of 1-5 ?m, and there is no enrichment of Si or Mn on the surface. The steel plate (1) has good phosphating performance and formability, with a tensile strength of ?1180 MPa and an elongation of ?14%, and has a complex-phase structure of ferrite, martensite, and retained austenite, the content of the retained austenite being not lower than 5%. A dew point is at ?25° C. to 10° C. in continuous annealing, such that external oxidation transitions to internal oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Zhou, Yong Zhong, Xinyan Jin, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 11485597
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dryer rollers of a print system with increasing wrap angles. In one embodiment a dryer includes a turning device configured to rotate about an axis, and to guide a web of print media. The dryer also includes rollers configured to transport the web from an entrance of the dryer to the turning device. The rollers include a series of three or more rollers positioned in the dryer to consecutively increase an amount of contact area with the web as the web travels toward the turning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Boland, Scott R. Johnson, Wataru Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11484845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid membrane mixed with nanoparticles including a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF), and a gas separation method using the same. A hybrid membrane according to the present invention comprises a polymer matrix, and nanoparticles which are dispersed in the polymer matrix and include the ZIF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Suk Lee, Kie Yong Cho, Jin Won Lee, Byung Keun Oh, Jeong Geol Na, He Seong An
  • Patent number: 11480511
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing diffusion coefficients of solvent molecules in polymer materials by applying a diffusion coefficient analysis model using 4 descriptors related to solvent properties. The present invention can provide optimum solvents when it is necessary to screen solvents suitable for drying procedure in the preparation of polymer films using a solvent process or it is necessary to analyze the permeability of polymer materials used in the final products by effectively analyzing the diffusion coefficients of solvent molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Seungha Kim, In Hye Kwon, Kyoung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11480696
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a surface has a laser-beam machined area including an array of micro-sized conical pillars that are arranged in orthogonal rows and columns across the surface and that extend upward, the conical pillars defining deep troughs between them that are configured to absorb electrons, electromagnetic radiation, or both, the conical pillars tapering from relatively wide bases to pointed tips, the conical pillars comprising outer surfaces that are covered with a plurality of nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventor: Jay A. Bieber
  • Patent number: 11446946
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving ink jet ink durability and adhesion to a substrate. The techniques may include applying a varnish to the surface of the substrate, curing, in an initial curing step, the varnish with an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, and applying a pigmented ink to at least a portion of the substrate. The initial curing step may comprise pinning the varnish with the UV lamp in a low-power state. The techniques may additionally or alternatively include applying a layer of pigmented ink and varnish at substantially the same time, allowing the pigmented ink and varnish to at least partially mix, then pinning or curing the ink/varnish combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Brent D. Lien, Dale James Ziebarth, Evan Pastor, Tanya Jegeris Snyder
  • Patent number: 11441048
    Abstract: A composition is provided and includes an unsaturated (meth)acrylate polymer or oligomer, an allophanate unsaturated urethane (meth)acrylate, a lactone-containing (meth)acrylate, a first reactive diluent, an adhesion promoter, a second reactive diluent, a light stabilizer, and a photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dvorchak Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Dvorchak, Michael E. Zupancic
  • Patent number: 11441015
    Abstract: Provided is a urea compound-containing epoxy resin curing agent particle that can impart excellent storage stability and heat stability to an epoxy resin composition including a urea compound as a curing agent, while maintaining the solubility of the urea compound during heating and the fluidity after dissolution of the urea compound. The surface of the urea compound-containing epoxy resin curing agent particle is coated with a Group 4 or Group 13 element-containing alkoxide compound, chelate compound, and/or acylate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventor: Eriko Sato
  • Patent number: 11359099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated article comprising a partial or complete fluorinated coating on the surface of an article, wherein the coating comprises 5 to 99% by weight of a hydrophobic compound, and 1 to 95% by weight of a fluorinated surface effect agent, both based on the total solids weight of the coating, where the hydrophobic compound is selected from a hydrophobic cyclic or acyclic ester alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Oronde Brown, John Christopher Sworen, Tess Crosetto, Charles Karanja
  • Patent number: 11358102
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to agarose ultrafiltration membrane composites and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Jad Jaber, Wilson Moya, Mikhail Kozlov